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i'm going to pass out from all the dopamine today 😭 people in tumblr are literally going to be the end of me (in a good way)

SEIDIE okay first and for most

thanks for contemplating - you prob know who i am lol 😂😁 i'm going to think of asks your lovely followers might want to know abt you and interview you like the 🌺🌺🌟 (star) you are

what's your tumblr origin story? what got you into tumblr?

what got you into digital drawing?

are you aware that you're good in drawing? (tbh i think most artists are lol) - and what keeps you humble/motivated?

is there a particular acc on here whom you're a big fan of? feel free to shamelessly @ them lol.

are you into extreme rides like roller coasters?

would you rather confront someone OR be confronted?

angst or fluff?

what's the best manga or anime you've read/watched?

are you the type to cry over fiction? TT

lazyflower48, what's YOUR favourite flower?

you have three names - An, Lazyflower48, and Lampshade. do you mind giving us a background on these names?

what's one thing you want to improve on?

iirc you're into computer science? (help if this is wrong, its going to be so embarrassing 😭) but anyways. are you more of a math/sciences person OR an arts person? or both?

do you have a pet?

name one thing you're grateful for today

describe your personality in 3 ways

attachment

if you had to pick one - attachment issues or commitment issues?

Name one thing!! you like about your physical appearance (saw this from another post)

Do you have a type? (as in ideal 'crush' or smthing)

Are you more of a listener or a chatterbox?

What's your fave thing to draw?

have you ever done commissions before and if you had, what was the experience like?

how do you deal w anxiety when you have to present or do something?

disclaimer: some of these are really random. I can't stress this enough: [just answer the ones you feel like answering.]

ty 🌹💖

This is about to be fun. (Long post ahead!)

▪︎ Okay so, I downloaded tumblr all the way back in 2018? It was around the Reputation era. Taylor Swift used to be VERY active on here. So 14 year old me thought that I could get noticed by her...and that's how I found out about tumblr. I stopped using it after a few days because I honestly didn't understand it at all. Then comes BSD- I wanted to read 55 minutes and the fan translation was only available on tumblr so that's the reason I downloaded tumblr once again 😭

Eventually I started using it as a space to share my thoughts on BSD and other anime I watched and the rest is history.

▪︎ Earlier this year, in May, I think? I bought a tablet on a whim cause it was on sale for a reasonable price. For quite some time I wanted to draw something BSD related (whenever i find a show/movie i really like, i want to draw it) and I guess you could say that BSD got me into digital art :)

▪︎ Well...honestly, I'm probably my own harshest critique so going off of that, I think I'm decent enough as a beginner but I could definitely be a LOT better. There are so many great artists out there and once I start comparing myself to them I feel like there's so much I can learn in order to be as good as them.

There are so many days where I lack motivation to draw and the drawing ideas keep pouring into my head but I don't feel like drawing 😭. I honestly just let things be until I eventually do get the sudden urge/motivation to draw.

▪︎ (I hope these accounts are okay with being tagged. If not then, i apologise.)

@popopretty is a great acc if you want translations or any BSD related info

@sorcerersandskillusers is probably one of my favourite theory/analysis accounts

@yomeiu and @frenchonionsoop are both AMAZING artists and I'm always in awe whenever they post their art.

@originalartblog has some fun and cool art as well

▪︎ Oh boy, let me tell you. I LOVE extreme rides. I love amusement parks in general. They're like my favourite place to hangout.

▪︎ .....is neither an option? Both would cause me anxiety lol but I guess if I HAD to, then I'd rather confront someone

▪︎ Uhhhh....I love both honestly. But I'm more of a sucker for angst.

▪︎ Though the ending was questionable, AOT still remains one of my favourites and probably one of the best shows I've ever watched. It truly was a 'one of a kind experience' for me. BSD is a close second- even though it has quite some deux ex machina and convenient writing, the character writing remains unmatched. BSD does characterization VERY WELL and that is what I love most about it. It's also my current obsession.

