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| “ | Let me tell you something. Game theory research tells us if a harmful enemy advances upon you, the optimal reply is to fight back all you can. We need to smash this foe so she won't get another chance to strike. | „ |
| ~ Ōgai Mori giving advice to Atsushi Nakajima. |
Ōgai Mori is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Ryūnoska Akutagawa) of the Bungo Stray Dogs franchise.
He is the leader of the Port Mafia and is a former military physician and underground doctor. He also fought alongside the Armed Detective Agency’s leader, Yukuchi Fukuzawa, until the two of them had a falling out due to Mori wanting to exploit Akiko Yosano’s ability in order to defeat the previous mafia boss. He is a fictionalized version of the Japanese surgeon and author with the same name.
He was voiced by Mitsuru Miyamoto in Japanese and Keith Silverstein in English. His stage play portrayal is by the late Akira Kubodera who was later replaced by Masakazu Nemoto.
Appearance[]
Mori is a tall man with a slender appearance. He has straight black hair that's at the length of his chin and leveling bangs on both sides of his face.
Mori's trademark look is a black suit with a white button up, purple tie, black shoes, and black trousers. Over his white button up, he wears a black trench coat with a red almost knee-length maroon scarf he leaves hanging over his shoulders untied. He also wears white gloves.
Mori in his doctor outfit.
In public, Mori wears attire similar to that of a doctor. He wears a purple button-up shirt, black tie, black trousers, black shoes, and a long white coat. Furthermore, he leaves his hair loose, and two strands fall over his forehead.
Personality[]
As expected of a mob boss, Mori is analytical and tactical. He often puts on over dramatic acts but rarely breaks his composure internally.
He has been shown to be very ruthless and unfaltering when it comes to violence. He hasn't, however, shown any particular enjoyment from killing. His ruthlessness comes from his pragmatism.
Mori never takes emotions into full account, the epitome of logical thinking and strategy. That said, his intelligence allows him to manipulate and abuse many people by appealing to their needs and wants. Emotional manipulation and abuse have gotten Mori far in his motives at the cost of many lives, and by the time someone's realized they've been used, it's often too late for them to turn back. To Mori, a 'heart' only gets in the way of war, a belief leading to his irredeemable actions of using Yosano's ability and mentally breaking her during the Great War.
While a largely logical person who knows how to use words to his advantage, Mori is not above threats and intimidation typical of a cold, experienced mafioso. Age and gender do not matter to Mori, but when it comes to his grander schemes, he has a history of manipulating children, as their inexperience makes it that much easier to control them.
Although he can be intimidating at times and emit a scary formal aura, he is often polite to the point of seeming approachable. He is polite to allies and enemies alike. Mori also shows some signs of respect for his subordinates and is willing to overlook some of their mistakes so long as the outcome benefits and/or doesn't harm the Port Mafia. He even stated that "effort is what matters, results come second".
He shows twisted affection when it comes to Elise. He acts as a father figure and is creepily obsessed with her to the point of spoiling her. He hasn't shown to be strict with Elise and will nearly always comply when Elise complains.
He has a strange and somewhat disturbing obsession with girls under the age of 12, including Elise.
Biography[]
Fourteen years prior to the main timeline, Mori operated as the head military physician for an infantry corps during the Great War with Akiko Yosano. When soldiers in their unit were hurt badly, Mori forced Yosano to use her ability to heal them instead of having them retreat. Even though they were healed, they were mentally broken because of Yosano healing them and Mori forcing them back into the battlefield. The unit lost many soldiers thanks to Mori's plan and led them to direct their resentment towards Yosano. A soldier Yosano was close friends with committed suicide, thus emotionally scarring her.
At some point after the war, Mori ran an underground clinic and had a partnership with Yukichi Fukazawa. The clinic existed to supply aid to runaways from the law that couldn't get normal medical aid in this clinic.
Three years later, Mori found Yosano in an isolation facility and attempted to make use of her ability again stating that she's the key to Yokohama's peace and the key to defeating the current Port Mafia boss. Fukuzawa and Ranpo save her from being taken advantage of like she was before. This starts an enemy relationship between Mori and Fukuzawa which ended their partnership.
Later, Mori joined the Port Mafia and rose in the ranks as the current boss's retainer physician. When he joined, the boss at the time was old and suffering from some mental issues that caused him to make rash decisions. The boss's state was causing harm to the mafia, so Mori killed him and set up a false story about the boss dying of illness and that he entrusted his will to him. From then on, Mori took control of the mafia himself.
Powers and Abilities[]
Vita Sexualis: Ogai's special ability. It allows him to manifest Elise and manipulate her in strange ways. Elise has shown she can fly, move at fast speeds, act as a bodyguard, and be summoned. Elise isn't permanently gone when she is killed. Over time, Elise has changed to take on some of Yosano's personality traits during her youth.
He also has superhuman reflexes and has been described to be extremely logical.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Elise calls Mori by the name Rintaro, which is the birthname of the real-life Ogai Mori. It is unknown if this is Mori's real name.
- Elise is based off of Ogai Mori's short story called The Dancing Girl.
External links[]
- Ōgai Mori on the Bungo Stray Dogs Wiki
