1 - Fortune Is Unpredictable and Mutable
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SIGN One Bowl of Tea on Rice
[00:08] Naka
One bowl of tea on rice...
[00:15] Naka
Pickled plums, slivered nori,
[00:17] Naka
and leftover chicken from dinner...
[00:20] Naka
All doused in piping-hot water,
[00:23] Naka
then shoveled in with salted kelp...
[00:28] Naka
That was so good...
[00:30] Naka
All those bowls of tea on rice I'd sneak
into the kitchen to make at the orphanage...
[00:40] Naka
Ow!
[00:42] Naka
Damn it...
[00:43] Naka
I'm gonna die of hunger.
[00:48] Naka
My name is Atsushi.
SIGN Episode 1:
Fortune Is Unpredictable
and Mutable
[00:50] Naka
Due to certain circumstances,
I'm about to die from starvation.
[00:57] Naka
After being driven out of the orphanage,
[00:59] Naka
I had nothing to eat, nowhere to sleep,
[01:01] Naka
and, as one might expect,
not a cent to my name.
[01:04] Naka
Yet, I lack the courage to commit theft.
[01:07] Naka
That is how I've arrived at
my current predicament...
[01:11] Naka
However...
[01:13] Naka
If I wish to live,
[01:15] Naka
I have no choice but to
steal and take from others!
[01:18] (Flashback) Man
Get out, you good-for-nothing!
[01:20] (Flashback) Man
No orphanage would welcome the likes of you!
[01:22] (Flashback) Woman
The world would be a better place
[01:24] (Flashback) Woman
if you'd just die in a ditch somewhere!
[01:26] Naka
Shut up...
[01:28] Naka
Shut up!
[01:29] Naka
Shut up!
[01:31] Naka
Shut up!
[01:35] Naka
Die in a ditch?
[01:37] Naka
I'm not gonna die!
[01:40] Naka
I'm gonna live, no matter what it takes!
[01:42] Naka
Okay...
[01:43] Naka
I'll rush the first person who comes along
[01:45] Naka
and rob them of everything they've got!
[01:52] Naka
Well, that was mission impossible.
[01:54] Naka
I can't catch him on an empty stomach...
[01:56] Naka
Next!
[01:57] Army
One, two, three, four!
[02:00] Army
One, two, three, four!
[02:02] Naka
I... I doubt military police'd be
toting their wallets during training.
[02:06] Naka
But the next person who
comes along... for sure!
[02:11] Naka
I've got this!
[02:15] Naka
Well...
[02:17] Naka
I can't possibly count him.
[02:22] Naka
Y-Yeah, I'll pass, please.
[02:26] Naka
I... I'll pass...
[02:30] Naka
Fine!
SIGN In the end...
SIGN ...I saved a life?
[02:50] Naka
You were floating down the river...
[02:52] Naka
Are you okay?
[02:55] Dazai
I made it.
[02:58] Dazai
Damn.
[02:59] Naka
"Damn"?
[03:01] Naka
Did he just say "damn"?
[03:03] Dazai
Are you the one who
interrupted my submersion?
[03:07] Naka
I was just trying to help.
[03:10] Naka
Huh?
[03:11] Naka
Submersion?
SIGN Submersion...
[03:12] Dazai
You don't know what I mean by that?
[03:14] Dazai
I was trying to commit suicide.
SIGN S-Suicide?!
SIGN ...Suicide?
[03:18] Dazai
That's right.
SIGN I was trying to kill myself.
[03:21] Dazai
But you just had to interfere...
SIGN Why...
SIGN ...am I being lectured?
SIGN Wait, is he scolding me for saving him?
[03:28] Dazai
Still, my priority is to
commit a clean suicide
[03:30] Dazai
without being a burden to anyone.
[03:34] Dazai
Yet I did trouble you,
[03:36] Dazai
so the fault lies with me at this point.
[03:38] Dazai
I should apologize in some way.
SIGN Growl
[03:41] Dazai
Are you hungry, boy?
[03:43] Naka
Well..
[03:45] Naka
I haven't eaten in several days.
SIGN Growl
[03:48] Naka
Ugh...
[03:50] Dazai
How odd.
[03:51] Dazai
I'm also hungry.
[03:53] Naka
Then...
[03:54] Dazai
By the way, the river seems
to have taken my wallet.
[03:58] Naka
You've got to be kidding...
[03:59] Kuni
There you are, blockhead!
[04:03] Dazai
Oh, hey.
[04:05] Dazai
Nice work, Kunikida-kun.
[04:08] Kuni
Nice work?
[04:10] Kuni
And just who caused all this work,
[04:12] Kuni
you suicidal maniac?!
