#aku no dazai

[seths-wife]

I saw your comment on charlietulips post about the project Sekai Collab with Evillious, the original Japanese for the gacha (The thing in the picture, not the event) is "Tsumi no kaiko-roku" (罪の回顧録) which means "Memoirs of Sin", but they turned the 'Sin' into 'Wrongdoings' (Probably because the game is 9+) even though 罪 can only mean something like sin / fault / offense / crime, not something as light as a 'wrongdoing'. Especially when 罪 in Evillious usually only refers to 'Sin'.

I always appreciate asks!

Yeah, you're right!

For the gacha, the assigned name was 罪の回顧録 which should be translated as "memoirs of sin".

Now, the kanji 罪 (I don't why the keyboard doesn't represent it correctly: the kanji has a slightly curvy stroke on the left) doesn't have to be necessarily translated as "sin" to be correct: the kanji can express different words around the same general meaning (like many more in japanese, as far as I've noticed when translating those "quartets of evil" skits).

For our case, the "tsumi" kanji can be translated in many different ways, words that all around the concept of "doing something wrong" in both the everyday or even criminal sense.

For this kind of vagueness, a translator must rely on the context of the expression, in order to translate correctly.

(source)

As for the other word (回顧録), that looks like a compound word (as there are a few in japanese, like that: you take two kanjis with different meanings and you put them together to form a word which meaning joins the one of the separate words).

For this case, 回顧 (kaiko) is defined as "recollection" (remembrance, memories), while 録 is translated as "record".

Putting those two together, you get 回顧録 (record of recollections, record of memories), which is a "memoir". I think that one is the correct translation.

But as for "tsumi" being translated as "wrongdoing"...it's not really wrong per se, since tsumi is a general word with the general meaning of "wrong action", "doing something wrong", as we have seen: it can even mean "fault", which has a lighter connotation than "sin" and "crime".

Despite that, I don't think it's a fitting translation for the context of evillious: the series is all about a re-elaboration of the concept of the "seven deadly sins", not the "seven deadly wrongdoings" (which is an incorrect use of the term).

A translation like that just inappropriately plucks out the core of the series and the concept from which it derives its existence, for the sake of what? Protecting children as young as 9?

But does it actually serve its purpose by giving the wrong idea of what the series is about? I don't think so.

Or maybe, this translation was made in order to avoid the religious reference about the catholic doctrine of the "seven deadly sins"? That may be another reason.

Still...I think it's a deceitful translation that tries to sugar coat what the series is actually about; that's not beneficial to anybody, since a person can also get the wrong idea about the actual kind of contents evillious has to offer, that are much, much darker than what the vague sugar-coated word "wrongdoing" entails.

I've said this a lot in the last few years in my life but those excessive politically-correct campaigns usually do more harm than good.

You can't expect to protect anybody by lying to them. That's the opposite of protection (if they actually aim to protect people at all): it's deception.

#evillious chronicles #evillious #vocaloid #project sekai #translation #aku no dazai #aku no taizai #project sekai colorful stage #translation issues

[lotus-pear]

in love with tragedy

#did you know if i don't draw skk angst every month i will explode and Die #IN MY HEAD HE NEVER JUMPED #idk which version YALL read but in mine he does his dramatic speech on the roof and then walks away #and leaves aku n atsu there thinking “??????? bitch tf” #before going and filing paperwork while chuuya screams at him abt missing a meeting while he was out playing cards on the roof w sskk #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #nakahara chuuya #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #soukoku #skk #bungou stray dogs beast #bsd beast #beast soukoku #beast skk #lotus draws

[ssaraexposs]

Do you ever start thinking about the fact that Dazai literally made tiny snowmen based on his favourite people? The ones he secretly keeps in his heart?

Said people being:

- ANGO

- ODASAKU

- ATSUSHI

- CHUUYA

AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEAUTIFUL

#bsd #dazai osamu #ango sakaguchi #oda sakunosuke #odasaku #lupin trio #atsushi nakajima #chuuya nakahara #soukoku #dazai still has a heart #dazai's favourite people #dazai dislikes canonically chuuya but he is included? #stop lying dazai #we know who you are #yeah i noticed Akutagawa is not there #my poor baby aku deserves a better father #Akutagawa deserves better #atsushi and dazai's bond makes me weak #lupin trio makes me weak #lupin trio lives on #be gay do crimes

[rivalmelty]

listen if the existence of the book means there are an infinite number of realities then there’s at least one where fukuzawa took in the both of them and the ada was born on two pillars instead of just one

(pls do not tag as beast)

#oriondrewthis #bsd #bungou sd #bungou stray dogs #bsd odasaku #bsd ranpo #bsd fukuzawa #bsd fanart #do not get me started on the parallels between these three #i will never shut up #and i’m not even talking about this fun little au that i’ve been thinking about for the past three years #no bc the parallels exist in canon #and i will be insufferable about them #they are so important to me #also also not beast btw #my au is different from beast aku still is in the mafia #but dazai is also in the mafia it’s a whole thing #just not beast wanted to make that clear 🫶🏽 #two pillars au

