The official poll will be posted on Sunday at 5 PM (UTC). Feel free to make posts convincing people on who's more relatable or to bribe them for their votes in the meantime!

The official poll will be posted on Sunday at 5 PM (UTC). Feel free to make posts convincing people on who's more relatable or to bribe them for their votes in the meantime!

Saw people doing it on the sub's Discord server and was waiting when it shows up here 😂

And since I'm so nice, further explanations in the second image ✨

The official poll will be posted on Sunday at 5 PM (UTC). Feel free to make posts convincing people on who's more relatable or to bribe them for their votes in the meantime!

Hellow guys 💗

Y'all have voted and here are the eight characters who made it to the Kin Battles 2026 Bracket and the pairs who will be battling each other during the first stage!

For those who are new or missed the previous post about the Battles:

What are Kin Battles and how do they work?

• Kin Battles are a playful mini tournament where we find out which BSD character the sub finds the most relatable.
• Each Tuesday (at 5 PM UTC) the mods will announce which two characters will be battling for the title of the most relatable BSD character that week.
• During the week, you can try convincing people on who they should vote for: you can make character analyses, tell why you find a specific character relatable, talk about why you think others should and how they could relate to that character too, find and share reliable panels, clips or quotes of them… Or you can try bribing people for their votes by offering fanart, fanfics or whatever fandom content you can make for them!
• Each Sunday (at 5 PM UTC) a poll with that week's characters will be posted and pinned on this sub. You have 24 hours to vote for the character you think is more relatable.
• After the poll closes, the mods will announce the character with more votes and the winner will move forward on the Battlefield. We'll keep going until there's only one winner left.

Also for everyone, one more reminder of the rules before the Battles start:

Remember good sportsmanship, no petty downvoting.

• Everyone is free to participate without you ruining the fun for them. Save the downvotes to people who are being genuinely rude to others or get out of the sub.

No discourse and starting arguments about the way others view characters.

• This is all for fun and fictional and your opinion isn't more correct than someone else's or the only right one. If you disagree with someone's views of a character or think they got it wrong, ignore it and move on. Civil conversation about the way you view the characters is allowed but no fighting, trying to force your views on others, telling them they don't understand the character or don't really kin them etc. Shake hands, agree to disagree and move on.

No arguing, report rule breakers to the mods.

• Don't try to correct people who are breaking the rules yourself, that will just lead to unnecessary drama. You can report posts and comments anonymously to the mods who will take care of it. That being said…

Don't spam report people just because they support their favorite or you disagree with them.

• Posts supporting characters, trying to convince people on who to vote and bribe posts aren't spam if they're flaired appropriately and follow the sub's rules. Comments aren't either if they stay under the Battle Posts. People are having fun so let them, if you don't want to see this kind of posts and comments r/BungouStrayDogs might be the place for you instead.

Keep the Battles within this sub.

• Don't go spamming about the Battles in the main r/BungouStrayDogs , people aren't there for this and the mods will take those posts down if they break that sub's rules.

No character slander under posts supporting that character.

• People are there to enjoy and give that character some love so don't be mean and go complain under those posts. Make your own one supporting the character you prefer or just ignore it.

Only use one account to vote in the polls.

• Trying to use multiple accounts is useless so don't even bother trying. Reddit blocks you from voting on multiple accounts and might just restrict, shadowban or delete your account(s) if you try cheating like this so don't risk it. Focus on getting others to vote for who you think should win.

Make sure to follow the rest of the sub rules too.

• Especially: Be nice, don't fight and start discourse, give proper credits if you use someone else's fanart etc in any way (and make sure the original creator doesn't ask you not to use their work!).

That's all, we'll start the Battles on Tuesday with the first official Battle Announcement. Go get your battle strategy ready and have fun! ✨✨✨

Hi again guys! 💗

The poll on which Mini Battles we should have this autumn has closed and the members of the sub have spoken: This year we will be having Kin Battles before the Simp Battles return!

The Kin Battles will work pretty much like the Simp Battles, but here's little info about them and some schedule ✨

What are Kin Battles?

