#bsd kouyou

[whathorselegs]

@starlightshadowsworld 's post about how if Hirotsu has a problem with you, the whole mafia has a problem with you has got me thinking about how that's reflected in the story and designs.

Rest is under the cut because it got long

Because we all know Mori's coat and more importantly, his scarf is what signifies he's the mafia's boss, but like, Hirotsu also wears a long black coat and scarf, their mafia outfits are almost identical and I wonder if that's on purpose.

Even their hair is nearly the same.

The main difference being the colour of the scarf. The red scarf is truly what signifies Mori as the boss. It's what the old boss wore and it's what Dazai wears in beast.

In any other anime, wearing a near identical outfit the boss could be seen as disrespectful, a power move, a clear sign he is gunning for the boss' seat. But Hirotsu doesn't want that. Despite how long he's been in the mafia he doesn't make moves for power or play politics. He's one of (if not the) oldest member of the mafia that we know of and that's so important it's brought up in fifteen.

So why dress him the same? Because I think it's supposed to be representative of his role within the mafia. Black is the Port Mafia's colour, everyone who's in it wears it. Red is the boss' colour, it signifies leadership, one could say royalty, the mind behind the Mafia. Hirotsu's brown (according to the wiki, I thought it look more faded orange but nevermind) is the mafia's soul.

That's what Hirotsu represents. The core of the mafia. His loyalty to the people within the mafia not just the organization itself. The mafia is his home, it's his family, the people within the mafia matter to him. That's also why I think it's Hirotsu who confronts Mori in fifteen about the old boss' murder.

At the beginning of fifteen Mori is loosing control over the mafia, people aren't loyal to him and he needs to prove his worth, he needs to give the mafia a reason to stand behind him. It's Hirotsu he communicates this worth to. Hirotsu all but says directly that he knows what Mori did, but he'll stand by him because things are better with him in charge and then suddenly Mori has control of the mafia again.

Despite Hirotsu being something of middling to high ranking member of the mafia his word, either symbolically or literally meant more in this scene than any of the current executives at the time.

Because he's the soul and the voice of the mafia. An unofficial leader.

You know who also wears brown like Hirotsu, whilst being part of the mafia?

Chuuya.

Who has been shown time and time again to care greatly about his subordinates and friends within the mafia.

If Dazai was meant to step into Mori's role, I think Chuuya was meant to step into Hirotsu's. Together they'd be the next mind and soul of the mafia.

And you know who wears red despite not being the leader?

Kouyou.

When Mori asked her why she didn't leave, she responded by saying she was staying to help Mori. Because her loyalty isn't to the mafia. The mafia greatly traumatized her, black is very minimal in her clothes, unlike the red. Her loyalty is to Mori, the man who gave her back her freedom and if she didn't feel she owed that to him, she probably wouldn't still be in the mafia.

Also, I don't think it's a coincidence that in Beast, Chuuya looses his brown lapels for a red shirt. Whatever Dazai did in that world, it ensured Chuuya's loyalty to him over the mafia, whether he wanted that or not. They were tied together. The Mori and Kouyou of that world.

#bungou stray dogs #bsd hirotsu #bsd mori #bsd chuuya #bsd kouyou #bsd dazai #bsd #rambling #bsd headcanons #sorry I ended up rambling about colours whilst using 90% black and white images #I just prefer the manga style when making these kinds of posts

[toomanymarkers]

People joke about Dazai and Chuuya being romantically experienced or whatever, but I think it's the opposite. Chuuya doesn't know what that stuff is because Mori thinks it's funny

#this took me weeks and it is so not funny #Bsd #bungo stray dogs #dazai #chuuya #skk #soukoku #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #bsd akutagawa #dazai x chuuya #chuuya x dazai #bsd mori #bsd kouyou #port mafia

[sabh0]

Atp im just drawing some ''Chuuya and the people that care about him" series or smth

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #chuuya nakahara #bsd kouyou #kouyou ozaki #ozaki kouyou #sab posting #Ozaki is so big sister <33 love her #she did such a good job raising Chuuya tbh

[etrevil]

Kouyou: I know what you are.

NO PURSUING 😭 in a burning building, skk will still be drawn to each other, so much so it's become a work hazard.

#they are so so so so soooo silly #idiot x idiot moment #i dont second guess that kunikida made an even longer list for dazai #bungou gay dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd wan #bungou stray dogs wan #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #chuuya nakahara #bsd kouyou #ozaki kouyou

[thedarkdisgrace]

Isn’t it interesting the two people closest to Chuuya when he joined the mafia cover opposite eyes?

Edit: I’m gonna post an short kind of analysis on this soon.

Edit 2: posted the analysis

#chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd analysis #skk #chuuya x dazai #chuuya #dazai #ozaki kouyou #bsd kouyou

[mothzan]

Happy women's day !

