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This is in regards to that unpopular character post you made - I'm not sure she counts, but I'm obsessed with Yosano. She's got parallels to basically every character, has the potential to be the strongest character in the series considering she can't be killed, has a bunch of unhealthy coping mechanisms no one talks about and is clearly a mess of a person while managing to be competent and mature about it. I really want more focus on her soon because she's a core member of the ADA yet she's gotten like 2 fight scenes and barely any focus.

Also, I think Naomi Tanizaki is such a fun character. People don't like her because of the whole incest thing, but what we see of her beyond her brother is someone who's cunning, manipulative, but also proactive and demonstrates more desire to save people than like anyone else in the Agency lol. I've read the book her character is based on and she could be a strategic character so easily because she's clearly intelligent and if Asagiri stepped away from Fyodor's bullshit to remember she exists I'm convinced she could become a fan favorite.

I think Yosano technically can be killed, since her ability requires conscious activation (as in, it doesn’t just activate on its own when she’s gravely injured—she has to choose to activate it)— so if she were to be killed in a way that kills too quickly to activate it, or if she were unconscious when attacked, then theoretically she can be killed.

That being said, she is very powerful and very underutilized in the series. Credit where credit’s due, I appreciate how Asagiri had her be a part of the combat unite that was sent to accost Chuuya during the Guild arc. Both Chuuya and Kenji are objectively incredibly strong combative (some of the strongest in the series), and I love that Yosano was grouped in with them.

I would count her as relatively not popular, purely on the basis that all the bsd girls have significantly less fandom attention than the guys. While I would say Yosano is the most popular girl (mainly because she’s the one with the most thorough backstory, and one of the few characters to have connections to multiple organizations), that’s really not saying much when you compare her popularity to some of the less popular bsd guy characters.

And onto Naomi—yeah the anime completely destroyed her entire character. When I read the manga, I was surprised by just how interesting of a character she is. You know how there’s this running theory that she’s just an illusion from Tanizaki’s ability? I posted a few months ago (half-jokingly) that she’s actually the one with the ability and Tanizaki is the illusion she’s creating.

That being said, I’d like to change that theory a bit. Both her and Tanizaki are real people, but Naomi is the one with the ability. Every time we see Tanizaki use his ability, it’s actually Naomi creating the illusions, and Tanizaki is just miming being in control of them. In scenes where Tanizaki is doing things when Naomi’s not physically there, Naomi is just overlaying Tanizaki’s image onto herself.

But back to the canon stuff—I wanna see Naomi fight the Port Mafia (or whoever the enemy of the week is next). In all seriousness, I really want to see what Naomi is capable of. The manga demonstrates that to some extent in the Guild arc, but I want her to have at least one significant enough scene in the manga that Bones won’t be able to cut.

#You’re so right Yosano and Naomi deserve more love #Naomi specifically #Not that Yosano doesn’t. Just that Naomi is ignored a whole lot more #I’m half convinced that the whole incest thing is just a big running joke #That Naomi and Tanizaki are doing to mess with everyone #anti dazai asks #Oh also yeah ask game’s still open. It’s open forever actually because I love hearing about unpopular blorbos #Bsd #yosano bsd #naomi bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs

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Second Anniversary Special

As many of the long-time followers of this blog know, I originally started out on the classic literature side of tumblr, which is what lead to my venturing into bsd. As an homage to my roots as a classic lit enthusiast, I’ll be going through all the works that I’ve read written by bsd authors:

The Spider’s Thread by Akutagawa

This short story is brought up in a lot of animes, which is unfortunately the most likely way western bsd fans. I could make an entire separate post of commentary on how the American school system doesn’t cover most foreign literature (outside of English [as in from England] and French works), and that is an absolute travesty. However, that’s not what we’re covering right now. 

Anyway. The Spider’s Thread is a very short story—like two pages at most. You can go read it now. For all the other entries I plan on rating the novels out of 5, but this one’s truly too short to rate. If you wanna read it you can find a hundred pdfs online. The same probably goes for most works of classic literature, so. Go wild enjoy the wonderful world of free online pdfs.

