heres another fact about ranpo: his name Edogawa Ranpo is actually the "japanese" way of saying Edgar Allan Poe, the actual author was a big fan of his works and so he made his pen name Edogawa Ranpo so show his love for Poe's works Also the fact that in the actual show its kinda the other way around lol

I feel like this video was more about character psychology than it was about design. I love this show and it's characters. The visual designs of the characters are striking and the animation is well made. Great video like always 414! The information was really good. I like this show even more now knowing that the main characters were based on real people and real written works. I just think that would be character psychology/background not "design". Jmo. Love ya man.

03:01 well "No Longer Human" presents concept of finding meaning of life. However, main theme is more that presenting that intelligent individualists are often not respected and misunderstood by common people. Which leads to misantrophy. The protagonist Yozo Oba ever since childhood started to notice that many norms of society are vague and arbitrary. When he has become educated he only confirmed his views. As he noticed that certain norms are simply made for group of people to stay in power, while others were controlled. His clown persona was a way for him to adapt to common society. People liked his charismatic, prankster personality. However, it was simply a mask. In reality, it gave him prideful sense of manipulating and mocking ignorant people. Which gave him some sense of satisfaction in life.

BSD hit peak character design when they made Atsushi’s belt look like a little tail

Bsd as a whole is just absolutely 🔥

One of the things that gets me is in the show dazai, ango and odasaku were a trio and in real life theyre also grouped together as the buraiha

Not to forget that Ranpo's relationship with Edgar Allan Poe is funnily displayed in the series knowing that real life Ranpo was very inspired by Poe and even got his writer name after him (Try saying Edogawa Ranpo) real fast😊

One thing about dazai that ive thought about, is that its a bit ironic that dazai constantly dehumanises himself. I dont think thats never explicitly stated in the show but he is based off of the real book 'no longer human' and dehumanisation is a pretty big theme in it soo. Anyway its ironic because dazais ability gives people back their humanity. By this i mean that his ability nulifies anyone elses and thjs gives them back their humanity cuz it turns them into a normal human again. Normal humans dont have powers or abilities and 'no longer human' (the ability) does just that, it removes what keeps others from being normal human beings. However for dazai this ability is the thing keeping him from being a normal human as its an ability he cant turn off. No matter what, dazais ability is always active meaning that he can never be considered a normal human being as he always has a power normal people dont have.

The character designs look awesome indeed! 😎

Why does no one ever mention that Chuuya was not born with an ability, he was experimented on, when the government was trying to create artificial ability users. He carries the god Arahabaki inside him. It's the main reason why he thinks he's not human. The reason corruption is so dangerous is because it's actually the God Arahabaki taking control.

This series has on of the best characters design, especially Eyes, lips and outfits ❤️

I mean, I've always thought the designs (and i mean, appearences) of the characters in BSD were just randomly cool. Like, i get the "yin/yang" thing for Aku and Atsushi, or the "black coat vs beige coat" and the bandages for Dazai, but that's kinda it ? What reflects their personnalities/power ? (Who is responsible for the (multiple) rat tails ? Where have Akutagawa's eyebrows gone ? Why are there so many gingers ?) However it still gives off a very timeless vibe (and they all kinda dress like they're from a detective movie so that's cool) and it does make some quite iconic-looking characters. , I was hoping this video could help me understand these weirdly appealing drawings a bit more (especially after the intro) but alas, this was not what it was about ^^' ... I'm not sure character design is the right term, in that case ? To me (young 2D animator/concept artist who's worked a bit and studied a bit more) the "design" part of the character is really its visual shell, while things like powers, skills and personnality are more about writing and references than design (: Don't get me wrong, i loved the video, absolutely captivating ! Just.... Not what i was expecting haha !

8:17 Spoilers!! I’d like to add that in the manga it is shown that Yosano had actually participated in a war as a nurse, and due to her healing ability of being able to heal any wound she earned the nickname angel. Later in the war the soldiers started to hate her because they simply did not want to keep fighting after being almost killed numerous times, changing her name from Angel to Angel of Death. A few more things happen but, I just felt that related to her hate in war. :)

I like it. Yeah the authors irl books and work were so fascinating, as for design I like Fyodor and Dazai characters design in manga . As for ability I like Oda flawless ability.

Thank you for the nice video. I think one of the features of bsd is that Mr. Atsushi Nakajima (a character based on him) is the main character. In Japan, most people study "The Moon over the Mountain" in elementary school, so there is probably no one who does not know Mr. Nakajima. However, Mr. Akutagawa and Mr. Dazai are so famous that they tend to be the protagonists in fiction. Mr. Kunikida and Mr. Tanizaki's works are rarely read in class, but they are wonderful main characters in bsd.

one of the reasons i love this anime: the literature references

1:39 tbh I can’t believe this is actually apart of the anime

There's a team working on this manga series with different roles (plot writing, drawing, etc.) (I was delight to found this out in the afterwords in the LNs). No wonder it's so complex and well designed. The other team of manga series that I knew matching them is CLAMP (4 women with intricate art styles and storylines.)

this is why this amime so special

I love this video because it shows how the characters abilities reflect their personalities

I always thought that Dazai is a character that represents humanity at its best (ADA) and at its worst (PM). How he treated others ex: Akutagawa vs Atsushi. However the interesting thing is his relationship with Nakahara Chuuya. How they r polar opposites but similar. Dazai for the longest time didn't believe/feel he was human, while Chuuya someone who's past made him question his own humanity wanting/feeling to be human. Sorry yall for the long ass rant lmao 😂

1:25 tigers are solitary animals, they don’t have packs

loved this video. would love to see you break down all the other characters like this too!

