Episode 3

Yokohama Gangster Paradise
Season	1
Episode	3
Overall	3
Episode Information
Kanji	ヨコハマ ギァングスタア パラダヰス
Rōmaji	Yokohama Gyangusutā Paradaisu
Air Date	April 21, 2016
Adapted From	Chapter 3 - 4
Story Arc	Port Mafia Arc
Theme Songs
Opening	TRASH CANDY
Ending	Namae wo Yobu yo
Episode Guide
Previous	Episode 2
Next	Episode 4

Yokohama Gangster Paradise (ヨコハマ ギァングスタア パラダヰス,, Yokohama Gyangusutā Paradaisu^?) is the 3rd episode of Bungo Stray Dogs anime series. It aired on April 21, 2016.

Synopsis

Now an official member of the Agency after passing their entrance exam, Atsushi is assigned to his first case immediately with Tanizaki and Naomi. Though deceptively simple on the surface, there's more than meets the eye...

Summary

Tanizaki apologizes to Atsushi for his crude behavior during the latter's entrance exam. He introduces himself as a member of the Armed Detective Agency along with his sister, Naomi. Now that he's a member of their organization, Kunikida asks Atsushi to uphold the agency's good name. After Atsushi guesses his senior colleagues' former professions, Tanizaki receives a call about a client at the agency.

The client requests the Agency for help.

Their female client asks for their help in staking out the back alley of her company building, having found a suspicious group — possibly smugglers — recently lurking within the area. Kunikida instructs Atsushi to go in the stakeout operation with Tanizaki and Naomi. He also advises the rookie to flee should he ever encounter Akutagawa, a mafioso with a strong offensive ability from the infamous underground organization, Port Mafia.

At a police station somewhere, Akutagawa returns a lost bag to the police. The policemen apparently recognize him as a wanted fugitive, but he easily overpowers them with his Ability before they can take him down. As he leaves the murder scene, the bag he left earlier explodes.

Atsushi, Tanizaki, Naomi, and their client, Higuchi, head to the area in question. They arrive at a dead end, and she informs her subordinate, Akutagawa, that she has the targets cornered. Actually, a member of the Port Mafia, Higuchi, opens fire at the group while Naomi shields her brother with her body. As Tanizaki angrily activates Light Snow to kill Higuchi, Akutagawa impales him from behind. The mafioso introduces himself to Atsushi and uses Rashomon to capture the weretiger. Akutagawa then uses Rashomon to sever Atsushi's leg. Atsushi futilely attempts to gun down the mafioso until he inadvertently activates his ability and transforms into a tiger.

Dazai uses No Longer Human to stop Akutagawa and Atsushi.

Before becoming an all-out battle, Dazai arrives and nullifies both abilities with his ability. He reveals having tapped Higuchi on their initial meeting and listened to the happenings since their departure. In the end, Akutagawa retreats, declaring that he shall soon capture the weretiger in exchange for the black market's ¥7 billion bounty. Higuchi threatens Dazai and the Agency, but the man claims that he knows about the danger of their organization since he himself is a former operative of Port Mafia.

Characters in Order of Appearance

[[{{{articlename}}}|Jun'ichirō Tanizaki]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Atsushi Nakajima]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Doppo Kunikida]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Osamu Dazai]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Naomi Tanizaki]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Ichiyō Higuchi]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|Ryunosuke Akutagawa]]  [[{{{articlename}}}|     ]]

Abilities

• Rashomon
• Light Snow
• Beast Beneath the Moonlight
• No Longer Human

Trivia

When Atsushi heard that if someone correctly told Dazai's former occupation, his pupil changed into a Yen sign (¥).