Warning: This article contains spoilers for Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST
Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast is an official alternate universe of the original Bungo Stray Dogs series, which offers a much grimmer and darker take on the characters and events that unfold. Unlike the main storyline, Animal Flip roles and explore how the fate of the character could have changed dramatically under different circumstances. The alternate reality provides fans with a deeper understanding of the mysterious book in the original timeline and how it partially functions.
Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast Not shy to make the storyline as dark as it was. The main protagonist, Atsushi, is plunged into a role that does not suit his kind of personality, while Akutagawa is drawn into a role that is most foreign to him. However, the biggest and most shocking change comes from none other than Osamu Dazai, who is revealed to have an even greater understanding than anyone first assumed.
The roles of Atsushi and Akutagawa are reversed in Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast
This alternate universe explores how their fates could have changed with one major shift
in Bungo Stray Dogs: BeastAtsushi and Akutagawa Determine their respective roles. Akutagawa becomes the protagonist of these Animal universe, while Atsushi works for the port mafia as Dazai’s apprentice. Although their personalities remain mostly intact, it’s clear that their different experiences took a toll on them and have a heavy impact on how they navigate the world. They switched roles Demonstrate how their upbringing, environment and the people they are surrounded by can shape a person’s identity.
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The main storyline’s Atsushi and Akutagawa often seem like polar opposites, however Animal Take the idea and crush itShowing that they are not bound to the paths they have chosen. Akutagawa, though still quick to act and greatly values ​​power, is shown to slowly learn what it’s like to be around others who genuinely care about his well-being and urge him to be the best version of himself. On the other hand, Atsushi is taught to hurt others before he is hurt first and to obediently take Port Mafia’s orders without question.
Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST is the darkest storyline in the franchise
Animal Pushes the boundaries of the series themes
Beyond determining the roles of Atsushi and Akutagawa, Animal Don’t hold back with your tragedies And heart-wrenching moments. The Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast Manga pushes these themes Of pain, loss, trauma, redemption, and the pain of being the “stray dogs,” or the outcasts of society. In the case of Akutagawa, he is driven to find his sister, Jin, and save her. However, while on this mission, he gets faced with the fact that he never thought deeper than the surface level and only ended up hurting others and himself in the process.
Similarly, Atsushi’s descent into the role of the White Reaper for the Port Mafia will show how even The most kind people can be twisted Under certain circumstances. Atsushi is ruled by his fear over a mistake he made after breaking orders. Since then, Atsushi is so consumed by this fear that nothing else can overwhelm it. Both Atsushi and Akutagawa become products of their environments, each in search of redemption and each reeling and trying to find a sense of normalcy amidst their tragic pasts.
Akutagawa enters the light while Atsushi remains in the dark
The experiences they go through show the true potential of their character
Akutagawa was found by Oda Sakunosuke and was taken to the ADA. For his first job, he helps Kenji in a rice paddy with manual labor, and Kenji shares his belief in halves that there is a balance of good and bad. Akutagawa brushed it off at first, thinking it wouldn’t apply to him. However, in typical Kenji fashion, he tells Akutagawa that he gained the good hearts of his friends, simply by being alive. By Akutagawa’s reaction, it’s clear that he’s never thought of it that way before, and it very well could be. His first real encounter with the light.
However, when Atsushi is introduced, he is shown to be a killer, fast and merciless alongside Kyoka. He is controlled by the fear of the permanent actions he has taken before and asks Dazai to give him orders so that he does not make another mistake. This fear stems from when Atsushi met the director of his orphanage and did not understand the situation. When the director opened his arms, presumably for praise and a hug, Atsushi lost control and killed him in cold blood, leaving him haunted by his memories. The incident left him like a marionetteUnwilling and unable to do of his own will, for fear of another’s mistake.
Dazai’s Shocking Connection to the Book
No More Human gives Dazai tremendous power in this series
As always, Osamu Dazai knows more than he lets on And has a specific plan in place. In this alternate universe, Dazai’s connection to the book That can rewrite reality is breathtakingly complex. With his ability, No Longer Human, Dazai is able to see all the alternate realities that exist in the book, including Dazai’s memories of the original universe of Bungo Stray Dogs. With this knowledge, he pulls the strings from behind the scenes, taking on the mantle as the head of the port mafia.
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in this world, Dazai acts as the cold-hearted leader From the port mafia, even while Aware of the countless other memories of universes It could have been. The Animal Universe is especially special to Dazai because it is the only reality among many others where Oda Sakunosuke is alive and writing a novel. Dazai yearns for a connection with Odasaku as the memories of his dying wish for Dazai in the original Bungo Stray Dogs haunt him. However, in reality, Oda is part of the ADA and couldn’t care less about Dazai, and he couldn’t have another connection with Oda.
The brutal ending of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast
Dazai’s revelations cast Atsushi and Akutagawa on lonely paths
After a meeting with Oda at the bar Lupine, Dazai returns to the headquarters of the port mafia to reveal the truth to Akutagawa and Atsushi about the multiple realities, and the fact that their universe was only one possibility. He informs them that there can only be two people who are aware of this fact, and any more would destroy the fragile balance of their world. To preserve the world’s balance, Dazai uses his suicide as a calculated sacrifice. Dazai’s last thought is his only regret that he will never get the chance to read Odasaku’s novel.
Dazai’s final wish reveals his deep emotional void left by Oda’s death and absence in the Animal Universe. By revealing the truth to Akutagawa and Atsushi, Dazai essentially Forces them to understand fleeting behavior of the world. However, in doing so, Dazai also isolates them as the only beings aware of the fragile existence around them. Even so, Akutagawa officially joins the agency in hopes of seeing Jin again, and Mori and Elise take in Atsushi at the orphanage he grew up in, each with a new understanding of the reality that surrounds them in Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast.