Bungou Stray Dogs
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Your Triggers
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
47 supporters
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Almost everyone in this show is an orphan. Atsushi, the main character, in particular was given up.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
10 supporters
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It's never shown but one of the main characters runs away from the mafia without telling anyone
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Abuse
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Yes. Fair warning the main character has a large background of child abuse and mental abuse. This is shown in flashbacks a lot.
There's a couple of occasions where said character gets slapped by his mentor figure when in the middle of a breakdown or just general abuse as a theme and gaslighting.
There's a couple of occasions where said character gets slapped by his mentor figure when in the middle of a breakdown or just general abuse as a theme and gaslighting.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
148 supporters
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A woman gets slapped and degraded during a 'cool-mafia powers' setting
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
114 supporters
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Is someone gaslighted?
41 supporters
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Horribly.
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Is someone stalked?
29 supporters
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Usually tailing by assassins.
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One of the main themes of this series is the cycle of abuse. This happens with MULTIPLE characters. And these arcs are revealed throughout the entire series. If this is triggering to you, do not watch. It’s a major major theme and is touched upon in nearly every episode. Some cycles include: The original mafia boss abused Kouyou, and she goes on to abuse Kyouka. Mori, the current mafia boss, abused Dazai. Dazai abused Akutagawa. Akutagawa also abused Kyouka. Kyouka manages to escape and put an end to this cycle, as does Dazai, but there are multiple characters who don’t/haven’t yet escaped this cycle, which can be particularly upsetting.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
1 supporters
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Someone forgives their past abusive trainer
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
30 supporters
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One character is implied to be an alcoholic.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
24 supporters
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Dazai drinks alcohol a lot along with characters like Chuuya and Haruno I don't there is any shown cases of alcoholic abuse to note.
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Yes
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one of the charters eats a hallucinationotic mushroom
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Animal
Are animals abused?
321 supporters
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Not really, unless you count the main character, who transforms into a tiger when he fights.
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Does a cat die?
284 supporters
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The cat thrives.
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Kinda? There are dead chickens shown very very briefly in a flash sequence in S1
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Does a dragon die?
53 supporters
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In the movie Dead Apple, one of the abilities represents a giant dragon, and one character has some features like one. They both are destroyed.
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Are there bugs?
52 supporters
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Yosano's power manifests as a cloud of butterflies.
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Are there spiders?
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There are technically no spiders, but a major villain has a certain ability that might make him somewhat resemble a spider.
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Assault
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It is quite unclear. One of the main villains in the show is a pedophile and he used to work with a member of the detective agency when she was a child. Said member was emotionally abused by him and harbours intense anger and fear towards him. There is a possibility of past sexual assault but it is hinted at. In relation to the pedophile character, it is unclear weather he has ever acted on his desires but he is a caretaker for a young girl so his affection for her may be disturbing to viewers.
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Is there pedophilia?
169 supporters
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Pedophilia is never explicitly mentioned but one of the characters has odd relationships with younger characters, and in the dub he says "I prefer the women in my life to be under twelve"
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Is rape mentioned?
125 supporters
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It's not mentioned but definitely hinted slightly
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
72 supporters
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naomi's act towards junichiro is played as comical, but it's not really acknowledged as sexual assault so i guess it's kind of up to you to decide
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Is someone held under water?
39 supporters
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Not held as much as in a box full of water with no way out
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Is someone restrained?
37 supporters
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Several times in battle, both adults and children. Explicitly shown and almost unavoidable
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Early on in the show, a female supporting character gets slapped by a man while apologizing for another character knocking his bags over.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
18 supporters
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(season 4 spoilers) dazai's eyes and mouth are covered when he is being taken to the prison
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
142 supporters
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there are a lot of scenes with blood but it is not excessive
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Is someone tortured?
127 supporters
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The mc gets tortured during his childhood
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
118 supporters
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At least in the manga (<— manga only-er) Yosano threatens to stomp on a mans nuts in the official EN translation, though it never happened. PLEASE correct me if im wrong
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
82 supporters
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One character rips off people's nails and collects them, and one of the characters is seen bleeding from their hands. Nothing physical or graphic is show though.
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Does a head get squashed?
78 supporters
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Curb stomping is mentioned to be one of the mafia’s trademarks, however we never see any character go through this.
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Is someone burned alive?
69 supporters
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Orphans.
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Is there a hanging?
68 supporters
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dazai mentions hanging himself in a teahouse, he also wears bandages on his neck to cover scars from past attempts
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Is there cannibalism?
58 supporters
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note: an arc is called the "cannibalism arc" despite their being no actual cannibalism.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
56 supporters
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Several people's gifts involve stabbing themselves and one character is shown to have razor blades taped to his harm so that any slight bump would injure him.
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Is there amputation?
52 supporters
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a character gets their leg chopped off
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Is someone buried alive?
52 supporters
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There is a quick one off mention of a character trying to bury themself, but it is used for comedy, they survive and nothing is shown
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Does someone asphyxiate?
44 supporters
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in the very first episode dazai tells atsushi he was trying to asphyxiate, but it doesn't happen and it is played as comical
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Is someone choked?
