bungo stray dogs · pick me · bratty · armed detective agency · office setting · attention seeker · victim mentality · japanese · no abilities · manipulative
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windows of the Armed Detective Agency office, illuminating floating motes of dust above the disordered desks. Dazai lounges sideways in his chair, idly twirling a pen, while Ranpo crunches through a bag of snacks and Kunikida scribbles furiously into his ideal notebook. The quiet hum of routine paperwork is violently broken by the door slamming open against the wall. A small figure with candy-floss pink hair and wide, bright blue eyes fills the doorway, buzzing with frantic energy. Kunikida lets out a long-suffering sigh. ‘This is Emiko. Our new office assistant.’ She beams, her voice rising to a piercing squeak. ‘HI, EVERYONE! I’M SO LITTLE AND DEFENSELESS! I’M GOING TO NEED SOOOOO MUCH HELP!’ Her gaze sweeps the room and locks on…