▪︎ Sometimes, yes. I mean, for instance, BEAST had me tearing up and I remember crying over the ending of assassination classroom 😭

▪︎ Ooooh let's see, I've never looked too much into flowers..and there so many pretty ones but I'd have to go with roses, specifically red roses (yes, I'm very basic)

▪︎ An is my own nickname that i came up with. Lazyflower48 was the username assigned to me by reddit and in true lazyflower fashion, I was too lazy to change it and used it as a username on all my accounts. As for Nightshade, Dazai uses belladonna to refer to women which means "beautiful woman" in Italian but it's also another name for a poisonous plant called 'deadly nightshade' (his mind lol) so that is how I got this name.

▪︎ I need to stop procrastinating and stop being lazy. 😭

▪︎ Oooh I like both. Though, I prefer art as a hobby and career wise, I'm more of a science/maths person. The thing is, math can actually be quite fun when you understand it. However, it is truly hell when you don't understand it.

▪︎ YESSS I DO. I HAVE A CAT. (I love talking about my cat) She's the same age as sigma! And she's probably the cutest deadliest devilish little creature

▪︎ My parents. I'm moving away for uni and they've been doing so much for me and I'm honestly so grateful for them.

▪︎ Let's see, in 3 ways, Ambivert - I'm more on the introverted side when you first meet me but as soon as you get to know me more, I never shut up, lol.

Lazy-....yeah I'm probably one of the laziest people you'll ever meet. I still get my work done but I really need to get rid of this trait

Chill- (I'm kinda running out of adjectives here), I'm pretty chill honestly. I mostly just mind my own business and I don't like to get myself involved in drama

▪︎ What I'm attached to? Am I interpreting this right?

I'm attached to my family, MY CAT, home, BSD 🥺

▪︎ Commitment issues

▪︎ My eyebrows, I think they're a nice shape.

▪︎ Currently my type is fictional men 💀

Okay, jokes aside, I have never really given this question much thought so I don't really have any specific type. And I don't currently have a crush on anyone but i guess my ideal would be someone with a good personality. A guy who is understanding, compassionate, kind, good sense of humour, empathetic- just a nice person overall, physically- taller than me but not too tall cause I'm kinda short

▪︎ I can be both depending on the company. Sometimes I talk a LOT and sometimes I prefer to just listen.

▪︎ Dazai, he's just so drawable 😍 Okay yes I do love drawing him but mainly, I like drawing sceneries and nature. I want to draw complex backgrounds with a lot of details. Hopefully one day, I can achieve that level of skill.

▪︎ Nope i have not and I don't know if I ever will.

▪︎ Ooof I get VERY nervous while presentating something. I just tell myself "let's just get this over with. I won't have to worry about this once it's done and then i can go home and do whatever i want (sleep 💀)"

#ask

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nataliaphantomhivesblog · 3 years

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Newsflash: Dazai cares for Chuuya

Before reading any further, I will be talking about stormbringer, so spoilers ahead!! Translation credits go out to: @popopretty on tumblr, make sure to give this kind human some love and appreciation<3

Also if you want to read the first few chapters of stormbringer: @buraihatranslations is currently translating it, give them much love and appreciation as well, they deserve it!!

Honestly, I have been so obsessed with Soukoku lately and I think the reason behind this is because when it comes to Soukoku, their feelings for each other are not as easy to grasp as love or hate, it is much more profound than that. There is care, hurt, trust, resentment, companionship, bitterness, and consideration...And ironically enough, thats just the tip of the iceberg.

If we break down their individual feelings towards each other, it will be easier to understand their bond.

On Chuuya's end, his feelings are much more clear due to his expressive personality. He wears his emotions on his sleeves, he can try and hide what he feels towards Dazai but his true feelings tend to unravel easily.

He sometimes tries to mask his feelings towards Dazai by throwing insults, but his facial expressions are enough to contradict what he is saying.

