Suegiku

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Suegiku
GENERAL
Bungou Stray Dogs
Character	Tecchou Suehiro
Character	Saigiku Jouno
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Work Partners/Friends/Jouno is Undead
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Slash
Also Known As	Tetchouno, Huntingduo, Saihiro, Jouhiro
Tropes	• Battle Couple • Hair Contrast Duo • Opposites Attract • Deadpan Snarker • Like an Old Married Couple

“For just five minutes, I will place Jouno above justice.”

— Tecchou trying to find Jouno

Suegiku is the slash ship between Tecchou Suehiro and Saigiku Jouno from the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom.

Canon

Tecchou and Jouno are both members of the Hunting Dogs, working under Fukuchi and for the justice of the world. Though they have an antagonistic relationship with each other, they work extremely well together and offset each other's abilities.

Jouno humors Tecchou and exasperatedly tells him to go away, until they heard Teruko screaming

Their debut was in Chapter 60, along with the other members of the Hunting Dogs. Tecchou slices open the door of his transportation, believing that he opened the automatic door himself. Jouno mocks him for that idea and asks how long he'll hold the dramatic pose he is in. Tecchou calmly explains that he'll cut down anything in his way, while Jouno takes a harsh approach from the get-go, humors Tecchou and exasperatedly tells him to go away. They are both startled by Teruko shouting through her vessel, with matching expressions of worry or concern. They rushes and assisted in Teruko's release from her vessel. As Jouno and Tecchou helping Teruko's release from her transportation, Fukuchi just ridicules Jouno and Tecchou's attempts at helping Teruko to come out of her capsule, and states that "we demons are angry" with a smile on his face and began unstoppably laughing. In return, Jouno chides Fukuchi for his theatrics approachs and warns his commander that if Teruko gets angry there're a very high chance that they could die, and proceed to went back to help Tecchou in releasing their vice-commander out of her transportation.

Jouno comments that he hates the Hunting Dog group, while Tecchou is thinking about eating pudding

Later, the Hunting Dogs members Jouno, Tecchou, Teruko and their leader Fukuchi regrouped in one location and are seen deliberating where the Detective Agency may be. Elaborating on their plan of attack against the Armed Detective Agency, Jouno lists the two possible routes the Agency will take to Tecchou and his fellow Hunting Dogs: a southern highway, where the Agency could hijack a getaway car; and a northern train station, where they could blend in among the passengers. When Jouno turn to asks Fukuchi about his idea, Fukuchi kills the mood by proceeds to fart in the middle of the meetings in front of the Hunting Dogs, and unintentionally pollutes Jouno's enhanced senses of smell and hearing in the process. Jouno, with cross-popping veins appears on his head, pulled out a gun and attempts to chase down Fukuchi for contaminating his enhanced senses with farting, as Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs stand in the sidelines and watches things unfolds. Fukuchi keep running away from the white-haired man and mutters "I'm sorry" with a funny and hilarious face, which enraged Jouno further. Tecchou is apparently thinking about eating pudding while Teruko fonds over Fukuchi. Jouno witnesses his fellow Hunting Dogs's eccentric behaviors unfolds while monologues internally that he hates the group, but apparently can't do anything other than accept the situation he was in.

Tecchou and Jouno walking out of the forest

In the next chapter, facing with a dilemma of whether to take the northern or the southern paths to chase down the Agency, the Hunting Dogs split into two groups to capture the Armed Detective Agency, with Fukuchi and Teruko to go to the northern station, while Jouno and Tetchō shall take the southern road. Once receive their destinations, Jouno, Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs dash off to their respective locations at extreme speeds, leaving the military guards astounded. They continue their banter in the forest, where Jouno voices his complaints about Tecchou cutting down every single tree in their way, to which Tecchou casually replied to Jouno's complain by stating that the fastest route is a single straight line. He protests the stupid idea and bluntly says that he hates Tecchou because his soul had no artistry. At this point, Jouno complains about how Tecchou will only combines similar-colored food and eats them, with agreement from the other. Sighing with a completely fed-up expression, he facepalms and wishes death upon the ravenette.

