Bungou Stray Dogs seems to fall into the rare category of "all fluff and little substance". Its animation is great with diverse comedic moments and fluid action scenes. Its art has distinct style and its character designs look great. But there's nothing about the story that keeps my attention. The main character's backstory is as thin as a sheet of paper with the anime beating the same flashback to death throughout the series. There's no focus and there's no flow of plot and/or character development. To top it all off, the world building is minimal at best.
This first season could just be a messy setup to a decent second season, but without any obvious central focal point, I don't have high hopes. What are the characters' goals? What are we expecting to see happen in the next season? Some fight scenes and that's it? With such great art, animation, and character design, it's a shame that this anime's story is just essentially nonexistent.
