Bungo Stray Dogs is a manga that centers the weretiger Atsushi Nakajima as he joins other gifted people with supernatural powers and use them for different purposes including holding a business, solving mysteries, and carrying out missions assigned by the mafia. The story mainly follows the members of the "Armed Detective Agency" and their everyday lives. Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa began publishing the manga in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Young Ace in 2012. Kadokawa has compiled the series into twenty-five tankōbon volumes as of June 2024. The series has been licensed for North America by Yen Press with the first volume being released on December 20, 2016. [1] An anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido. An original video animation was bundled with the 13th limited edition manga volume, which was released on 31 August 2017. [2] [3]
In 2018, Bones produced a film titled Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple . A manga adaptation of two volumes by a different artist was developed in the same year. [4] [5] A series of light novels have been written by the same writer and artist from the original manga. While some focus on Osamu Dazai's past and different spin-offs, a gaiden story was produced where Atsushi Nakajima is alternately portrayed as a member from Port Mafia. [6] Another spin-off, Bungo Stray Dogs: Another Story - Yukito Ayatsuji vs. Natsuhiko Kyogoku, was also written.
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1 | April 4, 2013 [7] | 978-4-04-120673-7 | December 20, 2016 [8] | 978-0-31-655470-1 | |
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After being dropped by an orphanage, the young man Atsushi Nakajima accidentally stops the suicide of a man named Osamu Dazai. Dazai and his partner Doppo Kunikida invite Atsushi to a meal regardless as they reveal themselves to be detectives working for the Detective Agency with their current job being a chase a wild silver tiger. Confessing that he has been chased by the tiger ever since it was attacked by the tiger, Atsushi is taken a warehouse by Dazai to bait the tiger. It is then revealed Atsushi has a skill that allows him to transform in the actual tiger, something that he himself did not know. Dazai uses his own skill to stop the tiger and invites Atsushi to join their group. As a test, Atsushi stops two members from the agency from destroying the headquarters. After passing a test, Atsushi works with the siblings Junichirō and Naomi Tanizaki to assist a young woman, Ichiyō Higuchi. Revealed to be a member a member from the mafia, Higuchi tries to kill the detectives but fails. Her superior, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, takes her place, nearly killing the detectives but Atsushi's transformation allows him to fight back. The fight is stopped by Dazai, revealed to be an ex-mafia. | |||||
2 | August 5, 2013 [9] | 978-4-04-120835-9 | March 21, 2017 [10] | 978-0-31-646814-5 | |
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3 | December 4, 2013 [11] | 978-4-04-120952-3 | June 20, 2017 [12] | 978-0-31-646815-2 | |
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4 | April 4, 2014 [13] | 978-4-04-121093-2 | September 19, 2017 [14] | 978-0-31-646816-9 | |
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5 | August 4, 2014 [15] | 978-4-04-101539-1 | December 19, 2017 [16] | 978-0-31-646817-6 | |
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6 | December 4, 2014 [17] | 978-4-04-101540-7 | April 10, 2018 [18] | 978-0-31-646818-3 | |
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7 | May 2, 2015 [19] | 978-4-04-102915-2 | June 26, 2018 [20] | 978-0-31-646819-0 | |
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8 | September 4, 2015 [21] | 978-4-04-102916-9 | September 18, 2018 [22] | 978-0-31-646820-6 | |
