Reason Living

Reason Living  is the second opening theme for Bungo Stray Dogs anime. It is performed by SCREEN mode.

Single Track List

 * 1) Reason Living
 * 2) Mr. Satisfaction
 * 3) Distance

Characters in Order of Appearance
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Version 1 (Episode 14)

 * Oda Sakunosuke
 * Dazai Osamu
 * Mori Ougai
 * Sakaguchi Ango

Version 2 (Episode 15)

 * Oda Sakunosuke
 * Dazai Osamu
 * Akutagawa Ryunosuke
 * Sakaguchi Ango

Version 3 (Episode 17 onwards)
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 * Nakajima Atsushi
 * Dazai Osamu
 * Kunikida Doppo
 * Fukuzawa Yukichi
 * Miyazawa Kenji
 * Yosano Akiko
 * Edogawa Ranpo
 * Tanizaki Junichiro
 * Tanizaki Naomi
 * Francis F.
 * Nathaniel H.
 * Lovecraft
 * Louisa M.
 * Herman M.
 * Margaret M.
 * Lucy M.
 * Mark T.
 * John S.
 * Mori Ougai
 * Ozaki Kouyou
 * Kajii Motojirou
 * Nakahara Chūya
 * Akutagawa Ryunosuke
 * Higuchi Ichiyou
 * Hirotsu Ryurou
 * Gin
 * Tachihara Michizō
 * Izumi Kyōka
 * Elise
 * Yumeno Kyusaku

TV Version
Rōmaji= agaite hakaranai ikiru riyū sagashitenda mabushī hikari wa sō kinō ni wa nai kara ate mo naku hashiru sutorei doggusu kūhaku o umeru yo motomete ita nda ichigyō (ichigyō) sentensu o! nai mono nedaru kedo sore ja nanimo te ni hairanai ka dōshite itsumo kobore ochiteku no ka? yogorete shimatta boku no te o sora e to nobasu no sa akogare aragai ikiru riyū sagashitenda kōshite kotae wa mō kinō ni wa nai ndarō atarashī pēji wa mayō katte no jibun jishin ga tsudzutteku raison d'être Kanji= 足掻いて 上がらない 生きる理由探してんだ 眩しい光はそう 昨日には無いから 当てもなく走るストレイドッグス 空白を埋めるよ　求めていたんだ一行（一行） センテンスを！ 無いものねだるけど　それじゃ何も手に入らないか どうしていつも零れ落ちてくのか？ 汚れてしまった　僕の手を空へと 伸ばすのさ 憧れ抗い 生きる理由探してんだ こうして答えはもう 昨日には無いんだろう 新しいページは迷う勝手の自分自身が 綴ってくraison d'être English= Struggling… compensating… we’re searching out our reason for living ‘Cause that bright light doesn’t lie among yesterday! We’re stray dogs, running without a destination! In order to fill that blank space, I’d been searching for just one line- One line… A -sentence-! I ask for way too much, but that will never get me anything! Why does everything always end up falling away? I’ll reach this tainted hand… up to the sky! Desire… resistance… I’m searching out my reason for living, ‘Cause the answer I seek doesn’t lie among yesterday! On that new page, once my wandering comes to an end, My raison d’être will be composed!

Full Version
Rōmaji= agaite hakaranai ikiru riyū sagashitenda mabushī hikari wa sō kinō ni wa nai kara ate mo naku hashiru sutorei doggusu kūhaku o umeru yo motomete ita nda ichigyō (ichigyō) sentensu o! nai mono nedaru kedo sore ja nanimo te ni hairanai ka dōshite itsumo kobore ochiteku no ka? yogorete shimatta boku no te o sora e to nobasu no sa akogare aragai ikiru riyū sagashitenda kōshite kotae wa mō kinō ni wa nai ndarō atarashī pēji wa mayō katte no jibun jishin ga tsudzutteku raison d'être Kanji= 足掻いて 上がらない 生きる理由探してんだ 眩しい光はそう 昨日には無いから 当てもなく走るストレイドッグス 空白を埋めるよ　求めていたんだ一行（一行） センテンスを！ 無いものねだるけど　それじゃ何も手に入らないか どうしていつも零れ落ちてくのか？ 汚れてしまった　僕の手を空へと 伸ばすのさ 憧れ抗い 生きる理由探してんだ こうして答えはもう 昨日には無いんだろう 新しいページは迷う勝手の自分自身が 綴ってくraison d'être English= Struggling… compensating… we’re searching out our reason for living ‘Cause that bright light doesn’t lie among yesterday! We’re stray dogs, running without a destination! In order to fill that blank space, I’d been searching for just one line- One line… A -sentence-! I ask for way too much, but that will never get me anything! Why does everything always end up falling away? I’ll reach this tainted hand… up to the sky! Desire… resistance… I’m searching out my reason for living, ‘Cause the answer I seek doesn’t lie among yesterday! On that new page, once my wandering comes to an end, My raison d’être will be composed!