[04:14] Kuni
I've had enough of you disrupting my schedule!
[04:16] Dazai
Oh, right!
[04:17] Dazai
I have a great idea.
[04:19] Dazai
He's a colleague of mine from work.
[04:21] Dazai
Let's have him treat you to a meal.
[04:23] Kuni
Are you even listening to me?!
[04:25] Dazai
What's your name?
[04:28] Naka
Huh?
[04:29] Naka
Nakajima... Atsushi.
[04:31] Dazai
Well, come along, Atsushi-kun!
[04:34] Dazai
What would you like to eat?
[04:37] Naka
Um...
[04:39] Naka
Well, if it's not too much trouble...
[04:40] Dazai
Oh, there's no need to hold back!
[04:43] Naka
I'd like to eat tea on rice...
[04:51] Dazai
So a boy on the brink of starvation
wants to eat tea on rice?
[04:54] Dazai
Very well, let's have Kunikida-kun
treat you to thirty bowls of that!
[04:59] Kuni
Don't get all generous with my money, Dazai!
[05:02] Naka
Dazai?
[05:04] Dazai
Yeah, that's my name.
[05:14] Dazai
I am Dazai.
[05:17] Dazai
Dazai Osamu.
[05:28] Kuni
You're unbelievable.
[05:31] Kuni
Who goes "that's a nice river"
[05:34] Kuni
and jumps into it in the middle of a job?!
[05:36] Kuni
Thanks to you, look!
[05:38] Kuni
Look how off-schedule we are now!
[05:40] Dazai
You sure like your schedules, Kunikida-kun.
SIGN Ideal
[05:45] Kuni
This isn't a schedule!
[05:47] Kuni
This is an ideal!
[05:48] Kuni
My guide in life!
[05:51] Kuni
And nowhere in this book
[05:52] Kuni
is it written that my work partner
is a suicidal maniac!
[05:57] Kuni
Shut up!
[05:59] Kuni
Nowhere on my projected expenses
page will you find written
[06:01] Kuni
that I will buy a million bowls of
tea on rice for a snot-nosed brat!
[06:07] Kuni
Like I said, it's a job!
[06:10] Kuni
Our job today?
[06:12] Kuni
It involves the military.
[06:14] Dazai
How are you two communicating, actually?
[06:19] Naka
I'm so full.
[06:22] Naka
I don't want to see another bowl
of this for at least ten years.
[06:24] Kuni
Why, you...
[06:26] Kuni
How dare you be so shameless
after eating on my dime?
[06:30] Naka
You're a real lifesaver.
[06:33] Naka
After leaving the orphanage
and coming to Yokohama,
[06:36] Naka
I've had nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep.
[06:39] Naka
I thought I'd die of starvation.
[06:40] Dazai
You're from an orphanage?
[06:43] Naka
Putting it one way, yes.
[06:45] Naka
But they kicked me out.
[06:47] Dazai
That's some non-profit there.
[06:50] Kuni
Hey, Dazai!
[06:51] Kuni
We're not some philanthropists going around
helping brats down on their luck, okay?
[06:55] Kuni
Let's get back to the job at hand.
SIGN Ideal
[06:56] Naka
That reminds me, you said earlier that
your current job involves the military.
[07:01] Naka
What is your line of work, exactly?
[07:02] Dazai
Oh, we're just private investigators.
[07:06] Naka
Private investigators...?
[07:07] Kuni
That's not to say we only handle lost pets
and alleged extramarital affairs.
[07:11] Kuni
Perhaps you've heard of the
Armed Detective Agency,
[07:13] Kuni
an organization with individuals
possessing supernatural powers?
[07:16] Naka
What?
[07:19] Naka
I've heard of this Armed
Detective Agency in rumors...
[07:25] Naka
Said to be an agency
specializing in objectives
[07:27] Naka
that cannot be entrusted to the
likes of the police or the military...
[07:30] Naka
A twilight armed force positioned
between the world of night and day...
[07:39] Naka
I'm told many from the Agency
possess supernatural powers...
[07:45] Naka
but does that also apply to these two?
[07:50] Dazai
Check out that nice beam up there.
[07:54] Kuni
Don't analyze whether you can hang yourself
in a random teahouse we just stumbled into!
[07:57] Dazai
Don't get me wrong.
[07:58] Dazai
We're talking the hanging health method.
[08:00] Kuni
What's that about?
[08:02] Dazai
What, you don't know?!
[08:04] Dazai
It's so good for shoulder cramps!
[08:06] Kuni
What?!
[08:06] Kuni
Such a thing exists?!