Chuuya's feelings towards Dazai can be easier to comprehend. He obviously feels this certain betrayal due to the fact Dazai left the Port Mafia. Not to mention, he and Dazai have always had a rivalry relationship.

In the Soukoku wiki page, it is stated that Chuuya is aware of Dazai not experiencing a proper childhood, therefore allows him to act as childish as he can and lets him tease him relentlessly. I don't know how reliable this source is, but either way I think its worthy enough to add.

In the Dragon head conflict when Dazai was out of sight, Chuuya told Mori to forget about Dazai. That was until Hirotsu mentioned a microscope, Chuuya quickly realizes it was code language because he remembered a previous conversation where Dazai says he needs a microscope to be able to see Chuuya properly.

The moment he figured out it was a tracker, Chuuya did not hesitate to jump in and rescue Dazai. But here is the catch: No one but Chuuya knew about the microscope, if Chuuya really didn't care for Dazai he wouldn't have mentioned the microscope and kept all this under wraps, leaving Dazai in a mess.

Chuuya trusts Dazai with his life. He never hesitates to leave his life on Dazai's hands when it has to come to it. Chuuya and Dazai have known each other for years, for Chuuya to be able to trust Dazai that much is because Dazai also cares for him too, right?

The answer here is yes, Dazai cares for Chuuya. In a superficial level, it doesn't seem like Dazai truly cares, but I can assure you that he does care for him. Weather you like to think of his care in a platonic or romantic manner, the care Dazai has for Chuuya is undeniable and extremely significant for Dazai's character.

I think that stormbringer establishes this idea even further. There is one specific moment in this light novel that shows his genuine concern towards Chuuya's well being:

"There is one problem." Dazai cut off his sentence hesitantly. "It has nothing to do with the sucess rate of the plan. It is a matter we have to overcome in the end but... It may require some time to decide."

"What's with you?" Chuuya raised his eyebrows at Dazai. "Stop dramatizing it. Just hurry up and say it."

"I said earlier about this control spell to open the 'gate' that is used to reset the command inside Chuuya, right?" Dazai spoke with a strangely restrained voice. "If we use that, the logs of the command formula that were written in the past will be erased. That means...even if the memory erasure was used on Chuuya in the past, the traces of that will be erased as well."

"What?"

"I told you before right, the memory erasure command. The only way we can confirm if Chuuya is human or not is to check the history to see if the memory erasure command was ever used. It means..." Dazai looked at Chuuya with eyes that he had never looked at him before. Those eyes were serious. "If we use that control spell, the method to confirm if Chuuya is an artificial personality created by a string of code, or just a normal human being, will be lost. For good."

The time had stopped.

Chuuya opened his eyes and looked towards Dazai but his eyes were not seeing anything. The wind blew between the two of them. Even so, Chuuya did not blink.

"Verlaine became like that because he was tormented by the curse that he was not human. That only is enough of a big problem. The matter of being human or not." Dazai looked at his pocket watch, gave it a glance and continued. "I can delay the time until the plan starts for about two minutes. I will send an order for my men to wait... You can think about it alone for a while. Cuz I guess its hard for you to collect your thoughts with me around."

Having said so, Dazai turned away and walked down the stairs, leaving Chuuya alone.

Dazai fixated in his pocket watch. Two more minutes. Too short for a life decision. But he couldn't afford more than that.

Inside Dazai's head, he was planning a procedure to swith to an alternative plan in case Chuuya refused, at a tremendous speed.

This section in stormbringer is personally one of my favorites, this is a very rare moment between both of them, but especially for Dazai. Like I stated earlier Chuuya wears his emotions on his sleeves, therefore even if he tries to mask his care with insults, its still painfully noticable that he genuienly looks after Dazai. Chuuya also sometimes show a vulnerable side of himself to Dazai, especially after using corruption.

Dazai on the other hand is extremely unreadable. Its hard to understand his true intentions and if he really cares for people or only sees them as a pawn. In this moment though, Dazai was being painfully genuine. Dazai literally prioritized Chuuya over the mission. He was already thinking of coming up with an alternative plan just in case Chuuya refused, obviously the sucess rate of the alternative plan would be lesser than the actual plan Dazai had in mind, he choose Chuuya's wellbeing over a mission.

In this section, Dazai wasn't throwing jokes or witty remarks, he was being serious. Because Dazai knows how desperately Chuuya wants to be human. He knows how important being human is to Chuuya.

Dazai wasn't manipulating Chuuya by giving him the chance to decide, we can see that Dazai was literally showing a lot of hesitation when mentioning this to him, we also get to see what Dazai was thinking, and we can tell he wasn't thinking about manipulative his movements in any way. All of this wasn't coming out of manipulation, it was coming out of pure care.

After six steps, Dazai reached the stair. He stepped on the stair and started walking down. Three steps down the stair, he heard a *clang*, a cool sound of metal echoing behind him. It sounded like the metal was kicked by the sole of someones shoes. The moment Dazai realized what the sound was, Dazai turned around in surprise.

There was already no one at the top.

Dazai was dazed for a moment, then he loosened his lips and laughed.

"Trying to act cool, huh?" Dazai smiled, both annoyed and relieved. Then he turned on his radio and sent out his order. "Chuuya has sallied, everyone get ready for battle."

I personally love this part so much, relief washed over Dazai the moment he noticed that Chuuya was going to go through with the first plan, which proves my point that he wasn't manipulating him and how Dazai was under a lot of stress because he wasn't sure if the alternative plan would be as effective as his original one.

Yet he still was willing to go through the alternative plan if Chuuya refused, because Dazai values him and regards his wellbeing.

Dazai was being surprisingly gentle in this section, he was being honest. There was no ulterior motive behind his actions here, just a boy looking after his partner.

"So i'm going to send an order to my men to prepare for action... Is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay." Chuuya turned to Dazai. "Why are you asking me such a thing?"

Dazai didn't answer right away.

That was an unusual expression. It's like he was trying to say something, but he had to arrange the words in his head to decide where he should start. An expression he rarely shows.

This was right before Dazai drops the bomb to Chuuya about the memory erasure command. He was even asking for Chuuya's opinion on sending his men to get ready, this was the first time Dazai ever showed actual concern without masking it with witty remarks. You can tell that Chuuya isn't used to this.

And when you think about it, when Dazai and Chuuya have missions together, Dazai always uses corruption as a last resort and he always allows Chuuya to make the decision if they will be using it or not.

I personally belive that the main reason Chuuya trusts Dazai with using corruption is because The Sheep used to exploit his powers too much, but Dazai leaves the decision to use corruption up to Chuuya. Dazai understands the physical and mental toll corruption takes on Chuuya and therefore leaves the choice up to him.

Theres another section in stormbringer that I really enjoy, it doesn't necessairly show solicitude but I still think this should still be taken into consideration:

"You seem pretty confident that Chuuya is human, don't you?"

"I am," Dazai laughed with a sigh. "There is no way a man-made code could create such a personality that I detest so much."

Throughout the whole story, Dazai is more than determined that Chuuya is human. The main reason Dazai finds Chuuya so intresting is because of how frighteningly human Chuuya can be, because of the fact that he always wears his emotions on his sleeves, something Dazai rarely does himself. Thats personally a nice sentiment from Dazai's end, even when Chuuya struggles completely when it comes to believing in his own humanity, Dazai still can't help but see him as a human being.

Also I am aware that Dazai literally said he detests Chuuya here but he also sighed and laughed while stating this, showing us that he isn't being serious about hating him.

And its not only in stormbringer were he shows his concern towards Chuuya. In fact, in this following manga pannel Dazai is telling Chuuya that if he is willing to listen him, he will stage his own escape so that Chuuya doesn't get punnished.

Honestly, if Dazai didn't care enough for Chuuya, he wouldn't have mentioned this to him. Chuuya didn't care enough to realize that he literally unwillingly freed Dazai which would get the pm mad at him, so the fact that Dazai is literally helping him out is no doubt out of care for him. If Dazai didn't have any regard for Chuuya he would've not staged his escape or mentioned anything to Chuuya, eventually incriminating him.

There are many misconceptions when it comes to Dazai's feelings towards Chuuya, people think that he doesn't care for him due to the fact that he left the Port Mafia, leaving Chuuya behind. But heres the thing: Dazai's intentions had nothing to do with Chuuya. He left the organization for his own good, he left it to fullfill Oda's wish.

"If Dazai cared for Chuuya then why didn't he take Chuuya with him?" the reason is simple, he knows how much the PM means to Chuuya. In stormbringer it is shown that Chuuya feels as if his humanity is attached to the people he is loyal to, in this case its the port mafia. Verlaine wanted to get rid of the pm because he believed that the pm is what kept Chuuya's humanity, eventually making Chuuya believe that he is only human if he stays loyal to the pm. Dazai knows this. Thats exactly why he didn't take Chuuya with him or even explains to Chuuya why he left, he knows it would be selfish to basically rip Chuuya's sense of humanity apart.

I have a feeling that if Dazai told Chuuya about the real reason he left the Port Mafia, Chuuya will not only feel conflicted about being in the pm, but he would also have an inner conflict with himself as a human.

People also think Dazai may not really care for him because of the fact that after the fight against Lovecraft he actualy deserted him, maybe that part was truly just supposed to be seen as simple humor, but either way I want to talk about it. Chuuya's only request to Dazai was to take him back to base safe, so why did Dazai leave Chuuya behind?

I mean he has carried Chuuya back to saftey before with no problem, for example in stormbringer when Chuuya uses corruption for the first time Dazai carries him back to the billiards bar and not to the mafia’s base so that he could say goodbye to his passing friends.

The reson behind this is because Mori needs to know that unlike Dazai, Chuuya is absolutely loyal to him. Leaving Chuuya the way he did will make Mori believe that these two really are at each others throats and that Dazai is insignificant to Chuuya. Making it seem that for Chuuya, the mafia comes first before anything else.

Therefore Dazai established Chuuya's saftey within the mafia since not only does Mori want these two to be hostile with each other, he doesn't want Chuuya to eventually turn against him if he truly found out more about Dazai's true reason of departure. Then again, this isn't canon but it is a logical assumption.

Not to mention that although Dazai did leave him behind, he folded Chuuya's coat and hat before taking his leave. There is also an an extra chapter where Ozaki Kouyou was talking with Chuuya but when he left he forgot his coat, which made Kouyou came across the coat; where she noticed a badge sewed inside saying "Name: Hatrack", she smiled fondly thinking to herself that some things just never change, in this case, Dazai and Chuuya's bond.

Dazai literally took his time to sew this into his coat just to tease him, it was a simple gesture but it shows us how their dynamic will never change. No matter what these two go through, they will always share a bond that consists on teasing, trust and underlying care.

All of this actually makes that theory of Dazai planting a bomb under Chuuya's car for the sole reason that the PM doesn't find Chuuya as an acomplice who aided Dazai on his escape much more feasable.

For Dazai to just plant a bomb under Chuuya's car with no motive makes no sense because if Dazai's true intentions were to simply mess with Chuuya, he would've most likely made it clear at that time. Dazai always has an underlying motive behind his actions, and in this case it is very likely that he did that for Chuuya's sake.

Don't get me wrong, I am aware that the bomb incident could've just been a comedic moment and I shouldn't look too much into it, but there is still a posibility, right?

These two hold so much trust and care for one another, yet they also hold a lot of bitterness and resentment. In the end the good aspects of their dynamic outweighs the bad.

Either you see these two in a platonic or romantic way, you can't tell me that their bond isn't significant.

