#dazais entrance exam

[arangora]

Google doc with all the bungo stray dogs links :

Contains:

-All the light novels

-All the mangas and spin offs (gaiden, beast, wan ect)

-beast live action

-anime s1-4

-welcome to the hot springs CD

-stage play

-official art archive

Note : most of these are illegal websites and might have dangerous files, I do check these every once in a while but I might miss some. If you have the links to anything missing please send it my way so I can add it 💗 have fun reading / watching!!

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[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Hey question where does the idea that Roukuzo blames Kunikida for his dad's death come from?

Like in Dazai's Entrance Exam he directly says that he blames the one who killed his dad, ie the Azure King, and when Kunikida asks him if he blames him it's heavily implied he doesn't given the fact he was never the mastermind at all, but Sasaki. Kunikida blames himself and feels responsible for Roukuzo as a result, but Roukuzo never blames Kunikida from what I can tell. He was just a kid who got fucked over by life and wound up in hot water, and Kunikida helped pull him out.

#kunikida has a guilt complex but roukozu never blames him #dazais entrance exam #bsd dazai's entrance exam #bsd #kunikida doppo #roukuzo taguchi

[emmywlemmy]

Big fan of Dazais entrance exam just for the fact we get to see Kunikida have to put up with Dazai! (I love Dazai I swear!!)

#emmylemmy #bungou stray dogs #bsd light novel #dazais entrance exam

[alchemicon]

one of my favourite running themes in bsd, is the power of gay male partnership. like you and the guy you're psychosexually obsessed with can truly change the world. anyways happy pride month asagiri

#bsd #skk #sskk #rimlaine #fyolai #soukoku #shin soukoku #mori and fukuzawa too #not most arcs centering on a male partnership #kunikidazai too shut up #i wouldn't put odazai here as their bond isn't technically a partnership #so ya #but #all of bsd is about shin soukoku #15 and stormbringer are about soukoku and rimlaine #dazais entrance exam is about him and kunikida #like it's everywhere #POE AND RANPO SHUT UPPPPP #ranpoe

[sorcerersandskillusers]

I want to talk about one of the most terrifying and interesting bsd characters who almost no fan remembers.

This character nearly tore down the ADA without ever getting involved herself, yet the entire fandom has ignored her because of her terrible anime adaptation.

Who am I talking about?

Nobuko Sasaki

If you haven't read Dazai Osamu's Entrance Exam, then you probably don't even know who this character is, in the anime she is watered down to the lovesick girlfriend of an actual villain, and you probably dismissed her immediately. But in the light novel, we get to see how dangerous and cunning she really is, to the point she nearly gets the better of Dazai and almost causes the ADA to be shut down. (Fukuzawa says he would have closed the agency if they hadn't caught her)

In terms of intelligence I'd put her on the same level as Mori, just slightly below the super human genius characters i.e. Dazai, Fyodor and Ranpo

The Azure Apostle

For those who don't remember, Sasaki was the Azure Apostle, a mysterious figure who challenged the agency with several horrifying cases, which would all lead to mass casualties if the agency failed to stop them. These were; uncovering an underground organ smuggling operation (which the agency failed to stop and which massively hurt their reputation) stopping a bombing of Yokohama port which could have killed hundreds of people, and preventing a commercial aeroplane from crashing into the city (this was not included in the anime)

Each of the people, who committed these crimes, had no Idea they were being manipulated and thought it was their own idea the whole time. There was no evidence that anyone else had been involved at all, and the agency had no way to connect her to any of the crimes. And she even makes the genius move of framing Dazai, the mysterious new member with suspicious knowledge of the underworld and a hidden past, as the true culprit.

In fact, she only made one mistake, challenging Dazai. If Dazai had been basically anyone else, they would have been cornered and arrested, but since Dazai's mind works on a level even master strategists can't imagine, he was able to turn the tables on her.

But even after Dazai sees through her plans, the ADA still has to act exactly the way she wants them too and stop the plane crash. Even when they know they're being manipulated, they still have to do exactly what she wanted.

Finally, after Dazai and Kunikida confront her and get her to admit to being behind all those crimes, even then they are powerless to stop her.

