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The fact that it's canon that Dazai shared pm intel with the ada while they still didn't know about his past is hilarious. Can you imagine them wondering how he gathered all that info and he's just like “I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts” and the guy's just so weird they might as well believe it

#bsd ada #osamu dazai #this reminds me of him knowing a suspicious about about organ trafficking during entrance exam #bsd

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Dazai gets floor time and Chuuya gets ceiling time. We call that balance.

#huh #a joke about two famous poets was an accidental haiku #thats seems pretty POETIC #sorry ill see myself out #bsd #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd funny

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Coloring practice

#Ooo this is really good #i wish we knew ANYTHING about her #come on asagiri its been years #bsd fanart #bsd agatha christie

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How do you think Atshi and Dazai's relationship compare to their relationship in beast, i feel like its a topic thats been left behind when talking abt beast

Ooo this is an interesting one.

The relationship between Dazai and Atsushi in BEAST is really interesting already, I love how Asagiri didn't just make it a carbon copy of Dazai and Akutagawa in the main timeline, instead its completely unique but equally fucked up. But comparing it to the main timeline I think it is the best example of just how far BEAST Dazai is willing to go in order to ensure Oda's happiness in that universe, even at the cost of tormenting someone main Dazai really cares about.

First lets look at Dazai and Atsushi's relationship in the main series.

Atsushi has absolute loyalty, love and respect for Dazai in the main series, Dazai was the first person who ever affirmed Atsushi's right to live and might be the first person to ever offer him kindness. Dazai also works as Atsushi's motivation to save Kyouka, he thinks of how Dazai chose to save him even though he would be a massive burden to the ADA, and this gives him the conviction to save Kyouka despite her past.

Dazai is the person who Atsushi always thinks of when he's in a terrible situation, he's who Atsushi wants to run too when he thinks he can't win a fight, in other words he makes Atsushi feel safe something he probably almost never felt in the orphanage where he was abused for anything he did.

(from 55 mintues)

These two pages capture this perfectly

And eventually Atsushi is able to replace visions of the orphanage director (who appeared when he was at his lowest and made him feel like he had no right to live) with Dazai giving him encouragement and the focus to keep going.

On Dazai's end:

I think Atsushi is probably the person who sees Dazai's true suffering better than anyone else alive in the series, even including characters like Chuuya and Ango. Atsushi (very similar to Oda) will often cut through Dazai's jokes and see through to what he is really thinking.

Atsushi is also one of very few characters to openly be kind to Dazai, off the top of my head it's only him and Oda who ever really say nice things about him to his face.

(notice both times Dazai is surprised by this)

Atsushi is even able to pick up a hint of Dazai's past when Dazai talks about mimic in 55 minutes.

So suffice to say, in the main series Dazai and Atsushi are extremely close, both being essentail to the others growth and a person throughout the series, I could probably go on for pages about this but for now let's talk about how BEAST twists this relationship into one of the darkest in the series.

BEAST Atsushi suffers more than almost anyone else thanks to Dazai's plan. Since he can't use Fukuzawa's ability to control Atsushi's ability, he makes Atsushi wear a spiked collar that stabs him in the neck while transformed and uses the pain of that to help Atsushi remain in control of the tiger.

Not to mention that BEAST Atsushi, just like regular Atsushi hates being hurt and hurting others, he is constantly terrified on every mission he is sent on and hates the pain he has to go through each time.

So why is he so loyal to Dazai? Unlike Akutagawa Dazai didn't physically abuse Atsushi until he became dogmatically loyal, he didn't need too, all he had to do was twist the suffering caused by the orphanage director in Atsushi's mind and make it work in his favour.

Trigger warning: Psychological abuse!

This was Dazai's method, give Atsushi an order he knew he would disobey and set things up so it would lead to Atsushi undergoing unimaginable pain and suffering beyond anything Dazai could inflict himself. Dazai twisted that pain in Atsushi's mind into

"This is what it feels like to disobey me"

And since then, Atsushi has been completely incapable of not following Dazai's orders.

Another important factor is that Dazai himself is very friendly with Atsushi, letting him call him "Dazai-san" instead of boss and giving him praise for his work. This just further cements in Atsushi's mind that Dazai is the kind, generous person who tried to help him, which makes him even more loyal to Dazai.

