Hey everyone, I wanted to create a reading challenge based on Bungo Stray Dogs. I finished watching season two today and I am so excited to see how this anime will continue once season 3 arrives. Because I felt inspired, I decided to do a reading challenge. I am not sure if anyone has made this challenge yet from what I’ve seen on the internet. Anyways, the characters of Bungo Stray Dogs are named after Japanese authors, and their powers are based off their literary works. The inner bookworm in me was excited!! So, this will be my project that I’ll try to continuously update as more characters are introduced!! Anyone is free to join this reading challenge.
*For some of the characters, it was hard finding a particular book that relates to their power. I’ll try to associate books with each character.
**Some books are difficult for me to find online.
The Armed Detective Agency
- Atsushi Nakajima: The Moon Over the Mountain, and Other Stories
- Osamu Dazai: No Longer Human
- Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Doppo Kunikida: River Mist & Other Stories
- Edogawa Ranpo: The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows
- Kenji Miyazawa: Night on the Galactic Railroad
- Akiko Yosano: River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko
- Jun’ichirō Tanizaki: Naomi
- Kyouka Izumi: The Surgery Room
Port Mafia
- Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Rashōmon
- Chūya Nakahara: **
- Ichiyou Higuchi: Takekurabe
- Ougai Mori: The Dancing Girl
- Yumeno Kyusaku: **
- Kouyou Ozaki: The Golden Demon
- Hirotsu Ryurō: **
- Motojiro Kajii: Lemon
- Michizō Tachihara: **
- Sakunosuke Oda: Stories of Osaka
The Guild
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
- Lousia May Alcott: Little Women
- Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
- Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables
- Margaret Mitchell: Gone With The Wind
- Herman Melville: Moby Dick
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat
- Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu
OMG! Kunikida-kun is my bae. XD Actually, the rest of the Japanese voice actor cast is so good. I have so many Japanese fiction on my TBR but I will keep this in mind. I love this anime.
I like him, though my favorite is Ranpo! The whole cast is great. I have a soft spot for the Port Mafia. Ha ha. Yeah, I thought it will be a fun project for anyone to do, though I am in no rush to complete it yet ahaha. XD
Ranpo is adorable! Yeah, most of their stuff is short fiction but still very dense.