[rash0mon]

y'all remember when asagiri said that akutagawa is the character that goes through an even bigger transformation than atsushi throughout the series? i think that's already reflective in his new design. and oh my am i excited for his further development

#HE IS ALIVE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT STILL MY BABY. BOTH DAZAI AND AKU ARE ALIVE #I AM SO HAPPY FR I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS AHHHHHH #bsd #bsd s5 ep 11 #akutagawa #atsushi #bsd akutagawa #bsd atsushi #shin soukoku #akuatsu #sskk #bsd season 5 #bungou stray dogs

[woklaza]

Mafia Soukoku Headcanon (ft Akutagawa): Dazai would always be jumping off buildings and Chuuya pays Akutagawa to save Dazai when he's not around. Akutagawa never takes the money but he still does as asked.

Dazai: finally, a nice roof to jump off from *yeets himself off the building*

Akutagawa: Rashomon! *catches Dazai*

That would be another reason why Dazai dislikes Akutagawa or bullies him or smth.

Also headcanoning that once, Dazai tried to jump off a building and Chuuya tried to jump after him to not make him die (You don't say).

Chuuya: *hugs Dazai to manipulate the gravity around him and break his fall*

Dazai: Chuuya, this is romantic and all, but you're gonna die with me too.

Chuuya: huh? What do you mean?

Dazai: my ability would cancel out yours- *falls rapidly*

Akutagawa: *sighs* Rashomon- *catches his two mentors*

#aku being the only normal person here lmao #bsd #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #soukoku #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #bsd incorrect quotes #bsd akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke

[mothzan]

He. ☝️

#poor aku caught in the cross fire #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd art #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #akutagawa ryuunosuke #skk #soukoku #bsd fanart #what did he do? #who knows

[asagirisfavoritepen]

In this pic, we have an 18 y/o Atsushi, who was kicked out of the orphanage 4 weeks ago. He's starving and he comes to the conclusion that, to survive, he'll have to to rob someone.

Of course, as we all know, he didn't want to do that. He didn't rob anyone. He joined the ADA instead and became "the light".

Everyone considers him a cinnamon roll, in the manga/anime and the fandom.

In this pic, we have a 20 y/o Aku in Beast. 4 years ago his friends were killed and his sister was kidnapped. He's lived by himself for 4 years, taking care of himself and worrying about his sister. He, too, is starving. He's even on the same side of the river that Atsushi was on. And if you follow the timeline, the 2 pics take place at the same time, just in other circumstances.

Akutagawa has the power of Rashomon, so unlike Atsushi, if he tried he could definitely rob someone. But he doesn't. Instead, he finds an edible weed, that isn't even tasty (according to Google it's bitter).

Akutagawa (in the og timeline) is the most feared assassin of the Mafia. And Dazai didn't change his personality in Beast. Just the circumstances.

Do you see where I'm getting?

Atsushi the cutest cutie patootie that wouldn't even hurt a fly was ready to rob someone to survive.

The most feared Mafia assassin described by his friends and enemies (and part of the fandom) as emotionless preferred to eat some plant he found than attack and rob someone.

What I'm saying is that the fandom should really start looking at what the characters are doing and not just what's their trauma. Don't get me wrong, I too love our Sushi roll, but he's not as sweet as he seems. He almost killed Akutagwa so many times and he had no regret. He was ready to get Lucy to spend the rest of her life (probably a week) inside her ability.

And everyone who'd say that Akutagawa did that in Beast just because of Dazai should re-read both the main manga and Beast.

#bsd #beast bsd #akutagawa ryuunosuke #bsd akutagawa #beast akutagawa #atsushi nakajima #bsd atsushi #beast atsushi #dazai osamu #dazai bsd #beast dazai #bsd parallels #sushi ain't that sweet #and aku ain't that evil #it's just the circumstances #basically #it's all dazai

[12ratsinagnomecostume]

Hot take: I can like Mori, Dazai, and Akutagawa while recognising that they hurt each other and are not great people

#/j #sorry i just see so many people say “hate dazai bc i love aku” or something and it bugs me #we love our abuse cycle equally #you too higuchi and q #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd dazai #bsd akutagawa #bsd mori

[chuuya-s-hat22]

Soukoku♡Shin soukoku

Chuuya and my dog are the same breed♡♡♡

#chuuya #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #dazai #dazai x chuuya #chibi #fanart #soukoku #newsoukoku #atsushi #nakajima #nakahara #aku×atsushi♡ #bsd akutagawa #akutagawa #shin soukoku #Skk #Sskk

[silentborage]

Atsushi joining the agency was such a huge win for Kunikida's "Make Dazai A Marginally Functional Human Being" agenda

because before telling Dazai to take care of himself just would not work since Dazai always just played it off with a joke so it went like:

Kunikida: You haven't slept in a week Dazai. Go To Bed or I'll take you there myself.

