Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 Looks To Be The Darkest Yet
Kafka Asagiri's Bungo Stray Dogs is one of studio Bones' most acclaimed shows in recent years other than My Hero, and the neo-noir action series is returning for its fourth season early next year. At Crunchyroll Expo, fans were treated to the first look at the new season, and the trailer wastes no time setting up the stakes.
At the end of last season, the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia narrowly avoided catastrophe after Fyodor Dostoyevsky enacted a plan that pitted them against each other. Things appeared to be at peace, but the new trailer reveals a new plot to make the Agency public enemy #1.
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The trailer begins with Ranpo desperately attempting to stop the Agency from accepting a new job, claiming it will «destroy the agency.» This harrowing warning is juxtaposed against Fukuzawa accepting a gift from the government, no doubt recognition for the Agency's accomplishments. It is accompanied by what appears to be Tanizaki falling from a building.
The imagery throughout is chaotic, to say the least. Ranpo appears to take center stage, investigating a plot to set up the Armed Detective Agency and make criminals of its members, and despairing at his inability to stay one step ahead. His keen deductive skills have often been framed in a way that makes him seem overpowered, so this arc could be great for his character.
Additionally, police are seen raiding the Agency headquarters, Dazai is seemingly arrested, and a terrorist group named Decay of Angels is running amuck. Almost everything seems to go wrong in just an 80-second teaser, and amidst it all, a new foe is introduced that is on a whole other level compared to what the Agency has faced before.
Given the Agency's
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