Books by Kafka Asagiri

Book SynopsisBefore joining the Armed Detective Agency, Osamu Dazai was the youngest executive with the Port Mafia, the most notorious underground crime syndicate in all of Yokohama. When one of their colleagues suddenly goes missing, Dazai and fellow Port Mafia member Sakunosuke Oda are tasked with conducting an investigation...and at last, the reason why Dazai parted ways with the Port Mafia is revealed!

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Book SynopsisIt’s been roughly one year since Chuya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia, and he’s got his sights set on an executive position. But as he makes plans to move up, a man by the name of Paul Verlaine—claiming to be his younger brother—appears and vows to assassinate everyone he cares about! Now, Chuya must team up with Adam, a European A.I. investigator, to stop this lunatic before the storm swallows Yokohama once again...

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Book SynopsisAfter learning that his long-lost sister, Gin, is in the Port Mafia headquarters,Akutagawa breaks free from his Agency colleagues and goes in alone—right throughthe front door! After four and a half years, it seems the two will finally be reunited,but...

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Book SynopsisIn exchange for their assistance in tracking down his sister, Akutagawa must fulfill acondition set by each detective agency member. For his first trial, agency memberKenji Miyazawa proposes they compete in...rice planting!?

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Book SynopsisAtsushi and Akutagawa butt-heads! Dazai and Chuuya also butt-heads! The Bungou Stray Dogs cast have their mature momentsand some childish ones too!

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Book SynopsisA brilliant investigator known as the man-slaughtering detective, Yukito Ayatsuji has an ability so deadly that he's assigned a minder, rookie Special Division agent Mizuki Tsujimura, to monitor him. And when Ayatsuji is tasked with solving a murder case, who should be pulling the strings behind the scenes but his archnemesis...Natsuhiko Kyougoku?!

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Book SynopsisIn the parallel universe of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa’sdesperate mission to save his younger sister leads to him being recruited by thearmed detective agency! But standing in his way is none other than the fearsomeWhite Reaper of the Port Mafia-Atsushi Nakajima. As darkness and light face off, whatfate awaits the two...?

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Book SynopsisWhen Atsushi falls victimto the psychic attack of the mysterious Q, Francis Scott Fitzgerald suddenlyappears. Astute runs to get help from Kyouka, but is captured by The Guild, wholaunches their final plan: the destruction of Yokohama!?

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Book SynopsisNot long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his accomplice Osamu Dazaihas a dreadful run in with Chuuya Nakahara, a boy known as the Sheep King who iscapable of manipulating gravity. But when strange rumors about the mysterious beingArahabaki start spreading throughout Yokohoma, the duo must put aside theirdifferences and get to the bottom of things.Before they achieved infamy as the fearsome pairing Twin Dark, Dazai and Chuuyawere just boys. Was their first encounter a harbinger of hope, or an ill omen of thingsto come...?

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Book SynopsisTen years before the events of the manga series, a fateful encounter brings aprofessional bodyguard named Yukichi Fukuzawa and an arrogant boy genius namedRanpo Edogawa together. The result: the establishment of the Armed DetectiveAgency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle!

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Book SynopsisThe Armed Detective Agency's latest case brings them to a strange island off the coast of Yokohama called "Standard Island," but what awaits them turns out to be far more complicated than expected: a bomb, time travel, a mysterious skill user named H.G. Wells... Will this incident spell the end of Yokohama itself?!

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Book SynopsisThe peaceful daily lives of the cast of Bungo Stray Dogs continue! Filled to the brim with scenes you won't see in the main series, from Atsushi and his friends dancing, to Chuuya growing taller!

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Book SynopsisThe fate of the Armed Detective Agency‚ and the entire world‚ falls upon Aya's shoulders as she makes her escape. Meanwhile, deep within the Meursault prison, Gogol sets the stage for Dazai and Dostoyevsky to compete in a deadly jailbreak game. Which prisoner will be the one to prevail?

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Book SynopsisAkutagawa and Atsushi devote everything they've got to an explosive final confrontation. After a desperate battle for the things most important to them, they both learn the real truth of this world. The thrilling spin-off of Bungo Stray Dogs comes to a grand conclusion!

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Book SynopsisRegaining consciousness after nearly losing his life to Akutagawa, Atsushi is paralyzed by the thought of bringing more death and destruction down on the heads of his companions at the Armed Detective Agency and vows to run away. But before he can make good on his resolution, the Mafia sends Ryuurou Hirotsu of the merciless Black Lizard squad to storm their offices! Between the bomb-tossing Motojirou Kajii and the demure, kimono-wearing Kyouka Izumi, will the Mafia''s literary giants close the book on Atsushi and the Armed Detective Agency for good?!

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Book SynopsisThe Bungo Stray Dogs comfort series finally reaches Volume 10! A hotpot pot lock party at the Armed Detective Agency? Sounds like funWait, what did Dazai just put in the broth?! And back in the Dark Era, Ango hatches a plot to get one over on his drinking buddies!

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Book SynopsisThe American group of ability users known as the''Guild'' appears, led by the wealthy Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who has his sightsset on the Armed Detective Agency! Can Agency president Fukuzawa stop him...!?Not if Guild member Lucy Montgomery and can help it!

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Book SynopsisWhen a request flies in from the government enlisting the help of Yukito Ayatsuji, a top-ranked skill user and detective notorious for his deadly skill, and Mizuki Tsujimura, a devoted newbie agent from the Special Ability Agency, the unusual duo find themselves with more than just an open-and-shut case on their hands...A must-read spin-off for all fans of the popular Bungo Stray Dogs series!

