Watching Bungou Stray Dogs

S1 Episode 1

Episode 1: Fortune is Unpredictable and Mutable.

"A good book is always good, no matter how may times you've read it"

— Osamu Dazai

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Words appeared on the screen in kanji that reads One Bowl of Tea on Rice.

Everyone on the theater was left confuse.

'Pickled plums, slivered nori, and leftover chicken from dinner... All doused in piping-hot water, then shoveled in salted kelp..'

"That voice sounds like you, Atsushi-kun." Naomi said to the boy.

A moving train appeared followed by the face of Atsushi in the side of the river.

'That was so good... All those bowls of tea and rice I'd sneak into the kitchen to make at the orphanage...'

"The orphanage is that bad?" Tanizaki said but Atsushi just stayed silent.

With that the people's interest increases.

Atsushi suddenly fell in his knees with his face meeting the cold ground.

"Ow!"

"Damn it... I'm gonna die of hunger." He said moving his face to the side.

'My name is Atsushi. Due to certain circumstances, I'm about to die from starvation.'

The screen turned black with the words Fortune is unpredictable and Mutable.

Atsushi suddenly raise his hand which Kana turned around to face him and pause the video.

"Why am I the first one to be introduced?" He said sinking in his seat with all the attention.

"Because you're the main character." She said with no hesitation while the boy was left shocked.

The video was played.

'After being driven out of the orphanage, I had nothing to eat, nowhere to sleep, and, as one might expect, not a cent to my name. Yet, I lack courage to commit theft.'

"Good thing you didn't do it." Kunikida said to the boy.

'This is how I've arrived at my current predicament...' He turned his head to face the ground.

He suddenly punched the ground. 'However...' He used his hand to sit up. 'If I wish to live, I have no choice but to steal and take from others!'

"Go Atsushi-kun!" Dazai cheered which earned an irritated look from his partner.

"You didn't do it, right Atsushi?" Yosano asked.

"Of course not!" He exclaimed.

He suddenly faltered remembering the words they told him.

"Get out, you good-for-nothing!"

The screen change to show two figures towering Atsushi.

"No orphanage would welcome the likes of you!"
"The world would be a better place if you'd just die in a ditch somewhere!"

"That's kinda harsh." Kenji said giving Atsushi a concerned glance. The agency didn't really know his past, only that he's an orphan.

While the mafia is sitting, bored out of their mind.