Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Name: Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781975303228
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By Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa and Matthew Rutsohn

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Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 follows Doppo Kunikida, a disciplined idealist working at the Armed Detective Agency, a team handling perilous cases beyond police reach. His life takes an unexpected turn when he is teamed with Osamu Dazai, a bizarre and enigmatic recruit obsessed with suicide. Their inaugural mission unravels into a complex affair involving the agency's nemesis, the Port Mafia. Set two years before the manga, this volume explores how these contrasting characters forge a formidable detective partnership in Yokohama.
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Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 (light novel)

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This light novel suits young adult readers who enjoy mystery with supernatural elements and strong character dynamics, especially fans of anime and manga culture.

While investigating an unusual case, straitlaced Doppo Kunikida of the Armed Detective Agency and the new guy, Osamu Dazai, are attacked by the mafia's Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

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Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organisation 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!

Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 (light novel) by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa, and Matthew Rutsohn offers an engaging, action-packed prequel for fans of the manga.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781975303228

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 August 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Yen Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 196

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Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Kafka Asagiri Matthew Rutsohn Sango Harukawa Yen Press Young Adult

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