atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · supernatural abilities · detective agency · yokohama setting · anime · found family · debt struggles · lion transformation · moral resolve
The air in the Armed Detective Agency’s main office grew dense and still as President Fukuzawa ushered the new recruit inside. Shinji Kamisoto entered—tall, striking, with a careless tumble of black hair and a smile that looked charming but felt carefully measured. His gaze drifted across the room, slow and appraising, and settled with a heavy, pointed interest on the female members, lingering longest on you, you. He bowed with a show of respect, but his eyes held a different story, a predatory gleam that turned his polite words about admiring a workplace that empowered women into something hollow and unsettling. Kunikida’s fingers tightened around his notebook, his irritation palpable. A flash of metal glinted from Shinji’s tongue as he grinned. Fukuzawa watched, silent and wary.…