Even after being involved with so many massive crimes, Sasaki herself hadn't done anything illegal, so within the law the ADA is completely powerless to stop her.

They can't arrest her, and if they try then the agency will be put in even more danger as will many innocent lives. She has completely trapped the ADA, and even Dazai in a choice to follow the law and let her go or take justice into their own hands and prove they will stoop as low as she did.

In the end, there she has them in a perfect deadlock, let her continue her mission, or kill her themselves. Both are bad outcomes for the ADA.

In the end, Dazai has her killed by using a third party (Rokuzo) to shoot her, so the agency can't be blamed for her murder, though this ends her plans it deeply scars Kunikida and shakes his resolve in his ideals.

The trauma from this event still haunts Kunikida to this day, we see that when he is affected by Q's curse, Sasaki is who he sees.

So thats the Azure Apostle, a terrifying master mind who nearly brought down the Armed Detective Agency, but now lets look at the other side of this character.

Nobuko Sasaki Herself

We know several things about Sasaki as a character and her history from the light novel. That she was a brilliant criminal psychologist and was internationally recognised despite being so young

,that she was the ex-lover of the Azure King and the real mastermind behind his plans, and that she had very little motivation of her own.

That's not meant to be an insult to the character, she says herself that she never really had much direction in life, even with her incredible intelligence she never really had anything she wanted to achieve.

But the Azure King was the opposite, he had powerful drive and strong ideals, he wanted to punish criminals who couldn't be touched by the law and when he failed to change the law as a bureaucrat, she offered him an alternative.

A very important thing here is that neither of them were manipulating or forcing the other into this path, as far as we see they genuinely loved each other, each providing something the other couldn't, Sasaki her mind and the Azure King his drive.

When the Azure king died, Sasaki had no path of her own to follow, so she simply kept following his, even though she doesn't seem to have really cared about his cause.

All of this creates a very unique character, you can't say she was driven by revenge, because she wasn't really driven at all. It's more like she was running on momentum, she had chosen a path to follow and could not stop even though there was nothing pushing her down it any more.

She's a perfect antithesis of Kunikida and was the best possible villain a light novel about him could have had.

A man who brings his ideals into reality with his own hands against a woman who uses others to enforce ideals that were never hers to begin with.

Anyway, I made this because Sasaki is criminally underrated in this fandom, If you haven't read "Dazai Osamu's Entrance Exam" I highly recommend it, I've only put a tiny fraction of the amazing story here.

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[originalartblog]

Dazai trying to pretend to be a nobody who knows nothing so his new colleague won't be too suspicious of him during his entrance exam is hilarious

#actually this scene is important and full of dazai bullshit but let me make fun of him before i have to yell #i saw like two mentions of dazai in the ada with a gun recently and remembered this part #apparently this is a kunikida week #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #dazai's entrance exam #bsd dazai #bsd kunikida #bsd dazai osamu #bsd kunikida doppo #nawy's doodles #i know nothing about guns i just picked the first transparent result i found #bsd light novel

[originalaccountname]

everyone should read Dazai's Entrance Exam (the original Azure Apostle/Messenger arc) because the amount of changes they made when adapting the plot to fit it into 2 episodes in the present instead of the past cannot be covered without basically doing a full recap of the entire book.

The intrigue is built around the uncertainty of who the Azure Apostle is. Not in a "who could this person be?" way, but in a "oh no, could the azure apostle really be Dazai testing the ADA's limits?" way.

Dazai tagging along Kunikida during the investigation is his entrance exam. There is no trust established yet. Everyone is on edge. Dazai seems to know more than he should, but never shares. Fukuzawa gave Kunikida a gun and told him to shoot Dazai dead if Dazai turns out to be bad news and a danger to the ADA and the city.

You as the reader know Dazai will join the ADA. If you watched the anime you know the big lines and how things end. Or do you, really? So many things are different in this version, is the ending gonna be the same? Your knowledge barely settles your nerves.

Read it. It's good. It's honestly among Asagiri's best in terms of plot structure and foreshadowing. It's an actual mystery. You will like it.