There's a lot more I could go over, but I don't have time right now. Overall I think BEAST really shows just how far Dazai is willing to go to achieve what he wants, the way he treats BEAST Atsushi is incredibly cruel, and then leaving him alone in a world where his only purpose was fulfilling Dazai's orders is another level of cruelty.

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai #dazai osamu #bsd analysis #beast dazai #beast atsushi #bungou stray dogs beast #bsd beast #bungou stray dogs atsushi #bsd atsushi #nakajima atsushi #character analysis #bsd character analysis

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Man, I really want to get back to being active on Tumblr but for some reason my brain is convinced it's 10x more effort post than it used to be

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Same energy

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai #bsd fyodor #moriarty the patriot #yuukoku no moriarty #william james moriarty #sherlock holmes

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free my man, he would have gotten away with it if he wasn’t gay and horrendously down bad for his narrative foil

#rimlaine #bsd rimbaud #stormbringer bsd #god how can a relationship be so disfunctional yet so profound #they are ridiculous and i love them

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“my archenemy who has been in a helicopter crash and presumed dead for six months, texted me this”

#bsd fanart #bsd fyodor #bsd #bsd chapter 114

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Here's the thing people need to understand, BSD IS FICTION we're talking about dynamics within a super powered mafia composed of classical authors who fight gods and black-hole dragons. Real world morals don't really apply here much.

If this what Dazai did to Akutagawa happened to or was happening to a real human being then it is inexcusable and monstrous, but it's not, it's all happening to fictional characters for the sake of their stories and arcs.

And yeah, Dazai's way of training Akutagawa follows that logic of the mafia, people pretend like the mafia is just a big happy family who do vague "crimes" but in reality we see that they will happily butcher and torture whoever they need to for the sake of their organisation. Look at what they do to Kyouka, she was forced to become a killing machine at 14 and was repeated told that she had no place in the world other than to kill. Dazai's abuse of Akutagawa is a perfect showcase of how the mafia works, they break you down until the organisation is the only thing that matters to you and your value as an individual is erased.

Dark Era: Dazai and Akutagawa

The Scene in Dark Era where Dazai shoots Akutagawa was abusive and messed up, but sadly justified on Dazai's end.

Now this may sound harsh but let's take a step back from the emotions the scene causes and look at it purely logical and analytical. (No I am not excusing the abuse Akutagawa went through. Dazai had no right to abuse him but this scene is more than abuse.)

What happens in this scene?

Per Dazai's orders as an Executive within the Port Mafia agents from Mimic were captured to be taken to Kouyou for interrogation, as is her department. Akutagawa then kills the hostages in retaliation for the casualties the Mafia suffered at the hands of Mimic. Dazai proceeds to punch and shoot Akutagawa.

In essence this is what happened: Akutagawa disregarded direct orders of his executive in front of multiple people and said executive. Plain and simple, this is insubordination.

We know, due to Stormbringer, that insubordination of the Boss and his executives (who essentially work as extensions of the Boss within the BSD Mafia) is a death sentence. It's at the same level as betrayal.

So, while messed up and abusive, Dazai's reaction can be classified as a mercy. Had it been another executive or Mori, Akutagawa would be dead. And no, you can not use that Chuuya cares for Akutagawa as an argument against Akutagawa dying here were it Chuuya. Chuuya's loyality is to the Mafia and Mori in a situation like this. We saw this at the end of the Guild Arc when Chuuya asked Mori what punishment Akutagawa should face for disregarding Mafia orders and going on to the Moby Dick. Since the moment in Dark Era is a similar case, it is safe to assume Chuuya would have asked Mori for the punishment and then delivered it.

Now here comes the much more interesting part about this scene I sadly do not see talked about. (If you find posts talking about it please send them my way!)

This scene shows us, in a very subtle way, how the dynamic between Akutagawa and Dazai works.

But how? Let's count it: - Akutagawa is very self assured in his insubordination. - Dazai gives him a chance to speak up about his reasoning, to defend himself and ask for forgiveness for his blatant insubordination. - Akutagawa in turn arrogantly doubles down on his decision. - Dazai punishes him.

