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Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Vol. 1 by Kafka Asagiri, Shiwasu Hoshikawa

antimatteral's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

angiexoxo's review against another edition

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

5.0

_dxmii_'s review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

lanemanga's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

It's not bad though I'm not really immersed though it's readable, I had a hard time getting into bsd at first so I've hope by the next volume I'm able to like the story, the story is very similar to the main bsd plot line so it's nothing new 

dreamer626's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

evie_p's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

eiventeapot's review against another edition

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read 1 chapter
manga is Not the right format for me

cyndqls's review against another edition

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i'm going to scream

erraticmango's review against another edition

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

3.0

thelordofcrime's review against another edition

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

4.75

I absolutely love the artwork of this manga. It suits the darker tone of the story because it not only is darker in the way it looks but there is much thicker line  weight and sharper lines in comparison to art from the canon manga time-line. 

I also like Aktugawa more in this manga than in the canon manga. I also love how this manga adds more depth to Atsushi and Aktugawa as characters. 

I also really like that this manga adds more depth to Aktugawa's relationship to Gin and we see how he cares about her. This is also probably going to be expanded on more as the manga progresses and I'm excited to see where it goes. 

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I'm really interested in Dazai as the port mafia boss in this universe. I'm really curious as to how exactly he ended up becoming the mafia boss I know he had to have killed Mori which I'm sooo happy about but I want to know the details of how it happened. 

Also there are funny moments like when Kunikida is just yelling at Oda for being like 3 hours late even though he is the one that found Aktugawa. It was so funny because I didn't expect that to be their dynamic like similar to his and Dazai's dynamic but different. 

And also Atsushi being The White Reaper of the Port Mafia is so insanely cool. I absolutely love this manga and can't wait to buy and read all the other 3 volumes. 

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