#bsd kouyou #ozaki kouyou #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd fanart #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #skk #soukoku

[twilicidity]

Based on this post

#bungou stray dogs #bungou #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #skk #bsd skk #soukoku #dazai x chuuya #bsd dazai #dazai osamu #bsd kouyou #beast dazai #bsd beast #bungou stray dogs beast #beast chuuya #beast kouyou #ozaki kouyou #bungou stray dogs kouyou #kouyou ozaki

[diagonal-queen]

[insert comedic and self aware joke]

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd memes #bsd meme #textpost memes #bsd shitpost #meme #bsd dazai #bsd sigma #bsd yosano #bsd john steinbeck #bsd mykola hohol #bsd kouyou #bsd chuuya #soukoku #bsd tachihara #bsd gin #tachigin #bsd fukuzawa

[pillonemelody]

Comic from an incorrect quote by @flamie-42

WHY IS THE QUALITY SO GOD DAMN BAD?!

#bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd fanart #bungou stray dogs chuuya #dazai x chuuya #skk #soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #ozaki kouyou #bsd kouyou #bungou stray dogs kouyou #bungo stray dogs fanart #incorrect quotes #bsd incorrect quotes #soukoku incorrect quotes

[c0riiander]

kousano oh my god yeah

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd kouyou #bsd yosano #ozaki kouyou #yosano akiko #kousano #yosano x kouyou #art tag

[ricedsq]

#bsd chuuya #bsd #bsd art #bungo stray dogs chuuya #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya nakahara #bsd fanart #bsd soukoku #soukouku #bsd kouyou #ozaki kouyou #chuuya x dazai #dazai x chuuya

[originalaccountname]

It messes me up how hard Kouyou believed she was protecting Kyouka from the ADA. How much she truly thought that since Kyouka built her skills in a place as dark as the PM, she could not longer live a normal life.

She's not pulling evil manipulation tactics because she wants Kyouka for herself and lies to her to break her mind. She's 100% believing her own words because that's the lesson she got from her traumatic experience as a child: hope will disappoint and leave you broken; the people who tell you they can show you a better world cannot follow through on that promise.

She tells Kyouka she'll understand when she's older. Kouyou wishes she didn't have to live through being told she could see the world outside of (the Old Boss') mafia and then seeing the person who made her that promise be killed for it. Seeing her teenage dreams of peace reduced to nothing. She would probably say that she despises the man who gave her hope for having done exactly that.

"It would have been better if she'd come get Kyouka earlier instead of waiting" she says. Because to her the pattern is already established: Kyouka has been promised better. But those promises are lies, they can't be anything else. So now she will inevitably suffer.

All because the situation, however different it is this time, is making Kouyou relive her own nightmare from half her life ago.

#bsdrewatch2023 #bsd #bsd kouyou #bsd kouyou ozaki #apparently i talk sometimes

[cornflowersandspoons]

Just a kind older sister teaching her younger brother to do his makeup 😊

Experimenting with Photoshop, since I'll need it for school, and I just realized that I kind of forgot how to use it... 😅

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd chuuya #bsd kouyou #chuuya nakahara #ozaki kouyou

[tenderheartedtheodore]

bsd as textposts/tweets because, unfortunately, i am still alive :3

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd kenji #bsd dazai #bsd kunikida #bsd yosano #bsd kouyou #bsd atsushi #bsd ranpo #bsd nikolai #bsd poe #bsd tanizaki #bsd fyodor #soukoku #bsd soukoku #bsd double black #double black #incorrect quotes #bsd incorrect quotes #ooc bsd #out of context bsd

[starlightshadowsworld]

Dazai: Guys! Kunikida's betrayed us! He's a traitor to the Agency, he's in alligance with the Port Mafia!

Kunikida: Would you calm down?! All I did was greet Executive Chuuya Nakahara and thanked him for when he rescued us from The Hunting Dogs.

Dazai: And you complimented his hat, without even a hint of irony! I expected better of you.

.....

Kouyou: You're in a good mood, something good happen?

Chuuya: adjusting his hat with a grin Oh nothing. It's just... Nice to be appreciated.

#bsd kunikida #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #bsd kouyou #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #kunichuu #kunikida doppo #bsd #bungou stray dogs

[thedarkdisgrace]

Ok, follow up post to the original cause I wanted to actually offer my analysis/interpretation on this.

I feel like this is a right/left brain analogy 🧵

Dazai covering his right side, the side supposedly responsible for the emotional & artistic things. It says alot about his mindset, accurate for that time.

It’s intriguing, then, Kouyou covers the “logical” side

I feel like this lends to why Chuuya & Kouyou do get along well. While both Chuuya & Kouyou are no doubt very intelligent (Asagiri literally refers to Chuuya as a genius) they both still lean very much into their emotional side as well. Even if Kouyou seemingly does so less.

Kouyou reveals herself, however, not only in her care for Chuuya but we mainly see it how she handled the situation with Kyoka.

She could have insisted Kyoka come back without ever changing her mind but when Dazai presents her with a way to save Kyoka from dark, she agrees quickly.

