I didn't get to watch Stray Dogs. What did you like about it?
Hey!
I read the manga, and watched the anime.
What did I like about Bungou Stray Dogs?
I liked that it was all over the place, for one! The pacing was a bit too quick, and the plot of every episode changed kind of fast. We were introduced to new characters quite often, which is to be expected, since they only had 12 episodes of time. The anime was so colorful, and most of the animation was stellar. I really tend to look at art style and animation a lot in anime. I guess because I'm going into art as a career, so style and detail always sticks out to me.
I believe that some of the people who did Ouran High School Host Club also worked on it?
Aside from that, the character designs were really neat. Dazai Osamu--one of the lead characters--is one of my favorite anime characters to date! And the series is still very young, with not too many manga chapters and only one season of the anime. Character design is very big to me, and they really knocked it out of the park.
They also did a great job with characterization. Although this is more apparent in the manga, which is further along. I'm personally biased towards Dazai--who is very well written, and has many interesting aspects of his personality. I won't go in to deep in case you watch/read it.
Every character is named after a famous author, too! And every character tends to have a power that's somehow related to a novel or work that the author they're based on wrote. It's a concept that intrigued me very much! Although the powers can get a bit goofy at times, such as Motojirou Kaiji.
Overall, that's why I liked Bungou!