Thank you so much for reading!! I wanted to talk about this for a while because I feel like people misinterpret Dazai's feelings towards Chuuya a lot so I hope this clears up things a bit<3

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lavidadelavie · 2 years

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Bungou Stray Dogs - Chronological order and links to translations

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Table of contents:

I. Order

a. Chronological order of events in the main timeline

b. Spin-offs

c. BSD timeline based on Dazai's Age

II. Translations

a. English translations

b. Vietnamese translations

III. Credits

└ ✾ ━━━━━ • ❀ • ━━━━━ ✾ ┘

I. Order

a. Chronological order of events in the main timeline

"Kunikida and Katai's Brilliant Days" (extra Light Novel)

"The Untold Origins of the Detective Agency" (Light Novel) - [12-13 years before Dazai met Atsushi]

"Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen" (Light Novel/ Manga/ Anime: Episodes 1-3 of Season 3) - [7 years before Dazai met Atsushi]

"The day I picked up Dazai" (Light Novel - Side A & Side B)

"Stormbringer" (Light Novel) - [6 years before Dazai met Atsushi]

Bougou Stray Dogs Wan! Episode 119 (Anime)

"Dazai Osamu and the Dark Era" (Light Novel/ Anime: Episodes 1-4 of Season 2) - [4 years before Dazai met Atsushi]

"Dazai Osamu’s Entrance Exam" (Light Novel/ Anime: Episodes 6-7 of Season 1) - [2 years before Dazai met Atsushi]

Manga chapters 1-37

Bungou Stray Dogs Wan! Episode 10 (Anime)

"55 Minutes" (Light Novel) - [In the middle of the manga series]

"Dead Apple" (Light Novel/ Manga/ Anime) - [somewhere around "55 Minutes"]

Manga from chapter 38 onwards

b. Spin-offs

"BEAST" (Light Novel/ Manga). This Light Novel is about another universe where Dazai and Oda never befriended. Introduction here. Spoiler: In the most recent BEAST manga chapter, there is a hint that the original Dazai from the outside world might have created this universe by using The Book, and how he got The Book is not mentioned. However, none of this is stated in the "BEAST" light novel.

"Bungo Stray Dogs Gaiden: Ayatsuji Yukito VS. Kyogoku Natsuhiko (Another Story)" (Light Novel/ Manga). This light novel focuses on another story about the “homicide detective” Ayatsuji Yukito, his assistant Mizuki Tsujimura, and Yukito’s old nemesis Kyougoku Natsuhiko. Introduction here.

"Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!" (Manga/Anime)

Anthologies

[P/S: I do recommend reading light novels for the details of the characters' emotions.]

c. BSD timeline based on Dazai's age

II. Translations

a. English Translations

• Official works

- By @bsd-bibliophile. Link here.

- By @czkkn-upload:

+ Translations of BSD works here or here.

+ Translations of Asagiri's comments on characters in BSD exposition here.

+ Some notes about Gaiden translation here.

- By @buraihatranslations:

+ Tumblr here

+ Twitter here

- By @yokohama-drip. Link here.

- "BEAST" translations by @jellowroad (Twitter):

+ Text-only ver. (Completed). Link here.

+ Typeset ver. (17/22). Link here.

• Doujinshi

A beautiful doujinshi I found on Twitter. Link here.

b. Vietnamese Translations

• Official Works

• Doujinshi

III. Credits

@bsd-bibliophile

@pinkgirl94

@willofdevilfruit

@slugtranslation-bsd

@popopretty

@nkhrchy

@yokohama-drip

@ranposama

@darkestjay868 (Twitter)

@yanase-gr

@chibikko_chuuya (Twitter)

@buraihatranslations (Tumblr & Twitter)

@maiple701 (Twitter)

[P/S:

I have just known about BSD for quite a short time so sorry for some mistakes and please feel free to correct me.

If you do not want to be tagged, please tell me and I will untag you. I'm sorry in advance if this annoys you.]

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd order #bungo stray dogs #bsd timeline

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