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9 | December 29, 2015 [23] | 978-4-04-102917-6 | December 11, 2018 [24] | 978-0-31-646843-5 | |
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10 | June 4, 2016 [25] | 978-4-04-104283-0 | March 19, 2019 [26] | 978-1-97-530371-6 | |
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11 | October 4, 2016 [27] | 978-4-04-104286-1 | June 18, 2019 [28] | 978-1-97-530449-2 | |
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12 | April 4, 2017 [29] | 978-4-04-104287-8 | September 13, 2019 [30] | 978-1-97-530452-2 | |
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13 | August 4, 2017 [31] | 978-4-04-105041-5 | December 17, 2019 [32] | 978-1-97-530455-3 | |
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14 | December 4, 2017 [33] | 978-4-04-106394-1 | March 24, 2020 [34] | 978-1-97-530458-4 | |
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15 | June 4, 2018 [35] | 978-4-04-1069356 | June 23, 2020 [36] | 978-1-97-535921-8 | |
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16 | December 4, 2018 [37] | 978-4-04-1069356 | October 20, 2020 [38] | 978-1-97-535924-9 | |
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17 | May 1, 2019 [39] | 978-4-04-108133-4 | December 15, 2020 [40] | 978-1-97-531605-1 | |
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18 | December 28, 2019 [41] | 978-4-04-108134-1 | March 23, 2021 [42] | 978-1-97-531608-2 | |
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19 | July 3, 2020 [43] | 978-4-04-109470-9 | July 13, 2021 [44] | 978-1-97-532246-5 | |
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20 | December 4, 2020 [45] | 978-4-04-109471-6 | October 5, 2021 [46] | 978-1-97-533647-9 | |
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21 | August 3, 2021 [47] | 978-4-04-1113554 | June 21, 2022 [48] | 978-1-97-5345020 | |
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22 | March 4, 2022 [49] | 978-4-04-112192-4 | January 17, 2023 [50] | 978-1-97-5361709 | |
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23 | December 28, 2022 [51] | 978-4-04-112864-0 | November 21, 2023 [52] | 978-1-97-5379018 | |
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24 | September 4, 2023 [53] | 978-4-04-113910-3 | August 20, 2024 [54] | 979-8-855-40199-8 | |
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25 | June 4, 2024 [55] | 978-4-04-115002-3 | May 27, 2025 [56] | 979-8-85-541528-5 | |
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1 | October 4, 2016 [57] | 978-4-04-104806-1 | February 22, 2022 [58] | 978-1-97-534028-5 |
2 | April 4, 2017 [59] | 978-4-04-105542-7 | June 21, 2022 [60] | 978-1-97-534029-2 |
3 | September 4, 2017 [61] | 978-4-04-106090-2 | September 20, 2022 [62] | 978-1-97-534031-5 |
4 | June 4, 2018 [63] | 978-4-04-106939-4 | February 21, 2023 [64] | 978-1-97-534033-9 |
5 | May 1, 2019 [65] | 978-4-04-108127-3 | July 18, 2023 [66] | 978-1-97-534035-3 |
6 | December 28, 2019 [67] | 978-4-04-108128-0 | November 21, 2023 [68] | 978-1-97-534037-7 |
7 | December 28, 2020 [69] | 978-4-04-110928-1 | April 16, 2024 [70] | 978-1-97-534039-1 |
8 | January 26, 2021 [71] | 978-4-04-110927-4 | July 23, 2024 [72] | 978-1-97-534041-4 |
9 | March 4, 2022 [73] | 978-4-04-112185-6 | October 15, 2024 [74] | 978-1-97-536305-5 |
10 | December 28, 2022 [75] | 978-4-04-112861-9 | February 18, 2025 [76] | 978-1-97-539452-3 |
11 | September 4, 2023 [77] | 978-4-04-113904-2 | — | — |
12 | June 4, 2024 [78] | 978-4-04-114996-6 | — | — |
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1 | November 4, 2016 [79] | 978-4-04-104862-7 | May 21, 2024 [80] | 978-1-97-539708-1 |
2 | May 2, 2017 [81] | 978-4-04-105541-0 | November 19, 2024 [82] | 978-1-97-539978-8 |
3 | March 10, 2018 [83] | 978-4-04-106708-6 | April 22, 2025 [84] | 978-1-97-539980-1 |
4 | April 4, 2019 [85] | 978-4-04-108129-7 | — | — |
