Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4: Episode 5 EARLY ACCESS Reaction!
Added 2023-02-04 14:00:03 +0000 UTC**EMOTIONAL HEADPHONE WARNINGS**
I was not expecting to get emotionally attached to Mushitaro's character...but here we are in this episode, as he turns out to be more than just a somewhat crazed antagonist (more where THAT comes from later)!
The mystery unravels as Poe and Rampo work to solve the case and we get even MORE Rampo character development...just in time, it seems, because something is rotten in the state of Denmark, y'all. And I'm not sure how to feel about it!
LINK TO REACTION: https://streamable.com/83gnjx
Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!
Comments
I honestly was not a HUGE Poe and Ranpo fan until this season (BUT HERE WE ARE) but this arc has been a LOT of fun! And seriously, just a short time to get us so emotionally invested in Mushitaro and his character! The writing is fantastic and so unique, as per BSD standard! I really connect Mushitaro and Fitzgerald for the reasons you listed; they're both great! Yesss, the LAYERS with those two and what we find out as we dig into their characters! The heartbreak of fulfilling a friend's dying wish, even though he himself doesn't want to do it because he cares about him -- and then having Ranpo sympathize with him -- and oooooh, Ranpo suggesting that he wasn't a killer is so interesting. SERIOUSLY, what is BSD's deal with tragic relationships?! T-T Oh, that's a great idea of researcing Yokomizo before Episode 6 -- I'll make sure to do that before recording! :) And oooohhhh, I'm terrified and excited for Nikolai and what this series has in store with HIM! Thank you for the comment!! I can't wait for Episode 6!
Romaniablack
2023-02-09 00:33:10 +0000 UTCI'm really glad that he hasn't been fully revealed yet, because I'm excited to know more but also ZEEEEEKKKKEEEE OMG -- that's AMAZING! Now, going back and re-listening, you can hear it! It's insane he's been VA'ing as long as I've been alive. @_@ Insanity! Right?! What even ARE ringtones anymore? I love Poe, though, so much! His ringtone was perfection! Thank you for the comment!
Romaniablack
2023-02-05 04:40:10 +0000 UTCBy far one of my favorite arcs in the entire series, right up there with Dark Era; I'm not even a super mega Ranpo or Poe fan (though Untold Origins definitely made me love Ranpo more, and the manga in general), but merely 3 chapters skyrocketed Mushi up there to one of my top characters of all time in the series. Absolutely masterful writing and utterly, utterly gut-wrenching 😭💔 BSD is so wonderful at introducing characters that may seem shallow or unlikable at first, and then turning your first impressions of them completely on their head to develop them into a complex, real, and fully-rounded character, and Mushi is still one of the best examples of that (Fitzgerald is another fantastic example, and Mushi reminds me a lot of him tbh). The way he first seems so goofy, shallow, self-centered, arrogant, narcissistic, you name it, but then the layers are slowly peeled back, and you realize it's all just a facade he forced himself to wear so he could convince himself he truly did hate Yokomizo as in the role he had to play, else he be completely drowned in his grief and guilt.... it's so, so heartbreaking. He's so traumatized, and likely doesn't even feel like he has the right to grieve, the right to miss his dear friend, because he's the one who killed him, even though it was Yokomizo's explicit desire. But in reality he's so, so kind... he was just fulfilling his dying friend's wish 😭🥺💔 And it's truly touching to me how Ranpo seems to sympathize with him; I don't know why the subs changed it, but at the end when Poe tells him about the corpse's face, Ranpo is supposed to say "He actually may not have killed a single person, then...", indicating that he doesn't even see Mushi as a killer at all, even including Yokomizo, because it was assisted suicide. It's so emotional and beautiful and tragic, but SO well done. Mushitarou & Yokomizo are up there alongside Dazai & Oda in terms of most tragic friendships in the series for me (or ships, if that's the route you wanna go lol) 💔 and Mushi and this arc will always have a special place in my heart; I'm truly so happy the anime did his incredible story justice. 💚 I was a little curious if you would research Yokomizo tbh, since you looked up other minor characters before; I read a little about him on Wikipedia (fantastic source, I know lol), but maybe you could find something more interesting and relevant xD As for Nikolai...... He's, ah, something. That's all I'll say 🤡 Bones nailed him though; the animation and voice acting for him was SUPERB. Very excited to see more of him 💖
Dana
2023-02-05 03:48:55 +0000 UTCMY CLOWN! HE IS HERE! Nikolai is a menace, and I would 100% name a cat after him. Kinda glad they didn't reveal who he is fully because that gives me time to read the story his ability is based on, because I kept putting it off this week. As for his va, it's Takehito Koyasu, who also voiced Adam in SK8 and Zeke in AoT, as well as so many others (he's been active since 1988). Poor Perfect Crime Trio, they didn't get to trio... Poe is a mood though. I have no idea what my ringtone is because no one ever calls me.
Moth (GreenAppleSause)
2023-02-05 03:05:33 +0000 UTC