32 supporters
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Adding to another comment, one character chokes another when he acts up.
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Yes
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Are there dislocations?
28 supporters
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it’s IMPLIED a character dislocates his thumbs, but nothing is shown. however there are several times limbs are amputated.
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Yes
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Does someone fall to their death?
20 supporters
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Several people are thrown from the fourth story of a building. While one is seen later, most are nameless mafia members so there is no way to tell if they would be dead.
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Is there eye mutilation?
1 supporters
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Later in the manga a character gets their eyes slashed
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Is there decapitation?
1 supporters
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While it doesn’t happen, in season 5 ep 2 a character threatens to decapitate another
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
139 supporters
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Yes, but it's framed as disturbing and isn't sexualized by the show itself.
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Does a kid die?
112 supporters
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Yes, several children are killed in an explosion.
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Yes
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
59 supporters
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Big-ass dragon.
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Does a major character die?
39 supporters
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One of the main villains dies in the beginning of S5, but he gets revived at the end of S5
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Does someone die?
27 supporters
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Many characters die throughout, and sometimes onscreen
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Disability
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Yes
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
41 supporters
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this most prevolently occurs in season 2 when a child's doll is ripped in half, relating to their ability. though, it does get repaired.
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Does a parent die?
40 supporters
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Most characters in the show are seen to be orphans and lot of people who are characters "father figures" also happen to die. One notable mention of parent death is when a young girls parents are murdered in front of her.
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Does a family member die?
31 supporters
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Kyouka's parents are killed in front of her
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Is someone kidnapped?
17 supporters
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There are a lot of kidnappings.
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Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
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the nurse, probably
good job, dazai
good job, dazai
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
97 supporters
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No jumpscares, but a lot of sudden closeups. BSD is infamous for the fisheye stare.
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Yes
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A character covers their arms in razors so people hurt them when bumping into them.
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Is someone possessed?
21 supporters
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A character's ability is mind control.
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Are there clowns?
16 supporters
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No, but a manga character outfit is very similar to a clown's outfit
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Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
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Yes, Mushitarou Oguri’s ability summons small ghosts, and he frequently hallucinations his dead friend who appears to him in a ghost-like form.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
4 supporters
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The plot is set in a port city.
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Yes
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
181 supporters
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Season 4. In the episode where Sigma is introduced, after he speaks to his casino employees, he enters a dark room and leans against the door. He makes a sound that’s very similar to vomiting, but he doesn’t actually. No visuals at all. But the sounds are definitely the most graphic the series has had thus far.
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Yes
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Is someone eaten?
50 supporters
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No. There are mentions of a man eating tiger, but it is revealed later that he never in fact ate someone at all.
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Yes
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
8 supporters
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There’s a whole arc based around two characters being imprisoned.
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LGBTQ+
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
5 supporters
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(MINOR SPOILERS) A character's casino that they value very much is destroyed, and character's important book is torn in half.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
52 supporters
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40
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In the mersault arc, Fyodor and Dazai inject themselves in the arms. I’m triggered by it but I just closef my eyes for a few seconds. Theyre only shown injecting for a few seconds, but the needles are shown longer. Please correct me if Im wrong.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
41 supporters
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In the manga theirs a character who's backstory includes them being in a mental institution but them in the instatution isn't focused on and is very brief
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Is electro-therapy used?
33 supporters
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The main character is a victim of electro-therapy abuse
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Yes
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Is there a hospital scene?
21 supporters
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In the third season, a significant part of it is spent with the main characters in a hospital because a member of their group is admitted.
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Mental Health
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A lot of jokes towards the suicidal Dazai are made, in season 3 a hanging suicide happens.
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Yes
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Dazai mainly
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Yes
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Several peoples gifts involve having to self harm to use them and a character consistently attempts suicide.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
67 supporters
Yes
5
No
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More like just a few instances of casual ableism in general, especially towards mental illnesses that pretty much every character seems to have.
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Is autism misrepresented?
53 supporters
Yes
1
No
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A major character is heavily autistic-coded, and he’s one of the most complex, beloved characters in the show!
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
49 supporters
Yes
9
No
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A character's ability only works when he's on an empty stomach so he often doesn't eat
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
45 supporters
Yes
17
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Almost every character is mentally ill, and a lot are violent. However, mental illness is not specifically demonized.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
40 supporters
Yes
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Dazai says he's gonna multiple times and In intro he falls of a building
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
37 supporters
Yes
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No one is explicitly mentioned to have PTSD, but almost every character displays symptoms of it. Most of them have dark pasts and the main character in particular suffers from visual and auditory hallucinations related to his trauma.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
33 supporters
Yes
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The main character expresses some sentiment of animosity? towards his body/power until he finally learns to accept it.
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Chuuya's ultimate power involved him allowing a god to take over his body and personality. Yosano disassociates in her flashback episode.
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Yes
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Does someone have a mental illness?
