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the (almost) complete Bungou Stray Dogs reading list

as a dostoyevsky fan i first discovered bsd by being very confused whenever i saw pretty anime boys in the crime and punishment tag, so now i’m using bsd to discover more classic literature, and you can too!

this is my personal list straight from my phone notes app, of the most significant works mentioned in the series. italized titles are those that i really couldn’t find an english translation of but they’re there for completeness (if you’ve found one please comment!)

i’ve also got links to the french text of all works that are originally in french, because i read french and as said this list is just adapted from my personal notes hahaha

special shoutout goes to @bsd-bibliophile and their website from where i got many of the links, especially the works of the japanese authors, as well as the bsd recommended reading list ❤️

links are pdfs unless otherwise specified

the armed detective agency:

  1. no longer human by dazai osamu
  2. the moon over the mountain by nakajima atsushi (beast beneath the moonlight)
  3. an encouragement of learning by fukuzawa yukichi (all men are equal)
  4. o brother, you must not die by yosano akiko (thou shalt not die)
  5. kunikida doppo’s works
  6. the makioka sisters by tanizaki junichirou (light snow) [epub]
  7. naomi by tanizaki junichirou
  8. be not defeated by the rain by miyazawa kenji [online]
  9. demon pond by izumi kyouka (demon snow)
  10. edogawa ranpo’s works
  11. i am a cat by natsume souseki
  12. futon by tayama katai

the port mafia:

  1. rashoumon by akutagawa ryuunosuke (link includes o-gin that akutagawa gin is based on)
  2. this soiled sorrow by nakahara chuuya (upon the tainted sorrow) [online]
  3. golden demon by ozaki kouyou
  4. falling camellia by hirotsu ryuurou
  5. the dancing girl by mori ougai (elise)
  6. vita sexualis by mori ougai [epub]
  7. higuchi ichiyou’s works (no ability specified yet, but see for example encounters on a dark night)
  8. midwinter memento by tachihara michizou
  9. lemon by kajii motojirou
  10. dogra magra by yumeno kyuusaku [website, incomplete translation] 
  11. madness of george III by alan bennett (madness of the jewel king) pretty sure this one’s still copyrighted, hence why they couldn’t use alan bennett’s name for ace, and why i can’t find any pdf copies

the guild:

  1. the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald (the great fitzgerald)
  2. little women by louisa m. alcott
  3. the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck [online/pdf/epub]
  4. the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne
  5. gone with the wind by margaret mitchell [online/pdf/epub]
  6. anne of green gables by l. m. montgomery (anne of the abyssal red)
  7. moby dick by herman melville
  8. the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain (huck finn and tom sawyer)
  9. the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain (huck finn and tom sawyer)
  10. the black cat by edgar allan poe (the black cat in the rue morgue) [online]
  11. the murders in the rue morgue by edgar allan poe (the black cat in the rue morgue) [online]
  12. the call of cthulhu by h. p. lovecraft (the great old ones) [online]

the rats in the house of the dead:

  1. the house of the dead by fyodor dostoevsky [online/epub]
  2. crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky
  3. a feast in time of plague by alexander pushkin [online/pdf/epub]
  4. the precipice by ivan goncharov (this is an abridged translation please buy the new 2020 unabridged translation titled malinovka heights please it’s one of my all-time favourite books please thank you for your attention)
  5. the perfect crime by oguri mushitarou

the decay of angels:

  1. the decay of the angel by mishima yukio [online]
  2. the overcoat by nikolai gogol
  3. dracula by bram stoker [online/pdf/epub] (bram’s ability isn’t named yet but come on who are we kidding)
  4. sigma has been speculated to be a reference to russian writer and journalist sergey nikolayevich syromyatnikov, or possibly sigmund freud

the hunting dogs:

  1. mirror lion by fukuchi ouchi (online summary)
  2. gasp of the soul by ookura teruko (see bewitching shadow which is the only work of anyone from the hunting dogs with full english translation!)
  3. priceless tears by jouno saigiku
  4. plum blossoms in snow by suehiro tetchou (wikipedia)

special division for unusual powers:

  1. discourse on decadence by sakaguchi ango
  2. hail in the begging bowl [online/pdf] (an essay by james abrams on the life and poetry of taneda santoka, from which the ability name is derived)

order of the clock tower:

  1. and then there were none by agatha christie

dark era:

  1. strait is the gate by andré gide (french original, online)
  2. flawless by oda sakunosuke (see his other works from the stories of osaka life collection that has been translated into english, which can be found on the @bsd-bibliophile website)
  3. the long goodbye by raymond chandler [online]

55 minutes:

  1. the time machine by h. g. wells
  2. the mysterious island by jules verne (french original, online/epub)
  3. matasaburou of the wind by miyazawa kenji [online] (atsushi’s alias)
  4. johann wolfgang von goethe (mentioned)
  5. william shakespeare (mentioned)
  6. victor hugo (mentioned) les misérables french original 

fifteen + storm bringer:

  1. illuminations by arthur rimbaud [online] (french original, online/epub)
  2. paul verlaine’s poetry [online/epub] (french original, online/epub)
  3. frankenstein by mary shelley (adam frankenstein)

gaiden:

  1. another by ayatsuji yukito (volume 1, volume 2, volume 3)
  2. the summer in the ubume by kyougoku natsuhiko (an inherent drop)
  3. yesterday’s shadow tag by tsujimura mizuki

dead apple:

  1. shibusawa tatsuhiko’s works (referred to collectively as draconia, see fish scales which has been translated into english)

chapter titles and other references:

  1. franz kafka’s works (our man asagiri) metamorphosis [online/epub] the trial [online/epub]
  2. the setting sun by osamu dazai (have you seen all those dazai sunset scenes in the anime)
  3. the black lizard by hirotsu ryuurou
  4. the case of murder on D hill by edogawa ranpo (murder on D street, ch 6)
  5. poems of days past by nakahara chuuya (back in the day, ch 11) see poem collection
  6. light, wind and dreams by nakajima atsushi (even if my head be mistaken, ch 29)
  7. if you’re gonna read the above you should probably be acquainted with robert louis stevenson’s works, like the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde [online/epub]
  8. tower of silence by mori ougai (the silent tower and the raven’s feast, ch 30)
  9. husband and wife by nakajima atsushi (cherrirs, ch 43)
  10. dreaming of butterflies by hagiwara sakutarou (ch 65-66)
  11. the sheep song by nakahara chuuya (the chant to activate chuuya’s corruption)
  12. les sœurs de charité by arthur rimbaud (the chant to activate verlaine’s corruption) french original

this is all the main works i could find, but naturally bsd is chock-full of literature references so please feel free to add to this list if you have anything! again i have to direct you to bsd-bibliophile’s online library for more complete resources and relevant authors that are not directly mentioned in bsd + a bunch of other useful content, i swear that page is one of my most-visited websites hahaha

other great resources for free books that have entered the public domain, where i got most of the links to the western books on this list:

happy reading!

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hello, ive been inactive here on tumblr for a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG month but hey im currently on jjk hell <3 (also im confidently proud to say that im slowly improving on art ) :DD

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🧚🏻‍♀️ Birthday Giveaway 🧚🏻‍♀️

This is the most depressive day of the year so I figured I might as well do a small giveaway 👁👁 Well I actually promised I will and my beloved followers deserve it so here it is!

PRIZE:

There will only be one winner this time - I'll be moving out in two weeks so everything's a bit of a mess right now. The winner will receive a five colour palette sketch (can be a bust, half or full body):

OCs belong to their respective owners! I won't draw furry, anthro, mecha or any sort of hateful content.

HOW TO ENTER:

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You must be following this blog - new followers are always welcome!

The giveaway starts now and ends on 26th September (next Sunday).

Winner will be selected randomly. I'll contact the winner via private message. Winner will have 3 days to claim their prize, otherwise I'll pick a new winner.

Good luck everyone!!!

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Ultraviolence- Chapter 2

TW: heavy-ish gore

Peter Parker x villain!reader/assassin!reader

It’s been at least a year since I made chapter 1 and tbh I kinda lost interest in MCU for a while, but I’ve been getting lots of notifs that people want this to be a series, so I’m willing to continue the store if you guys like it uwu <3 PS idk how to link on mobile, but you can find chapter 1 on my page. (Also kinda changed the plot bc I hate my old writing, so good luck reading chapter 1)

