Review of Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

Despite leading with an interesting premise and mystery, these aspects, and the core structure of the story, soon devolved into the usual standard action format that left much to be desired. Thankfully, the production made up for some of the missing narrative substance, and the inclusion of past and future events, organizations, and people was interesting, albeit unimportant to the movie. Unfortunately, the writing often suffered from lazy character regression, hastily implemented power escalation, typical plot devices, and uninspired conflict resolution. Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple could not decide between being canon or filler and instead ended up an underdeveloped combination of both without inspiration.