Why is Bungou Stray Dogs rated R?

Last Modified Oct 8, 2024 07:27 GMT
Why is Bungou Stray Dogs rated R?
Bungou Stray Dogs (Source: Netflix)

Bungou Stray Dogs is rated R because of mature themes, graphic violence, and some sexual content.

This Bungou Stray Dogs is about a young man Atsushi Nakajima, who had been kicked out of his orphanage. He then joined an agency known as the Armed Detective Agency, which handles cases that the police and the military cannot solve, usually with supernatural elements.

Disclaimer: This article may contain spoilers for some. Readers are advised to continue at their own discretion.

Source: KADOKAWAanime

Why is it R-rated?

The R rating on Bungou Stray Dogs is mainly because of the following:

Graphic Violence

Bungou Stray Dogs (Source: Screengrab)

The series holds lots of graphic violence. Characters are frequently involved in gruesome battles, which leave several of the characters badly injured and covered in blood. For instance, there are moments where a character gets badly injured or even killed through some graphic detail.

Mature Themes

The anime deals with dark and mature themes, so there's trauma, mental illness, and existential crises. Personal demons and past traumas are quite vivid in the minds of the characters sometimes so the scenario becomes too tough to show for the younger audiences.

Sexual Content

This show is not the most common for sexual hints and content, but there are several episodes containing suggestions and hints. For example, there is a brother and sister who have intense themes played lightly but may be uncomfortable for viewers.

Episodes with R-rated Scenes

Some of the episodes from the show contain R-rated scenes; therefore, some of them include:

  • Episode 3: Contains a brother-sister episode with suggestive contents involving incest.

  • Episode 12: Consists of extremely graphic violence, and during an epic battle, mass injuries are seen.

  • Episode 24: It will include mature themes as well as dark psychological undertones.

  • Episode 37: The content of graphic violence as well as disturbing images is many.

  • Episode 50: Included are mature themes and action-based sequences consisting of intense action.

FAQs on why Bungou Stray Dogs is rated R

A: No it is not. It consists of mature themes as well as graphic content.

A: The series would be best suited to a mature audience of 17 years and upwards.

A. There are 25 volumes published in the Bungo Stray Dogs manga series.

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