[08:08] Dazai
Hey, write this all down!
[08:11] Kuni
Hanging... health... method...
[08:15] Dazai
I'm messing with you.
[08:17] Naka
A-Are these two seriously with
the Armed Detective Agency?
[08:20] Dazai
My partner gets himself washed up in a river,
[08:22] Dazai
and a brat on death's door just
stuffs himself with no shame.
[08:25] Dazai
My schedule for the day was just perfect,
[08:28] Dazai
but I have to start over from square one!
[08:28] Naka
So, about your job today...
[08:29] Dazai
I'll ensure that the job will be
completed on schedule, if nothing else!
[08:32] Kuni
Yeah?!
[08:33] Naka
Sorry, I shouldn't have asked!
[08:36] Naka
R-Right, of course your jobs are classified!
[08:41] Kuni
Today's job doesn't really require secrecy.
[08:45] Kuni
We're looking for a certain
tiger on behest of the military.
[08:49] Naka
A tiger?
[08:50] Dazai
A man-eater who's recently
appeared in these parts.
[08:54] Dazai
Well, not that we know for
sure it's devoured anyone,
[08:56] Dazai
but it's ransacked warehouses and
eaten farm produce and the like,
[08:59] Dazai
doing whatever it wants.
[09:01] Dazai
It's been spotted around here lately.
[09:06] Dazai
What's wrong, Atsushi-kun?
[09:08] Naka
I... I... I'll be leaving now.
[09:11] Naka
G-Good-bye.
[09:12] Kuni
Wait, brat!
[09:15] Kuni
You know something, don't you?
[09:21] Naka
You can't.
[09:23] Naka
No one can take it on!
[09:25] Kuni
You know the man-eating tiger?
[09:28] Naka
It's after me.
[09:30] Naka
It almost killed me!
[09:32] Naka
If it's been seen around here,
[09:33] Naka
I have to run, now!
[09:39] Kuni
Hey, brat!
[09:40] Kuni
You'll either pay for the food with
your arm or by telling us everything.
[09:43] Dazai
Now, now, Kunikida-kun.
[09:45] Dazai
Whenever you try to ask questions,
[09:48] Dazai
it becomes an interrogation.
[09:49] Dazai
The CEO's been talking to you about this.
[09:53] Dazai
And...
[09:55] Dazai
what do you know about this tiger?
[09:59] Naka
My orphanage was trashed by that tiger.
[10:03] Naka
It ravaged our fields,
[10:05] Naka
it ravaged our chicken coop,
[10:07] Naka
and even our warehouse.
[10:09] Naka
No one died, sure,
[10:13] Naka
but the orphanage was already
on a shoestring budget.
[10:17] Naka
I got kicked out so that they
had one less mouth to feed.
[10:19] (Flashback) Man
Get out, you good-for-nothing!
[10:21] (Flashback) Woman
The world would be a better place if
you'd just die in a ditch somewhere!
[10:24] (Flashback) Naka
Why me? I didn't do anything...
[10:26] (Flashback) Man
We don't need worthless louts!
[10:29] (Flashback) Man
You'll never find a place where you belong!
[10:33] (Flashback) Man
Just go! I hope you rot in hell!
[10:38] Dazai
Well, that's tragic.
[10:41] Kuni
So, boy, what's this talk about
the tiger almost killing you?
[10:45] Naka
The man-eater always shows up wherever I go.
[10:52] Naka
Just a while ago, when I was
walking around Tsurumi...
[11:09] Man
It's a tiger!
[11:10] Man
There's a tiger!
[11:14] Naka
I'd seen it out of the corner
of my eyes many times,
[11:17] Naka
starting two weeks before I was
chased out of the orphanage.
[11:19] Naka
I'm sure it's come all the way
to the city in search of me.
[11:22] Dazai
When was the last time you saw the tiger?
[11:27] Naka
I think I saw it around Tsurumi
[11:30] Naka
about four days ago.
[11:31] Kuni
It's true that its antics have been
focused here for the past two weeks.
[11:36] Kuni
In addition, it was sighted
around Tsurumi four days ago.
[11:43] Dazai
Atsushi-kun, are you free?
[11:46] Naka
I have a really bad feeling about this...
[11:49] Dazai
You being the man-eater's target
presents an excellent opportunity.
[11:53] Naka
Huh?
[11:54] Dazai
Please help us find the tiger.
[11:56] Naka
No way!
[11:57] Dazai
Kunikida-kun, please go back to the
Agency and give this to the president.
[12:00] Kuni
Hey, don't tell me you plan to catch the
tiger all alone with the two of you?
