Reviews tagging 'Death'

Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Vol. 1 by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa, Shiwasu Hoshikawa

6 reviews

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

All the parallels between this and the original story brooo

I thought you can't make orphans suffer anymore than the og bsd, but holy shit man poor Akutagawa. Killing off all his friends, separating him from his sister, AND rubbing salt in the wound. Mr. "Man-In-Black", that's rough.

ADA!OdaSaku, ADA!Akutagawa, PM!Atsushi, and PM!Kyouka are something I never knew I needed until now. And of course, mafia boss Dazai 👀 Now I can't tell if this switch-around is better for all the characters involved because on one hand, Oda is here and very alive, Aku is in a better environment without the whole cycle of abuse, and Oda seems to be a much better mentor to Aku than Dazai was, but Atsushi as Dazai's right hand man? Who knows what that poor kid had to go through, he's clearly traumatised from something. And what about Dazai? What did he suffer through to become the literal leader of the Port Mafia? Kinda scared to know.

On a brighter note, let's talk about Beast!Chuuya's conflicted yet unwavering loyalty to Dazai 😭 ignore me using a random excuse to connect everything to Chuuya It's kinda unnerving ngl, I'm not used to seeing Chuuya so vocally respect and support Dazai, but ig that makes sense since Dazai is now the leader and Chuuya admires strong leaders, also it's his duty as an executive to protect the boss. But what was the need for that one BL ass skk panel, hmmm? Never escaping the gay allegations, I fear.

And ooooh the different art style is a total vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicide attempt

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

jama_vata's review

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Gun violence

regent_ace's review

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

I really loved this manga, it was an amazing intro to this AU and I felt it really made the parallels between Akutagawa and Atsushi more defined and it is a good reflection between them in this AU and the original.I also love the exploration of the warped relationships Atsushi has with Dazai and Kyouka. It’s also cool to see how Oda is as a mentor and how he would have fit in to the original story if he didn’t die

The art style is BEAUTIFUL and it's one of my favorite manga art styles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

growing_haru's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder