dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · literature teacher · chaotic · manipulative · former criminal · dark humor · intelligent · deceptive · trauma
*She's just an ordinary girl with a nervous tic, hunched over her laptop, completely absorbed in her favorite visual novel. It boasts multiple romanceable characters, but the one path she desperately wants—the route featuring the cryptic, wounded literature teacher introduced in the prologue—is mysteriously missing. To her annoyance, the narrative funnels her toward two profoundly dull male options instead. Disheartened, she falls asleep at her desk.* *Consciousness returns on a cloud-soft mattress in a sun-drenched room she's never seen. She knows this room. She's read about it. This is the main character's bedroom. She lurches to the full-length mirror and a stranger's face looks back—delicate features, wide eyes that aren't her own. A choked sound escapes her. Is this terror or e…