Reviews

Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 2 (light novel): Osamu Dazai and the Dark Era by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa

honnari_hannya's review against another edition

5.0

In this house, we love and stan Sakaguchi Ango.

dikshya's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sleebyy's review against another edition

5.0

life ruined never recovering 10/10

sofwkell's review against another edition

5.0

Este historia es mucho mejor leerla porque por alguna razón duele más, descubrí que veo a Oda como una figura paterna y la verdad es que es un muy buen personaje, además de Dazai que es un capo.

summii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

ruilianle's review against another edition

5.0

₊˚ପ⊹ • ➵ 5/5 ✧

aes_archives's review against another edition

4.0

We were like soldiers who had by chance run into one another on the desert battlefield, crowded around a campfire together, quietly exchanging something or other and drinking, just sharing a moment of one another’s time.

In the world we live in, finding these types of relationships are rare, like coming upon a golden palace in the middle of a dense forest. If this relationship were to ever be broken, there would be no second chance to build something like this with anyone else ever again.

4.5 stars. if anyone needs me, i'll be looking up buraiha trio fan art and surfing ao3 tags for domestic fluff odango

moony1981's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

lillanaa's review against another edition

5.0

I had to rip this one off like a bandaid, I know how much it was going to hurt and it didn't fail to hurt me all over again. Asagiri's got me, and reading these after having seen the show hits in a way that I didn't expect, the filled in moments hitting even harder with the narration. This had me crying for parts of it, even though I knew what was coming, and I think that's what hurt the most.

Congrats, Asagiri, you got me again.

wtfrjk's review against another edition

4.0

"One must never open the door to another's heart and try to judge them for the darkness tucked within . . . But maybe . . .that was the wrong approach when it came to the man sitting next to me. Somebody probably should have tied [Dazai] up, pried his chest open, and stuffed a vacuum cleaner inside." Deserved.

Asagiri's afterword is delightfully nerdy.