Kouyou clearly cares & wanted to help & protect Kyoka even if she went about it poorly. She was trying to help based on her past experiences, lest we forget that she tried to leave the mafia herself once, for *love* no less. She also tends to get emotional when talking about her past or her wish to help Kyoka.

But once she was presented with another solution, a far better one, she didn’t do “what’s best for the mafia”. Kouyou agreed to what was best for Kyoka & that was definitely a more emotional choice.

This is an area where Chuuya & Kouyou align. So, of course they would get along.

Chuuya always seems to find the balance between his logic and emotion. However, he can easily & often does lean more into his emotional side first, then his logical side.

It’s similar for Kouyou, even if we don’t see it as much from her.

Back to Dazai then, when he left the mafia & the cover on Dazai’s “emotional side” was gone Dazai seemed to also move more towards that balancing of the two sides.

He started off heavily relying on his logical brain & struggled emotionally. Often feeling numb or apathetic mostly, hence his suicidal ideation.

Then he meets Chuuya & this shifts. Chuuya forces him to experience new feelings. As Chuuya is a living breathing example of most things Dazai felt the world lacked. It opened Dazai to the idea that there is more to the world, there is more to *people*. Chuuya intrigues Dazai enough to make him want to live a little longer again. Chuuya gave him a reason to keep going, a promise of more.

From the moment he met Chuuya, it was a process of letting more & more emotions seep into his mind & his heart. We see how he feared for Chuuya in 15 even after they just met, even though Dazai *knew* it was a plan.

I might even venture to go as far as to say Dazai may not have feared for someone else’s life that hard before. It was a burst of unrecognizable emotions to him. After this, he only had more & more emotion seep in as the years went by. In Storm Bringer he was ready to sacrifice the city to give Chuuya a choice.

That relationship opened Dazai up to others later, namely Oda & Ango. Which only further encouraged the intermingling of his logical brain and his emotions. Then reaching the point at which the bandages were finally removed entirely and then he, like Chuuya, moved to striving to find the balance rather than relying on one side.

Bringing us back to current Dazai as he is still attempting to find that balance.

He still leans more towards his logical side. This, of course, in contrast to Chuuya who, while intelligent, more easily leans into the emotional.

Yet another thing between them that completes & balances each other. Soukoku will always pull the other back when drifting too far.

So, of course, Soukoku complement each other & it benefits them both.

Having Kouyou on Chuuya’s other side I think also does help Chuuya stay grounded while in the mafia. Chuuya isn’t one to lose who he is but I think having someone else who he knows *cares* like he does helps.

Now, additionally, if we apply this to Beast, I think this also says alot about beast Dazai & why Asagiri says beastzai would be the hardest for someone to portray.

Because *this* Dazai, is perhaps *too* far into his emotional side. He’s always intelligent but in beast, his actions aren’t fully logical, they’re emotional.

He appears cold & calculating as always but he saw another version of himself suffer the great loss of a best friend & allowed his emotional desire to prevent that from happening take control. Thus, his emotional side takes over, thus him covering the opposite side from canon Dazai, he’s covering his “logical” side.

I feel like this is the main difference between all the various Dazai we’ve seen.

PM Dazai relied heavily on his logical side, especially before meeting Chuuya. He rarely took emotion into account unless it involved the 3 people he actually cared for. We see him make emotional choices when it involves Chuuya, Oda, and Ango. Dazai did seem to let more and more emotion seep in over time as a result of knowing them, however, leading to that moment the bandages are removed.

Beastzai is leaning far too heavily into his emotional side, getting lost in it even. Acting solely on an emotional desire rather than a logical one. His desire to prevent a tragedy. He only was using his intellect to further that emotional desire.

Canonzai went through a steady progression, meeting Chuuya starts to open him up, this extending over time to Oda & Ango, leading to the cover on his “emotional” side being taken off.

But beastzai skipped all of that, all the *progression* to that point for canonzai & so beastzai just got all these intense emotions he never experienced before all at once when he saw canonzai’s memories & therefore he sunk far too deep, too quickly into his emotions.

Now current/ADA Dazai is the balance of the two extremes, and seemingly the closest to happiness.

ADA Dazai uses his logical brain as always but he also actually takes emotion into account as well and has more people he actually cares for now.

I think that says alot to the theme of bsd, leaning into that “everything is grey” dynamic. Everything is about the *balance* of things. Showcasing that anything in extremes in either direction doesn’t work.

Anyway, just some thoughts I had and interpretations of mine. Take them as you want, as always.

Oh and just to be clear, I don’t think Dazai was ever “emotionless”, even at his worse. Even if he was numb and apathetic. He was also lonely.

Just saying the more people he came to care about (Chuuya, Oda, Ango then later the ADA) the more he was able to feel a variety of emotion.

My original post:

#bsd analysis #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #ozaki kouyou #bsd #bungou stray dogs #soukoku #skk #bsd kouyou #bsd manga