[12:02] Kuni
We should first confirm whether
his information is accurate.
[12:05] Dazai
It's fine.
[12:09] Naka
I'm not doing this, okay?!
[12:11] Naka
This means you're going
to use me as bait, right?
[12:13] Naka
Who in their right mind would agree to that—
[12:14] Dazai
There's a reward.
SIGN Currently penniless.
[12:17] Naka
What? Reward?
[12:19] Naka
A reward?
[12:21] Naka
Nah...
[12:23] Naka
You're not gonna tempt me with that!
[12:25] Naka
B-But just for reference,
[12:28] Naka
how much would the reward be...?
[12:31] Dazai
About this much.
[12:47] Naka
Dazai-san, what are you reading?
[12:51] Dazai
A good book.
[12:53] Naka
I'm surprised you can
read when it's this dark.
[12:55] Dazai
I have good vision.
SIGN Complete
Guide to Suicide
[12:57] Dazai
Besides, I already know everything
that happens in this book.
[13:01] Naka
Why are you reading it, then?
[13:04] Dazai
A good book is always good, no matter
how many times you've already read it.
[13:11] Naka
Will the tiger really show up here?
[13:14] Dazai
It will.
[13:17] Dazai
Don't worry.
[13:21] Dazai
Even if it shows up, it's no match for me.
[13:25] Dazai
I may not look like much,
[13:26] Dazai
but I am an operative of
the Armed Detective Agency.
[13:29] Naka
You're really confident.
[13:31] Naka
I'm kind of jealous.
[13:34] Naka
They called me a good-for-nothing at the
orphanage as far back as I can remember.
[13:38] Naka
And now, I don't even know where I'll sleep tonight
or whether I'll be able to earn my keep tomorrow.
[13:43] (Flashback) Man
Get out, you good-for-nothing!
[13:44] (Flashback) Man
You'll never find a place where you belong!
[13:50] Naka
No one'd care if someone like me
were to die in a ditch somewhere.
[13:54] Naka
Yeah, I may be better off eaten by a tiger...
[14:01] Dazai
Well, then...
[14:03] Dazai
I think it'll be soon.
[14:05] Naka
What?!
[14:08] Naka
I... I just heard something back there.
[14:10] Dazai
Yeah.
[14:11] Naka
I bet that's the tiger, Dazai-san!
[14:13] Dazai
No, I think the wind just
knocked something down.
[14:17] Naka
It's the man-eater!
[14:18] Naka
It's come to eat me!
[14:20] Dazai
Calm down, Atsushi-kun.
[14:23] Dazai
Tigers don't show up from places like that.
[14:26] Naka
How do you know for sure?!
[14:27] Dazai
Something wasn't quite right to begin with.
[14:31] Dazai
Just because their finances went south,
[14:33] Dazai
why would an orphanage banish a child?
[14:37] Dazai
It's not some farming
village from a bygone era.
[14:39] Dazai
Banishing one or two mouths to feed would
hardly put a dent in their deficit.
[14:45] Dazai
It'd make more sense to downsize
[14:47] Dazai
by transferring half of the kids
to a different orphanage.
[14:53] Naka
What are you talking about, Dazai-san?
[14:57] Dazai
You came to this city two weeks ago...
[15:00] Dazai
The tiger also appeared in
this city two weeks ago.
[15:05] Dazai
You were in the Tsurumi area four days ago.
[15:09] Dazai
The tiger was also sighted
there four days ago.
[15:14] Dazai
Remember what Kunikida-kun said?
[15:16] Dazai
The Armed Detective Agency is comprised
of individuals with supernatural powers.
[15:21] Dazai
Though not a well-known fact,
[15:23] Dazai
there are quite a few individuals who
possess supernatural abilities in this world.
[15:29] Dazai
Some use their powers to
achieve great success,
[15:32] Dazai
while others fall into ruin as a result
of being unable to control their powers.
[15:39] Dazai
I'm guessing that the orphanage
staff knew who the tiger was,
[15:43] Dazai
but declined to enlighten you.
[15:46] Dazai
You were the only one who remained ignorant.
[15:48] Dazai
You also have supernatural powers.
[15:52] Dazai
You have the ability to transform
into a wild beast in the moonlight.
[16:06] Dazai
This is impressive.
[16:08] Dazai
You could easily...
[16:13] Dazai
snap a person's neck.
[16:20] Dazai
It wouldn't be so bad to meet one's end
[16:23] Dazai
being eaten by a beast,
[16:26] Dazai
but you can't kill me.
[16:30] Dazai
My ability is...
[16:31] Sign 1633
No Longer Human
[16:32] Dazai
No Longer Human.
