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.
...
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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How does the whole thing work? How is Oda alive? Rimbaud?? Just genuinely curious I like the self aware bsd idea
Self-Aware! BSD. World Building. Gacha and how it affects others
Warning: English is my second language. Slight spoilers for BSD Manga, LN and Anime. Firs part is an explanation about BSD Mayoi Game, in case, you haven't played it.
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First, some basic facts about BSD Mayoi Inu Kaikitan game.
It's a gacha game. When you have enough Ability Stones (gacha currency) or Scout ticket(s) (from 1 to 10 free pulls), you do the Scout. Ether basic Rare Scout or Limited Scout.
Then you create a team with three cards (+1 guest card) and use marble to clean up orbs. The more orbs you collect, the more damage characters can do.
Cards, that you choose, will be shown as Chibi Sprites of characters, that will attack characters in order.
There are five types of cards in the game, four of them you can get in a scout.
R cards - simple sprite of a character
SR cards - a little more colourful character images. Can illustrate some moments from the anime (Dazai on Shrooms; Mori's Glare, that scared Lucy; Atsushi with newspapers, when he poses as newspaper boy etc)
SSR Cards (+ EX cards) - most colourful cards, with two sub skills and with animation, when you use active skill. Can either show moments from anime (Ranpo, when he was stuck in Poe's novel; Hirotsu in art museum; Chuuya and Dazai vs Lovecraft etc), Show Character's abilities (Matchless Poet, No Longer human....). Or show characters in different outfits and School AU (Student Fyodor in winter clothes, Dazai in yukata, Oda on a surfing board and so on).
EX cards are SSR cards, with two active skills. One will put Character in a special state. Second skill will either do damage, power up the attack... Example of EX card - Dragon Head Conflict Chuuya, where first skill put him in Corruption state, and second will do damage to enemies.
UR cards are former SSR cards, that can be Awakened after meeting certain conditions. Buffs cards.
With that out of the way.
How gacha affects BSD Characters
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1. Let's start with alive characters, who are already had in-game cards and who still don't have cards.
People, who aren't affected by the Scout. Almost. They will feel a wave of power, when you get their cards for the first time and will get new outfits from cards, where they wear something different.
But, Dazai/Atsushi/Chuuya/Kyuusaku/Teruko/Gogol/Others still could use their abilities, even if you don't have their cards.
But, some of this character can affect themselves with the scout.
After characters get access to Game Files, they start messing with the Scout (Fukuzawa rises chance of getting his cards, Dazai hacked Chuuya's Birthday Scout, so you get everyone's cards, except Chuuya's). Soon, they start adding their own cards. They either gift it to you by Gift Box (Dazai and Oda playing poker from Dazai's Entry, Chuuya, gifting you his cards after Dazai's hack), or in Scouts (mentioned in My Favourite (Teruko's edition) and I am aware, that you are aware).
Still, some of the characters don't have an Ability Card, that explains their powers (Fitzgerald, Fyodor, Alkott, Ango, Tachihara and some more don't have such cards). And, of course, Season 3+ characters don't have any cards.
So, they can alter their abilities a little by adding an Ability Explanation card.
They can't alter their ability too much. Example: Gogol can't add "My overcoat can transform into wings" to "The Overcoat". But, he can make the distance that he can interact bigger, then in cannon. And Aya can't add an ability to herself.
2. So, about deceased characters.
There are cards of deceased characters in Bungou Stray Dogs Mayoi Inu Kaikitan game. There are Shibusawa's cards, Oda's cards and Gide's cards. The game won't take away Oda's and Gide's cards after you finish the Dark Era levels.
And their chibi sprites will be on the battle screen, attacking enemies. Like they are alive.
But, there is one catch. Dead Characters will be brought back to life only after you get SSR card from the scout. Doesn't matter, which one. It can be both limited and standard SSR.
Power of revival was discovered on the incident.
In this AU, it started with Oda. When you got his SSR card, Oda was brought back to life.
At first, everyone thought, that it was a miracle, and it can't happen again. But then you got Shibusawa's SSR and Gide's SSR. And both Shibusawa and Gide were brought back to life.
BSD Cast finally saw the pattern here. They wonder if they can do something with it.
It was a leap of faith. They decide to add the third season to the game. And new Scouts.
Because they started to mess with Scouts earlier, by adding new cards, they had some experience.
So, they finished with Fifteen Arc. And add Rimbaud's card. They used some official art and their own art skills. And add new 'card' in the scout.
They weren't sure, if they will succeed.
But, the moment you get Rimbaud SSR card, he was brought back to life. Well and unharmed.
When BSD Cast were adding STORM BRINGER to the game, they create SSR cards for the Flags. And that's why Flags are also alive.
Gide by himself created SSR cards of Oda's orphans.
Note! Karma was spared by Fyodor and his card was added as a normal SSR card.
So, to conclude, by adding new cards in game and pulling them, BSD Characters will bring deceaced characters back to life
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The Flower Has It's Own Flaws
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/BHDohT7
by Amyx_7
After Gin made sure the other was gone, she poked her brother's face enough to open his eyes. She snorted at him frowning right into her and walked towards the counter. Taking the papers to her hand. Her smile grew and she spoke. "Stamped papers, readable writing. Example questions with answers and questions that he wrote for you to answer. Plus answers are on another page with explanations, they don't look like they are from a quiz book. But also getting mad at me for using that dumb nickname you were given. When did you get a friend, Ryuu?"
Or,
Akutagawa finds a new friend. That person also being his crush.
Words: 4861, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Categories: M/M
Characters: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Gin, Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Relationships: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Additional Tags: Mentioned Kunikida Doppo (Bungou Stray Dogs), Mentioned Yosano Akiko (Bungou Stray Dogs), Fluff and Angst, Bad Ending, Dazai-Typical Suicide Mentions (Bungou Stray Dogs), Suicide, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke is Bad at Feelings (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Ryuunosuke-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs), Soft Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Unreliable Narrator, Character Death, Angst, I'm Bad At Titles, Not Beta Read, The Author Regrets Nothing, Feelings Realization, Falling In Love, Bungou Stray Dogs: Mayoi Inu Kaikitan | Tales of the Lost (Video Game), Alternate Universe - High School, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers
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