The Best Episodes of Bungo Stray Dogs

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - SKYFALL

   S1:E493/29/2023

   Teruko goes head-to-head with Sigma. Tachihara rethinks the Agency’s innocence after re-infiltrating the Port Mafia.

   Directors:Takanori Yano, Takahiro Hasui

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Directors:Takanori Yano, Takahiro Hasui

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
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   8.3/10(446 votes)

   #2 - Rashomon and the Tiger

   S1:E106/9/2016

   Dazai has a face-off with his ex-partner, Chuuya, as Chuuya attempts to uncover Dazai's true intentions for letting himself get captured. Meanwhile, Atsuhi faces Akutagawa's intense and inexplicable hatred for him, as the ship continues on to the meeting place where he will be handed off in exchange for the bounty on his head...

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   8.1/10(436 votes)

   #3 - Teaching Them to Kill, Then to Die

   S1:E85/26/2016

   Dazai goes missing, but the Agency operatives feel it's just business as usual. Meanwhile, Atsushi accompanies Yosano Akiko on a shopping expedition, where they are suddenly plunged into the middle of a terrorist bomb threat by one of the Port Mafia...

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Dark Age

   S1:E1310/6/2016

   On a misty night, Oda Sakunosuke, Dazai Osamu, and Sakaguchi Ango meet as always at their usual bar. For the trio of Port Mafia members, it a night spent in camaraderie like any other, but Ango vanishes that very night. Oda is given a direct order from the Port Mafia boss to find Ango, but...

   Director:Yoshiyuki Asai

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Yoshiyuki Asai

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Nowhere to Return

   S1:E1410/7/2016

   The reason that Odasaku went to a certain Western style restaurant was not just because of the curry. He is having the owner watch over a group of young children who had lost their parents two years ago in the war. Odasaku is trying to track down Ango, and remembers the time they first met. Meanwhile, Dazai manages to catch one of the Mimic soldiers alive in a trap he had set. However, once he gets there, all that is waiting for him is a corpse. Another figure was also waiting for him, his subordinate, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.

   Director:Hiroki Ikeshita

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Hiroki Ikeshita

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - A Room Where We Can Someday See the Ocean

   S1:E1510/14/2016

   The Port Mafia's council of five top executives has decreed that Mimic must be annihilated. In the ensuing battle, Odasaku has a fateful encounter with Gide, the leader of Mimic, who makes a cryptic prophecy. Night falls, and the usual bar now awaits Dazai, Odasaku and Ango...

   Director:Ikuro Sato

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ikuro Sato

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - The Conflict of Strategy

   S1:E1811/4/2016

   Mori, the leader of the Port Mafia, sends a letter to Margaret M. and Nathaniel H., threatening to destroy them and the ship they are protecting.

   Director:Takanori Yano

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Takanori Yano

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Double Black

   S1:E2111/25/2016

   The leaders of the Agency and the Port Mafia negotiate an alliance. Meanwhile, Dazai and Chuuya face off against Lovecraft.

   Director:Takanori Yano

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Takanori Yano

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Cannibalism (3)

   S1:E356/21/2019

   Mori Ougai and Fukuzawa Yukichi fight to the death in a desperate bid to save the organizations they lead from falling into a devastating war.

   Director:Ikuro Sato

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Ikuro Sato

   Writer:Yoji Enokido
10. 

    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Echo

    S1:E366/28/2019

    The gifted responsible for the virus is on the run as Nakagawa Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryunosuke chase after him. Meanwhile, the Detective Agency has the Rats’ hideout surrounded to try to capture Fyodor Dostoevsky.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido
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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - A Perfect Murder and Murderer (2)

    S1:E412/1/2023

    The last page of the manuscript received by Poe appears to have been a photocopy. Rampo seems to know why, but there are still more mysteries surrounding the death of the author.

    Director:Masatoyo Takada

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    Director:Masatoyo Takada

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12. 

    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Bungo Hound Dogs

    S1:E483/22/2023

    Suspecting that Lucy is cooperating with the terrorist organization known as the Armed Detective Agency, Jouno and Tetchou pay a visit to the cafe at where she works, in hopes of tracking down Atsushi and Kyouka.

    Director:Masatoyo Takada

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Masatoyo Takada

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13. 