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

I was probably assigned other works by Poe, but this one is most likely his most famous short story. I was assigned it in middle school/high school/ and at least twice in college. Again, very short short story—you can read it in a few minutes tops. 

5/5 for the sole reason of it aligning with my personal sense of humor. I get that it’s not supposed to be funny, but unreliable narrators are and will always be hilarious to me. I love a guy insisting that he’s not crazy while he’s off murdering a guy. Cask of Amontillado-core protagonist. Funny because E.A. Poe also wrote Cask of Amantillado. I’m out here starting to suspect that E.A. Poe just really loved writing his unnamed unreliable narrator protagonists.

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I’ve never read Tom Sawyer, but in 11th grade my class read Huckleberry Finn. 3/5 because I don’t like the way it was taught in class, but I did enjoy analyzing it more than some other books we did. 

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky

Currently reading it so I can’t give much feedback, but so far I’d like this guy (Raskolnikov not Dostoyevsky) to meet Meursault from The Stranger. If anyone’s made this crossover, please send it to me. And if not and you wanna go make it yourself—please I’ll love you forever.

Dracula by Bram Stoker 

I mean we’ve all done Dracula Daily. Or at least I’ll assume you’ve heard of it. 5/5, Mina’s best girl, Quincey’s best boy, I have very basic opinions but I’m standing by them.

--Bonus

The Stranger by Camus

Meursault the prison is clearly named after Meursault, the fictional character who famously goes to prison, right. We’re all on the same page about this, right? 

Anyway if you’ve never heard of or read the stranger, [spoilers] it’s about this guy who kills a guy for no reason (“it was just so hot outside, idk what happened but now there’s a dead guy, this is a good enough criminal defense right? You’re not gonna send me to jail for just this one little mistake---oh you’re giving me the death penalty? Ah. I see.”) Solid 4/5—points deducted for being a little slow by some parts (although I can’t vouch for how it is in the original French, this was only my impression from the English translation I read)

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After making this list, it’s clear that I haven’t read too many books my bsd authors, so next years my anniversary special will be more about the classic literature I have read. I do plan to keep posting until then. So please enjoy another year of the anti-dazai blog!!

#Anniversary special #Once again I’m about 10 days late #I think the same thing happened last year #Alas the drawbacks of creating a blog right before final assignments start being due #Bsd #akutagawa #mark twain #bram stoker #fyodor dostoevsky #edgar allan poe #albert camus #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #Not proofreading this just gonna post #Desperately trying to get a post out on the date I promised to post by

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guess who finished a major paper and now is setting aside time on Sunday and Wednesday to finally catch up on all the posts she promised to make

#it’s me I’m that person #me: promises to post over spring break #my comm theory professor: lol. lmao even. #long story short he decided that spring break doesn’t apply to him #and announced the day before spring break started this absolutely massive paper that was due DURING spring break #That took most of the break to write #Now my class is complaining to his department head because that’s very much not allowed #anyway I’m back and I’m still alive and still gonna post

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i absolutely ADORE this blog. ive seen it in passing but am just now taking the time to read through it and oh. my. gosh.

ITS AMAZINGGGGGVFGG !!!!

i myself like dazai, love him, even. but this blog nitpicking just how much of an asshole he really is just, genuinely makes my day

cus, while yes i do really really like dazai as a character, he’s a HUGE asshole and it’s so nice to finally see someone taking the time to go through and explain each incident IN DETAIL.

you are absolutely AMAZING for creating this blog. all of your posts are so well written and easy to follow along (and this coming from a not-so-smart person :P), it’s obvious that you think through each and every one of your analysts and it’s just- oh my freaking gosh.

words really cannot explain how grateful i am that this blog exists just- thank u so much for being an awesome person !! :))

(sorry for the rant- im just fanboying over your blog)

Thank you so much for enjoying this blog!! I really appreciate that you took the time to read through most of my posts—I know there are a lot at the moment and they’re usually pretty long, so I don’t really expect anyone to make their way through that many of them.