Dazai: Oh? Kunikida-kunnnn you want to take me to bed with you? how forward~~

but now its :

Kunikida: Dazai, I can't believe that YOU HAVEN'T SLEPT PROPERLY IN THREE DAYS

Dazai: pfft- please i'm fin-

Atsushi overhearing this from the other side of the office: Dazai-san that isn't healthy :(( you should probably sleep :(

Dazai immediately straightening up: you're so right Atsushi I probably should

#sometimes you just gotta guilt trip a guy into self care #i hc that dazai over compensates with Atsushi so that he doesn't mess him up like he did aku #so whenever he asks for/says something dazai just folds immediately #kunikida doppo #dazai osamu #atsushi nakajima #kunkizai #kndz #bsd #my stuff

[deadwasteland-dazaisfan]

Some wonderful Harukawa's art (rare?)

Perhaps you haven't seen it =)

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd dazai #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu bsd #bsd chuuya #bungou sd #bsd dazai osamu #bsd kunikida #kunikida doppo #tanizaki junichirou #naomi bsd #aku bsd #bsd akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke #bungo stray dogs akutagawa #bsd yosano #yosano akiko #bungou stray dogs yosano #bungou stray dogs atsushi #atsushi art #atsushi nakajima #bsd atsushi #kyoka bsd #kyoka izumi #kyoka bungou stray dogs #bsd fukuzawa #fukuzawa yukichi #president fukuzawa #bungo stray dogs fukuzawa

[lotus-pear]

got like five asks requesting aku or chuuya so i just drew them together🗿

#i don't ship them btw lol i hc them as mentor/student but you guys can do whatever ig #idk how to draw aku im so sry his hair is so hard for me fsr💀💀 #since bones or asigiri didnt give them interactions i had to do it all by myself :( #its hard knowing your two favs will never get screentime together even tho they probably see each other everyday at work #also they are so father son coded after dazai left i'd like to think chuuya took responsibility for aku #since aku was the result of his partner's failed apprenticeship so chuuya felt an obligation to pick up where dazai left off #anyway they’re besties but i can’t prove it #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #ryuunosuke akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke #chuuya nakahara #nakahara chuuya #bsd #lotus draws

[ssaraexposs]

Being Dazai's favorite subordinate

Expectations:

Reality:

#pls this is too funny #dazai is such a weird one #i really don't know how can the ada keep up with him #i wonder if he used to speak like that to chuuya too #i'm not so sure aku would actually like to be in atsushi's place lol #to aku dazai is a god #to atsushi he's just a very weird senpai #four years really change a man huh #thank you odasaku i guess #bsd #bsd manga #atsushi nakajima #dazai osamu #akutagawa ryunosuke #bungo stray dogs

[inamagicalhallucination]

sskk sleepover but atsushi is a cuddle bug and loves sleepovers with his friends <3 and he's a giant teddy bear transformed or not, so obviously when him and aku become close and he learns aku has trouble sleeping, he thinks about how much better he himself sleeps when there's someone there he trusts, when he's cuddling someone/thing and how his friends all sleep well when theyre cuddling so he naturally invites aku for a sleepover

they spend the night doing basic sleepover things becuz aku googled how to sleepover and planned out the night and atsushi doesn't know why they're baking cookies and watching movies and painting each others nails but its fun so he doesn't mind

come night though, on atsushi's futon, atsushi falls asleep relatively quick

akutagawa realizes he's made a mistake as he lies there, stiff, in atsushi's embrace aware of everything that is atsushi

the drag of atsushi's leg against his own as atsushi bends his knee in search of a comfortable position, eventually finding it with his knee on aku's lower stomach, rest of his leg draped on aku's thigh, the warmth of atsushi's breath against his neck, the warm press of atsushi's body against his own, atsushi's arm thrown across his body

eventually he uses rashomon to pull as many pillows as he finds and replace himself with them, not looking back to watch as atsushi immeditally curls among them, still asleep

then he bolts out of atsushi's room, out the dorm and hopes the night air calms him

his face is finally less red when another door opens and he turns to see dazai walking out, they're eyes meet, aku's wide awake, dazai's sleepy

"akutagawa? what are you doing--wait... this floor only has my room, kunikida-kun's and atsush- WAIT WERE YOU IN-"

"huh?" and speak of the devil, kunikida walks out behind dazai, "who are you- is that akutagawa???"

and then right when akutagawa contemplates just jumping off, atsushi's door swings open and sleepy sleepy bed haired adorable atsushi stumbles out calling for him

#shin soukoku #sskk #source: image in my head #dazai and kunikida r just there to make aku feel awkward tbh #atsushi nakajima #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd atsushi #bungou stray dogs atsushi #bsd #shin soukoku headcanons #shin soukoku headcanon

[rash0mon]

define soulmates? it's them

#their bond is so deep and transcends any type of boundary #i love them so much and DAZAI AND AKU R ALIVE I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE #bsd #bsd s5 ep 11 #bungou stray dogs #sskk #skk #shin soukoku #soukoku #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd akutagawa #bsd atsushi #atsushi Nakajima #atsushi nakajima #akutagawa ryunosuke #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu