Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 5

文豪ストレイドッグス [Bungō Stray Dogs] (Comic) #5

by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa (Artist)

The American group of ability users known as the -Guild- appears, led by the wealthy Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who has his sights set on the Armed Detective Agency! Can Agency president Fukuzawa stop him...!? Not if Guild member Lucy Montgomery and can help it!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Mystery, Seinen, Supernatural, Comics Manga, Comics

180 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

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

Reviews

[Kay]

[Kay]

Additional information:
Characters of this manga, are named after real authors and since they are gifted with supernatural powers, their abilities are those authors' famous works.
(gotta admit Asagiri is a genius!)

I enjoyed this volume so much! new characters are introduced and the interesting part is that they are famous American authors whose works we've read or heard about!
and I'm also excited about the big war between the three organizations!

P.S: that bonus story about Chuuya and Dazai was a blessing! 😍

[Elena Rodríguez]

+4
"Wealth is a nightmare. With each coveted thing we buy. We lose a thing we dream about. In the end the entire world…will become of smoke rising out of a burnt pile of dry leaves. Tedious. That’s why, Steinbeick. Right now my world is filled to the brim with light".

(Gritos internos).

Lo siento, he entrado en modo fangirleo. Ha sido demasiado este tomo. No por el argumento sino QUIÉNES salen.

ME MUERO.

[Zuli]

Dazai would be proud!

[Sima Khairullah]

Heart found full of love.

[Maddie]

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE!!!!!!

[Shannon]

H.P. Lovecraft, huh? That should be ... interesting ... (there better be a Cthulhu attack somewhere.)

I'm kind of in love with the Detective Agency and this series as a whole.

:3

Also, random aside: there's mention of Rocinante in this since Steinbeck shows up briefly, and I just read the first issue of The Expanse graphic novel (and I've been telling myself I'll finish the first novel ... soon.) Just kind of an odd coincidence for this to come up twice on the same day!

[∆Disaster∆]

Yosano love of my life

[Julie]

*Reread 12/6/2021*
Manga Akutagawa is so pretty tbh.

I can't believe it's been almost a full year since I last read these?? Getting back into it is making me realize how much I missed this world. Idky the fact that everyone is named after an author makes me so excited, but it does. I just love all the detail that goes into it. Also the care that the artist takes in the art. Like the whole the darker the eyes, the more consumed by darkness the character is, is such a cool detail. I love that.

*Original Review 2/10/2020*
I'm loving the art more and more as I read on. I'm going through this slowly, but I'm loving it. I also really need to rewatch the show.

[huna]

I love the postscripts!!!! And Harukawa sensei explaining about the eyes and how they show the characters' true nature... I'll definitely keep an eye on that!

There's one scene that is not included in the anime (which is during the attack of the Guild's base by Port Mafia), but I think maybe it'll be really horrifying if they adapted it. Reading that part in the manga is enough to send a chill down my spine...

[reina]

you know what they say when life gives you lemons

[Sofia ౨ৎ]

If Octagon can kill Nathaniel Hawthorne, I will be eternally grateful 😭🙏

Bro yaps like there’s no tomorrow 💀

[Riki (˶˃⤙˂˶)]

5 💫

Great stuff.

My favourite moment must've been Kyouka just blasting that circuit with the stun gun. Could'a been an engineer, that girl!

[Melanie Schneider]

Der Band bot viele abwechslungsreiche Handlungsstränge und neue, spannende Figuren!

[daria]

社長😳❤️‍🔥🔥💜🫣🫂🥰

[dziaddy (in my stary subiekt era)]

mr capitalism appeared so Poe's coming soon LETS GOOO

[Zenitea]

Nadal nie jestem fanem Kyoki

[Mizuki]

Alright maybe I will write a review one day, but please don't you ever get me started with all the giggling and fangirl's exclaiming I have done for all these Bungō Stray Dogs fanfics (Edagawa Rampo/Edgar Allan Poe is a thing, mind you. XD)

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

Review for vol. 6: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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...

[Nova Syzygy]

I just need to talk...

[Ander]

Harukawa must be obsessed with Akutagawa. there's no other explanation for the way he looks always!!
also. Fukuzawa my beloved is ready to throw hands the moment someone dares lay the tip of a single finger on his employees. I love him he's the father ever

[kinath]

you don't understand what id be able to do for akutagawa

[Wiem]

OH GOD... They are all mentally ill.. the characters.. i mean.. the major literary figures..

Kafka Asagiri is a genius FOR REAL!

[Peter]

Imagine you try to talk to someone but it turns out they're a bunch of lemons

[Ash 🩹 (Dazai’s + Omori’s Version) 🔍]

THIS WAS SOOO MICH FUN TO READ!!
I hadn’t read a BSD book in around a month’s time, mostly because I couldn’t find any of the next volumes in person; but it feels so great to be back reading this series!
The setting of this volume is also amazing, and I love the way they introduce the guild and its characters!
Plus I got to see more of Kyouka, Atsushi and Dazai, so I can’t complain

5.25/5 ⭐️

[Kaitlynne]

I'm waiting for the plot to get more interesting... I don't think that I'm overly attached to any characters I've met so far but we'll see. Something slightly unexpected happened, and now I'm curious to see what is going happen next.

[rylie]

why did i forget all of this from the anime … anyways u guys are sleeping on fukuzawa tbh

[Mary]

Kajii’s skill being called lemonade is killing me 😂

[Belle Bookworm]

I like how there are authors are in here, like get it old white men (joke)

[kurkarurka]

nie patrz na mnie bo nie slysze jak bog do mnie przemawia

[Nea Poulain]

El prota es una cosa hermosa. Lo shippeo un poquito con Tanizaki.