Episode 16

Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス,) is the 16th episode of Bungo Stray Dogs anime series. It first aired on October 21, 2016.

Summary
While the leaders of the Port Mafia and the gifted special operations division meet via Ango, Dazai is close to discovering the true significance of the conflict between the three groups.

Plot
Ango facilitates a meeting between the Port Mafia's boss, Mori Ougai, and the Head of the Gifted Special Corps Division, Taneda, requesting for the Port Mafia to dispose of Mimic, in return for a black envelope permitting the Mafia to operate legally as a gifted organisation without fear of suppression from the Division. Dazai, knowing that Oda will surely seek out Gide for vengeance, reveals that he joined the Port Mafia to place himself close to his raw emotions under violence, death, instinct and desire in order to find a reason to live his life. Oda nevertheless heads alone to the enemy base, resigning himself to sacrifice his writer's dream as he resolves to kill Gide. Dazai confronts Mori about how he orchestrated everything including allowing Mimic to enter the country and revealing the orphans' locations just to get that permit, with Oda's life as the tool to defeat Mimic for good. As Dazai rushes to the base alone, he witnesses both Gide and Oda collapse from their injuries. Oda advises Dazai as a friend to keep on living as someone who protects people, since good and bad do not mean a thing to him, and dies in his arms. Two weeks later, Dazai quits the Port Mafia and searches for a new job, landing himself in a position at the Armed Detective Agency.