    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Strongest Man

    S1:E507/12/2023

    The members of the Agency, isolated and unable to communicate with each other, are victims one after the other of assassination attempts, thwarted in extremis by a mysterious guardian angel. Who is this ?

    Director:Unknown

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Answer to Everything

    S1:E517/19/2023

    As Fukuchi allies with plans to create an international anti-terrorist organization targeting Gifted, Atsushi and Rampo appeal to him for help. Rampo turns his immense detective abilities to the question of Kamui's identity, and the truth will change everything.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - HERO VS. CRIMINAL

    S1:E527/26/2023

    Atsushi and Akutagawa find themselves cornered, with no choice but to fight Fukuchi and his seemingly insurmountable powers. Combining forces and trusting in one another, do they have what it takes to defeat the mightiest Hunting Dog?

    Director:Unknown

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - HERO WAR, GANG WAR

    S1:E538/2/2023

    The last member of Decay of the Angel is revealed. Kamui continues to spread chaos. Tachihara entrusts Fukuchi with the information device containing evidence obtained at the Sky Casino, only to face devastating consequences.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - At the Port in the Sky (1)

    S1:E548/9/2023

    The Detective Agency races to stop Fukuchi from receiving the One Order, a devastating mind control weapon that will make his plans for world domination unstoppable.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.9/10(452 votes)

    #18 - Murder on D Street

    S1:E55/5/2016

    After repelling the Port Mafia's Black Lizards with deceptive ease, Atsushi is tasked with accompanying Rampo to a case. Skeptical of the self-dubbed great detective who seems to lack all common sense, Atsushi is about to witness Rampo's ability first-hand...

    Director:Hiroki Ikeshita

    Writer:Unknown

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19. 

    7.9/10(419 votes)

    #19 - Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past

    S1:E126/23/2016

    Francis, the leader of The Guild, a North American organization of gifted members, is the one responsible for the bounty on Atsushi's head. Fukuzawa refuses Francis's offer to buy out the Agency, but their agents begin to disappear...

    Director:Ikuro Sato

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    Director:Ikuro Sato

    Writer:Yoji Enokido
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    7.8/10(426 votes)

    #20 - Love for the Disease Called Ideals

    S1:E75/19/2016

    Following the Azure Messenger's bomb threat, the Armed Detective Agency must race to prevent the deaths of hundreds, which would taint the Agency forever. However, Dazai's seemingly distracted by Sasaki Nobuko, the lone survivor of their raid on the abandoned hospital...

    Director:Unknown

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    7.7/10(473 votes)

    #21 - Yokohama Gangster Paradise

    S1:E34/21/2016

    Now an official member of the Agency after passing their entrance exam, Atsushi is assigned to his first case right away with Tanizaki and Naomi. Though deceptively simple on the surface, there's more than meets the eye...

    Director:Kazuhiro Yoneda

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Kazuhiro Yoneda

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    7.7/10(402 votes)

    #22 - The Beauty Is Quiet Like a Stone Statue

    S1:E96/2/2016

    Kyouka was made into an assassin by those who abused her ability, and Atsushi can't help but feel sympathy toward her. Unable to turn her in to the military police, Atsushi ends up taking her out on a date. Meanwhile, Akutagawa is busy berating his former supervisor--Dazai.

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    7.4/10(565 votes)

    #23 - Fortune Is Unpredictable and Mutable

    S1:E14/7/2016

    Driven out from his orphanage, Nakajima Atsushi wanders the streets of Yokohama on the bring of starvation. Determined to live, a chance encounter with a drowning stranger changes his fate...

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido
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    7.4/10(394 votes)

    #24 - First, an Unsuitable Profession for Her. Second, an Ecstatic Detective Agency

    S1:E116/16/2016

    In the aftermath of Atsushi and Dazai's abduction, the Agency must decide what to do with Kyouka, the loose end. Meanwhile, the Port Mafia also deliberates what to do with Akutagawa, now comatose, as his enemies seek vengeance...

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    7.3/10(417 votes)

    #25 - The Azure Messenger

    S1:E65/12/2016

    The Agency investigates a series of disappearances in Yokohama. Kunikida enlists the help of a hacker named Taguchi Rokuzou, but all they find are photos of the victims and mention of a mysterious figure called the Azure Messenger. They follow the trail of clues to an abandoned hospital...

    Director:Yoshiyuki Asai

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Yoshiyuki Asai

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