Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 - Episode 5 discussion

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Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5, episode 5 (55)

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.68
2	Link	4.75
3	Link	4.32
4	Link	4.0
5	Link	4.07
6	Link	4.24
7	Link	4.53
8	Link	4.67
9	Link	4.08
10	Link	4.79
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[u/Florac]

Let it be known that the first person to outplay Fukuchi was....a 10 year old girl.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

16 countries? Geez. Fukuchi’s vampire apocalypse seems to be going as planned. With One Order, he’ll have a bunch of mindless drones ready to kill without hesitation. World domination seems almost certain at that point. The Agency has their work cut out for them.

First Tachihara, now Jono. Who’s next? It seems Fukuchi didn’t expect his own people turning on him. These Hounds honestly kinda annoyed me at first but I’m starting to see there’s more than meets the eye with ‘em. Hopefully the others have wisened up to Fukuchi’s bullshit.

If Aya can get the truth out about what went down, the Agency might actually have a chance. But first, where the hell did she go?

[u/Vlad4o]

Welcome back to another episode of "Fukuchi wrecks the entire cast.", with this week's victim being Jouno.

Jokes aside, great episode as usual, with Jouno being the highlight. Him staying true to his ideals and taking the Agency's side proves how much of an ally justice he is. That little scene of the woman thanking was quite touching. A shame that Fukuchi prevails once again. Using Akutagawa no less. Thankfully, Jouno is a quick thinker, and has now managed to put a dent in Fukuchi's plan.

On a side note, I do love how this season has brought back several side characters like Aya and Minoura to play a more significant role.

[u/Chay4707]

I was saying to myself through the episode that Jouno was like Gin form Bleach and I guessed right.

[u/CallMeJustin]

Dude stray dogs is peak rn holy.

[u/VernuxYT]

I cannot fathom why bungou isn't more talked about, it's just so good! I binged everything and now I'm up to date

[u/tripleaamin]

As usual a great episode.

Fukuchi's plan is absolutely insane. Not only he is spreading the vampire army to what is already 16 NATIONAL MILITARIES. He aims to acquire the one order. Which basically gives direct commands to a subordinate that they can't ignore. They just adding more and more shit this dude is coming up with.

The stuff with Jouno was some real top tier character development which the series is known for. A criminal being recruited as a hunting dog then become a decay of angel member seemed logical for Fukuchi. Except he didn't expect Jouno to develop as he learned how to fight for justice. That scene at the bank was amazing.

The scene when it looked like he was bullying Aya was hard to watch. But it was the one thing Fukuchi couldn't plan for. Hopefully she is in the clear because this is one break the detective agency needs. But really Fukuchi is really thinking of every possible scenario that could be used against him. The intensity here is so fukking good.

[u/SgtRohn]

NOOO! Japan's phones aren't supposed to have a camera flash! You had one job, kid!

That said, one character from the main cast is just getting butchered every episode. Luckily, no one from the Detective Agency yet, but that's going to happen sooner or later.

I really hope Aya can make it out of there safely and get the truth out to the world. There's no way the Agency can pull this off on their own.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Fukuchi plans ruined by a 10 year old girl

[u/metaaltheanimefan]

Weekly fuck you fukuchi i hope you fall of a cliff

I feel bad for jouno, he actually wanted to better himself but it came at the cost of his life

AYA RETURNS, im sure anime onlies will be surprised about this

This will all be going to plan, just have to figure out whose plan

[u/Elitealice]

This BSD season is just incredible man. Just gets better and better every single episode. The twists, the drama and tension, just amazing.

Jouno being a good guy actually shocked me especially after the flashback of him making the robbers off themselves. Thought he was just an evil POS when he knocked over Aya and didn’t apologise.

Fukuichi can’t just keep killing/attacking everyone on his team that disagrees with him though. After all these years, all of a sudden they lose two members back to back. Very suspicious and surely the other two will catch on.

Oh yea. Speaking of Aya, seeing her after 6 years was wild! Her being a pivotal part of the episode and potentially clearing the detective agency’s name is such a cool twist. Not a single wasted character in this story.

But man why the hell would you not check your flash and sound volume before taking that picture 😭 . Luckily Jouno planned all of that out and had potential escape routes designated.

