Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 8 (light novel)

Everything about this book made me shed a tear, whether it be of joy or of pain. If you're not a broke bsd fan, GET IT and if you are broke but still want it, GET IT. Man. the best read of my life. I love pianoman and Adam a little too much.

The book's paper quality is really nice, and it smells good. I just started reading it, I can't wait to find out about Chuuya's past :)

Thank you

I waited several months for it to come back in stock after it sold out and it came in great condition, and the story itself was beautiful. I specifically waited until I had finished the book before doing a full review. Mild spoiler warning. I’m a really big Chuuya fan and this dipped into his past and showed another side to him that I feel like gets missed often in his other appearances, or in the fandom’s perspective. Albeit traumatizing for the kid, this gave him a huge character development that really showed more of his intellectual side, and his caring nature for his friends. He’s not just some stand offish guy who’s angry all the time; he’s Tsundere, forgiving, stubborn and impulsive, but he’s also genuine, caring, and selfless. He’s always willing to make sacrifices for the betterment of others, even if they never have him the same treatment, or if he’ll be losing a part of himself for it. The novel explored a lot of his history and really pushes that he's is his own person, and not just a powerful lacky for the Port Mafia. He’s a really deep character with his own motives and ambitions. I cried like 7 times reading it, and lost my voice screaming the lines while reading it to my partner. Truly a beautiful book, 10/10 recommend to any BSD fan. I really hope it gets an adaptation in the future, everyone needs to know the story and I know way to many anime only people that won’t pick up a book. Can’t wait for the next novel, thank you for all your hard work, Asagiri-san and Harukawa-san!

That's a masterpiece I love it, especially Iceman I read it online first, but I decided I NEEDED a physical copy.

This book is in great condition and I can’t wait to read it! Though I’m nervous to see more about chuuya past already been spoiled a bit and not ready for the tears 😭

eu simplesmente AMO essa light novel! já tinha lido quando foi lançada em 2022, reli online esse ano e senti que precisava ter uma cópia física. a narrativa é super envolvente e muito bem construída, cheia de detalhes e explicações que prendem a atenção da gente, é tipo uma leitura obrigatória para os fãs de BSD, tanto do mangá quanto do anime. Asagiri é o cara, e as ilustrações da Harukawa são maravilhosas. e eu adoro o Chuuya, muito bom saber mais sobre a história dele. p.s.: o livro chegou muito bem embalado e bem rápido, comprei ontem a noite e hoje a tarde já chegou.

Chuuya's backstory is a heavy focus in this book which I felt as though helped me to understand him better. I bought this on the 25th December, and I am writing this having just finished it on the 29th December, although you could definitely finish it in much less time than I did: it was a very busy season for me! I did find it very sad in places, as it explores loss and trauma perfectly. Many characters are quite relatable in places, and for the first time ever Mori didn't suck - maybe because his weird infatuation with Elise isn't mentioned here, which is probably for the best. The relationships were very compelling to me: Adam and Chuuya felt a lot to me like father and son, which was actually touched on through metaphors by Asagiri. I definitely enjoyed the arguing between Dazai and Chuuya: it did make me laugh in places and I found the way they care for one another in their own ways to be quite sweet. They remind me a lot of those American books targeted at teenage girls where academic rivals have a bit of an enemies to lovers, and I did find it pretty funny that the extracts that hinted at Soukoku (a ship between Dazai and Chuuya) were highlighted by a lot of people who read the book on a Kindle as I did. The relationship between Verlaine and Rimbaud was INCREDIBLY bittersweet, and it did have me crying in places. I really enjoyed how they were presented though, and the closure that was given. Dazai girlbossed (as always), and I feel like Adam has become a new favourite character for me. Chuuya doesn't get hardly enough screen time in the anime/manga series so I feel like sitting down with a book that focuses on him helps someone to like his character more. His backstory is very sad, and I found it quite sweet that he turned down a lot of discovery about himself for the greater good of others. There are definitely characters I didn't like, although I feel that was intentional from the author because of the way they acted and were presented (I am of course talking about N.) I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has a general understanding of BSD's characters and storyline, although in the afterword the author does say that this sort of clarifies the events of another book, which I believe was Dazai and Chuuya: Aged 15, so I do recommend reading that first. Overall, I really enjoyed it, although this night be a good time to mention I am autistic and currently very hyperfixated on BSD in general, so because of that there may be very different opinions in comparison to mine :)