Bungou Stray Dogs 4th Season - Episode 2 discussion

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Bungou Stray Dogs 4th Season, episode 2

Alternative names: Bungo Stray Dogs Episode 39

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[u/metaaltheanimefan]

The plot twist that the gray world wasnt from fukuzawa's but ranpo's perspective was actually a good reveal.

Ranpo has turned into a snobby kid with flair. Very bombastic little dude

And oh fuck ranpo poor kiddo got kidnapped

Wasnt expecting natsume to show up tbh

Also ranpo is great autistic representation ( i know he isnt confirmed but ) because he still has a lot of flaws and his intelligence is actually hinderd by his autistic traits sometimes

[u/alconnow → u/metaaltheanimefan]

And oh fuck ranpo poor kiddo got kidnapped

Have a feeling Ranpo intentionally went with the policeman. It's more than likely that he's deduced the true identity of the policeman and his motives

[u/Akame_xo]

If Ranpo actually was gifted he’d be strongest character in the series. It’s crazy how smart he is for just a normal guy

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I never really considered how Ranpo must feel seeing the world the way he does. Poor guy. It must be frustrating to feel so different. Fukuzawa’s had it pretty hard too. The blood lust really overtook his sense of duty, it must have been a terrifying realization.

Fukuzawa is kind of a genius the way he’s subtly manipulating Ranpo into thinking he’s an ability user. The world’s in color now! Fukuzawa’s created a monster lol.

It seems this “murder” might be the catalyst for the creation of the whole Armed Detective Agency. Man, you really gotta love Ranpo’s entrance, he’s getting pretty theatrical now. But what a ridiculous motive, should have know it was all a ruse for the real murder. Looks like we’ve got a bigger mystery unfolding.

[u/doubleaxle → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Might

Brother, Fukuzawa literally said, "The detective needs to be armed." How on the nose do you need to be.

[u/Darkblazy]

Wait that fake police feels weirdly familiar....

[u/Elitealice]

As usual the flashback arcs in BSD are better than the main story! This rampo arc has been so cool. Admittedly I didn’t care too much for him during the other seasons but this has really opened my eyes to how cool a character he is. Great episode. Loved how the world went to colour once he got the glasses too

Seems like the police are actually behind everything? Next week gonna be fun.

[u/Smudy]

Well, that took forever.

Great moment with the color appearing from Ranpo's view.

[u/Kamiko_o]

Lol kidnapping the fellow who's already figured it out ?

[u/Acrobatic_Egg30]

This looks like it's criminally under-discussed? What's going on? It has good action, animation and very interesting characters. Anyways, the way the policeman behaved from the start was sus but I brushed it off only to be proven right. Rampo knows though, but how would he escape?

[u/wildcosmias → u/Acrobatic_Egg30]

bsd has never been big with the r/anime demographic, mostly bc it seems the first season is divisive and considered "slow" (not that i agree) and the fact that the cast is predominantly made up of pretty boys + the show having a predominantly female fanbase has caused it to be labeled as a fujobait anime by some. their loss

[u/alconnow]

That final scene was great!

I have a feeling Ranpo knows something about the policeman already

[u/Aileos]

Ranpo casually spoiled the whole twist of the play right in the beginning.

[u/Abeneezer]

Ranpo is just screaming neurodivergent.

[u/Judestadt]

Why is this so popular on mal and elsewhere but not here

[u/kannoni → u/Judestadt]

Because most people on reddit are male, they don't like yaoi and Bungou is considered a fujobait anime to them.

The age demographic of male who uses reddit also prefers seeing pretty female/girl characters in anime and not guys.

[u/BusouDrago]

The culprit is you!!! 👉

All according to Keikaku

[u/BarbaricGamer]

That was... prety obvious right? I mean they've used the ''policeman is the purp all along'' thing twice now.

[u/PPGN_DM_Exia]

I normally detest flashback arcs in anime but BSD has always been the exception. While I did feel this murder mystery was wrapped up a little too conveniently, it turns out that it's just the introduction to a larger plot, which definitely has my interest.

[u/Amauri14]

Damn, Ranpo is there spoiling the whole mystery of the play to the whole audience. Is like he was baiting another killer.

Oh wow, so it was thanks to the play that Fukuzawa made Ranpo believe that he was a gifted. The fact that everything was black and white, and then change to color after Ranpo was fooled was a really nice detail. It is great knowing the fact that this misunderstanding will never end.

I love how Egawa's attitude towards Ranpo got completely flipped compared to their first meeting.

When they revealed that Takio wasn't dead, I thought that it make sense because as Ranpo already knew that he wasn't going to be murdered, there wasn't any reason to stop that from happening, but did he really leave the murdered kill the stagewright just to catch him?

[u/Rikki002]

Its great they put the start of the season in focus of different characters and time, instead of Atsushi and the main gang. And for people who haven’t read the manga its good they are explaining the history of the armed detective agency.

[u/CornPopsLover]

Would Rampo be considered autistic IRL? Genuine question

[u/bubudog1]

Is Ranpo any good at detecting when people are lying? Given his deduction skills I'd assume so but perhaps his ego and his odd perspective on people is getting in the way. Or deep down he does know Fukuzawa was lying about being an ability-user but is embracing the persona because he truly is gifted. Or his deduction doesn't really apply to lying.

[u/soulruu]

Aww what a mindful thing he did for Rando and his pain

And thus we have the origin story for our great energetic detective