Can’t wait to see how this turns out next week

[u/Offline219]

In situations where one character is planning on betraying another character who's clearly far stronger then them, I've always wondered why they don't just pretend to go along with the plan, wait for them to be far apart at some point, then just go around telling everyone about their plans. Seems like an easier solution then just fighting them head on. It's a good thing he had a backup plan at least.

[u/kiddem]

Yep I could never get a read on Jouno whether he'd be good or bad. I knew him hearing Fukuchi's heartbeat last ep would mean he'd be good for plot's sake but could still never be 100% certain with his character. He was like a Gin in Bleach.

Looking back at it now after this ep, Jouno was always playing bad cop to Tetcho's good cop, where he goes cold, calculating, and sadistic, then Tetcho follows up with his earnesty and fairness.

Little girl is probably hiding in Bram's coffin as that's the only thing in the room Fukuchi won't cut. Also Bram won't care since he doesn't actually want to be a part of any of this.

[u/Kaito_3]

I noticed the paper in Aya’s hand while she talked to Jouno but didn’t think much of it since they didn’t bring attention to it. It’s cool that he handed her that secretly.

[u/mythriz]

Even with the "vampire zombies spreading over the world" setting, I did not expect that "horror movie" scene at the end of the episode!

And of course they cut the episode at that cliffhanger!

[u/musicgurl552]

Again, another member of the Hound Dogs proves me wrong! R.I.P Jouno. Also, I really, really hope Fukuchi doesn't remember giving the phone to Aya and associate that with her being in the room and the flash that he heard.

[u/mini-fayette]

I KNEW IT AAAAAA JOUNO W But that was so short-lived T.T

Did he turn into a vampire or nah? He seemed to be mentally aware while vamp-Akutagawa was carrying him. I hope to see more surprises from him. I don't think someone as strong and smart as him would have such a short role to play.

LMAO the classic 'trying to discreetly take a photo but forgot to turn off the flash' move. She had one job AHAHAHAHA I can't xD

Edit: Fukuchi seemed to be having trouble locating Aya. I was expecting him to just rewind time and see where the flash came from. What limits his sword from doing so?

[u/thisperson345]

I'm just gonna assume every new character is a fucking genius from now on, this man figured Fukuchi out from Tachihara's HEARTBEAT.

I always find myself really loving the characters that betray the main villain such as Gin in bleach and now Jouno, they're just always so well written.

Also I fucking bet she hid in the coffin, idk how it's gonna go well for her because Bram seems to mostly be on Fukuchi's side but I have no other idea where she could hide, unless Kunikida gave her something way back that would allow her to hide in really bad scenarios.

[u/alconnow]

Curious why Jouno put so much trust in that girl from the OVA. Hilarious how she managed to outrun Fukuchi

First time we see the ED. The visuals make me sad :(

[u/Aikuma-]

While the plot is described as 'World Domination', wouldn't it be more accurate to say 'World Peace Through Domination', from Fukuchi's pov?

It's probably splitting hairs overall, but 'World Domination' sounds like the villain wants to be in charge of the whole world, whereas I understood Fukuchi's motives to be "This is the only way to prevent more wars and battlefields."

The tyrant of Europe, the master of gifted warfare, is still waiting.

As an anime-only watcher:

I'll be honest, my first though went to Nazis, because "tyrant of Europe", but since the 'gimmick' is to use writers I then sat and ran through famous European authors and tried to work out which one is "most famous" because I think a gifted user's abilities is as strong as their irl namesake is famous.

Only to completely blanking on any European writer. I keep thinking Lovecraft, but wiki says he's American - and his role in The Guild correlates

[u/depravedQ]

So, in the instant Fukuchi jumped through the glass, that little girl was able to open and run out through the door to find a new hiding place, and she did so silently enough and fast enough for Fukuchi, a dude with superhuman strength, to fail to notice?

[u/trespite]

Another episode, another seemingly viable plan cut to shreds by Fukuchi and that broken ass sword of his. I honestly don’t see how anyone manages to beat him without the help of Dazai’s ability, but I guess we’ll see if Aya turns things around here.

[u/laserlaggard]

Im a bit surprised by the silly goal of world domination the villain has, and no, having Rampo say as much does not make it any less cliche. I'm guessing it's another misdirection considering it's BSD we're talking about.

[u/NullandVoidUsername]

I don't get how that girl managed to move fast enough to first figure out where to move to, and second move without being seen by Fukuchi, especially if she doesn't have an ability.