[16:43] Dazai
My ability allows me to render
any other ability null
[16:47] Dazai
through simple touch.
[17:03] Dazai
I have no such tastes in men.
SIGN Thud
[17:07] Kuni
Hey, Dazai!
[17:09] Dazai
Oh, you're late, Kunikida-kun.
[17:12] Dazai
I've captured the tiger.
[17:14] Kuni
What, it's this boy?
[17:17] Dazai
He has the ability to transform into a tiger.
[17:20] Kuni
Jeez.
[17:23] Kuni
What was with this note?
[17:25] Dazai
"A tiger will appear in the warehouse
in the fifteenth district."
[17:28] Dazai
"Secure the perimeter so
that it can't get away."
[17:30] Dazai
It's an excellent, concise note.
[17:33] Kuni
You've left out the most important detail!
[17:35] Kuni
Next time, explain in advance.
[17:37] Kuni
Thanks to you, I had to bring in
guys who weren't even on call.
[17:40] Kuni
Take them out for drinks later.
[17:42] Kenji
Hey!
SIGN Yosano Akiko
SIGN Ability:
Thou Shalt Not Die
[17:47] Yosa
What, no casualties?
[17:50] Yosa
How boring.
SIGN Edogawa Rampo
SIGN Ability:
Ultra-Deduction
[17:52] Rampo
You've come a long way, Dazai.
[17:55] Rampo
Though you still have a ways to go
before you even come close to me.
SIGN Miyazawa Kenji
SIGN Ability: Be Not
Defeated by the Rain
[17:58] Kenji
But what are we going to do with him?
[18:02] Kenji
He didn't know he was doing it, right?
[18:04] Kuni
Yeah, you're right.
SIGN Kunikida Doppo
SIGN Ability: Doppo Poet
[18:07] Kuni
What do you think, Dazai?
[18:08] Kuni
The ward's designated him as a major threat.
SIGN Dazai Osamu
SIGN Ability:
No Longer Human
[18:14] Dazai
I've already made a decision.
[18:25] (Flashback) Naka
They called me a good-for-nothing at the
orphanage as far back as I can remember.
[18:29] (Flashback) Naka
And now, I don't even know where I'll sleep tonight
or whether I'll be able to earn my keep tomorrow.
[18:34] (Flashback) Naka
No one'd care if someone like me
were to die in a ditch somewhere.
[18:39] (Flashback) Naka
Yeah, I may be better
off eaten by a tiger...
[18:47] Dazai
We'll make him one of us.
[18:49] Kenji
Nice!
[18:49] Yosa
Are you serious?
[18:51] Rampo
Dazai, you are an idiot.
[18:55] Kuni
What gives you the right to decide that?
[18:56] Kenji
There, there.
[18:57] Dazai
Wake up, boy!
[19:00] Dazai
Here, in a city teeming
with the supernatural...
[19:03] Dazai
Here, in a detective agency
teeming with eccentrics...
[19:07] Dazai
A strange tale is about to unfold.
[19:10] Dazai
This is only a sign of things to come...
A premonition, if you will.
[19:15] Dazai
Now...
[19:19] Naka
Huh?
[19:24] Naka
I...
[19:26] Dazai
Atsushi-kun.
[19:28] Dazai
Do you remember nothing at all
from when you were transformed?
[19:32] Naka
What are you talking about?
[19:34] Dazai
Oh.
[19:35] Dazai
But your right hand's still there.
[19:37] Naka
Right hand?
[19:46] Naka
What?!
SIGN Nakajima Atsushi
SIGN Ability: Beast Beneath The Moonlight
[19:49] Naka
What the?
[19:49] Naka
What's this?
[19:51] Naka
What the hell?!
[19:53] Dazai
Nakajima Atsushi!
[19:57] Dazai
You'll become one of us.
[20:01] Dazai
From this day forth, you'll be a member
of the Armed Detective Agency.
[20:08] Naka
Huh?
[21:44] Naka
It's been a long time since
I've slept on a futon.
[21:46] Naka
I feel reborn...
[21:48] Kuni
Hey, brat.
[21:49] Kuni
There's an emergency.
[21:50] Kuni
Hightail it over to the detective agency.
[21:52] Naka
An emergency?
[21:54] Kuni
A bomber's taken a hostage and
holed himself up in our office.
[21:57] Naka
I don't want to go!
[22:00] Naka
Next time on Bungo Stray Dogs, episode 2:
SIGN Episode 2:
A Certain Bomb
[22:04] Naka
"A Certain Bomb."
[22:06] Kuni
Ability: Doppo Poet.
SIGN Wire Gun