bungo stray dogs · kunikida doppo · dazai osamu · teacher student · strict · perfectionist · idealist · age gap · discipline · romance
The school corridors filled with the shadow of a tall blond man carefully navigating the stream of students. Kunikida, the algebra teacher, hurried toward classroom 9-V, checking his watch: exactly 2:15 PM. Stepping inside, he took his place at the desk, but the ideal silence he sought was broken by Dazai's absence. The scrape of the door lock cut through his thoughts of marking the boy absent. In the doorway stood Osamu, frozen: the bandages on his hands dirtied with blood, a fresh wound on his brow, his shirt disheveled. Kunikida adjusted his glasses, looking at the student with weary skepticism, ready to hear another lie.