It's been roughly one year since Chūya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia, and he's got his sights set on an executive position. But as he makes plans to move up, a man by the name of Paul Verlaine—claiming to be his older brother—appears and vows to assassinate everyone he cares about! Now, Chūya must team up with Adam, a European A.I. investigator, to stop this lunatic before the storm swallows Yokohama once again… [2] Summary [ ] Prologue Needless to say, this is one of the strongest books in the franchise, mange or light novel. It helps to flesh out Dazai, Akutagawa, Kenji, and Tanizaki and brings home the elements of the their characters that we don't always get to see but that are important to the story. It's bittersweet in the right way, a way that makes us contrast those two central phrases.

Volume 1 Synopsis: Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won’t handle. Everything in his life is going just as he’s planned…until one day, he’s paired up with the agency’s newest hire: a suspicious, eccentric, suicide-obsessed man named Osamu Dazai. Their first case together turns out to be far more complicated than Kunikida anticipated — and it looks like the detective agency’s sworn enemy, the Port Mafia, is somehow involved, too! Set two years before the events of the manga series, this is the tale of how two seemingly incompatible personalities end up forming the partnership that has made them one of Yokohama’s top detective duos! Esas son las únicas pegas que le encuentro a la historia, que me ha regalado frases muy épicas y preciosas y que en ciertas partes consideraba mejor que la original. chuuya ma li mortacci tua, proprio un personaggio così devastato come te dovevo kinnare? non penso che ci sia stato momento per tutto il libro in cui non l'abbia sentito vicino, dai momenti silly in cui insultava (deserved) dazai a quelli più depressi in cui pensava che la sua nascita fosse stata un errore (poi s'è ripigliato grazie al cielo) e che fosse una persona che si spendeva troppo per gli altri e che aveva paura di aprirsi con i suoi amici. I am currently obsessed with this manga, and the light novels are just everything. Reading an actual novel about characters you only know through manga is amazing, it’s like seeing the story from a whole new perspective. And the fact that these novels are exploring the most beloved characters… I wish every series was like this.Season 3's prologue adapted Asagiri's seventh novel, Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen, which chronicles Dazai’s budding partnership with Chuuya, who is initially quite antagonistic toward the Port Mafia. It follows the two of them solving a mystery that ends up revealing the origin of Chuuya’s incredible powers, culminating in his joining the mafia. Chūya soon escapes from him, only to be caught by Verlaine who reveals having slayed the Flags moments ago during Chūya's absence. The assassin says he wishes to kill everyone associated with Chūya and partially opens the Gate within the boy, causing gravity to go haywire and unleash Arahabaki's flames, until Osamu Dazai arrives to nullify it. He then takes Chūya to the bar, where he witnesses his friends' corpses. Chūya finally agrees to join Adam in the investigation.

I don't think I'd be able to review this properly. Like how do I express it with words?? It's so heartbreaking to know what Chuuya had gone through and what leads to Verlaine's action and NOW I TERRIBLY MISS BSD SO MUCH😭😭 Plus, get a glimpse of the agency the night before Atsushi Nakajima joined the team! [2] Summary [ ] A Day at the Detective Agency To gather information, Fukuzawa and Ranpo question the performers, starting with lead actor Tokio Murakami. During their inquiry, the youth states his willingness to risk his or anyone's life for the sake of mastering the art if given the chance. They also question the other performers, who think that no murder shall happen. However, Ranpo believes that the note is an announcement rather than a threat for murder, though he thinks that Fukuzawa, as an adult, must have already perceived that. To further assess his skills, Fukuzawa asks Ranpo to deduce him. As the boy uncovers his secretive past with ease, Fukuzawa fully believes that Ranpo is special. I love how, even though Chuuya doubts his humanity and in the end he has to give up the chance to really find out the truth, some characters believe in him from the start. Like Adam "You value your friendship and make decisions accordingly. I suppose you could call this human nature." or Dazai in his twisted way "You sound like you're certain he's human. Es cierto… no estoy particularmente interesado en este mundo. No es algo que sabía que estaba por desaparecer. El yo de otro posible mundo seguro diría eso. Pero verás…—Dazai hizo una pausa, cerró los ojos y sonrió con nostalgia.—Este es el único mundo en el que él vive y escribe novelas. No puedo dejar que este mundo desaparezca.No, It's true. I'm not even joking. I think I really had gone insane. Literally, too. Like.. in that exact sense. per dazai come al solito non ho parole solo insulti (semi joke ok) !!! boh non si sa ha battuto la testa da bambino e si è trasformato in uno psicopatico però ok va bene mr non sono intervenuto prima perché mi divertiva che chuuya venisse torturato!!! e nonostante tutta la merda che ha fatto he's not beating the allegations, perché tutti i gay del bsdverse vogliono ammazzarsi tra loro o parlano dell'altro come se fosse l'unica persona al mondo che li capisca o entrambe le cose io non capisco??? I love the way he build relationships between Akutagawa and Atsushi with the other characters. I even love it the way he gave us brief view of how it would be for shin soukoku if they meet in a normal world. Storm Bringer - takes place 6 years before the start of the series and one year after Dazai, Chuuya, Age 15. It has not been adapted into the anime. Ah, ah, ah— Dazai cerró los ojos y dijo con una sonrisa soñadora—. Finalmente está aquí. El momento por el que había esperado. Estoy complacido, realmente estoy complacido… pero, me arrepiento de algo. No podré leer la novela cuando la termines.”

Next, what I really like in this story is that the characters stay true to their own self. I mean... their characters are the same with the original story. For example, Atsushi doesn't suddenly overcome his fear towards the orphanage's director. He's still the same Atsushi, the one who is haunted by the past or the incident that happened at the orphanage. And then, Akutagawa. He's still that hot-headed teenage boy, who often do something without plans and rely only on himself. (no hate, okay! I love all characters so much!) and there's Dazai. YES, he's still that goofy (even though not that much), he's still that man who plans as if he can see the future. You won't feel weird out or uneasy with the story, instead you'll get to know more on what happened with Atsushi and Akutagawa when they were younger (before they joined any agency). I loved The Flags, I wish we could get more stories with them. I loved how they valued their friendship and how they went out of their way to bring that anniversary gift. How they wanted Chuuya to feel human, to celebrate together and just have fun. And I love how much Chuuya cares even though he tries to act cool.

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But my favorite part with Paul was the scene when he meets Rimbaud again and the last gift. Yoshihide's expressions in the stage play were so on point, I was weeping.