We're on week four out of ten of the "Past" themed set of illustrations being released as part of the 10th anniversary, and this time it's the Silver Wolf's turn.
"I wish for the strength to protect the ones I cherish."
Next week will be the first (current) Port Mafia member for this illustration series lineup, Akutagawa.
Source: BSD official twt
Previous posts:
The band had teased they were going to release a re-recording of the song that plays during the ending of S1, but I'd completely forgotten until now. Apart from being available on streaming services now (at least in Japan), they've also released it alongside a video of the band playing a few hours ago. Still one of my favourite endings from the anime.
There's a link to some streaming services on Luck Life's twitter announcing the release, though they might not work outside of Japan
This time (as we already knew) it's Ranpo's day:
"I won't lose again. I won't let anyone from the Detective Agency get hurt." (Left text on image is just his name)
Also super mystery silhouette (seriously why) for Fukuzawa next week.
Source of images: official BSD twt
Week one post (Atsushi) is here
Week two post (Dazai) is here
Tobu Zoo in Saitama (north of Tokyo) will be holding their third collaboration with Bungou Stray Dogs as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations. The event will run from the 18th of July to the 30th of August and it seems it'll have some late day activities (probably to deal with the summer heat), though they've not given details yet (wouldn't surprise if a stamp rally is included since they like those). There'll also be merchandise based on the new illustrations of the characters wearing summer clothes and chibi animal costumes.
I've not seen them say whether the merchandise will be sold online, and unfortunately never looked into previous collaborations in terms of merchandise, so no idea on precedent. The Tobu Zoo website collaboration page is here
Source: BSD official twt
Attempting to attach an image either through copy/paste or uploading by clicking the image butotn brings up a red "Unable to upload" message. This happens with multiple formats (JPG, PNG, BMP) and even with small images.
It's also stopping me from changing a community's icon, it fails at the point of saving the changes.
The Japanese fashion company Mayla Classic has announced their third collaboration with the series, again in the shape of shoes. This time they're inspired by the characters of Ranpo, Fyodor and Sigma.
Though they do sell worldwide through a proxy company, this is a designer brand so the prices are scary. But if you want to look, preorders will open on the 11th and the website to the collaboration is here (you can see other items they've already done for BSD and might still be available here)
Pictures taken from their twt account
These are some current preorders for official BSD merchandise on AmiAmi and/or CDJapan. I've added the deadline (if any listed) below. There's too many of the one with the characters in a walking pose to link them individually, so what you need to find them:
Pictures in order (the second name is what it's listed as on CDJapan because they're bad at translating item names): cushions, badge holders, name/onamae badges, box/hako keychains, acrylic standees (The last picture is the Mini Mofu plushes, there's more on those further down the post). There's also a pack of 11 stickers (one per character) on both sites, and a box of tin badges on AmiAmi only.... It's *50 of them*, so it's expensive. All the Walking/Go for a Walk series have a June release date. Also note that Japanese sites tend to list character names without double vowels, so for example Chuuya would be listed as Chuya.
The Mini Mofu plushes from the last picture are only available on CDJapan, at least for now. The larger versions of those plushes didn't release on AmiAmi, so I don't think these will either. The deadline for those is May 20 Japan time, and won't release until November. Links:
Mister Bandages himself this time, looking very "teehee I'm such a menace". Just like before, it's a line from their past, though Dazai's isn't in the same vibe as Atsushi's.
"Is there a job where I can help people?"
Next week's will be Ranpo's.
Still no word on other Harukawa illustrations but they posted a short rehearsal video of the upcoming concert tomorrow.
Source: official Bones twt
(English releases information is at the bottom, adding it here since it used to go in the main chapter post and that's on break)
The Untold Origins manga adaptation continues with chapter 13. It'll release in Japanese in about 30 minutes from this post. Volumes 1 and 2 have released in Japan already, no word yet on a collected edition from Yen Press in English but given they've been doing the digital serial it's bound to come out at some point. Hopefully. Unless they think there's no interest.
Official Website: https://web-ace.jp/youngace/contents/783/
Yen Press has been doing a paid (very cheap) simulpub of the individual chapters in English here - there are links to different digital stores on that page but they'll only be active today after midnight in your timezone, if they have the rights to publish the series in your region. Sometimes it's delayed and this month's is listed for the 4th, possibly because of the weekend.
(-JP Raws to be posted here when/if available)
I'm afraid no fantranslator is available anymore that I've found for this series so if you know of one please drop it in the comments. Otherwise it's official paid TL only (please don't post the pirated official here to avoid issues with the US publisher)
FanTL to English of previous chapters:
Ch1 (by DarkestJay868 on twt) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JFy71hapIlgDp8u2AuXpfR23hPf9RbAK
Rest by u/atypical_khione (other accounts shown on first page of TL)
Ch2 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19DJD3Wt5zwLl4mR6F9Ns450VU0R8O8vz
Ch3 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GDjbNP227M5bvryCGqcz1eK9LENLu9KS
Ch4 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KMHHDZ6dovy5KmfesqjJcw2H8RKOderJ
Ch5 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Mp_qzNfvsTBuufrmk2F-HD1fZx5Y5FW4
Ch6 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V-DDAl_s7ildGa1bCP-kFxj9nM_7futN
Ch7 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tg6eXOipLxpuYY0z2wYnDLsx5VQWIEgE
Ch8 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19UszW6z33bYYm_Yt4hq625FjVcmAVD15
Ch9 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t4Ub4kLXgC7Ly2yc02P4errfu_ZgOqO9
Ch10 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZH3szaEM_DlDAgo0WgJUmhfkBO7ZprGy
Update: no break next month
UPCOMING YEN PRESS RELEASES:
It's technically the 29th in Japan. Bonus picture at end of a standee that just arrived
Starting today and once a week, Bones are going to reveal a series of 20 illustrations total, in 10 sets (pairing past and present of a character, if I'm understanding this correctly) by different artists working in the company. The first one has already been revealed as Atsushi's:
"I can't join the Agency. Even if I join, I can be of no use to anyone"
There's also a second illustration by Sango Harukawa to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime, which will be on display at the Kanagawa literature museum from June
They've also revealed the main visual for it.
Source: BSD official twt