Wan! Episode 7

Bungo Stray Dogs Preschool! (文ストほいくえん！,) is the special episode of Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! anime series. It aired on February 24, 2021.

Japanese
Atsushi's pure eyes shine as he begs for Dazai's hand to be held out to him, and even Akutagawa, who bites anyone and everyone, clings to Dazai with a look of deep respect. The hustle and bustle surrounding Dazai ...... makes it impossible for him to commit suicide!

Summary
Atsushi asks Dazai-sensei about the rope he carries around and asks the purpose of it. Before Dazai is able to finish his answer, Atsushi says that it's for a "choo-choo" train. Atsushi plays train with Dazai; soon after, Akutagawa joins them which irritates Chūya.

Atsushi approaches Kunikida and asks for his help to find the ball. Kunikida helps him by pulling out his notebook and tries to write the "ball" but forgets how to write it.

It's nap time for the preschoolers; Naomi insists to sleep together with Tanizaki but soon after falls asleep on her own. Tanizaki then covers her with a blanket.

Kenji eats and naps after. When he wakes up, he gets hungry and eats again.

Atsushi asks Kyōka what she is doing. Kyōka shows him a pair of scissors she's holding, even telling Atsushi not to use it to stab or assassinate people. Kyōka then cuts out colored papers and Atsushi guesses them to which all of them nothing look like what she intended. Kyōka becomes embarrassed and summons Demon Snow to rip all the cut-outs.

Chūya teases Atsushi for crying and challenges Atsushi to make him cry. Atsushi tells him that he's short even though he's older than him.

Dazai gathers the preschoolers for a story time and reads No Longer Human which is not suitable for the preschoolers. They then suggest different books. Soon after, Yosano-sensei and Ozaki-sensei arrive and bring picture books. The preschoolers run to them leaving Dazai on the floor.

Dazai introduces two new students, Ranpo Edogawa and Motojirō Kajii. During playtime, Atsushi notices Ranpo alone and offers him to play ball together. However, Ranpo refuses as soon as he hears they are playing origami, saying he doesn't like childish games. Atsushi leaves and remembers that they have a snack for the two of them. Ranpo's face shows excitement and hides it whenever Atsushi glances at him.

Chūya challenges Motojirō to rugby, but Motojirō throws a bomb at him. Akutagawa confronts him about it, and Motojirō says he love making them. Akutagawa threatens him if he uses them on Dazai to which Motojirō says he will not. On the other hand, Chūya encourages him to bomb Dazai.

Atsushi gives his thanks to Ranpo for finding what he lost and calls him an amazing detective. While Atsushi and Kunikida are playing, Ranpo asks them if he could join them, and the three of them play.

Akutagawa and Atsushi are seen fighting over a stuff doll. Later, Atsushi watches a show "Odasaku Man". Atsushi brings his Odasaku Man stuff doll to school. Chūya brags that he doesn't watch kid shows and only watch news. However, Ranpo tricks him showing him being a fan of Odasaku Man.

Atsushi soon lets Chūya borrow his stuff doll. Just before Chūya gets the doll, Dazai gets it and says that he also likes Odasaku Man. However, the kids doesn't believe it since there is no way an adult man likes it.

Yosano suggests for him to show his work clothes but tells that might cause more problems. Akutagawa tells them it's true by showing them a picture of him, Dazai, Higuchi, and Tachihara on Odasaku Man's show.

The kids are on their way to their room when they find the room ransacked. Ranpo uses his Super Deduction to know what happened and reveals it was Dazai's doing. Dazai arrives with a plate of snacks and tells that it his surprise for them. However, Dazai receives a lemon bomb from them.

In a mid-credits scene, Yosano mends the tiger plushie (that Atsushi and Akutagawa seem to have fought over), while Dazai, battered from the lemon bomb explosion, complains how he finds it difficult to express affection. Yosano reasons out that he merely takes things too far.

Manga and Anime Differences

 * In the manga, Kyōka only draws the rabbit and tiger. In the anime, she draws an additional animal which is a cow, to which Atsushi mistakes for a penguin.
 * Originally, Tachihara was not with Akutagawa and Higuchi during the Odasakuman stage play or the photo.
 * In the manga, only Yosano brings the kids some picture books, namely Momotarō and Cinderella. In the anime, Kōyō is with her and one book is different.
 * Only the kids are seen going back to the room during snack time in the manga. However, they are accompanied by Kōyō in the anime.
 * Dazai brings them a wrapped gift for the surprise in the manga. In the anime, he is seen bringing a plate of snacks instead.
 * The anime omits the appearances of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and James L. in the manga as seniors who visit the preschoolers.

Trivia

 * This the first episode where it adapts special chapters from the manga.
 * The ending credits depict Yosano and Kōyō strolling with the kids and Dazai staggering after receiving a lemon bomb. This is the third time that the ending credits differed from its previous episodes.
 * Kunikida's Ideals notebook cover is written in Hiragana (りそう,) rather than in Kanji (理想,).
 * The three animals that Kyōka draws allude to three Agency detectives: the rabbit for Kyōka (who likes rabbits and receives a rabbit plushie from Atsushi in canon), the cow for Kenji, and the tiger for Atsushi.
 * After Dazai begins reading No Longer Human, which is a reference to his ability, he considers reading them Discourse on Decadence, a reference to Ango Sakaguchi's ability.
 * Later, the three preschoolers recommend him to read their respective ability references: Akutagawa suggests "Rashōmon", Tanizaki suggests The Makioka Sisters (alternatively entitled Light Snow in Japanese), and Chūya suggests "Upon the Tainted Sorrow".
 * Kōyō's picture books include Momotarō and The Boy and the Puppy. Akutagawa once portrayed Momotarō in a Wan! chapter, while Chūya greatly loves the musical The Boy and the Puppy as seen in the manga and its episode adaptation.
 * When Atsushi plays with his Odasaku Man plushie, he mentions Flawless Punch, one of Odasaku Man's supposed attacks and a reference to Sakunosuke Oda's ability.
 * With Dazai's appearance, Ango's ability referenced, and Oda's "appearance" as Odasaku Man, this is the first episode to indirectly feature the entire buraiha trio without being set in the Dark Era.