Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, the Executive Who Can't Love

During her summer break in her first year of college, Kawasaki Riko opened a full-dive open-world game called Yokohama Online.

Full of ambition, she decided to make her mark in the game world.

But after realizing she wasn't actually playing a game, she was still herself: Why did you bring me here? To be a cannon-fodder extra in the background while the combat faction fights?

At the Port Mafia induction ceremony, looking at his friend and junior standing before him, Nakahara Chuuya gave her a stern warning: "You absolutely mustn't let Dazai Osamu lead you astray."

Kawasaki Riko nodded earnestly, her voice ringing out: "Don't worry, Chuuya. You and I are going to be the best of friends in the whole world!"

After Dazai Osamu paid her a late-night visit and she ruined several bottles of his precious vintage wine, Nakahara Chuuya, away on a business trip overseas, made a special international call to warn her: "From now on, you absolutely have to stay away from that bastard Dazai Osamu!"

Kawasaki Riko nodded vigorously, agreeing again and again: "Don't worry, Chuuya. Dazai Osamu and I are sworn enemies!"

Seeing that his friend and junior was finally ready to fly on her own, Nakahara Chuuya boarded his plane to Italy for a long-term business trip, free of worry.

Then one day, he received an overseas call from his friend. Far across the ocean, Kawasaki Riko sounded especially troubled: "Do you think Dazai likes me?"

Nakahara Chuuya, who had just yesterday warned Dazai Osamu not to try to get into some kind of unhealthy romantic relationship with Kawasaki Riko: ...

This book is also known as: I Told Them to Break Up Eight Hundred Times, but Still Ended Up Attending My Friend and Arch-Enemy's Wedding, by Nakahara Chuuya

Thank you for showing up. Because of you, I no longer have to wander through this world alone.