Every time Dazai smiles in the entirety of the light novels (the official translations) Part 2.
Volume 2. "Osamu Dazai and the dark era."
Please, proceed with caution and get some tissues. For the especially masochistic, there's this track I always imagine playing when reading volume 2. It's from BSD game. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Scarlet Sky or Dear Prince, but I just have a sort of involuntary response to this specific track.
Without further ado...
Prologue:
“Yep.” Dazai smirked as he looked himself over.”
“Hey, Ango! Long time no see! Looking good!” Dazai raised a hand with a smile.
“That’s pretty meek coming from you, Ango Sakaguchi—you’re the man who knows everything about the Mafia,” Dazai added with a smile.
“Oh, really? I just had a feeling I’d run into you both if I came here tonight, so here I am.” Dazai grinned, as if amused by his own words.
“When we grilled Dazai later about what was in the hot pot, he just giggled.
“Guess there’s not much you can do about that,” Dazai said with a smile.
“Oh, hey. Let’s all take a picture together,” Dazai cheerfully suggested out of the blue."
“I just felt like if we don’t take a picture now, there’ll be nothing left to prove we spent this time together, I guess.” He grinned brightly.
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Chapter 1:
“…Ha-ha! Just kidding!” Dazai abruptly added in a cheery tone.
“The reason you have so many people following you is that you don’t turn your back on them. I’ll leave things in your hands. I won’t tell the boss.” He patted Hirotsu on the shoulder and smiled.
“Those are soldiers.” Dazai’s lips slightly curled the moment he laid eyes on the photos. “Seasoned ones, at that.”
“Get me a coffee with lots of milk. Make sure to cool it off!” Dazai cheerfully yelled out as the man dashed away. “Oh, but no ice, okay? If you can get me a decaf, that’d be even better. And double the sugar, please!”
“This entire area is going to turn into a war zone.” Dazai gazed at the city skyscrapers and gave a small smile.
Dazai faintly smiled, then said, “I know. That’s not what you were asking, right? But, Odasaku, these men were professional assassins. It doesn’t matter how good you are. Killing them was the only option.”
“I can see you’re not happy… I’m sorry for compromising your principles.” His smile weakened as he spoke.
“That’s it?” Dazai gave a disappointed smile. “Piece of cake. Here, let me see it.”
“If you just squeeze your finger ever so slightly, you can give me precisely what I crave most. The only thing I’m afraid of is that you’ll miss.” His lips curled as he approached the man.
“Now shoot. Right here. You can’t miss from this close up.” Dazai grinned from ear to ear.”
Still pointing at his forehead, Dazai closed in on the enemy with a smile that could’ve even been described as peaceful.
“Sorry to shock you like that.” Noticing my gaze, Dazai scratched the side of his head and grinned.
I didn’t say anything. I just stared at Dazai as he explained with a smile.”
Chapter 2:
“Maybe I should recruit them…” Dazai smirked while wiping his sweat.
“A Mafia member who refuses to kill, talented yet has no interest in advancing through the ranks, a man who’s raising five orphans—Sakunosuke Oda.” Dazai smirked.
A few moments went by as he listened to whoever was on the other side, but soon enough, his lips suddenly twisted into a grin.
At one point during our mission, Dazai had told me with an uncomfortable grimace, “It smells so bad that I want to cut my nose off.”
“Heh-heh-heh-heh…” Dazai began to chuckle, smiling from ear to ear for some reason.
“You fools!” Dazai’s lips curled into a sneer in genuine disgust.
Chapter 3:
“Hey, Odasaku. You’re awake now, right? How are you feeling?” Dazai walked into the room with a cheerful smirk.
“Akutagawa—he’s like a sword without a sheath.” Dazai grinned from ear to ear.
“I thought you had no interest in fighting,” Dazai replied with a smile.
“Y’know, it really hurts me that you consider something as small as this a debt.” He gave a feeble smirk.
“To meet someone.” Dazai smiled.
“Oh? I think it’s kinda cute, going to such lengths to plan another person’s death. I never would’ve thought of doing that.” There was more than a hint of amusement in his tone.
“Where else?” Dazai wryly smirked.
“I found a handkerchief at the site of the explosion.” Dazai grinned fiendishly.
“As if.” Only the corners of Dazai’s lips curled. “We came to get information on Mimic. You knew that.”
“Odasaku’s marksmanship…” Dazai broke into a meaningful grin.
Dazai looked at Ango, then beamed as he said, “Oh my. It almost sounds like you think you’ll be able to leave here alive, Ango.”
The air froze. Ango’s expression slowly faded away, but Dazai was still smiling.
It was the photo we’d taken in that very bar only a few days ago. All three of us were laughing and smiling.
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Epilogue:
The cheerful gentleman, Dazai, tilted the sake bottle and poured the chief some alcohol.
“I can figure out most things if I look into them.” Dazai beamed with a shrug.
Chief Taneda stared at Dazai in shock, but Dazai just innocently grinned.
“You’d lose your job if I did that.” Dazai wryly smirked.
To be continued...
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