Bungo Stray Dogs: Spring Comes to a Withered Tree

“My name is Huixi, Qian Dai Huixi, a traveler gradually growing ‘indifferent’ to everything.”

From the shadows of the Port Mafia to the light of the Armed Detective Agency, she moves between Yokohama's many factions with astonishing intelligence and an almost detached calm.

After Dazai's defection, she is a crucial hidden card in Mori Ogai's hand;

within Fyodor Dostoevsky's vast game, she is a variable that cannot be calculated;

she is the “live piece” every player in Yokohama wants to claim.

“This world... is so noisy.”

She raised her gun and pressed it against her heart.

“Bang!”

“Light and darkness,” Dazai said, almost as if speaking to himself. “They have always been two sides of the same coin. Only those who have seen the deepest darkness truly understand the meaning of light. Those who have always lived in the light may, in turn, overlook the existence of shadows.”

Until one day, a massive conspiracy that ensnares everyone drags Dazai, Fyodor, Ranpo, Chuuya, and the others (with more characters joining later) into a desperate situation beyond anything they could have imagined.

“If this is the only way to find the missing people, the only way to bring them back, then it's worth a try.”

Here, logic and human nature are placed on opposite sides of the scales. And this is only the prelude to a true storm that will sweep across the world.

“Everyone at the Agency... is waiting for you.”

[High-IQ mind games x a vortex of fate x an exploration of human nature]

A battle of wits spanning light and darkness is about to unfold.

*A beloved-by-all heroine, with a focus on healing and redemption

Not a wish-fulfillment story. Be warned, this isn't mindless fluff.

Apologies for any out-of-character portrayals.

“You knew all along, didn't you?”