The large cast of likable characters is really what the show needed, because to be honest the plot itself is kind of thin, and the way things work out feels overly convenient at times. Both interactions feel at home with Dazai as a character, and despite the similarities, both cases feel different. While his interactions with his old partner are a lot more sinister and cut to the bone, as he and his old partner hold a lot more animosity towards each other. When with his current Partner, Dazai has a lot of fun messing with the guy's plans and organization, as his current partner is obsessed with plotting out every minute detail. A great example being how Dazai interacts with his current partner in The Agency, and a former partner he had from before he joined, though I won't spoil who it was or his occupation at the time. No one feels like they interact with other characters in the same way. That really is the biggest thing that carries the show throughout it's run, the fantastic characters and how great their interactions are. While some anime it feels strained, the clash of personalities and just how much they hate each other feels very real and genuine. This causes a lot of tension between him and his most easily pegged rival in the series, Akutagawa. There are actually a lot of great moments that come about through the course of the anime due to Atushi's own personal hangup, his inability to see his own worth. While they usually solve cases involving other Gifted, the plot itself for the first two seasons focus around The Port Mafia and, in season 2, the Guild trying to get their hands on Atsushi for an unknown reason. It seems to be fundamentally tied to being Gifted.
He joins the Armed Detective Agency, a group of Gifted and you quickly learn that being gifted tends to come with the side effect of some kind of very.
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In the case of Atsushi, under the full moon, he becomes a powerful White Tiger which possesses great power and speed, as well as the ability to heal itself. The gifted all possess some kind of unique ability. Following our lead character, an orphan named Atsushi, he discovers he is 'gifted'. A bit late to the party on watching Bungou Stray Dogs, the show came as a very pleasant surprise to me.