5 | February 3, 2023 [86] | 978-4-04-113167-1 | — | — |
6 | December 28, 2023 [87] | 978-4-04-114450-3 | — | — |
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1 | March 10, 2018 [4] | 978-4-04-106554-9 | June 21, 2022 [88] | 978-1-97-534021-6 |
2 | May 2, 2018 [89] | 978-4-04-107290-5 | February 21, 2023 [90] | 978-1-97-534023-0 |
3 | March 4, 2021 [91] | 978-4-04-107291-2 | May 23, 2023 [92] | 978-1-97-534025-4 |
4 | August 4, 2023 [93] | 978-4-04-112383-6 | June 18, 2024 [94] | 978-1-97-539450-9 |
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1 | December 4, 2018 [95] | 978-4-04-106940-0 | November 19, 2019 [96] | 978-1-97-535900-3 | |
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2 | March 4, 2022 [97] | 978-4-04-112270-9 | December 13, 2022 [98] | 978-1-97-536048-1 | |
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1 | July 3, 2020 [99] | 978-4-04-109448-8 | August 17, 2021 [100] | 978-1-97-532567-1 | |
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2 | December 4, 2020 [101] | 978-4-04-109449-5 | November 16, 2021 [102] | 978-1-97-533713-1 | |
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3 | August 3, 2021 [103] | 978-4-04-111382-0 | July 19, 2022 [104] | 978-1-97-534493-1 | |
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4 | February 26, 2022 [105] | 978-4-04-112027-9 | January 17, 2023 [106] | 978-1-97-536030-6 | |
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1 | February 3, 2023 [107] | 978-4-04-113363-7 | December 12, 2023 [108] | 978-1-97-538945-1 |
2 | August 4, 2023 [109] | 978-4-04-113918-9 | August 20, 2024 [110] | 978-1-97-539278-9 |
3 | March 4, 2024 [111] | 978-4-04-114545-6 | January 21, 2025 [112] | 979-8-85-541247-5 |
4 | October 4, 2024 [113] | 978-4-04-115595-0 | — | — |
Four novels in the series, including a spin-off novel featuring Yukito Ayatsuji and Natsuhiko Kyougoku; written by Asagiri and with illustrations by Harukawa, have been published by Kadokawa. [114] On 8 July 2018, during their panel at Anime Expo, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the light novels. [115]
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1 | April 1, 2014 [116] | 978-4-04-101312-0 | August 20, 2019 [117] | 978-1-97-530322-8 |
2 | August 1, 2014 [118] | 978-4-04-101713-5 | October 29, 2019 [119] | 978-1-97-530324-2 |
A hitman named Sakunosuke Oda spends a quiet life in the Port Mafia as while he does every job successfully, he refuses to kill enemies. He spends his peaceful moments with the young Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi while working on his goal of writing a novel. Ango disappears from the mafia, leading the superiors to believe he is a spy from the rival organization Mimic. After Oda rescues him, it is revealed that Ango was a multispy. The leader of the Port Mafia, Ougai Mori, stages the deaths of the children Oda was looking after and make him lose his will to live. Oda decides to avenge the children by facing Mimic's leader André Gide. As the fight ends, Dazai finds Oda in his last moments, requesting him to leave mafia and start a new way of life where he does not have to kill anymore. | ||||
3 | May 1, 2015 [120] | 978-4-04-102332-7 | February 18, 2020 [121] | 978-1-97-530326-6 |
Gaiden | January 30, 2016 [122] | 978-4-04-103730-0 | July 23, 2024 [123] | 978-1-97-539094-5 |
4 | October 1, 2016 [124] | 978-4-04-104049-2 | July 21, 2020 [125] | 978-1-97-530328-0 |
5 | March 3, 2018 [126] | 978-4-04-106535-8 | December 29, 2020 [127] | 978-1-97-531657-0 |
6 | April 1, 2019 [6] | 978-4-04-107570-8 | May 25, 2021 [128] | 978-1-97-531659-4 |
7 | August 1, 2019 [129] | 978-4-04-107879-2 | December 14, 2021 [130] | 978-1-97-533711-7 |
8 | February 27, 2021 [131] | 978-4-04-108517-2 | June 21, 2022 [132] | 978-1-97-534330-9 |
9 | December 28, 2023 [133] | 978-4-04-114491-6 | — | — |
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