While Dazai framed the moment at the end as a teaching moment with his comment about Akutagawas use of Rashomon, it is mostly a punishment. Yes there are 2 moments that can be seen as a teaching moment but what Dazai does is in fact nothing more than a punishment in his eyes.

(Giving Akutagawa the chance to think about his rash action was the first teaching moment btw)

Now the way the scene is handeled with it's framing tells us something interesting about the relationship between Dazai and Akutagawa.

Dazai actively favours Akutagawa with his treatment.

But how? It's a good question because the answer is very much hidden.

Both characters treat the situation as something usual. This in turn tells us that Akutagawa often commits insubordination against Dazai. And only Dazai, since Dazai takes him under his wing as his direct and only student. (This is made clear in the short where he actually recruits a younger Akutagawa) This means that Dazai does favour his student above other subordinates rather openly. We know he would not let this slide with other people under his command. The scene at the beginning of the Dark Era LN with Hirotsu shows this.

Akutagawa's reaction to being shot also tells us that this is the first time Dazai points a weapon at him. While not expecting, but accepting, the punch he did not expect to face a harsher punishment than this.

He is visibly surprised. But not just him.

In the Anime adaption (which is the best LN adaption in BSD) we see that even the other subordinates around them only become surprised when Dazai draws the gun and shoots Akutagawa.

Did Dazai think Akutagawa would survive being shot at? 100% yes. He even says as much after the fact.

(This is actually what makes teaching moment number 2, since he remarks that Akutagawa "finally" managed to protect himself with Rashomon. This tells us that they were actively training this and Akutagawa was failing at it for some time already.)

In short: - Akutagawa feels very much secure in his position at Dazai's side, despite the regular abuse. - Dazai favours Akutagawa openly enough within the PM that other subordinates are surprised when Akutagawa faces an openly harsh punishment. - Akutagawa, in committing insubordination, regulary disrespects Dazai as his superior and Dazai let's it slide. This is something that mirrors the relationship between Dazai and Mori, as Dazai does disrespect Mori in private and Mori let's this slide. (The biggest difference in this relationship mirror is that Dazai never disrespects Mori in front of other people.)

In my eyes (and I hope we learn more soon) this also shows that Dazai's abuse of Akutagawa has multiple reasons. - Dazai sees himself in Akutagawa. Dazai also hates himself and blames himself for shortcomings so he projects this onto Akutagawa, who he then abuses because of it. - A warped sense of care. In his own, very fucked up, way Dazai does care for Akutagawa. Is he good at showing it? Absolutely not. He wants Akutagawa to be stronger than Dazai himself is, he wants him to be better. So he favors him but also abuses him. - He favors Akutagawa so Akutagawa needs to get strong extremely fast to avoid a conflict within the ranks of the Mafia. - Dazai tries to get Akutagawa as strong as possible as fast as possible since Akutagawa effectively went from joining to third highest rank in 10 seconds and needs to prove himself in front of everyone else, not just Dazai's eyes. In this he ends up abusing Dazai because he himself is a child with a very limited understanding of teaching. What he does know, through Mori as his teacher, is that cruelty and abuse are effective teaching methods that work faster than proving patience and taking things slow.

(am I saying that Mori physically abused Dazai? No. But he, as shown in Beast and Fifteen, honestly answers to the questions his students ask him. It is entirely possible that he simply told Dazai different teaching methods and Dazai decided on the fastest one instead of the best and most effective.)

To summarize: The scene is a punishment for direct insubordination and shows us, the viewer, a deeper look into the relationship between Akutagawa and Dazai.

