 ✓
| ||
|
This Villain was proposed and approved by Villains Wiki's Pure Evil Proposals Thread. Any act of removing this villain from the category without a Removal Proposal shall be considered vandalism (or a futile "heroic" attempt of redemption) and the user will have high chances of being | ||
 |
This Article Contains Spoilers -
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers. If you do not wish to know vital information on plot / character elements in a story, you may not wish to read beyond this warning: We hold no responsibility for any negative effects these facts may have on your enjoyment of said media should you continue. That is all. |
  |
This article's content is marked as Mature The page contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Mature pages are recommended for those who are 18 years of age and older. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. |
| “ | People are sinful and foolish. Even knowing full well that they’re being tricked and manipulated into doing so, humans can’t help but engage in the act of killing each other. I seek the Book in order to cleanse them of this sin. | „ |
| ~ Fyodor's reason for obtaining the Book. |
| “ | Utilizing not "virtue" and "benevolence..." But "the hideousness of man," I shall bring forth a thousand years of peace... Built atop the corpses of ability users. | „ |
| ~ Fyodor announcing war between humanity and ability users. |
| “ | People can be so simple. They truly believe they are thinking for themselves. [...] If they discover something themselves, they see value in that. They don't want to think they're being led by the nose. | „ |
| ~ Fyodor's beliefs on human rationality. |
Fyodor Dostoevsky is the main antagonist of the Bungo Stray Dogs franchise.
Fyodor is the leader of an underground organization called the Rats in the House of the Dead, and is the founder and former member of the Decay of the Angel. His goal is to find the reality altering book that's hidden deep within Yokohama to use it and rid the world of all its ability users.
Because of his very high level of intellect, Fyodor is one of the most difficult opponents the Armed Detective Agency has ever faced. He serves as both the acquaintance and archenemy of Osamu Dazai. He is based off of the Russian author with the same name.
He is voiced by Akira Ishida in Japanese (who also voiced Akaza in Demon Slayer) and Ray Chase in English (who also voiced Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen, Rustal Elion in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Rubber Soul in JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: Stardust Crusaders, Dr. Genus in One-Punch Man, and Mesmeroth in Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm). His stage play/live action portrayal is Yūta Kishimoto.
Quick Answers
What is the main goal of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the Bungo Stray Dogs series?
Who is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's archenemy in the Bungo Stray Dogs series?
What is the name of the underground organization Fyodor Dostoyevsky leads in Bungo Stray Dogs?
What role does Fyodor Dostoyevsky play in the Decay of the Angel?
Appearance[]
Fyodor is a tall, pale young man with medium-length purple-ish black hair that reaches his shoulders. He has two purple eyes with slight bags under them, giving him a tired look.
Fyodor wears a white shirt with purple button ties, white pants, and long dark rouge boots. Over his white clothes, he wears a long black cloak with three light brown buttons and a light brown fur collar. He also wears a fluffy white ushanka hat.
During his time in prison, he wears a simple white prisoner's jumpsuit with no further trimmings, and as a result ends up losing his ushanka and shoe wear as well.
Having taken Bram Stoker's body, he now wears the vampire's garments— a long, buttoned black overcoat with a decidedly gothic edge with a white suit underneath, black pants, and fluffy brown boots.
Personality[]
Although he's a very cryptic individual, those who know Fyodor (like Dazai) know that he is an unpredictable mastermind. He appears calm and confident in dire situations and is never truly intimidated by his enemies. Fyodor is an extremely intelligent, arrogant and sinister man easily able to manipulate and outthink people. His manipulation skills were shown when he was able to orchestrate the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia into a conflict by using the virus ability of one of his underlings.
Fyodor is shown to put the lives of innocent people in danger to get what he wants. During the cannibalism incident, he was heartless enough to psychologically manipulate a little girl into blowing herself up to "save her brother" when in reality, he convinced her to do it just to crush Kunikida's spirit. While the Agency and the Mafia were hunting Fyodor down, he used a random man in a hood with grenades in his mouth as a distraction.