Continuing to criticize the latter's weaknesses, Jouno goes on about how Tecchou is useless except when facing the enemy, and that his heartbeat and breathing are incredibly annoying and should stop doing so at Jouno's nearest inconvenience. Jouno lies on the ground to scout for any hints of the Detective Agency, in which he detect the Agency's vehicle using his enhanced senses and estimate its distance. Behind him, Tecchou is holding his breath, likely regarding what his partner had said. Towards the end of Chapter 61, Tecchou begins eating a hard-boiled egg with the shell still attached in order to "build his strength", which Jouno voices his disgust against.

Jouno notices that Tecchou is getting a little cranky from being run over by a vehicle

Afterwards, the two attack the Armed Detective Agency together, with Jouno arrives first and infiltrates their vehicle, effortlessly blocks Kenji's punch and then kicking him out of the car. Tanizaki quickly activates Light Snow, and grabs Jouno out of the vehicle. However, Jouno didn't faze when facing with Tanizaki's Light Snow and use his strength to easily overwhelm Tanizaki and knocks him away, and purposefully make him collides with Kenji. With Kenji and Tanizaki outside the car, Jouno lands on the ground and revealed that Tanizaki's illusion don't have effect on him, and he let himself be caught on purpose. Having anticipated their act, Tecchou then arrives behind Jouno, who asks the strongest Hunting Dog to slay the two detectives as he so pleases. Tecchou then prepares his attack on the two detectives, to which Kunikida rammed the vehicle right into the ravenette, launcing him into the air as Jouno watches things unfold with a seemingly alarmed expression on his face. Jouno watches as the Agency and their vehicles attempts to run away and mutters "Oh my" and say they went too far, while a still-dazed Tecchou is seen in the background landed on the ground in a faceplant position. As the Agency gets agitated and serious at having to face such a formidable opponent, Tecchou rise up from the ground with a serious expression on his face and managed to recovered fairly quickly from the collision, while Jouno can't help but notices that Tecchou is getting a little cranky from being run over by a vehicle. In the Agency's attempt to escape from the Hunting Dogs, Tecchou activates his ability Plum Blossoms in Snow and severs their vehicle into two with his sword.

Jouno and Tecchou fighting off bullets together

The Agency members are shocked as their vehicle is entirely cut into two by Tecchou's ability, while Jouno and Tecchou continues with their pursuit. Jouno remarks on their impending demise, with Tecchou follow him from behind. Tecchou then slashes Kenji and Tanizaki and wounding them, afterward cutting down Kunikida and his notebook before he can materialize anything. With the Agency injured and their vehicle slices in half, Jouno comments that they had confirmed how weak and powerless the Agency is, and asks Tecchou to kill Yosano to prevent her from healing her allies, later calling the doctor as the "angel of death". As the Agency watchs horrifed and Kunikida begs them to spare Yosano, Tecchou raises his sword and aimed at Yosano, preparing to kill her. However, before Tecchou can do so, his arm is pierced by a bullet from above. Jouno searches the skies for the culprit, only to find Chuuya arrives with a chooper to rescue the Agency from the Hunting Dogs. In order to stop the Hunting Dogs, Chuuya sending down thousands of bullets with his gravity manipulation, forcing Tecchou and Jouno to fend off the bullets, and preventing them from chasing down the Agency and Chuuya.

Jouno, Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs tracks down Yosano

Despite their high altitude, the Hunting Dogs Jouno and Tecchou remains steadfast and continue pursuing the Agency and Chuuya. Tecchou, losing his composure for once, stabs his sword through the side of the chopper and through Kenji's chest, as he attempts to thwart their escape and clamps onto the chopper. With the rotors soon to collapse from Tecchou's blade, Kunikida jumps off the chopper and lands on Tecchou mid-air. Tecchou notes on his foolishness for thinking that the Dectective Agency can escape with his action, but Kunikida corrects him and asserts how his ideals shall never falter, detonates a hand grenade on Tecchou and himself. Tecchou, as a Hunting Dog member and had received enhancement surgies beforehand, survived the attack with a few scratches, while Kunikida was badly wounded during the process. After Kunikida is hospitalized and put on watch, Jouno, Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs are requested for dispatch having found the Agency, with Michizou Tachihara rejoining them as the undercover fifth Hunting Dog and cornering Yosano that leads to her arrest. As they prepares to escort Yosano to jail, Yosano apologizes to Tachihara for what happened to his older brother, as Tachihara walks back to Jouno, Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs.

