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EP. REVIEW: Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5

I forgot he was vampired. That'll probably save him.

Gina Szanboti wrote:

I forgot he was vampired. That'll probably save him.

Expecting a Dead Apple moment?

Still, I'm completely lost about Fukuchi's true motive now

tintor2 wrote:

Gina Szanboti wrote: I forgot he was vampired. That'll probably save him. Expecting a Dead Apple moment? Still, I'm completely lost about Fukuchi's true motive now

I'm guessing it's something like "end all wars" and that's why Atsushi was momentarily conflicted about the righteousness of stopping him. I, personally, would happily help trigger another world war rather than get another "nah-nah my magic sword came from the future to cancel your victory". Last week felt like the heroes were starting to get the upper hand for the first time in this whole arc but after 12 such "actually the bad guys have it all under control" fake outs, i'm really exhausted with this plot

But what I couldn't figure out was what was keeping Bra-chan from going over the edge with the table, sword and all. For that matter, I couldn't see what she was bracing her feet against when she was trying to pull it out herself. Is his upper half nailed to a backboard or something?

Yeah, the physics there definitely didn't seem to make sense. I thought of the possibility that it would just turn into a comedy scene where the falling table just pulls Bra-chan over the edge.

I guess at least Fukuchi's defeat made far more sense than Aizen or the leader of the Stenritters. Still, it's a shame that Kyoka didn't do a thing in this entire season and that they left a cliffhanger that doesn't explain anything other than that the staff are trying to use the main character.

Em.... what about Sigma?

tintor2 wrote:

I guess at least Fukuchi's defeat made far more sense than Aizen or the leader of the Stenritters. Still, it's a shame that Kyoka didn't do a thing in this entire season and that they left a cliffhanger that doesn't explain anything other than that the staff are trying to use the main character. Em.... what about Sigma?

I've read a pretty interesting theory about Sigma, actually. I have no idea how likely it is, but I'd be on board with it. This isn't a spoiler, but in case it turns out to be true, I've marked it as such.

spoiler[Sigma will become a new Fyodor. Rather, due to being overloaded by all of Fyodor's memories, he's become comatose right now... but when he awakens, he'll be the second coming. Most people are expecting Fyodor to return, as we never saw a body, but coming back from the dead or reincarnating would feel very appropriate due to the religious undertones. Fyodor's final line before his "death" is something Jesus said on the cross, and we all know what happened later.

Ango previously mentioned that memories transferred by abilities can impact the individual during the download process (the more information, the longer it takes), but I think Sigma got more than he bargained for. I believe he asked to learn all of Fyodor's secrets, which for someone like Fyodor, could be a LOT of information. Sigma was created by the page to serve a very specific purpose, but I've wondered if Fyodor had more in mind. Oh, and we still don't know Fyodor's ability, but it's believed to be triggered by touching another person. At the end of Season 3, a police officer died a gruesome death after touching Fyodor. Maybe his ability is something like "transferring yourself into a new body by touching your target," but if the target isn't suitable, the body can't withstand the process. Someone like Sigma is almost a blank slate, so there's very little to rewrite if Fyodor needs to remove the host's previous identity, and Sigma's ability might help the process.

The only thing I'm unclear on is the purpose. What does Fyodor gain from taking over someone's body? It doesn't seem like he was expecting Dazai to survive, but I suppose Sigma could have been Fyodor's contingency plan. He told Nikolai that Sigma wouldn't wake up for a long time, so maybe the process of awakening in a new body takes a long time. Or maybe it doesn't happen until Fyodor's current body dies. Or maybe he switches bodies, rather than taking over a new one, so he'd pick a time to activate the process someday in the future. As explained by Nikolai (and confirmed by Fyodor), those who oppose Fyodor will be eliminated, so it feels unlikely that Sigma would be allowed to live unless there was a reason. Perhaps he's actually dead now, but I get the impression that Fyodor didn't kill him... and he did so for a reason.

One final thought. Dazai said he'd get Sigma out alive, and he said that numerous times, but things aren't looking good for Sigma. After seeing the Chuya reveal, it feels like everything else went as planned for Dazai (except for maybe the time stopping prisoner being killed, unless he doesn't care about that). I almost wonder if Dazai suspects that Fyodor's ability is as I described above, so he wanted Sigma to test that theory. Dazai still plans on getting Sigma out alive by using Dazai's ability cancel, but he's still using Sigma as bait. If that's the case, it's a shame, because Sigma has trust issues.]

Again, no idea if that's the direction we're going, but I think it's a neat concept.