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 Lucy Heartfilia posted:Bungou Stray Dogs Based on a novel and manga series, this show features characters based very loosely on literary figures -- primarily Japanese, but some later characters are based on Western authors as well. Each character has an "ability" that gives them a special power and the basis for the name and characteristics of their ability comes from that author's work. Bungo Stray Dogs will have two 12-episode seasons with the second season airing this fall.  SEASON TWO POSTS START HERE Armed Detective Agency  Nakajima Atsushi Beast beneath the Moon Dazai Osamu No Longer Human Kunikida Doppo Lone Poet Yosano Akiko Thou shalt not Die Edogawa Ranpo Super Deduction Miyazawa Kenji Undefeated by the Rain Tanizaki Junichirou Light Snow Fukuzawa Yukichi All Men are Equal (not pictured) Tanizaki Naomi (not pictured) Port Mafia  Akutagawa Ryunosuke Rashomon Kajii Motojirou Lemon Bombs Izumi Kyouka Demon Snow Nakahara Chuya For the Tainted Sorrow Higuchi Ichiyo Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Oct 1, 2016 |
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Characters listed are the ones on the cast list so far; I swiped the names and abilities from this thread on Batoto (click at your own risk re: spoilers) so they may not exactly match the Crunchyroll subs. I'd like to let a few more characters get introduced then I'll put together (i.e. steal from somewhere) some details on who everyone is based on and what their ability is referring to. In the meantime, I stole some gifs from tumblr:            
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Ccs posted:So why are they named after famous authors? is there a point to that or is it just to generate interest without any payoff? They're all loosely (very, very loosely) based on various authors -- as in mostly just names and a few characteristics -- and the abilities are based on their works. That's about all there is to it. I'm not really sure what kind of point you'd be looking for?
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Apr 15, 2016 01:49
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I thought Margaret Mitchell's was really cool tbh and wish she'd had more focus. Don't think the first season of the anime will be getting to any of those guys though, they're probably 2nd season material.
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Apr 16, 2016 17:49
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dogsicle posted:i'm excited for the guy in the OP holding a lemon  He's a lot of fun!
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Apr 16, 2016 18:41
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lol more stuff
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Apr 16, 2016 18:58
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Alder posted:Thanks, HQ fanart incoming I was prowling through the tag on pixiv this afternoon and found a bunch but was too lazy to try and organize it for an art dump so it may just linger in my pixiv bookmarks forever. There's quite a bit, plus all the really nice official art from the novel covers and whatnot.
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Apr 17, 2016 02:51
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 Port Mafia!I kinda wish they hadn't gone the light show route with abilities because Dazai jumping between them and everything just stops is more effective in the manga. I also prefer the way Tanizaki's ability is more subtle in the manga although the Matrix-ish thing they went with for the anime is kinda cool. Ultra-violence is the tone of the source material although it's not super gorey (there's blood and people getting pretty messed up but no guts and giblets I mean). The anime has lightened things up considerably thus far so I hope those watching don't get too much tone whiplash because it's pretty much gonna be fights from here out now that the villains and plot have kicked in.
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Apr 23, 2016 17:43
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Ok made some very minor updates to the OP and put some gifs in the second post, hopefully now it's slightly more informative and convincing to watch!