Tecchou doing push-ups while Jouno stands on him

Their next interaction is featured when Jouno welcomes Tachihara back and gives him the "Disciplinarian Role". He points towards a wailing Teruko and Tecchou who is exercising. During their meeting together, as Tachihara briefs them about the Decay of Angels, Tecchou is seen doing push-ups while in a meeting next to Jouno's chair. Getting annoyed by Tecchou's workout, Jouno steps on his body and says that muscle training is banned during meetings. Tecchou stays unperturbed, even going as far as to describe Jouno's weight as "just right", and continue to do push-ups while the white-haired man stands on him. Jouno meanwhile continue to discuss with Tachihara and Teruko about the Decay of Angels while standing on Tecchou's back like nothing happen.

Tecchou watches with a bemused expression as Jouno threatening him with imminent death

Later on in the same chapter, they are shown entering Café Uzumaki together to gather information while arguing about who could be the "Greatest Hunting Dog" out of the two of them. As the title currently belongs to Tecchou, Jouno believes that such title should belong to someone with impressive investigation and capturing skills, unlike Tecchou's physical strength that earned him such feat. Tecchou watches him with a bemused expression for a moment before letting out a slight laugh (notably one of the only scenes where Tecchou smiles). Jouno responds darkly, threatening Tecchou with imminent death. They take a seat at the bar with Jouno orders a normal latte, while Tecchou requests for a soy sauce latte, which clearly annoys the white-haired man. Jouno proposes a battle: Which person can find out the location of the Detective Agency first? Tecchou agrees to the challenge casually, and Jouno turned his attention to the barista and immediately begins interrogating him.

Tecchou stabbing Jouno's foot for his interrogation tactics

Quickly, the simple questioning turns into Jouno taunting him with his own lies, while Tecchou watches thing unfolds between Jouno and the barista in silence. Just as he is about to make the poor barista crack, Tecchou intervenes and stabs Jouno's foot with his sword. Jouno shouts out in pain, questioning his motives. Tecchou reprimands him 'on the commander's behalf' and scolds his tendencies to torment people to extract intel. Afterwards, Tecchou then takes over the questioning, vowing to the barista that Lucy will receive no charges and that the Armed Detective Agency will receive a fair trial, while Jouno sits beside and watching the whole thing unfolds between Tecchou and the barista. An agitated Jouno asks what he's doing, attempting to stop him, but concedes to Tecchou's fair proposition in the end. He internally wonders if he lost the interrogation competition in the end. The manager then implores the two Jouno and Tecchou to save Lucy and proves the Agency's innocence, and reveals to them that she has headed to the Sky Casino.

Jouno, Tecchou and the other Hunting Dogs listen to Tachihara's report about the bizarre infection-like incident within the Mafia

Later, during the Vampire Infection arc, two weeks after Fukuchi's return from Standard Island aboard the Boswellian, Jouno and Tecchou were present in a meeting alongside with the other Hunting Dogs, where they asks to hear Tachihara's report. With a grim expression on his face, Tachihara reports to Jouno, Tecchou and the others Hunting Dogs about the bizarre infection-like incident within the Mafia. Though Teruko chides him for how idiotic he reacted, she nevertheless believes Tachihara's story, as it coincides with recent disappearances of various mafiosi, which concerned the Hunting Dogs. Jouno conjectures it might be terrorism using an infection-type ability and suggests containment as soon as possible, but Teruko thinks otherwise. She suggests going directly after the source of the infection, with Tecchou believes that the one who reponsible for this infection-like incident is the Armed Detective Agency, being the timing, and this is their next terrorist act. Tecchou's speech triggers Jouno to sarcastically compliment him for his idea, saying that he'll mark Tecchou's being reasonable for once on his calendar. Tecchou is seemingly unfazed by this. Tachihara subtly implies that the Agency cannot possibly be terrorists, hence he requests them to allow him to reinvestigate the case. The Hunting Dogs Jouno, Tecchou and Teruko turns to their commander Fukuchi for his approval of Tachihara's investigation.