14 supporters
Yes
16
No
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Literally every character is mentally ill, and/or traumatised
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Yes
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0
Yes
1
No
15
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
1 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
1
The plot of the manga revolves around "the Book", a book in which whatever one writes becomes reality. This book is more prominent beginning the fourth season. One of the spin off series, BEAST, is based completely on the concept of a secondary universe being written into this book.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
1 supporters
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40
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One character was repeatedly abused during childhood and often has flashbacks and panics about it
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Natural Disasters
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0
No
3
Noxious
Yes
27
No
0
Yes
10
No
0
Yes
24
No
0
Yes
9
No
0
Yes
9
No
0
Yes
8
No
6
Yes
30
No
0
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
22 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
0
At the beginning of the third season, finishing the fifteen light novel adaptation, it is implied that two of the main characters were being monitored by the government. Nothing else is said about this, but the government is a big part of the plot, mainly with this role.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
14 supporters
Yes
3
No
19
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It is broken in the BEAST novel, but not in the main series.
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Pregnancy
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No
20
Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
18
No
1
Prejudice
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36
Are there fat jokes?
63 supporters
Yes
5
No
22
0
in the azure king arc, yes there's slight fatphobia
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Yes
6
No
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a character, kyuusaku ( or q ) doesn’t have a specified gender, so it’s technically unknown. as far as mostly everyone uses they/them on kyuusaku, some translations and people in fandom might be using he/him or sometimes she/her on them.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
55 supporters
Yes
3
No
21
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A man is forced to “act like a fancy girl” as a joke. He speaks in falsetto and knocks his knees.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
54 supporters
Yes
5
No
24
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Not very directly. More like casual ableism that is just generally baked into society.
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Does an LGBT person die?
42 supporters
Yes
6
No
24
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Depends on your interpretation of the characters.
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Is there hate speech?
40 supporters
Yes
0
No
26
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People certainly hate others on criminal levels, but this hate is not related to discrimination. Various foreigners are shown, but the reasons for hate seems to be related to issues of greed and wantin power.
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38
Yes
0
No
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Does the black guy die first?
27 supporters
Yes
1
No
39
3
Black characters are in fact barely shown in the anime at all and while they do die, so do many white characters as well.
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Yes
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No
17
Yes
1
No
15
Race
Yes
0
No
9
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
44 supporters
Yes
16
No
2
2
Elise and Mori
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
16 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
2
A major antagonist is a strong believer in God and there are multiple discussions of God's will and religion
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Are there demons or Hell?
15 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
there are illusions controlled by certain characters which are described as demons, but they're not really beings from hell or anything like that.
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Sex
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
48
No
3
8
Two characters, Tanizaki and Naomi, refer to each other as brother and sister despite making romantic advances on each other. This is actually a reference to a book written by the real Tanizaki titled 'Naomi' where the protagonist and his love interest use the excuse that they are cousins when spending time together to avoid societal scrutiny for their age gap. While not exactly vindicating, if the inspirations for their characters hold true, Tanizaki and Naomi are not actually siblings.
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Is there sexual content?
82 supporters
Yes
9
No
25
2
There is a scene where a character sleeps with a nurse to get access to his phone alone, though it is not graphically shown but rather implied.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
16
Is someone sexually objectified?
53 supporters
Yes
17
No
1
3
Its implied that a few characters have objectified themselves in the past to complete a mission
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
12
Sexism
Yes
22
No
0
Sickness
Yes
0
No
14
Is someone terminally ill?
30 supporters
Yes
15
No
0
1
During the cannibalism arc two characters are struck with an ability that renders them comatose and pending to die within 48 hours, which could technically be terminal illness.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Does someone have a chronic illness?
19 supporters
Yes
21
No
0
3
A main antagonist, Akutagawa, suffers from chronic lung disease. Another antagonist, Fyodor, is shown to be sickly as well and also suffers from anemia.
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Social
Yes
2
No
16
Yes
11
No
0
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Yes
26
No
0
3
In the first episode, Atsushi is seen to have been living on the streets for some time. The Akutagawa siblings and Chuuya also are heavily implied to have been homeless in the past.
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Yes
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No
12
Spoiler
Yes
9
No
0
Yes
0
No
32
Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
18
11
Hasn't ended yet.
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
31 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
0
Yes, Ango is later hit by another car on purpose
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Does a car crash?
31 supporters
Yes
45
No
0
0
An Orphanage Director was hit by a truck and dies. Episode 31 is split into two parts (Part 1: Herurisu! / Part 2: Portrait of a Father) and the second part is centred around this death. There is also a scene where a boy with supernatural strength picks up a car and throws it into the side of a building and at some people.
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Does a plane crash?
22 supporters
Yes
43
No
0
2
An air ship crashes into the sea (S2, EP 12)
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Yes
17
No
1
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
2
Lot of blood, especially around Akutagawa whose ability basically makes him a bundle of swords.
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Does someone drown?
45 supporters
Yes
38
No
1
5
A character that often tries to commit suicide is found drowning in the river in the first episode.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
0
Is there a nuclear explosion?
15 supporters
Yes
5
No
27
1
In 55 Minutes the light novel (not in the anime)
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