Wan! Episode 9

Dr. Yosano's Whoopsies! Forgetfulness / Miscellany on Shrimp Tails / Me Drawing You Drawing Me (与謝野医師のうっかり！忘れ物 / 海老の尻尾のエトセトラ /僕を描く君を描く僕,) is the 9th episode of Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! anime series. It aired on March 10, 2021.

Japanese
Yosano noticed that one of her favorite scalpels was missing. Could it be that she left it in someone's body after the surgery? Afraid of being exposed as a medical mistake, she tries to ask her colleagues if they know anything about her condition...

Dr. Yosano's Whoopsies! Forgetfulness
Yosano worries about her missing surgery scalpel, which she cannot find anywhere in the Agency infirmary nor office. Her primary thought boils down to whether she has left it inside one of her patients. Thinking of the controversies that might arise if it were indeed the case, Yosano decides to check on her most recent patients – Atsushi, Tanizaki, and Kunikida – to solve the situation as soon as possible.

Atsushi comes across her and thanks her treatment the other day. Thinking of casually asking him whether he has noticed anything odd with him lately, Yosano ends up retorting whether he has tried not being odd lately, prompting Atsushi to apologize for his nature. When she tries to resume a more amicable conversation, Yosano further ends up making Atsushi scared with her peculiar remarks. Atsushi's stomach suddenly hurts, much to Yosano's horror of apparently confirming her theory, only for Kyōka to point out that Atsushi merely drank some spoiled milk in their apartment.

Yosano opts to check up on Tanizaki next; preparing her thoughts of telling him that she might have left a scalpel in his body, Yosano inadvertently blurts out that she "cannot forget his body" and quickly demands him to show him his body, which is highly misunderstood by Naomi looming behind them. Yosano drags him to the surgery room and apparently operates on him, until she concludes that Tanizaki is clear, albeit leaving him greatly horrified of the situation.

Soon after, Yosano casually asks Kunikida about his condition, to which he responds positively and thanks her treatment. Choosing a different approach, Yosano asks him whether he ever feels a blade-like sensation or as if a metal object is stuck in his body when he gets tired. Kunikida seriously jots down about her inquiry, thinking that it is a disease; Yosano merely states that it is stress. In any case, she urges him to tell her immediately if he ever feels such sensation to have her open him up in no time.

Left with no choice, Yosano ponders whether to operate on Kunikida like she did with Tanizaki. However, Kyōka and Atsushi approach and hand the doctor her missing scalpel. They recount that, when they had a grilled fish party earlier, a drunk Yosano tried to gut the fish with her scalpel, which eventually ends up with the cooking utensils.

Yosano is greatly relieved with the resolution of the case, while Tanizaki desperately explains to Naomi that Yosano merely took some x-rays of him.

Miscellany on Shrimp Tails
A cheerful Atsushi eats his delivered shrimp bowl. When he is about to finish the last bit of shrimp tail, Dazai firmly retorts that doing so is quite wasteful. He suggests burying it in the dirt akin to planting and harvesting similar to pea sprouts and branches which both grow back when buried. He even pushes that watermelons are considered vegetables rather than fruits and, likewise, thinks that shrimps might also be considered as plants; Atsushi rejects his ideas and chomps on the shrimp tail.

Dazai remarks that Akutagawa once believed his shrimp theory and apparently buried shrimps in dirt, awaiting them to sprout. Atsushi pities Akutagawa, though Dazai later denies ever telling the mafioso, further confusing Atsushi. Ranpo approaches them and asks what they are doing. Atsushi tells Ranpo of their conversation on whether shrimp tails can sprout when buried, thinking that Ranpo will also fall for the absurd idea and even find it hilarious. Much to Atsushi's regret, the great detective flatly states that such thing is obviously not true.

After Atsushi muses on his embarrassing mishap, Dazai remarks that an infinitely regrowing shrimp, if only possible, can apparently be the instant solution to world hunger, as well as his own. Atsushi soon realizes that Dazai, who subtly drops hints about not having some shrimp bowl, might have been bugging him because he did not ask him when Atsushi ordered some food.

Meanwhile, Akutagawa is still awaiting his shrimp tails to sprout; Higuchi, lurking behind him, decides to prepare some tempura batter for him.

Me Drawing You Drawing Me
Atsushi and Dazai draw each other on their notepads. Atsushi shows his finished product to Dazai, who finds it quite satisfactory. Meanwhile, Dazai admits having difficulty drawing the person behind Atsushi, much to the latter's fright. Akutagawa arrives through the window and announces having finished his drawing as well. Atsushi reprimands Akutagawa not to keep entering through their window, but the mafioso ignores him and asks Dazai to look at his drawing.

The two detectives find Akutagawa's expression and admiration for his mentor through his drawing, after which, upon Dazai's behest, Atsushi asks Akutagawa to read through the situation, such as also drawing Atsushi. As such, Akutagawa shows him his earlier practice drawing of Atsushi, which is a tiger bisected in half (captioned as "the mantiger I cut"). Atsushi is quite annoyed with his drawing and corrects that the mantiger is not even him but an illusion, so Akutagawa decides to continue their fight to make it real.

Dazai is enthused with the prospect of an incoming fight; Atsushi yells at him to stop enjoying their squabble, much to Akutagawa's anger for how Atsushi talks such way to Dazai. As the two end up fighting that entertains Dazai, Kyōka turns out to have drawn the three of them as well, though she decides against showing them in the meantime.

A short musical draw-along is presented that teaches the audience on how to draw Dazai. In a mid-credits scene, rather than continuing their nonsensical violence, Atsushi challenges Akutagawa to a kitten pet-off, which the mafioso reluctantly accepts.

Manga and Anime Differences

 * When Yosano checks up on Tanizaki, Naomi is originally with her brother in the manga, while she is later seen lurking behind him in this episode.
 * In the manga, Kenji returns Yosano's scalpel, while Kyōka and Atsushi return it to her in this episode.
 * The episode shows the fish party being attended by Atsushi and Kyōka together with Kenji, Yosano, Kunikida, and Dazai, though they do not appear in the said party in the manga.
 * The drawing tutorial is shown in the beginning of the manga, while the anime shows it after the episode and directly before the credits. Moreover, the manga's tutorial is drawing both Atsushi and Dazai, while this episode only shows a tutorial on drawing Dazai.
 * In the manga, Akutagawa emerges from under the office floor and is the figure behind Atsushi whom Dazai cannot properly draw. In this episode, he enters through the office window.

Trivia

 * In the beginning of the episode, Fukuzawa can be seen without his usual black haori.
 * When Atsushi is about to eat the shrimp tail, Dazai mentions that such thing is quite wasteful to the point that it invalidates being human. This is a clear reference to No Longer Human, further alluded to when Dazai stated that it has "awakened a new ability" in him.
 * Akutagawa entering through the office window can be seen as a running gag, previously seen in a Wan! short and eyecatch, hence Atsushi scolding him to refrain from doing it.
 * When Akutagawa shows Atsushi his drawing of the tiger cut in half, Atsushi remarks that the tiger is merely Tanizaki's illusion, which refers to what happened in canon during Atsushi's and Akutagawa's first encounter.
 * The insert song before the ending credits is entitled "Ekaki Uta Wan!" (絵描き歌わん！), which was performed by Atsushi's seiyū,.