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Dazai and Chuuya face Randou in a climactic showdown. Their opponent wields the former boss with his powerful skill, putting the two on the defensive. A final blow is struck, the past is revealed, and the Arahabaki incident draws to a close, but…to what end will the boys’ decisions lead them?

HE’LL DO ANYTHING TO TAKE HIS SISTER BACK…! Akutagawa joined the Armed Detective Agency to search for his long-lost sister, and Ranpo Edogawa is just the man he needs. Unfortunately, the capricious investigator isn’t interested. He lays down a condition for his assistance-each member of the agency will give Akutagawa a test, and he’ll have to clear them all if he wants Ranpo’s help. Willing to do anything in his quest for vengeance, Akutagawa begins with Kenji Miyazawa’s challenge to…plant a rice paddy? The alternate world of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast continues!

A PATH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN… In the world of Bungo Stray Dogs, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is infamous for being one of the Port Mafia’s most dangerous members. But what if his past had turned out differently...? When Dazai decides to pass on taking in an orphaned Akutagawa, the boy winds up being recruited by none other than the Armed Detective Agency! With his sister still in the Mafia’s clutches, Akutagawa will stop at nothing to take her back. However, standing in his way is the Port Mafia’s top enforcer-the White Reaper, Atsushi Nakajima. As darkness and light face off in a twisted mirror of what could have been, a new tale begins to take shape…

Dazai and Chuuya have the culprit behind this case pegged at last, but what was the villain’s motive? From the truth about Arahabaki to the mystery of the old boss’s resurrection—all the secrets are finally revealed!

At the behest of Mori, the boss of the Port Mafia, a young Dazai and Chuuya launch their investigation into the rumors of the previous boss’s revival, as well as the mysterious “Arahabaki” that’s somehow involved. The two’s mission carries the utmost importance, for if the truth about Mori’s predecessor gets out, the streets of Yokohama will run red with blood. Randou, one of the Mafia’s subexecutives, is said to have witnessed the supposed god, but where will his information lead?

A LONG - AWAITED REUNION. . .!After years of searching, Akutagawa has finally found his sister, Gin, and the mysterious man in black—Osamu Dazai. Breaking from his agency colleagues, he charges right through the front door, with no regard for the powerful skill users who bar his way. It seems both his sister and his revenge are close at hand, but will things turn out as he expects? Events unfold in unforeseen ways in this alternate world of Bungo Stray Dogs!

Akutagawa and Atsushi clash in an explosive final confrontation—one side desperate to save his last remaining family member, the other seeking to keep his promise with the late orphanage director. And at the battle’s end, the pair will discover the truth behind their world as the thrilling alternate tale of Bungo Stray Dogs comes to a grand conclusion!

Seven years before the events of Bungo Stray Dogs, a young Osamu Dazai is ordered by Ougai Mori to investigate an ominous rumor—there have been sightings of Mori’s deceased predecessor, and the new Mafia boss would very much like for the dead to stay buried. Along the way, Dazai runs into a gravity manipulator named Chuuya Nakahara, leader of the teenage Sheep gang. Together, the two will one day achieve infamy as the fearsome duo Twin Dark, but for now, they’ll have to learn to cooperate if they want to get to the bottom of this mystery…