After Fukuchi reluctantly approves to Tachihara's investigation, Jouno interferes and reminds Fukuchi that the evidences, include the flash drive, which Tachihara present them may be another fake one planted by the Agency to disturb the investigation and further says that if these evidences were to be leaked outside, it may cause confusion. Tecchou then remarks that Fukuchi nonetheless believes in the possibility that the Agency may not truly be terrorists as he previously said to the UN delegates. The Hunting Dogs eventually concedes and end the meeting for now, and allow Tachihara to do his investigation as per Fukuchi's orders, though conservatives members like Jouno are still not willing to accept and are suspicious about the evidences and the idea of the Agency being innocent

Again, Tecchou stabs Jouno in the butt as he questions Aya

After Jouno bumps into Aya, he begins threatening her life and questioning her, asking her if she would like to "become a part of his pleasure", however, Tecchou arrives and intervening just in time, telling him to stop by lengthening his sword and hitting Jouno. Tecchou chastises him for using innocent people as pleasure, in which Jouno remarks angrily that Tecchou could've just used his voice instead of stabbing him every single time. Jouno lies that he was only looking for cooperation, in which Tecchou disagrees and say he should only do such after the girl Aya had signed a consent form for Judicial Transactions. Ticked off, Jouno provokes Tecchou into settling the debate by blade, but they're both stopped by Fukuchi, who issues his final preparation orders before the operation.

Tecchou's determination to rescue Jouno

Not long after, Jouno is offered by Fukuchi to join his forces. A short conflict ensues and Jouno gets defeated by Fukuchi, and is now undead and missing. With this event, Tecchou went out to looks for Jouno, and encounters Kenji in the airport, and the first thing he asks him is "Where's Jouno?", further expresses Tecchou's desire to find his partner Jouno and make sure the other is safe. Kenji cheerfully offers to help him find Jouno, and Tecchou, taken aback, smiles and thanks him. Tecchou suddenly pauses and remembers why he was here, as the Hunting Dog gets on with his business by deduces that Jouno was likely ambushed by a vampire when talking with Fukuchi based on the information and sources that he have reverting back to his claim that the Agency is behind Jouno's disappearance. He then demands to know why the Agency letting the leader of the vampires goes, but as Kenji open his mouth and tried to explain the reasons, Tecchou strikes him with his sword. He seriously states that he needs to find Jouno, and for that, he will take the fastest option possible.

Tecchou giving Kenji one more time to confess where Jouno is

When Kenji refuses to comply with his demands, Tecchou attacks Kenji with all of his strength, and inflicts a barrage of attacks on the agency boy. Without stopping his onslaught, Tecchou explains to Kenji that he believes everyone else misunderstands Jouno and while he may be cold, he is a hero who despises violence and protects the weak. Futhemore, as Tecchou assaults Kenji with attacks Tecchou comments to Kenji that normally he would chase down the leader of the vampire, but now for just five minutes, he will place Jouno above justice, all whilst beseige Kenji with punches and kicks. After beating Kenji to a bloody pulp, Tecchou lifts and grabs hold of Kenji, giving the Agency boy one more time to confess where Jouno is. Bleeding from his head, Kenji doesn't respond to Tecchou's statement which further angers the Hunting Dog further. In return, the enraged Tecchou slowly cracks Kenji's head when he suddenly receives a report from Teruko, who tolds him about her plans of torturing her captured terrorist in questioning and ordered Tecchou not to let anyone interfere with her plans.

Later in the battle, after Kenji awakens his hidden anger and defeats Tecchou, Kenji approaches a wounded Tecchou who unable to move from his injuries, as if preparing to deliver the final blow. Instead of fighting anymore, Tecchou closes his eyes and telling him to kill him. He thinks about Jouno with a clear mind, realizing that Jouno would never tell him to abandon the mission and look for him.