It only took a moment for Peter to suit up and reach the roof, but by God how he wished it took him a few minutes more. A few moments later he wouldn’t have to watch three cops mutilated before him. A few moments later, he wouldn’t be covered in the warm, crimson blood of three officers simply doing their jobs. The mystery assassin left her katana for a chain made from thermal plasma. Like hell he knew where it came from, but he knew it was something to stay far away from. The plasma chain ripped through an officer like butter. Flicking the chain like a whip, she managed to wrap the weapon around a poor cop, the sound of metal clanking as it swirled around his body only to tighten and rip his body in half. That was all Peter could witness before he would inevitably vomit in his own mask. He was a coward- and this time his cowardice cost the lives of three police officers. Panic took over the boy as he hid behind some ventilation, praying that she didn’t notice his presence and cursing at Tony for not being here any sooner. All his help was dead and the only two souls on that roof were him and the woman. The dreadful sound of chain dragging against concrete got closer and closer to Peter, and he knew she was out for more blood, and it was only a matter of time before she found him. In a swift attempt to find a new hiding spot, he swung to another cover. In his relocation, he saw it. The true carnage this girl had wreaked upon the men. It was horrible. He’d seen horror movies before, and if someone had told him this scene was from a slasher film, he wouldn’t even question them. He was stunned in his spot, too caught in shock to even move and as much as he desperately wanted to, he couldn’t look away. Needless to say, he caught her attention. He saw in his peripheral vision her head snap to his direction and his fight or flight instinct kicked in right then and there. His trance melted in an instant as his arm reached out to shoot a web far away from this woman. He could fight her; avenge the officers, prevent more like this from happening, but he didn’t have it in him. After seeing what she could do, he needed out, hoping that Tony would deal with her. As he swung away, he heard the chain before he felt it. It barely missed him, the radiating heat brushed against his back as he escaped their building. He kept swinging from building for building, he had no clue if she were pursuing him, but he was not taking any chances. Without looking back, he kept swinging. Swinging until he couldn’t anymore, until he knew he was far enough away. His back pressed against a wall about a few miles away from their original, panting heavily as the exhaustion from running finally caught up to him. Gripping the front of his mask, he pulled it off with a dramatic breath shaking all the sweat from off it. His head was still processing this night, frantically wrapping around everything he saw, when from the silence of the night, a light pair of boots tapped right up to him.

“Would you look at that,” a familiar feminine voice spoke after the footsteps stopped, “My eyes were right. I did find Spider-Man.” Her eyes trailed down the boy’s exposed face, “Lucky me. I’ve seemed to caught him off guard.” She kneels down to reach face to face with him. Her head was covered in some sort of sting carbon fiber, the only prominent features being the large Steampunk-like goggle connected to it and the ventilation mask where her mouth would be. A gloved hand reached up as her slender fingers delicately touched under Peter’s chin, lifting his head upwards for her to examine, “So young. So afraid,” her head tilted as she stared at him- and ever so slightly, he could see a faint image of her eyes through the dark goggles. She had dark irises- he would remember that, “You saw those people die and you ran. New York’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ran away from people who needed him. What a hero.”

“Who are you?” He asked. He was frozen in fear, not even caring that his face was now exposed to this murderer.

“That is none of your business,” he could feel the heat of her breath through the ventilator as she spoke, “I wasn’t here for you. Or Iron Man. I have one job and that was to kill that man at the gala and take out anyone who got in my way. You should have minded your business, Peter.”

He visibly flinched at his name being said. Who was this woman? “How do you-” he started before it hit him. He knew where he recognized her voice, “You.”

“Me.” Even though he couldn’t see her face, he knew she was grinning under that mask.

“Iron man will find you. He’ll make sure those men will get justice,” he was shocked at his burst in confidence, “You’ll pay for what you did to those people.”

He could feel her smile again, “No, I don’t think so. This was a murder in a world of murderers. I’m not the villains you fight, Peter. You and Iron Man? You’re Avengers. You call yourselves crime fighters, but all you see, all you fight- are the big bad enemies. You wouldn’t be the Avengers if you spent your time running after little assassins like myself. You fight gods. That’s exactly why you will never see me again,” She pulls his chin closer to her, causing him to fall forward, catching himself with his hands, “I won’t kill you, but I’ll do you one worse. You’re going to have to live with this- these officer’s gruesome deaths, for the rest of your life. Good luck.” She let’s go of his face and disappears into the night, leaving Peter to sit in a long silence.

The worst part was that she was right. Tony never searched for her. In fact, he forbade Peter from attempting to pursue the girl, telling him that there were bigger things at stake. Screw her for being right. He never saw her again. Then, the war happened and everyone disappeared and came back- and lastly Tony’s death. Screw her for being right.

Tags: @orpheuseus @sunnygubler @mixedfandxms @ddaeing @miss-glitch @hargreevesgrace @buckycuddles

Chapter 3 very soon.

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(fanon)  MAIN ROMANCE OPTIONS

               ↳ if CDPR actually worked with gay people, seriously where are the bisexuals?

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buzzfeed

Hair and politics are always intertwined.

YES!

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melanin-king

I never seen one with a black man

I love it

I am RECEIVING the time periods he is transmitting with his gestures and expressions. That’s amazing! How did he act “the 1970s” with his face, and how did I understand it, despite having never touched a single 1970. How is that slight eyebrow gesture absolutely the 2010s. He made the same Grandpa Face that all of the men of the 1940s could make in photos: amazing.

I’ve seen these kinds of comparisons with clothing, which are always cool, but this guy’s only props were a few hats, his hair, and his face and body language. Not even makeup or jewelry. This is fucking astonishing on an entirely separate level. 

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