As Dazai recruits Fyodor Dostoevsky into the Port Mafia, the Upcoming Conflict begins to show itself. Fyodor's goals include using Andre Gide, the Sheep, and the Murakamis into helping him raise up the so-called Upcoming Conflict. Meanwhile, it seems that another ability user has some other plans for the rat... The Alternative Dark Era series begins with bundling up arcs from the official BSD timeline into 17 chapters!