Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 3

by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa (Artist), Bianca Pistillo (Letterer)

Atsushi has managed to rescue Kyouka Izumi, who's been working as a Port Mafia assassin against her will. But the deadly Akutagawa hasn't given up yet! Atsushi's not the only one with a dangerous foe, however. Mafia member Chuuya Nakahara makes his appearance, and his grudge against Dazai is nothing to sniff at!

196 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 2013

About the author

See 朝霧カフカ (Asagiri Kafka).
Japanese scenario writer and novelist.

Reviews

[hosein]

MY CURRENT DREAM IS TO COMMIT SUICIDE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

[Sima Khairullah]

"People can't live unless someone tells them "it's okay to go on"! Why can't you even understand something that simple?"

This gets interesting, the last chapter of this volume was the best, I mean Agatha Christie and Scott Fitzgerald????? I'm so in.

[Toby]

if i was chuuya, i'd simply grow. Skill issue.

[Nazanin]

"The enemy won't wait for you to stand back up."

[Mir]

I'm sure this would be a lot more meaningful if I had read all the Japanese authors referenced here. Apparently the superpowers are all derived from themes in their work. For example, the doctor who can heal only fatal injuries is based on Yosano's anti-war poem "Thou Shalt Not Die."

Preliminary reading list:
Isumi, Demon Pond
Akutagawa, Rashomon
Nakahara, "Upon a Tainted Sorrow"
Dazai, No Longer Human
Nakajima, Tiger-Poet
Kunikida nature poems

[Sapphire Bubble]

If you think this 5 star rating has to do with Nakahara Chuuya being in this volume, you might be right.

[ana]

chuuya me likey😋

[Lucy (the invisible life of a reader)]

i feel like the manga is moving really fast, but i'm sure the animedid the same.

we finally saw chuuya in here muahahah!! i love him so much, it was good seeing him again. and there were some scenes with him and dazai that weren't included in the show that killed me. they are the best duo.

im surprised by how early a character was just intorduced and i'm curious if we get ro see more of him in the mnaga than we did in the anime bc of this.

[Shannon]

WOW that was an epic fight between Akutagawa and Atsushi. I find that action scenes in manga can quickly become way too busy and difficult to tell what's going on, but that's not the case here. I actually felt a little tense waiting to see what their next moves were going to be. Akutagawa's Rashomon is over-the-top but it's also used very cleverly with different blows - not just a bunch of crazy lines and hard-to-follow moves.

This was my favorite volume so far.

[paula kenneth]

I am so in love with BSD 😭🎀


pre-read ୨ৎ

I'm already on season 2 in anime and I literally forgot to read this 😭 So let's get to this now even tho I forgot almost everything from season 1 :D

[Kay]

Enjoying this. Love the whole idea of authors namesakes, personality and books being flooded into a new character. Great idea and I'm loving it so far.

[Angela R. Watts]

Chuuya and Dazai are too fun. I have adopted Atsushi and Kyouka.

[dziaddy (in my stary subiekt era)]

"you always were the most physically gifted among us" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🤨🤨🤨🤨

[Zuli]

3.5✨

[sophia]

akutagawa try not to be jaw-droppingly gorgeous challenge go

[Elena Rodríguez]

« Those who are completely worthless...
Those who are never trusted...
Have to hide in the dark...
Fearfully like a worm.
Tell her whats it’s like to live that kind of life»

Subo a las cuatro estrellas en este tomo porque la aparición de ciertos personajes-autores me han encantado.

AHORA SÍ QUE EMPIEZA LO BUENO. NO ME ACORDABA. ME ODIO. POR QUÉ LO ABANDONE. SOY IMBÉCIL.

« Wether a person’s life is worth anything or not.It’s not for you to decide ! »

[₊˚ପ⊹ adaia ✧ ˖ -͙˚]

CHUUYA AND DAZAI AAHHHH

[✯Priya •ᴗ•]

THE ART WAS SO YUMMY
I feel like im starting to get attached to the characters now and omg i love them all and THE DYNAMICS bro i cant it’s giving goofy kenji shatter me dynamics and oh my god the friendships in that book r insane.
Unlike the previous book i could actually follow the fight scenes and OMG were they so good and the crepes part had be cackling Teheheheh.
Ranpo San (sorry if I spelled his name wrong) is lowkey a diva and I kinda love him but dazai on top sorry peeps.
OMG Also i love how the Mafia characters r authors like actually genius and OH MY GOD DELICIOUS aRT.

Ps:I want to eat this book

Gn yall

[Jos]

El manga está más interesante que mi clase jsjs

[Emily]

My favorite volume so far!

[⁀➷ Heisy ˚ ༘✶ ⋆｡˚]

Se sigue poniendo mejor, más del pasado de Dazai y las peleas son top

[Hikaoru]

I'm just not feeling it anymore.
Will try again later.
I bought like 13 volumes of this.
I hope it won't be in vain.
The art is awesome though.
I adore the ones printed on the cover though it means I can't wrap the book properly.
I am aware that dust jackets aren't meant to be wrapped with the books but it has been a habit. *shrug*

[zara]

2nd read
the shin soukoku in this... I'm so sorry but they're #truelove and soulmates and fated and all that jazzy shit. even in their enemies era they already hit like insanity
and goddamn soukoku. never fails to drive me insane

1st read
goddamn soukoku. they already got me i fear.

[Faye Fite]

Wow. Excellent volume. Great (GREAT) character development, very engaging action sequences. The art is awesome, as always. Plus, the very end reveals the addition of European authors becoming characters in this series. So pumped. Full Constant Collectible review coming soon.

[Readaholic Jenn]

It's getting interesting!

[Berry]

Uwielbiam Akutagawe i Dazaia

[༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ sol]

Ya apareció mí personaje favvv 🤧

Me tocó una copia toda mal impresa ¡qué molestia! Pero la historia una joya, como se sabía jeje

[huna]

This volume covers chapter 9 until 12

NEW CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED!!! We get to know who is responsible for the bounty on the Weretiger. Also, Dazai purposely getting caught and then teasing his ex-partner hahahah I'm so done with this guy🤣

I love the fighting scene between Atsushi and Akutagawa. The art is so captivating, bringing you the thrill of the fight! We can also understand their feelings from the dialogues on Akutagawa's desperation to win, and Atsushi's will to live. SO MUCH IS HAPPENING IN THIS VOLUME!!!!!!!

Imo, the three of them, Atsushi, Akutagawa and Kyouka just want someone to acknowledge them and tells them that it's okay for them to live.🥺

Quotes:
1. "I did not use her. I just made her worthy of living.

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DECIDE THAT FOR ANYONE!"

2. "People can't live if no one tells them that it's okay for them to live!"

[Julie]

*Reread 11/29/2021*
I think Akutagawa's jealousy is so funny. He's so intimidated by Atsushi and Atsushi doesn't know wtf is going on. I love Akutagawa. He's just a big homicidal baby.

*Reread 01/25/2020*
It's already starting to be a little different. A little taste of an Akutugawa backstory with a splash of a certain character getting introduced a lot earlier. I'm excited!! Also I don't think Agatha Christie is in the anime? So that's fun.

*Original Review 01/11/2020*

[Mizuki]

Review for vol 7: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Review for vol. 13: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Reviews for Bungo Stary Dogs WAN! vol. 1-4:

Review for vol. 1: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review for vol. 2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review for vol. 3: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review for vol. 4: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...