Among anime fans, it isn’t uncommon to have that one character in a show that stands out among the rest. While most might assume this would automatically be the main character, designed to grab ...

After Qudan Rie’s Sympathy Tower Tokyo won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize last year, the author created a stir by admitting at a press conference that she had used AI to write “about five percent of ...

One Sunday morning in May, 2023, I arrived at a literary agent’s Manhattan apartment, bearing a lemon tart, to attend a brunch in honor of the author Sayaka Murata. I rang the doorbell. There was a ...

Writing is a famously miserable profession, but Osamu Dazai stands out as one of the most despondent writers ever to live. That strain is everywhere in evidence in his work, but it is on special ...

Studio Bones' popular Bungo Stray Dogs anime series has received a new line of boots from fashion boutique MAYLA. The footwear is available for fans to purchase internationally and is inspired by the ...

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line ...

No Longer Allowed In Another World episode 3 is set to release next week, on AT-X and other Japanese channels. The episode follows Sensei and his party at Rotto, where they meet King Thomas and his ...

One thing that’s never overtly addressed in the anime of Bungo Stray Dogs is the meaning behind the bandages worn by protagonist Osamu Dazai. Let’s take a look at the mange to work out the reasons for ...