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Extraordinary vs Ordinary

i had originally intended to ramble for a while about how Dazai and Dostoy are both mega-geniuses able to make 100+ backup plans for their backup plans in case their first backup plan failed and then one of them whips out an uno reverse card to counter the other’s royal flush after one of them triggered the other’s trap card because someone played a blue-eyes white dragon against the other’s mega mewtwo EX and one of them only needs one more energy point to use keqing’s elemental burst as long as they have enough elemental dice to prevent the other from tapping enough lands to place a black lotus card

still with me? okay good

BUT i found something better to talk about thanks to some BSD Discord server members who pointed out some things from Crime & Punishment that coincide with what Dazai told Sigma in chapter 105, as well as an interesting theory that Dostoy’s ability only works on non-ability users. i’m not going to go too in-depth with the Dostoy ability theory since it’s already been done (not sure by who or where, sadly) and i don’t want to seem like i’m copying them, but it was worth mentioning before i get into my analysis

and also a little ‘side theory’ about Sigma’s involvement in the whole mess and why Dazai seems both wiling and reluctant to talk to Sigma while they’re escaping

🔺spoilers for chapters 105.5 and 105, minor spoilers for Dazai’s Entrance Exam, and very very minor spoilers Dostoyevsky’s Crime & Punishment🔻

So what is a ‘smart’ character?

I’m just going to talk about this briefly this because Dazai’s dialogue from chapter 105 addresses one of the problems I have with his character. It’s also the only time (that I can recall) Dazai has straight up called out his own intelligence. What’s more, he admits that he’s not above an average human, he simply observes and analyses more than an average human would. I don’t honestly know how to feel about this because we already have Ranpo, who genuinely uses deduction and analysis to solve mysteries. We also get to know Ranpo’s thought process during his deductions, since we’re either given his internal dialogue or he explains his methods of coming to a conclusion to another character. This is important in developing and writing ‘smart’ characters, because we get to know why they’re ‘smart’ and how their ‘smarts’ works, for lack of a better explanation. Ranpo is an example of a well written smart character in BSD.

Dazai and Dostoy are examples of… Less well written smart characters.

Obviously I can’t say that they’re not smart, because they certainly are, but the problem is we don’t really know how or why. Dazai’s 'smarts' could be attributed to his time in the Mafia under Mori’s teaching, since we learn in chapter 30 that Mori taught Dazai about war strategies and other miscellaneous things that all good crime bosses should know about. Y’know, as one does.

One of the reasons I don’t particularly like Dazai’s character is because we could be getting a similar treatment towards his thought process like we do for Ranpo, but we just don’t because his character is supposed to be more mysterious and unknown. That’s well and good and all, and has been done before in other mangas like Classroom of the Elite with Ayanokoji or Tomodachi Game with Yuuichi, BUT with those two we still eventually get to learn the hows and whys of their ‘smartness’ after the fact. With Dazai and Dostoy for that matter we kind of just, don’t really get to know. We’re left guessing why and how he knew this or that, or why he’s doing certain things certain ways or how on earth he could possibly predict this or that, etc. With Dostoy this is slightly more forgivable considering he is an antagonist and therefore we aren't really supposed to know everything, but a least a little explanation would be nice...

Well, in chapter 105, I suppose we get a very Dazai-esque explanation of why he’s smart…

No such thing as ‘superhuman’, apparently.

I think a lot of the time, we as readers attribute Dazai and Dostoy’s intelligence as just a product of them being more than ordinary humans. They’re the only two characters who feel ostracized for being ‘too intelligent’, and neither of them can have normal conversations because they can predict what the other person will say like some kind of Oda and Gide situation but without the precognition abilities.