Quotes

Jouno – “Tecchou-san ... You didn't avoid a single tree in our path. Was there any particular point in cutting them all down?”

Tecchou – “It's part of investigating the truth of this world.”

— Jouno voices his complain about Tecchou cutting down every single tree in their way (Chapter 61)

Jouno – “Owwww! What on Earth was that for, Tecchou-san?”

Tecchou – “I'm reprimanding you on behalf of the Commander. Enjoying tormenting people until they squirm is a nasty habit of yours.”

— Tecchou admonishes Jouno for his interrogation tactics (Chapter 72)

Tecchou – “Don't use people for your enjoyment.”

Jouno – “Then just use your voice instead! Stop stabbing me in the ass every single time!”

— Tecchou stops Jouno from threatening Anya (Chapter 92)

“I will rescue Jouno. For that, I will take the fastest measure possible.”

— Tecchou to Kenji (Chapter 99)

“Everyone misunderstands Jouno. Jouno is cold but In his core, he is a hero who despises violence and protects the weak.”

— Tecchou explaining Jouno to Kenji (Chapter 100)

“This is your last chance. Tell me where Jouno is.”

— Tecchou giving Kenji one more time to confess where Jouno is (Chapter 100)

“If I'd thought over calmly, there're no way Jouno would tell me: abadon the case and come save him.”

— Tecchou thinks about Jouno (Chapter 100.5)

Fanon

Like most ships in the Bungo Stray Dogs fanbase, it's most popular for its "Enemies to Lovers" or "Opposites Attract" appeal, much like the more popular ships such as Soukoku or Shin Soukoku. There is one character with a smarter mind and a calm composition, while the other one is more battle-oriented and is good in combat.

They are both members of the Hunting Dogs, and commonly get paired together in missions. They have likely known each other for an extended amount of time as well. Jouno claims to be the "Strongest Hunting Dog", in terms of his expertise in catching criminals and investigating, but the manga cites that Tecchou is actually the strongest soldier, in terms of pure fighting ability. Both of them seem to hold no hesitation in actively harming the other, as Jouno commonly threatens Tecchou with death, and Tecchou is quick to attack Jouno if he is acting too sadistic.

A theory for the ship is that working alongside Tecchou for so long has rubbed off on Jouno, and was the reason that Jouno ended up defying Fukuchi. Jouno is typically a pessimistic and sadistic person, but when Fukuchi offered him a place in the Decay of Angels, the thought of receiving praise overshadowed his desire to hear 'pain'. After hearing Tecchou's part-speech about Jouno, fans take this as proof of how Tecchou truly harbors feelings for Jouno, despite how they act towards each other on the surface.

The ship itself doesn't have many other contenders, but it doesn't have an excess of content either because they have only recently been introduced into the anime. Most fanfictions are AU's or set before the Hunting Dogs arc because of Jouno's "death". But it's also noticeable that it is the most popular ship for both Tecchou and Jouno on the Bungo Stray Dogs AO3 tag, having 570+ works.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Suegiku stories on Wattpad

Jouno Saigiku/Suehiro Tecchou tag on AO3

TUMBLR

Suegiku tag on Tumblr

Tetchouno tag on Tumblr

INSTAGRAM

Suegiku hashtag on Instagram

Tetchouno hashtag on Instagram

ART

条鐵 tag on Pixiv

鐵条 tag on Pixiv

TWITTER

条鐵 hashtag on Twitter

鐵条 hashtag on Twitter

Gallery

Main article: Suegiku/Gallery

Trivia

• Tecchou's birthday, March 15th and Jouno's birthday, September 24th, are 194 days away from each other.
  • This makes Tecchou a Pisces and Jouno a Libra.
• Both are often paired together during missions.
• Though justice is what Tecchou strives for, he sets it aside in priorities during his drive to find Jouno.
• Jouno's ability is named Priceless Tears which allows him to disintegrate his own body into minuscule particles. Tecchou's ability is named Plum Blossoms in Snow, allowing him to resize the length of his sword and bend it at will.
• Suegiku is called JouTetsu (or TetsuJou) in the Japanese fandom.