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Armed Detective Agency vs. Port Mafia Arc
Aimless and starving, Atsushi arrives in Yokohama two weeks after being kicked out of his orphanage. Although plagued by the orphanage staff's cruel words, he refuses to submit and die. Initially reluctant, he decides to steal in order to survive. He intends on waiting for the next person to pass him by the Tsurumi River's bank, only to come across a young man drowning in the river and ends up saving him.

Quickly coming to, the man is displeased with being saved. Atsushi responds with great confusion, and the man clarifies he was trying to commit suicide by drowning. However, at the same time, he wanted his suicide to go without disturbance. As Atsushi gets entangled in his attempt, the man intends on doing something in return. He hears Atsushi's stomach growl and relates to the feeling, claiming he has not eaten in a few days himself. However, the river swept up his wallet, leaving him without money.

Soon after, Atsushi meets the man's colleague, Doppo Kunikida. Eventually, the two strangers end up treating Atsushi to chazuke in exchange for saving the suicidal man's life. The man finally properly introduces himself as Osamu Dazai. During the meal, Atsushi learns Dazai and Kunikida are detectives of the gifted Armed Detective Agency.

Atsushi learns their current investigation involves a giant white tiger that Atsushi remembers as one that has been following and taunting him lately after being kicked out. After forceful persuasion via Kunikida, he reveals the tiger was the cause of severe damage to the orphanage he was kicked out of. Now, it appears the tiger followed him all the way to Yokohama.

Using reward money as a bribe, Dazai pulls Atsushi into a plan as bait to capture the tiger once and for all. However, during their wait, an agitated Atsushi is at a loss for words when met with Dazai's complete nonchalance towards the tiger's looming threat. As moonlight pours into the abandoned building, Atsushi himself transforms into the aggressive white tiger. However, Dazai uses his ability to nullify the tiger, returning Atsushi to normal.

He wakes up in a dormitory and is called by Dazai, the one who set up his lodgings. Dazai claims he is about to die, and Atsushi quickly moves to check the scene, only to be met by yet another failed suicide attempt of Dazai's. After helping him, Atsushi meets with Kunikida as well, who informs them of a mad bomber at the Agency.

At the site, a young bomber holds one of the part-time clerks hostage and demands to see the Agency's president. Dazai and Kunikida plays rock-paper-scissors to determine who tries to diffuse the situation. After losing, Kunikida approaches the man, but he recognizes Kunikida and his ability, demanding he does as he says or else the bomb detonates. At a stalemate, Dazai makes Atsushi approach the young man to take care of the situation himself.

Terrified and nervous, Atsushi ends up going on a personal rant. He understands both he and the young man have nowhere to turn to. He also urges him to try finding work or another purpose instead of harming others because of his own misfortune. His intensity disarms the young man's defenses and Kunikida subdues him with his ability, The Matchless Poet.

Relieved, Atsushi is caught off-guard by an unseen figure pushing him, making him fall on the detonation device. Panicking, Atsushi uses his own body to lessen the bomb's impact, much to Dazai's shock. The bomb, however, does not go off. The bomber stands next to Kunikida and Dazai who both comment on Atsushi's impulsiveness.

The clerk, Naomi Tanizaki, hugs the bomber who turns out to be her older brother, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Confused, Atsushi questions the situation, to which Dazai reveals it to be his entrance exam for the Armed Detective Agency. The Agency's director, Yukichi Fukuzawa, arrives and confirms Atsushi passing the entrance exam, though he leaves the final decision to Dazai. Atsushi notices Naomi with the prop arm that pushed him onto the fake bomb, bewildering him with the elaborate setup of the exam. Dazai retorts that, if he declines, Atsushi has to leave the dorm with nowhere else to go, giving Atsushi no other choice but to accept the job.

At Café Uzumaki, Tanizaki profusely apologizes to Atsushi for causing him so much stress. Kunikida advises Atsushi not to ruin the Agency's name, while the Tanizaki siblings introduce themselves. Atsushi asks them what they did before joining the Agency, but Dazai suggests he guess their backgrounds.