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dangerdoom volvo posted:Is Yukio mishima gonna be on this show As far as I can tell he hasn't been turned into a character in any of the source material so no. Not really sure what their criteria is for picking people, he might be too controversial? The author/their estate has to consent as well so there may be a bunch of people they wanted to use for characters and couldn't get permission. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Apr 24, 2016 |
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Apr 24, 2016 16:15
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Since he's not listed in the OP, the old guy with the Black Lizard group is Ryurou Hirotsu and his ability is "Falling Camellia" which causes things he touches to fly back with immense force. The author he's based on created the tragic novel genre in Japanese literature  And yeah, Atsushi is pretty much done running away now and is ready to actually start working. Next episode should be pretty fun 
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Alright y'all I'm doing some half-assed internet research because I know jack poo poo about Japanese literature but can at least provide some wikipedia links. I'm going to do this in pieces because  and so that I don't get too far ahead of who and what the show has introduced. Atsushi Nakajima is based on Atsushi Nakajima (1909 - 1942) and his ability "Beast Beneath the Moonlight," which gives him a badass weretiger form and super regeneration, is a reference to The Moon over the Mountain, an anthology of tales based on Chinese legends and more specifically the story "The Tiger Man" about a bureaucrat who turns into a tiger. Osamu Dazai, based on Osamu Dazai (1909 - 1948), has the ability "No Longer Human" which nullifies others' abilities. The ability is a reference to the 1948 novel by the same name which tells the story of "a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who is instead forced to uphold a facade of hollow jocularity." Dazai aattempted suicide multiple times through his life and died shortly before his 39th birthday in a double suicide with his lover. Doppo Kunikida is based on poet and novelist Doppo Kunikida (1871 - 1908) and his ability is "Doppo Poetry" which causes the objects written in his notebook to appear in real life. The ability's name is a reference to a collection of poems, Doppo Gin. Kunikida taught English, math, and history and is considered one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism. Junichirou Tanizaki is based on Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (1886 - 1965) and has the ability "Light Snow" which creates snowfall in the immediate area and allows him to project illusions. The ability is a reference to Tanizaki's novel Sasameyuki which was published in English as The Makioka Sisters because they gave up on trying to accurately translate the meaning of the title, which means roughly "lightly falling snow" or "a light snowfall" but also suggests cherry blossom petals falling in spring. His sister Naomi is a reference to another novel by Tanizaki, Chijin no Ai (A Fool's Love) which was published in English as Naomi and is about a guy who grooms a teenage girl to be his perfect Western wife until she turns the tables and starts dominating him. Tanizaki worked as a script writer for silent films, so the character's ability involving the projection of illusions is probably also a nod to that.
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https://twitter.com/charaani_jsb/status/722268823345213441 their butts I'll do another set of reference links after I finally watch episode 5, was too busy to watch it last week and now my internet is too poo poo to stream anything 
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Dang I was really hoping there would have been a reaction or two to episode 5, I've been trying really hard not to spoil anything about Ranpo and now I'm not sure whether or not everyone has seen it and doesn't give a poo poo or just not watched it yet. Episode 6 is an adaption of some material from one of the prequel light novels. I was really confused for a sec because all the others have been pretty straight-up 1 ep/1 chapter adaptions (well ep. 4 mashed together 2 chapters but it was one arc) and was really hoping they hadn't decided to pad things with original content, but it looks like they're going to pull from the novels to stretch the pacing out a bit. I'm only 6 minutes into the episode but it was driving me crazy not knowing where this was adapated from so I had to pause and look it up haha. Anyway adapting the novels works for me -- better than pulling a BBB and getting anime-only content and I'd rather watch this than read a ln fan translation although that one I linked is decently readable. e: lol @ Dazai on shrooms channeling Berg Katze Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 02:24 on May 12, 2016 |
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paragon1 posted:Edit: So I hear that foreign authors eventually start showing up in the books. Care to share how Steinbeck ends up shaking out, since the anime probably won't get that far? these profile pages from the manga are real handy  My initial expectation was that the first season would handle the Detective Agency v Port Mafia and then introduce the foreign element for the second season, and when things were moving along so speedily early on that seemed reasonable but now I think you're right and it's not going to get that far. Steinbeck's ability is pretty gnarly, he used the "plant on a host" bit in the most recently translated chapter and I was like 
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May 12, 2016 15:27
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Strange Quark posted:Ranpo is basically a less dickish Sherlock Holmes, which I don't think is too much of a hurdle to believe. Tying deduction to magic powers wouldn't have sit well with me anyhow. If he was a dick he'd be insufferable but they do a good job making his ego stuff so clueless (heh) so he ends up being cute. He's like a pet the way everyone spoils him
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May 12, 2016 15:41
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 Mark Twain is a sniper with two little...spirits or something that operate as a team; one gets the target's coordinates and the other guides the bullet e: also it's taken 6 volumes and the anime probably will never get there, but Atsushi is finally starting to accept his powers and learn to use them better, he's been pretty cool in the most recently translated chapters. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 19:27 on May 18, 2016 |
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The ending to that wasn't unexpected although I wasn't sure how the hacker kid was going to turn out. I'm glad they decided to merge the novel stuff in, that gave Kunikida some much-needed development that he doesn't really get in the manga. That mid-air switch, too  Nobuko Sasaki was Doppo Kunikida's first wife and well...it didn't really work out for them either  wikipedia posted:Against her parent's wishes (Nobuko's mother encouraged her to commit suicide rather than marry Doppo), the couple was married in November 1895. Kunikida's ensuing financial difficulties caused the pregnant Nobuko to divorce him after only five months. The failed marriage had a traumatic effect on Doppo, and his depression and mental anguish over the separation can be seen in Azamukazaru no Ki, published from 1908–1909. I guess they dealt with having to incorporate Atsushi as best they could but man you could really tell he wasn't part of the original material. Next ep is back to the manga! 
