Wan! Episode 1

Bungo Stray Dogs Real / What's Inside the Locker? / An Unfruitful Exchange (文豪ストレイドッグスREAL / ロッカーの中身はなんでしょな? / 嚙み合わないやりとり, Bungō Stray Dogs Real / Rokkā no Nakami wa Nandesho na? / Kamiawanai Yaritori) is the 1st episode of Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! anime series. It aired on January 13, 2021.

Japanese
In a city where the wind blows, there are "stray dogs" running aimlessly in the darkness. The dangerous scent left behind in their territory now opens the curtain for a fierce battle. ......!

English
The fight for city turf is cut short when breakfast is served. Dazai and Atsushi are on clean-up duty, and the lockers are in pretty rough shape. Higuchi forces Akutagawa and Nakahara into an awkward situation.

Bungo Stray Dogs Real
With the characters depicted as actual dogs, Atsushi calls on his fellow stray dogs and tells them that their territory has been invaded. As they head to their territory, they smell a different scent, with which the Port Mafia announces that they have now claimed the territory.

Akutagawa activates his ability, while Kunikida brings out his notebook to activate his ability, but he is unable to write and materialize anything as a dog. Atsushi then transforms into a tiger (which Akutagawa claims to be a cat) and charges at Akutagawa.

Dazai then nullifies their abilities, informing them that a human is now going to bring them some snacks, much to their excitement. Amidst their quarrel, the two packs decide to hold a temporary truce.

As the human Dazai comes out of the office, it turns out that the Agency is also home to daily battles of actual stray dogs.

What's Inside the Locker?
Atsushi and Dazai get placed on cleaning duty at the agency. Dazai looks extremely excited about it, and claims that they shouldn't neglect even the lockers, which contain each employee's personal stuff. Atsushi isn't sure they should open them, as it's not polite to look into others' stuff, but Dazai tries to convince him that they are just doing their job, even if he later claims he just wants to see what's inside.

They proceed to check Yosano's locker but see a puddle of red liquid. They decide to skip it and open Kunikida's locker, where they find calendars and notes with his schedule, as well as a book on how to turn Dazai into a hard worker, which Dazai throws in the trash can.

Afterwards, they open Kenji's locker which contains a cow, Naomi's locker with pictures of Tanizaki, and Kyōka's locker with a plate of tofu. They then open Ranpo's locker only to find him eating snacks inside. After that is Dazai's personal locker that contains a noose. Closing the locker, Dazai claims to be bored of looking into the employees' lockers and suggests they go eat some dessert.

Kunikida finds the book Dazai threw away, while Yosano cries about the broken wine bottle inside her locker.

An Unfruitful Exchange
Akutagawa comes back from a mission, and Higuchi offers to prepare him some tea. Chūya enters the room, claiming he had been looking for Akutagawa. Tachihara tells Higuchi to prepare a cup of tea for the executive as well, but she doesn't get what he's saying because he's whispering, so she brings some jelly instead. Akutagawa doesn't know if he should drink the tea or offer it to Chūya, but in the end decides to go with the second option, leaving Higuchi shocked. Akutagawa then yells at Tachihara to stay quiet, while Chūya gets a call for a meeting at the headquarters with Akutagawa.

In a mid-credits scene, Tachihara wonders if he can eat the snacks himself, while Gin asks him to split the food between them.

Manga and Anime Differences

 * In the manga, other members of Port Mafia including Hirotsu, Kōyō, Higuchi, Gin, Tachihara, Mori, and Elise came with Akutagawa and Chūya to confront Atsushi, Dazai, and Kunikida. The latter three also sought out Ranpo, Yosano, Kenji, Tanizaki, Naomi, and Fukuzawa to face the mafiosi. However, this is not shown in the anime.
 * In the manga, Kyōka is the one who fed the stray dogs. Unlike in the anime, it was Atsushi.
 * In the manga, Kenji's, Kyōka's, and Naomi's lockers were not inspected. In the anime, it shows a cow, pictures of Tanizaki, and a plate of tofu, respectively.
 * The third part of this episode does not include Hirotsu despite him being present in the manga.
 * In the manga, Chūya and Akutagawa are told directly by a Port Mafia member about the meeting. In the anime, Chūya instead receives a call about it.

Trivia

 * As puns to their abilities, the stray dogs' abilities (犬能力,) are altered to contain the kanji "" (ken), meaning "dog":
 * Akutagawa's "Rashōken" (羅生犬)
 * Kunikida's "Doppo Kenkaku" (独歩犬客)
 * Atsushi's "Gekken-jū" (月犬獣)
 * Dazai's "Ken Shikkaku" (犬失格) (Reading unverified)
 * In the eyecatch, Dazai's locker can be seen tipped over, apparently beaten up, and smoking, which is a reference to Kunikida "turning it into an actual coffin" as hinted by Atsushi's narration.