#bsd #bsd dazai #bsd akutagawa #bungo stray dogs #bsd dark era #bsd scene analysis

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So if I understand Fyodor's ability correctly-

#This chain could go on forever #the DOA arc in a nutshell #bsd dazai #bsd fyodor #bsd fanart #bsd ch 114 #bsd spoilers

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Remember that in this scene Dazai "lives on canned crab and whiskey" Osamu has a three gunshot wounds and a broken leg while Chuuya "the strongest ability user" Nakahara is just sitting there watching

And the funniest part is every single one of those injuries was inflicted by Chuuya and most of them weren't even part of the plan

#this is his payback for all the shit dazai put him through in the mafia #dazai deserves all of it #this is what skk really is #and i love it #bsd #chuuya #bsd dazai #bsd skk #skk #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai #bsd chuuya #chuuya nakahara #bungou stray dogs dazai #bsd manga #bsd spoilers #bsd chapter 114 #bsd 114 #soukoku #bsd soukoku

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I love how the in canon stuff we learn about Dazai is so unhinged while most Dazai headcanons are so tame

Dazai headcanons: Dazai always sleeps with a weighted blanket

Dazai in canon: Rolls around on the floor like a hotdog when he's trying to think

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai #dazai osamu #bsd 114 #bsd manga spoilers

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Expressive Dazai, stressed Dazai, you will forever be loved 😌🙏

#its a great way of telling the audience #“shits getting bad” #if dazai is on the ropes you know theres something big happening #bsd #bsd manga #bsd spoilers #bsd chapter 114

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hc that dazai is the type of person to just take a shit ton of pictures on someone's phone when they leave it unattended around him.. like one day kunikida just leaves his phone on his work desk as he leaves to go to the bathroom or whatever he's doing and dazai just takes an unbelievable amount of 0.5 photos of his face and videos of him giggling and doing the most randomest and stupidest shit ever😭😭

then kunikida comes back and dazai just has a stupid look on his face while trying not to giggle... kunikidas obviously suspicious but doesn't say anything bc he can't see any proof of dazai doing anything unbelievably stupid and annoying like usual??? just the stupid grin on his face.

ofc atushi saw it and is just giving dazai a judging look but doesn't say anything because he doesn't feel like dealing with whats about to happen if he does tattle on dazai /pos (aka the huge yelling fit he's about to have to endure from kunikida (of course directed at dazai about privacy, one thing or another..... blah blah blah, dazai isn't really listening.)

but eventually... (and inevitably..) kunikida finds out what dazai did... how exactly? because he only has like 5gb of storage left on his phone because of the sheer amount of photos and stupid videos dazai took of himself!!!

kunikida of course, then goes to delete some photos to free up storage from his phone like any normal person does and is like.. "wait.. since when did i have all these photos of dazai??"

kunikida scans through and watches all the videos dazai took and looks through all of the unbelievably stupid photos of dazai on his phone. dazai is of course sitting in front of him the whole time, trying to hold back a laugh.

kunikida of course, is not pleased and gives dazai a huge and angry lecture all while atsushi watches. dazai of course doesn't listen to anything kunikida says and goes to do it again. but when he does he sees some of the photos and videos still in kunikidas camera roll. dazai for some reason is.. oddly happy... did kunikida think it was cute?.. funny maybe? he's not sure, but oh boy he sure does have a stupid grin on his face.

dazai gets too caught up on giggling at the fact kunikida kept some of the photos and videos on his phone that when kunikida comes back he sees dazai with his phone still in hand. safe to say he wasn't happy that dazai didn't listen to his last lecture about privacy. (is he embarrassed that dazai found out?? 100%. is he gonna say anything about it? absolutely not.)

ty for coming to my ted talk!!!!!

#i love this #fits dazai perfectly #bsd headcanons #dazai #bsd kunikida

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Man I love this and I 100% agree with Nikolai being the most likely, the thematic power of him loosing his freedom to the only person who ever understood his quest would be so good. Also he is a very hard character to remove from the narative since there is no way he is getting redeemed but he's also too powerful to just leave running around. This would solve both those issues and fit thematically.

I also think it could be Sigma, since Fyodor was clearly planning something when he let him shake his hand. But before I can speculate on that, we need to figure out what he took from Sigmas mind.

One thing I found interesting is the scene where Fyodor mixes his blood with the goblet he gives Hawthorn for the cannibalism plan (it might be anime only I can't remember)

I'm wondering what that could mean. Could he take over Mori or Fukuzawa? Fukuzawa just became president of the world, so that would be pretty insane.

I’m just going to throw down my thoughts now real quick. Someone is obviously going to get taken over by Fyodor. This takeover seems to require blood to activate. Here are the potential options, rated lowest to highest by my own personal interest.