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paragon1 posted:haha man that sure was a whole lot of people dying for no good reason Yeah, and it didn't reflect that favorably on Dazai that he pretty much orchestrated their deaths just to prove a point to Kunikida.
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the manga art is so cool, definitely what drew me to it in the first place I'm really happy the scan group is putting out their scans the same day the episode airs, I can read a chapter at work then watch the new episode when I get home so it's not quite so hard to wait for it lol
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CryingAthena posted:So was it actually confirmed anywhere if Kunikida was the Azure King or was his model (with the hair and all) used to portray the person in flashbacks for no such reason? Because I was so sure almost to the end that they'd do a dumb "Kunikida was the Azure King before he joined the office, he's making up for past mistakes" reveal, but then again...he's not really old enough to be the hacker boy's dad...and the crazy lady didn't show any signs of recognition...and now instead of being happy about having my prediction diverted I feel like Kunikida was dragged into the whole drama for no real reason. No it was pretty much the ideals thing, dumb as it was. The similarities were there to draw parallels between Kunikida and the Azure King imo -- a "this is you if you stay on this path" kind of thing. It's not really that having ideals in general is such a bad thing but that Kunikida is super rigid and uptight and is basically setting himself up for failure by having such high standards for every aspect of his life to follow.
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"HAVING IDEALS GETS PEOPLE KILLED" seems like a dumb morale for the story.
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Erg posted:Doctor rules I like her a lot. Also lemon bomb guy, he's so goofy. Very much enjoyed Fukuzawa in the latest episode, his nickname may be Silver Wolf but he's a silver fox  Also lol @ Ranpo's motivation for helping. They apparently have a lot of history - Fukuzawa founded the Armed Detective Agency to give Ranpo a safe place to belong. Dazai and Chuya's backstory is interesting, but the manga has only just now gotten into any of it so it probably won't get explained in the show: As stated, they were a team -- Chuya's ability at max level is super strong but rages out of control and Dazai is the only one who can pull him out of it before it kills him. It's easy to see why they get shipped together a lot -- they have one of those relationships where they snipe at each other constantly but have an underlying sense of trust, since Chuya has to depend on Dazai not to let him die. I hope they don't condense the fight too much in the next episode! They got to it a little bit earlier than I expected because ep 8 was another 2-chapter arc mashed into one episode and ep 9 also covered a couple of chapters; I'd kinda figured it would be the last arc of the season because there's some lighter content afterwards, but I could see maybe the big fight covering eps 10/11 and 12 being more of an epilogue. They can probably do it all in one without crunching too much though, so I wonder if they end up doing that if the next 2 chapters would get their own episode each or get combined into one leaving 12 for the first clash with The Guild. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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lol you just know that everything Dazai does to gently caress with Kunikida now, he used to do to Chuya That episode felt a tiny bit rushed to me but I glanced back through those chapters and this was practically a panel by panel adaption so I guess it just felt more drawn out when I read it. I like that they put both chapter titles into the preview for the next episode, looks like it's going to cover quite a bit of ground. The one major change was only introducing one Guild member vs three of them but I'm sure that saved having to cast more voice actors just for one tiny scene.