Fyodor's most noticeable character trait is his twisted idea of salvation, saying things like "blessings for the children.", "happiness to the world.", and "God wants perfection and harmony." all the while committing cruel and unforgivable acts of evil. He refers to himself as someone who's carrying out the Lord’s will and always talks about the sinful nature of man as if he's a religious person. Ironically, Dazai refers to him as 'Demon', meaning that Fyodor's actions are nowhere close to the Lord's will and that he's possibly just making his action sound noble.
When it comes to his lackeys from the Rats in the House of the Dead and his allies from the Decay of the Angel, Fyodor views them as pawns he uses to help him achieve his goals and cast them aside later on. He neglected Nathanial Hawthorne's wish to save Margaret Mitchell by brainwashed him and erasing his memories of everything other than her, using his desire to save her for his own benefits. When Sigma finished playing his roll at the Sky Casino, he betrayed him out of nowhere by having brainwashed Nathanial attempt to assassinate him. Dazai even stated that Fyodor would have killed Sigma if he hadn't chosen him to be his helper during the prison break.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Crime and Punishment is the ability of Fyodor. It allows Fyodor to take over the body of anyone who commits the "Crime" of killing him and "Punishes" them by turning them into "the next Fyodor Dostoevsky", giving them the facial appearance of Fyodor himself. The power also works when the person that killed him is nothing but a tool under someone else's control. There for, that said someone else will be the one affected by his ability; case in point the vampire that killed Fyodor was being controlled by Bram, making Bram the victim of Fyodor's ability. Seemingly unique to Fyodor’s ability, when separated from his body, Crime and Punishment did not turn on Fyodor to attack him during the Yokohama Fog Incident, whereas everyone else was attacked by their stray abilities. The ability itself stated that it was the “punishment” for Fyodor’s “crime”, and claimed the two were close acquaintances, eliminating any threat the ability could pose to its wielder; in other words, the reason Fyodor's ability didn't turn against him is because the activation of it requires someone to kill him. This ability also apparently allows Fyodor to live for a remarkably long time without growing old.
- Genius-level Intellect: Fyodor is one of if not the smartest character in the series. He is able to outsmart the two greatest minds of the Armed Detective Agency, Ranpo and Dazai. Fyodor even predicted that the Agency would attempt to find the virus ability user, Pushkin. Because he knew that, he set up traps to force them to fight the Port Mafia. Ranpo even admits that going up against Fyodor is like going up against Dazai.
- Master Manipulator: Fyodor's most fearsome trait is how crafty and cunning he is, there were times where he let himself get captured to achieve a task. When he was captured by Ace, Fyodor told Karma that his ability allows him to control space and conscious. However, he only told him that because he knew Ace was listening to their conversation. With the false information, Fyodor made Ace think he was using an ability on him and that the only way to leave his "mind trapping ability" was to kill himself while trapped in it to return to the real world, which caused Ace to end his own life.
- Pain Tolerance: Despite being physically fragile, Fyodor possesses a considerable level of pain tolerance, since he barely reacted when Ace smashed a bottle of wine against his head and barely cares when he's biting his fingers to the point of making them bleed. In the manga, he also seemed uncomplaining when he was shot in the shoulder by Sigma, although his posture at the moment was slightly worried.
- Deity Control: By combining the powers of Amenogozen, the Holy Sword and Ōchi Fukuchi's ability, Fyodor eventually brought to life the divine being of the fourth dimension, Ame-no-gozen, over whom he has absolute control.
Trivia[]
- The organization he's the leader of, the Rats in the House of the Dead, is named after the real-life Fyodor's book written in 1861 called The House of the Dead.
- Fyodor’s ability, Crime and Punishment, is named after the book of the same name (рус. Преступление и Наказание) written by his author counterpart. It portrays the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, a destitute student who commits murder and attempts to justify his crimes are for the greater good, only to be chased by the repercussions of his actions. The book itself is very famous and is widely regarded as Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.
- Fyodor's constant habit of biting his fingers is called Dermatophagia. People with dermatophagia typically bite the skin around their nails, which can cause bleeding and discoloration as time passes.
- According to him, he possesses a weak anemic condition; in other words, he has anemia.
- According to the DEAD APPLE guide, Fyodor takes an interest in people with a good complexion
- Fyodor's last words before he "died" were "Eli, Eli, lama Sabachthani?" which translates to "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?". The same phrase also repeats in Matthew 27:46 and also Mark 15:34.