Random character we’ve never met - the easy and boring answer. Fyodor will body snatch one of the vampire guards he was communicating with. Fair amount of likelihood since he could easily have made the transfer of blood at any point, though I’m not sure yet if it needs to be an instantaneous thing or if his blood can lie dormant. Either way I think it’s a bit of an ass-pull with no stakes on our cast so I’m hoping this isn’t the case.

A named character outside Meursault - Probably someone he’s had a lot of contact with, so Fukuchi. This depends on the blood having a latency period and is also insanely contrived. I actually hate it more than the random guard.

The Catgirl thief - I’m assuming this is extremely unlikely since the host needs to be alive. But anyways. Women lovers here’s how we lose even worse.

Having said this now, I think it’s fairly obvious it has to be one of the other Meursault four. This is appropriately thematic and tragic, given that all of them place a lot of value on free will and self-determination, which a takeover by Fyodor would rob them of.

Chuuya - He spent a lot of time around Chuuya to be sure but there’s no blood on him. If there’s a latency period though, it is possible. I’m not feeling this one though, to be honest. I don’t see what narrative purpose it serves - Chuuya hasn’t had enough of a role in the manga for this to mean much, other than royally pissing Dazai off (which to be fair is definitely in character for Fyodor). I think it far more likely that Chuuya is going to be a witness for whatever comes next.

Sigma - High likelihood. He did get stabbed and had the memory transfer. I can’t remember whether Fyodor touched him with his wounded hand. It would be brutal for this to happen to him after he’d just broken free from his manipulation. But honestly I don’t know that Sigma getting taken over is all that interesting. For one, they’re going to need his knowledge (though that may be a reason for Fyodor to off him truthfully), and for another, I just don’t think Sigma’s… done enough as a character. I feel it would kind of render his arc in Meursault pointless to end his story here.

Nikolai - The most likely possibility to me. He is holding Fyodor’s severed hand, which he touched to his face. Fyodor’s ability probably kickstarts after his death, and Nikolai was the first to get his blood on him. Sadly, I suspect that if this is the case, this will be the end for Nikolai. If he gets taken over, I can’t see a reason or method to restore him to himself. What a horribly tragic end this would be to our favourite clown, his freedom snatched away for good by the one person he couldn’t help but get attached to.

Dazai - I dismissed this off-hand at first. Of course I did, Dazai is immune to abilities. I also want to be clear that I seriously doubt Asagiri will off his favourite boy like this. But oh man. What if Fyodor’s ability isn’t an ability, much like in the first skk manga team up? What if them both being there is a call-back to Rimbaud who snatched corpses, and Lovecraft who could hurt Dazai? What if Fyodor really has become no longer human - and this is the proof? I was kind of hoping the Meursault arc would end with Dazai (temporarily!) out of the picture, and this would be a way to do it - Atsushi and Akutagawa would have to step up, Chuuya could be more relevant. We could even have more Kyouka if what I’m starting to wonder is true - that Fyodor was involved in the death of her parents. At the same time, Dazai’s special boy plot armour nullification and mysteriousness gives us a plausible reason to bring him back. And all the while maybe they could continue their mind games, with Dazai being an annoying little pest in the back of Fyodor’s mind.

#bsd #bsd analysis #bsd theories #bsd manga spoilers #bsd manga

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I need Meursault to be representative of skk's dynamic as partners. Dazai being childish and annoying. Chuuya being unhelpful unless necessary. The both of them toeing the line between scarily efficient and absolutely useless. This is fantastic.

#THISSS #^^^ #i love skk as they are in the series #its such a unique and fun dynamic #and i hate when that gets disregarded #cause its so fun #they are a barley functional pair of extremely fucked up idiots #who just happen to be the most dangerous team on the planet #i love that #bsd dazai #bsd #bsd chuuya

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ID in alt

idk how bout you but one of the things ive been thinking since the leaks dropped is the fact that Chuuya says it's Dazai's habit. meaning he saw him do that few times. meaning they know each other very well. meaning they know each other's moves and habits like the backs of their hands. meaning they're married divorced and married again

also yeah yeah looking at him annoys you Chuuya but you still do that huh?

#bsd #skk #chuuya has to put up with so much #you knooow dazai would just start doing this in the middle of a fight