Character designs are amazing!

i love how rashoumon is abput the same situatuion atsushi finds himself in the first episode

My respect for bungo stray dogs's writer at its peak after i knew he built his character based on the other writers

Love this power system especially out of these my favorite is Ranpo's ability

Great video!

One of my comfort anime. I really love everything about this show

Damn the characters of this show are so well written!

Part 2 is a necessity

"his love for" *Poe*

414Anime, I have some suggested ideas for future videos you should cover. Ideas: 10 facts about Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) 5 facts about Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail) 5 facts about Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist) 10 facts about Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins) 10 facts about Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) 5 facts about Issei Hyodo (High School DxD)

Please make a part 2

Finally Recognition of Bungo Stray Dogs

What about Toaru Majutsu no Index? It did the whole unique character design with unique abilities and inspiration from real life occult folklore way before Bungou Stray Dogs

Can we get a part 2!

It's very interesting ❤️❤️

were do you find all this good info from

Bungo Stray Dogs is a story of many stories. Each character has their own well-fleshed out story, whether it’s been told in focus or from one liners. . . . . . . warning, passionately organized list . . . . . . . . . . ====== BSD Anime Series = currently, *as of this week* , airing its 4th season at 42 episodes BSD Manga Series = currently at 23 volumes BSD Light Novel series = currently at 8 volumes BSD Manga Spin-offs: BSD Beast = concluded with 4 volumes BSD Dead Apple = currently at 3 volumes BSD Gaiden/Another Story = currently at 2 volumes BSD Wan! (the chibi series bec we need therapy Lmao, this also has literary references aside from the main story references) = currently at 10 volumes in Japan BSD Fifteen = currently in its first volume BSD Short Stories = idk how many they all are but i think they’re all found within a few volumes from the main manga series BSD Stage Plays = will be concluding at its 9th performance this year BSD Movies: BSD Dead Apple (Anime Movie) BSD Beast (Live Action Movie) - played by the stage actors ===== BSD stories that have multiple adaptations: Beast - Light Novel, Manga, Live Action Movie Dead Apple - Anime Movie, Stage Play, Light Novel, Manga Fifteen - Light Novel, Anime, Manga -- and yeah, it’d also be cool to be able to read the irl novels/poems/literature. -- sorry for the long comment T..T i can’t help it, a lot of bsd anime-onlys are missing out

akutagawas charater design is my favorote, but atsushis design is a close second

i feel like i am already watching the anime like i though this will be a summry like what

Yo bro I just got back from the doctors office

Think I should watch the show now

Part 2 ?

Please make a 5 facts video of nakahara chuya please

every time he says "boongo" stray dogs i want to jump off a cliff

Basically, they took theme from authors works and add some real life quirks.

Why the frosted tip Akutagawa and what's with Atsushi's bangs.

Hey, 414Anime. Can you please do 5 facts about Rias Gremory from High School DxD in a future video?

Dogra magra ability of Q Could quite make this list if it wasnt for its low popularity

I already know

Fate watching in the corner:👁️👄👁️

BDS is really cool!

some characters that aren't authors/poets in the BSD series -Sigma -Gin Akutagawa -Elise ( Mori's ability's human form ) -Naomi Tanizaki ( İnspired by A book of Junichiro Tanizaki ) -Mori Ougai ( surgeon ) I don't know / remember any other tell me if there is more because i might have forgotten to do a research about 1 or 2 characters ( yes I searched every chracter I could ever remember )

at this point im convinced the author of BSD really likes to read deppressing shit and is js like ''time to make characters!"

What you have talked about in this video was interesting but not character design, it was character writing. Character design is about the look of the characters, like how Atsushi's belt looks like a tiger tail. (I always loved that) You talked about, the origin of the characters, their powers, theirs past, that isn't part of the design, it's the writing.

I draw the characters *all* the time

Part 2??

i keep mishearing atsushi for "also she"

Edgar Allen Poe too

Are other characters also based off of real life authors?

Boongo stray dugs

👍😎🍺🍩.

i feel like youre always missing smth when it comes to your bsd analasys like your dazai one felt like it was written by an ai 😭

Honestly idk why but the mc himself is the least one im interested in, don’t get me wrong I like the dude is just the fact they make the dude relevant in every scenario is honestly annoying and dumb. Like even the fights they only make him save the day while the others look weak. Like chuuya should have been in most of those fights but Instead it’s always this mc and the sad past

So bungo stray dogs is nothing but poems and stories.