I think people usually only read the ones that cover scenes they’re personally interested in (which is perfectly reasonable and I would do the same), so it really means a lot to me when someone goes through more posts than just the ones talking about specific characters.

Thanks again for enjoying this blog, and thanks for taking the time to send this ask!! It genuinely means so much to me when people send asks like this (I’m not great at expressing in words how much receiving asks like this affects me, but when I read this last night I did get a little emotional over it)

#anti dazai asks #I put in a lot of work into each thing I post #every anti-Dazai series entry takes at least two days #One day for analyzing and taking notes on the chapter #And one day for writing the entry #Specials usually take one day but they do take a few hours at least #Up to four hours depending on which special #So seeing that someone out there is enjoying what I post really really means so much to me #If even one person is enjoying it then it’s 100% worth it

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not gonna get around to getting an anniversary special up today but I will make one in the near future! regardless. Happy anniversary to the anti-dazai series,, thank you all for sticking around with me throughout my time of posting this!! I will continue the anti-dazai series for as long as possible, and I look forward to continuing slandering Dazai with all of you!!

#not gonna lie finals are making posting difficult #sure finals are in like a month #but it kinda seems like the professors haven’t figured that out

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I don’t think it’s a standard thing (and I don’t even know the anniversary of my main), but because of all the harassment I got right when I made this blog (which I now know is just from one person who harasses everyone, so it doesn’t reflect any larger opinions of the fandom) I feel the need to celebrate that I’ve made it this far and haven’t quit posting to the anti-dazai series or the anti-dazai blog

oh no this blog’s anniversary is in three days and I’ve planned nothing

#On the day I made this blog and only had one post up and no interaction with anyone That Person spammed me #And I wasn’t familiar enough with the fandom to know about them in advance so I thought the fandom just really wasn’t vibing with me #So I thought I’d end up discontinuing the anti-dazai series after one or two posts #But not only did I keep posting for (almost) two years now #But I now have a bunch of mutuals who enjoy insulting Dazai as much as I do #It just feels like sticking around is something worth celebrating #And I wanna post something special as a thank you to everyone for sticking around here with me

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blog’s anniversary is on Friday and I’m gonna make sure I get something posted. For real I’m gonna set time aside for making a special anniversary post

oh no this blog’s anniversary is in three days and I’ve planned nothing

#this semester is intense but I say that every semester #but it’s hard to set aside time when I spend so much time on campus #alternatively. I can maybe write stuff for this account while I’m on campus 👀 👀 #imagine sitting in the campus library with a word doc open titled Anti Dazai Series 38 #absolutely wild thought. Wild of me to think that.

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Idk if he counts as non popular, but I think poes pretty neat

I think Poe counts as unpopular— sure the ship Ranpoe is popular, but I don’t see a lot of content of just Poe alone

I love Poe (I love Karl more but shhhhh 🤫)— I know I mention it often but his ability is severely underutilized— what do you mean abilities don’t exist within his books? Why not just use his ability as makeshift nullification when Dazai’s not around? We should recruit him into the agency so that the next time Dazai’s arrested they’ll still have a way to nullify ability-related threats to Yokohama

#Also Karl could be the agency’s therapy dog #Therapy raccoon #But tbh he’s probably already Poe’s emotional support animal #I guess Atsushi’s gotta get back to being their emotional support cat #Poe bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs

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oh no this blog’s anniversary is in three days and I’ve planned nothing

#I’m gonna check that poll I made last year for what my other options were for last anniversary

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(I’ll get to the rest of the character asks after school! and feel free to send more even though I won’t see them until I get home)

#Such I fun little game I love hearing about your blorbos

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Kenji

He’s so blorbo-shaped and it’s sad that he’s not more people’s blorbos.

iirc he mentions (in the anime at least) that his village worked solely on a barter system and he wasn’t introduced to the concept of money until he moved to Yokohama which is just incredibly fascinating to me. I’d really love to read a thorough analysis of finances and different character’s relationship with money in bsd, because What do you mean Dazai is broke, where’s his old mafia money? What do you mean Chuuya is rich, how did he learn how to properly save and invest money?