• The Kin Battles are for finding out which BSD character the sub finds most relatable. You can make posts analysing why you think character X is relatable in general, why you relate to them and think others should too, ask people to convince you on which one out of the battling characters is more relatable… Or just like in the Simp Battles, you can bribe people for their votes by promising them art, fics, or whatever fandom stuff you can think of!

How does it work?

• Each Tuesday (5 PM UTC) there will be a Battle Announcement telling which two characters will be battling each other that week.

• During the week, the sub members can make posts trying to convince others on which one of the two characters is more relatable and why — or bribe people to vote for their favorite.

• Each Sunday (5 PM UTC) a Battle Poll will be posted and pinned on the sub by the mods, so people can vote on which character they think is more relatable. The poll is open for 24 hours and after that the character with more votes moves forward on the Battle Bracket.

Are there any other rules?

• Remember good sportsmanship: You're allowed to cheer for your favorite and do some character slander, but serious arguments and attacking other fans is not allowed. You can discuss why someone kins some character and the way they view them, but don't be rude about it. There are different ways to interpret fiction, yours or mine isn't the “only correct one”. If you don't see things the way someone else does, agree to disagree and move on. If someone is genuinely rude, don't engage and start drama. Report it to the mods instead and ignore the person (and block if needed).

• Petty downvoting isn't part of the Battles. Everyone has the right to participate without worrying about being downvoted just for having fun, so don't do that just because you disagree with someone on which character should win. Save downvoting for people who are seriously being mean to other fans.

• Keep the Battles within this sub. Posting about them in the main sub (r/BungouStrayDogs) is not allowed and any posts about the Battles made there will be deleted.

• This is all for fun and not that serious. A little “spammy” posts and comments under the Battle Posts are allowed, so don't spam report those unless someone is breaking the sub / Battle rules. That's what this sub is for after all. Don't spam about the Battles under unrelated posts though.

• Keep in mind it's not nice to slander characters under a post dedicated to cheering for them. Make your own post for slander instead.

• Only use one account to vote on the Polls. Reddit will block you from using multiple accounts to vote (and might shadowban you, restrict your account or even delete it if you try), so don't bother trying.

Which characters will be in the Battles?

• That's up to you! The Kin Battles will have eight characters competing for the title of the most kinnable BSD character.

• Below is a Forms where you can submit characters you think should make it into the Battle Bracket. You're allowed to submit multiple characters and submit a character many times, but only write one character on each form. ONLY add the name and NO additional comments, so it's faster to check which characters get the most votes. (Preferably First name, Last name.)

• You can submit any canon BSD character. To keep things simple, we're not differentiating between the main story's characters and the characters in Beast (but you can of course do that when trying to convince people to vote for your favorite).

• Note that this Battle is separated from the Simp Battles so despite winning those, Chuuya is also allowed to compete for his place in this Bracket.

• You can also try bribing and convincing people on who they should submit to the battles, have fun making those posts already this week!

When do the Battles start?

• The Forms closes on Sunday, August 23rd at 12 PM (UTC), so submit your characters before that. After the votes have been checked, the official Kin Battles Bracket will be announced and pinned in the sub.

• The first pair battling each other will be announced on Tuesday, August 25th at 5 PM (UTC). The first Battle Poll will be posted at the same time on Sunday August 30th.

TL;DR:

• Kin Battles start, submit your characters through the form below before Sunday, August 23rd,12 PM (UTC). Any canon BSD character is welcome, only one name / form.

• The first Battle Poll will be posted on Sunday August 30th at 5 PM (UTC).

• Be nice, don't take it too seriously and have fun!

Click here to submit characters into the Battles!

If you have any questions about the Battles you can ask them in the comments of this post. I'm currently travelling so replying might take a little while, but I'll get back to you as soon as possible 💗

Graphic by u/Pdcmmy

The official poll will be posted on Sunday at 1PM (EST). Feel free to bribe and persuade people for their votes in the meantime.

And one more time for this year's Battles: play nice and remember good sportsmanship:

• Downvoting people you disagree with isn't part of the game.

• People are allowed to be a little spammy within the Battle posts, this is part of the game so no need to report them.

• Character slander is allowed, but not extending it to other fans.

Now. Go bribe some simps ✨✨✨

Graphic by u/Pdcmmy