Bungo Stray Dogs : Volume 1 by Kafka Asagiri

Atsushi Nakajima is an orphan who just got kicked out of his abusive orphanage and is being chased by a tiger that tormented his orphanage. Starving to death beside a river in Yokohama he saves Osamu Dazai from drowning as a reward Dazai and his partner Doppo Kunikida take him out to eat where they reveal that they are apart of Yokohama's armed detective agency full of ability users and they are looking for the same tiger that tormented atsushi's orphanage. Dazai decides to use atsushi as bait but it is then revealed that atsushi is an ability user and he's the tiger. Since he's an ability user he is taken in by the armed detective agency and solves all kinds of cases and goes up against tough opponents while trying to maintain some form of a normal life.

Bungo Stray Dogs is one of my all time favorites. It can make me go though a rollercoaster of emotions in a few pages. Each character is complex and well written, mostly everyone is this story is morally grey and have reason for what they do so you can't hate anyone. I also really enjoy the art style for the anime and the manga. I could never get tired of analyzing Bungo the relationships and the parallels between each organization really makes you question right and wrong. It's also really funny and great if you want action but some laughs too. If you enjoyed things like My Hero Academia you'd definitely love Bungo Stray Dogs. 

Reviewed by ellen bagramyan, Grade 8

Montrose Library