As for Kenji, he’s the only character who’s currently in an adjusting process of going from a barter system to a cash-based economy— and it’s outright mentioned—and yet it’s never explored.

I’m probably just in School Mode right now since I just finished up with my homework, but I would totally read a twenty page dissertation on what the most likely path of adjustment would be for all the characters who experience a drastic change in financial situations.

#his ability is not my thing tbh super strength just doesn’t do it for me #But him as a character? Love him. Would love to hang out with him #He’d be such a positive influence #Spend half an hour with him and you’re leaving as a better person #kenji miyazawa #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs

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I love Motojirō Kajii 🍋 First of all, his theme song is a bop. Second I love how stupid his ability is, literally how did he figure it out?? Makes me ponder about how the whole ability system works. And last he's just entertaining to watch, it's fun to watch a silly guy do his thing ✨

100% he is a very silly guy!!

tbh I’m really not a fan of his introduction— why was he bombing that train? What was he trying to accomplish? It’s not consistent with what he does throughout the rest of the manga (jobs that he’s sent to do by the PM).. but maybe the PM people just weren’t watching him too closely that day and he got bored. It’s ok he could be a little silly and do a few shenanigans. as a treat.

#kaiji motojiro #you’re so right though he is such a silly guy #Wish he was in the plot more :( #I wanna see what he does in his day to day life #I wanna see how he spends his off time #I refuse to believe that his whole life revolves around lemons #One sec lemme pull up his character sheet #nevermind I straight up cannot find his character sheet #So I’m gonna go off of what the wiki says #Oh so he likes opera #Good for him good for him #I wanna see him go to an opera in his free time #He hates main streets #I wanna see him purposely avoiding main streets #Taking a long zigzagging route #Bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs

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send me asks with what non-popular bsd characters you like and tell me a fun little rant about them (specifically non-popular— meaning Dazai, Chuuya, Atsushi, Akutagawa, Ranpo, Fyodor, and Nikolai are off the table)

#And any other popular character I forgot #I nearly forgot about Atsushi when listing popular characters so actually if you really love him feel free to rant about him in my asks

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thank you thank you, I’m glad that you’re not getting harassed because of me (it still sucks that you’re getting harassed though) and I’m glad you like my beautiful artwork of us enjoying Dazai

hi it’s me @anti-dazai-blog— sorry you’re getting harassed because you interact with me. I drew a picture of us being friends on a post-it note (please ignore how horrendous anime boy dazai looks here— I cannot draw anime faces)

omg hi! also dont worry about it shes just using that as "proof" i secretly hate dazai or something, if it wasnt interacting w/ you itd be something like a hc of mine thats not making dazai out to be a saint

also wdym horrendous thats a masterpiece worth at least 10 billion

#You’re right it is a masterpiece #Thank you for appraising my artwork for me.—I woulda sold it for ten cents instead of ten billion

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I see you’re getting harassed for booping me so I’m gonna boop you back.

Infinite boop attack🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾

you’ve been booped.

most of my mutuals don’t have the boop feature turned on so. just know that I’m booping you. always.

#Sorry you’re dealing with that person #I honestly think the best thing to do is to ignore or block #But it’s entirely up to you. so. use your judgment for whatever’s best to do #but your mental health is important so if it starts becoming exhausting to respond you might wanna stop responding

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most of my mutuals don’t have the boop feature turned on so. just know that I’m booping you. always.

#yes this is a threat #please take it as a threat #you’ve now been booped #virtually #by me

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happy april fools day!!

#please click the link please #please trust me on this