#ps: sasaki is *kunikida's* weird love interest. dazai just likes drama. she's literally named after irl kunikida's first wife #bsdrewatch2023 #<- you can choose to skip this post it's barely related #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd dazai #bsd dazai osamu #bsd kunikida #bsd kunikida doppo #dazai's entrance exam #apparently i talk sometimes

[carbonateds-oda]

no bc the fact that kunikida didn’t say those words out loud kills me like imagine if dazai knew what he was thinking of him in that moment that even when he believed that dazai had been lying to him all along he still thought of him so fondly and I hate that the anime didn’t include him saying this at all cuz it rlly waters down their bond and just how quickly they connected which is exactly why so many skk fans insist that his partnership w kunikida doesn’t compare to the one he had w chuuya and why he’s seen as genuinely hating dazai when there was so many moments in that light novel just like that one that show that that isn’t the case and-

the drive thru worker: can you please just order already I’m fucking begging you

#i am thinking of that ln again raise ur hand if ur surprised #bsd #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #kunikida doppo #kunidazai #kunizai #kunikidazai #kndz #dazai’s entrance exam #bsd light novel

[gay-snufkin]

what a great time to remind myself that if only they animated dazai's entrance exam properly like it deserved, kunikida and kndz would have a lot more fans

#bsd #dazai's entrance exam #kunidazai #dazai osamu #kunikida doppo

[lotus-pear]

guys stop asking me for bsd fic recs, i will tell u to go read the light novels

#“lotus do u have any angsty soukoku fi-” have you read stormbringer? what about fifteen? and dead apple? #“so i hear you ship knkdz have u stumbled across any good fi-” entrance exam. osamu dazai's entrance exam. Light Novel One. also 55mins #why read fics when the canon source is gayer than ANYTHING fic artists could dream of #yeah someone could write abt soukoku making out with tongue and fucking each other until they can't stand and the bed breaks #but is that rly as gay as saying “you used corruption because you trusted me? how beautiful.” #or “what a violent way to wake up snow white” #SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPP #i hate it here fml #bsd

[neo--queen--serenity]

KUNIKIDA ISN’T THE AZURE KING, RIGHT?? RIGHT!?!?

I let it slide the first time I watched the series, but I subconsciously expected to get some sort of explanation for why the two characters looked so alike, but an explanation never came.

It’s not coincidental. Despite having his face covered, Bones made sure we saw the Azure King’s hair and eye color, and they match Kunikida’s EXACTLY. Even the shape of the eyes are the same.

And like, the whole episode, they kept talking about how the Azure King “lived by his ideals,” saying it numerous times. They talked about him the same way the ADA talks about Kunikida. We also have the similarities over his education and connections in government organizations.

Even down to the fact that Kunikida is drawn to and attracted to Sasaki, who was the Azure King’s lover. Down to the fact that she tells Kunikida, at gunpoint, “you resemble him.”

The Azure King and Kunikida even share the same Japanese voice actor. The irl Nobuko Sasaki was married to the irl Doppo Kunikida, but they divorced early into their marriage.

Was Kunikida the Azure King!?! I told myself he wasn’t, the first time I saw it, because I expected more information later, but like I said, we never got any.

I know I’m not the first person to theorize about this, but I just wish we knew more. The Azure King could just be an elaborate allegory for what Kunikida could have been, if he went down that path. But that’s…such an excessively detailed allegory. Like why go that hard if it’s just a parallel?

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[lady-tortilla-chip]

I saw a rant about how the back and forth between Fyodor and Dazai is ridiculous at this point and like. I think that’s the point. The point is that one is not actually superior to the other in regards to intellect so they are ALWAYS going to be stuck in this cycle of ‘well I thought of/planned/predicted that!’.

The difference is in their connections and what those connections are made of. I find it fascinating actually that Fyodor thinks he’s won because he STOLE gravity away from Dazai and claimed Dazai didn’t even know how to use it when he had it! The thing is though, Chuuya doesn’t seem to be under Fyodor’s control anymore and he hasn’t ever chosen the people who try to use him like an object over Dazai. And despite the four years of separation (which was longer than their time together) he always came when Dazai expected him to.

