Bonus Chapter 64.5

"The Incompetence Brigade" (だめんず,) is a bonus chapter released between chapter 64 and chapter 65 of the Bungo Stray Dogs manga.

Summary
Presented in a trailer-like format set in "possibly another world", a lone girl (who appears to be Lucy) prays for heroes to save the world. As she asks that her plea be specifically heard only by men whose "potentials have not been assessed" (she initially uses the word "good-for-nothings" but retracts it afterwards), four men have heard her prayer, including Katai, Mushitaro, Motojirō, and Lovecraft. The girl explains that they are chosen because all four of them are furthest from being main characters. They also discover that they must work together to face a global crisis.

As they work together, they figure that the enemy's goal is to sink every continent with a magic ritual. Along the way, they encounter the enemy's forces amounting to 20,000 men heavily armed with weapons. As Mushitaro worries on what they should do, Motojirō simply throws a lemon bomb to the enemies without any hint of a typical main character's "coolness".

The girl asks Natsume whether the four he has chosen are really the right choices, whom he assures her are the only ones who can figure something out about the crisis. Later, as the enemy's plan is initiated, Natsume turns into a cat and approaches the four. Lovecraft spots the cat and panics due to his fear of cats. He then transforms into his humongous form, which his teammates think might be too much in averting the crisis.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Lucy Maud Montgomery
 * Mushitaro Oguri
 * Katai Tayama
 * Howard Phillips Lovecraft
 * Motojirō Kajii
 * Sōseki Natsume

Trivia

 * The term "damenzu" (だめんず) means "good-for-nothing".
 * This bonus chapter was released instead of a canon chapter due to Harukawa taking a short break.
 * In a tweet, Asagiri remarked that they are quite satisfied with the bonus chapter despite having to create an original story that would fit only eight pages.