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ahaha holy poo poo chapter 32 of the manga is Poe vs Ranpo I really hope they manage to work that into season 2 somehow, it was a fun chapter and Ranpo is adorable haha e: btw I hope folks don't get too salty about me posting current manga stuff, I will endeavor to not spoil anything that's probably anime-relevant but I really want to react to stuff somewhere Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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I don't think any of the characters are supposed to actually be the writers they're named for. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by how militaristic Japan seems though? I don't recall seeing any actual military, just police. There's also a government branch that deals with ability users that was briefly mentioned but don't remember if they named it. TBH I don't think the show or the manga either one has done a huge amount of world-building beyond establishing the various groups that are either composed of ability users or have to deal with them in some way, but I like how the setting is limited to one city even though at least one of the big players operates on an international scale. I'm not sure how much this has come through just from the show but there seems to be a fairly precarious balance between those groups in Yokohama (prior to the guild showing up). There's an organized crime element running around doing pretty much whatever they want, but they have enough respect for the law that they're concerned about their secrets being outed to the authorities. The police/government have their hands so full that they have to contract out jobs to the Armed Detectives, who seem to have free reign to operate however they want. There's kind of a frontier/wild west feeling to the whole thing to me. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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Silver2195 posted:Isn't the main police organization in their world's Japan called the Military Police? ah yeah they are, guess I didn't make that association 
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finally not on vacation nor too sick to watch anything and with enough internet to actually stream stuff *whew* time to watch 11 and 12 and then the long wait til season 2! CryingAthena posted:The Kenji-Atsushi duo truly is The Best Worst Team. paragon1 posted:I like that guitars just start loving wailing when the President shows up.
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the BSD webcomic Bungou Stray Dogs Wan! is being translated by people who don't want it on any of the aggregator sites, so you have to go through this page to get them, or here which is the person who took them over I think. Or mangago because they're lovely enough to not care about do not upload requests
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Jun 27, 2016 20:34
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BSD Wan! is dumb and cute    
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Jun 27, 2016 21:00
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 for the flashback haters - Akutagawa agrees with you haha
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I can't post anything from the latest chapters since it would be huge spoilers but I really hope the second season gets to all of this. Ch 36 is (very general plot-related spoiler) the end of the fight with the Guild/Fitzgerald but there's quite a bit between where S1 left off and that point. It's not totally undoable, Ch 15/16 was where Season 1 left off and they did burn an episode on novel content so they could probably cover most everything without the pacing suffering too much. The Guild guys are pretty fun though and I'd hate for the anime not to do justice to all of them. ah gently caress it this is a big ole spoiler so don't click it but it was so awesome and I am dying to see it animated http://i.imgur.com/XQ7OhsN.jpg
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Brought To You By posted:I thought it was a great chapter. The directors reveal, and Kyouka's conclusion were both executed very well. I like that they went with a happier ending than the setup would have suggested. Yeah, the whole time I was wondering are they really going to do that? Because I was expecting some last minute save but could also see maybe committing to it. So many reveals in the last 2-3 chapters though, I was glad to find out all that stuff but thought also maybe some of that could have come out sooner instead of the reader being in the dark so much. Seeing everything from Atsushi's POV limits how much can be revealed though, so it does make sense on that front.
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 No more manga chapters unless another group takes up the task, because it's been licensed  also I'm a month late on that news https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/750068263686516737
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Erg posted:i want a season 2 it's coming
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 Ulio posted:I just started watching the first season. So far its entertaining nothing mindblowing. As everything with Bones it looks great and feels really smooth. It does kinda give you some tone whiplash, the silliness got played up for the anime I think but it settles in as the season goes on imo. I think overall the concept is silly enough in itself that if it went totally serious and grim it would just end up ridiculously up its own rear end, so I'm glad it never takes itself too seriously even when the bad poo poo is going down. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Aug 8, 2016 |
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Is there any need for a new thread for season 2? I can put a link in the OP for season 2 discussion when it starts so people can skip over all the S1 stuff Also another group picked up the manga so translations continue but I'm trying to be good and not read them so I can switch over to the official releases when they come out.
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Here's the season 2 PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeX94e7V0_w Gives you a good look at the new characters
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When I can finally watch anime again I'll be catching up :<
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