And I’m thinking he expects him to now which would ultimately be what tips the scale in Dazai’s favor. Because where Fyodor sees a tool Dazai sees his partner. I’m also thinking Chuuya isn’t the only key to success here and that was why he chose Sigma too (if the points where he thinks about the ADA not using each other is any sort of foreshadowing).

#also actually I have some more to write on the differences between Fyodor and Dazai and how they see Chuuya specifically #also kinda obsessed rn with the idea of Sigma being what changes everything around ultimately #like yes Chuuya is there but if this actually IS some kind of entrance exam (which would be AMAZING) sigma will have to shine somehow here👀 #ALSO by he hasn’t ever chosen anyone over dazai before I mostly mean like #in the given situation where it was working dazai and getting to broader horizon of understanding or of choice he’s always chosen thay #and Dazai very much represented that especially in the beginning even if Chuuya ultimately being and staying with the Pm— #isn’t the greatest outcome for him #ANYWAY AM RAMBLING UPON THIS FINE MORNING #bungou stray dogs #bsd #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #Soukoku #Fyodor Dostoyevsky #BSD manga spoilers #BSD manga #BSD spoilers

[lesbiankordian]

finishing the first ln and now I understand kunikidazai so much better I'm speechless

#i liked the ship before but now ahagyaywtts they're so good #osamu dazai's entrance exam #kunikidazai

[the-port-mafia]

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗶 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝘂. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁.

#bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd stage play #dazai's entrance exam #bsdstageedit #bsdedit #dazai osamu #mine #now onto the next stage play

[rosalinesurvived]

Kunikidazai is a galaxy-brain ship obvs but but i need a fresh out of the PM Dazai viewing Kunikida as like the Ultimate CumulationTM of both Oda and Chuuya, the people who loved him, one Dazai left and the other who left first, I need Kunikida terrified of Dazai not because of any PM suspicions but because Dazai’s everything Kuni could be if he skewed to the right: the sucide obsession, the dangerous morality, the lost ideals, the general bizarreness–what puts Kuni off of Dazai is that he’s everything like Kuni and at the same time nothing like him, surely and that has to Fuck You Up, being stuck with your distorted image day in and day out.

“You are everything I could have had,” Dazai thinks towards Kunikida

“You are all of the horrors I could become,” Kunikida thinks of Dazai

#this isn’t even touching on kuni basically being dazai’s ideal view of the agency: high morality high stakes the constant belief in goodness #aaanyways i know i’ve just described Dazai’s Entrance Exam but I Needed To Word Vomit #Like YES kunikida/azure king makes me want to bite down on something but!!!! he’s!!! STUCK!!! with dazai!! #also fuck you i bet everyone knew who dazai was bc come on the demon poofs off for two years then they get his spitting image dressed up as #a medieval wannabe?? they KNEW who dazai was. fuku gave kuni the order to KILL on bad vibe sight. wonder wgat ranpo and yosano had to say #about early stage kunikidazai #kunikida x dazai #kunikida doppo #doppo kunikida #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #bsd #bungo stray dogs #kunikidazai #kunikizai #it’s no wonder that dazai latched on so hard to kunikida

[sorcerersandskillusers]

Dazai and Odasaku have a fascinating connection I never noticed before, their views on killing for justice.

Dazai Osamu's entrance exam

He looked far off into the distance. “The phrase ‘seeking justice’ is a weapon. Once it hurts the weak, it can no longer be a force of good. This justice the Azure King sought was what killed Sasaki.”

The untold origins of the armed detective agency

“Justice,” said the hit man. “I can understand killing for money or because you hated someone, but they’re killing for justice. I don’t want to get involved with a group like that. After they’re done killing for their justice, they’ll only continue to kill. They’ll just stop caring who they’re killing.”

It's very interesting that two characters who both have no issue with killing people and have killed hundreds themselves see the incredible danger of "killing for justice"

Killing for greed, killing for revenge, killing for boredom... all of these are personal things, they stay focused on the person who's doing the killing, but if you kill because you think it's right, then you will seek out more people to kill unendingly "Their religion is heresy", "Their whole country is evil", "They don't respect my authority" and soon even people who have done nothing wrong are killed because "they could be a threat later"

The moment you justify killing, you can never stop, there will always be more criminals who deserve to die, and soon it won't matter if they deserved it or not.

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