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Book SynopsisAs Ryuunousuke Akutagawa and Nathaniel Hawthorne engage in a life-or-death battle, Chuuya Nakahara has information about The Guild''s plot to destroy the Armed Detective Agency. H.P. Lovecraft and John Steinbeck also reveal their powerful abilities!

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Book SynopsisWhat if the Port Mafia's attack dog, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, had joined the Armed Detective Agency? Likewise, what if Atsushi Nakajima belonged to the Port Mafia? In the parallel universe of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Akutagawa's desperate mission to rescue his younger sister from the Port Mafia's clutches brings him face-to-face with the organization's fearsome White Reaper...aka Atsushi Nakajima. What does fate have in store for this alternate tale of darkness versus light...?

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Book SynopsisMaking an appearance with Katai by his side, Natsume reveals that he knows the location of Dostoyevsky's secret base! At Dazai's direction, Akutagawa and Atsushi team up to infiltrate their mutual enemy's hideout, but what awaits them? Could the cannibalistic war of mutual destruction be drawing to a close?!

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Book SynopsisRanpo is forced into a difficult battle with Mushitarou, whose skill allows him to erase all evidence of a crime. Between a string of mystery novelist murders, Dazai's arrest, and a mysterious organization known as "Decay of an Angel," the twists and turns go beyond expectations!

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Book SynopsisTo stop the spreading global vampire crisis, a sealed ability weapon is transported fromEurope to Japan. The detective agency launches a desperate plan to keep it fromfalling into the hands of Fukuchi!

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Book SynopsisDoppo Kunikida is an idealist and a strait-laced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs that even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is progressing as planned until one day he's ordered to watch over the new guy, Osamu Dazai, a suspicious fellow of unknown origin who is obsessed with the thought of suicide. While investigating an unusual case involving a so-called haunted building, they find several of the missing people from another investigation. However, before they can find out how these cases connect, they are attacked by the mafia's Ryunosuke Akutagawa, sworn enemy of the agency! This is the beginning of a hopelessly inseparable relationship between two detectives. A battle of Abilities erupts in the shadows of Yokohama!

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Book SynopsisWar with the Guild draws to a close, and conflicts with the Mafia reach a momentary truce. However, an unexpected string of events drags Atsushi and Kunikida into an ill-fated confrontation with characters from their pasts! With the Armed Detective Agency having narrowly escaped obliteration by the Moby-Dick, the gang enlists help from an old ex-agent and hacker to investigate the bigger organization behind its descent...!

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Book SynopsisUpon receipt of an anonymous request, Kyouka and Atsushi are sent on another mission that brings them face-to-face with...Lucy Montgomery! While the battle against the Guild might be over, a new threat looms over Yokohama-that is, a threat by the name of Fyodor Dostoevsky!

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Book SynopsisWith the heads of the Detective Agency and the Port Mafia hospitalized due to a deadly virus, a one-on-one battle between Akutagawa and Kyouka, and Chuuya and Ranpo threatens to wreak havoc on the city of Yokohama! Meanwhile, Kunikida and Atsushi are in desperate search for a cure, but will they make it in time or be forced to fight their old nemesis once more?!

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Book SynopsisWithin the Sky Casino, Sigma of the Decay of the Angel clashes with the Hunting Dogs! While Tachihara searches for evidence of a terrorist plot, Atsushi and the others hide in Ann's room, waiting for their chance to launch a counterattack.

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Book SynopsisOne member of the Decay of the Angel stands in the way—Fukuchi Ouchi. Atsushi andAkutagawa have beaten powerful enemies before, but can they work together to defeatthe living legend known as the strongest skill user...?! The man known as Fukuchi,veteran of innumerable battles and who once trained alongside President Fukuzawa,draws his sword!

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Book SynopsisMake way for the hero of Bungo Day Care—Odasaku-man! Atsushi and Kyouka have a crepe party, Chuuya shows his appreciation for Dazai (!?), and other wholesome adventures await in the peaceful world of Bungo Stray Dogs!?

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Book SynopsisFrom the chill of winter to the pollen of spring, the Armed Detective Agency has your back year-round as the relaxing tales from the peaceful world of Bungo Stray Dogs continue! Atsushi and Chuuya get stuck in an elevator together, the Port Mafia try to sus out Tachihara's secret, and the organizations of Yokohama duke it out in a soccer showdown!

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Book SynopsisThe Armed Detective Agency have become criminals, and the Military Police's mightiest special task force is after them!

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Book SynopsisAtsushi is working with his previous foe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in order to use the "Eyes of God" surveillance system to find clues. In the forest, Yosano is approached by the Port Mafia with a request to join them. What is the past that Yosano has tried to keep hidden?

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Book SynopsisAs Gogol’s deadly game continues, Dostoyevsky summons an ally to aid him in his escape—Chuuya, now a vampire! Dazai will have to say his farewells to his onetime partner if he wants to come through this life and death struggle in one peace. And meanwhile, Tetchou and Kenji clash at the airport…?!

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Book SynopsisYoung, hungry, and homeless, the orphan Atsushi Nakajima’s hard knock life turns around when he meets Osamu Dazai, a peculiar man who’s part of a group of detectives with special powers. And he wants Atsushi’s help catching a man-eating tiger that’s terrorizing Yokohama?! Experience the hit anime series adapted into a novel format!

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Book SynopsisPresenting the first anthology of the popular supernatural action series Bungo Stray Dogs! Featuring a luxurious list of guest authors, these new Bungo stories feature everything from gags to heartwarming moments in a charming collection that will leave you begging for more!

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