However, Dazai straight up denies that he’s above average. In fact, he tells Sigma that there is no such thing as ‘average’ and ‘superhuman’, as no human are truly greater or lesser than another. This quote became extremely important to me when a member of the BSD Discord pointed out something from Dostoyevsky’s Crime & Punishment…

The main character, Raskolnikov, believes that people are divided into two categories; ‘extraordinary’ and ‘ordinary’. ‘Extraordinary’ humans were allowed to break certain laws, so long as they had a goal in mind that will benefit humanity as a whole. Raskelnikov goes on to claim that if these ‘extraordinary’ people had to sacrifice ‘ordinary’ people in order to reach their goals, that they could do so, but they couldn’t just kill randomly for no real reason.

In BSD, ‘extraordinary’ people could be equated to ability users, and ‘ordinary’ people is everyone else with no abilities. Another way of seeing it would be ‘smart’ characters and then everyone else, but there’s really only 3 or 4 ‘smart’ characters in BSD, so I think it’s more accurate to view it as ability users versus regular people.

Dostoy, similar to the main character of the novel which his ability is named after, believes that there is a such thing as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘ordinary’ humans. This is where the theory that his ability only works on non-ability users comes from, since the main character of the novel believes that ‘extraordinary’ people can kill (or sacrifice) ‘ordinary’ people, meaning ability users can kill non-ability users so long as they have a goal that will benefit humanity. Dostoy believes that ridding the world of ability users will benefit humanity, therefore legitimizing his reason to kill others. This is also doubled down on with the evidence that Dostoy has only ever killed non-ability users (Karma, and policemen) with his ability. When Nikolai touches him, nothing happens. He also manhandles the time-stopping ability user in the prison in chapter 105.5 and nothing happens, and he even goes so far as to get a gun to kill her with. This theory definitely has some solid legs to stand on.

Dazai, on the other hand, believes that this difference doesn’t exist. No human is above average, and therefore no human has the ‘privilege’ to kill others to further their goals. This is probably something he developed after he left the Mafia, for obvious reasons… i’m still sobbing a little

The fact that this is something he so readily tells Sigma, compared to how he speaks to every other character, shows that Dazai has something planned for Sigma in particular. He’s never mentioned this idea of ‘superhuman’ and ‘average human’ to anyone else in the story, especially in regards to himself. He admits that he’s just an average human, no better than Sigma or any other human in terms of ability or intelligence, he simply uses his average intelligence differently than others. I think it’s important to keep in mind that Dazai said this to Sigma, the character that’s been used and discarded by Dostoy. Sigma’s expression after Dazai tells him this is evidence of its importance. He seems almost sad or jealous, in a way that says “how could you possibly think that”, since Sigma thinks that Dazai and Dostoy are practically the same, especially in terms of intelligence. Sigma even initially believed that Dazai plans on doing the same thing to him that Dostoy has—using him for his ability and then discarding him. It’s actually exactly what he says in the next chapter, he says “I couldn’t believe that”, and tells Dazai that he is ‘superhuman’ because he defeated Dostoy.

I also think it’s interesting that Dazai calls Sigma a replacement for Kunikida.

Now, obviously Dazai doesn’t mean ‘replacement’ literally, I think he means that Sigma is replacing the motivation that Kunikida gives Dazai to do his work. Dazai even tells Sigma that he chose him to help the Agency in the long run by using Sigma’s ability to learn Dostoy’s plans. I feel like there’s really only one reason why Dazai would bring up the Agency here, and go so far as to mention that he’s on the Agency’s payroll… I think he wants to get Sigma into the Detective Agency. Why? Because he’d be protected under both the Agency’s name and its members, and the Skilled Business Permit and Fukuzawa’s ability as well, meaning Sigma would be able to use his ability as he wishes, and he wouldn’t have to worry about others using him for his ability and then getting rid of him. Dazai also becomes oddly reluctant to speak all of a sudden when Sigma asks him what the second reason for choosing him was, simply saying that Dostoy and Nikolai would’ve killed Sigma after the prison events to prevent him from talking. I think that, again, the reason why Dazai doesn’t elaborate further may be because he plans to give Sigma an entrance exam of some kind, so he doesn't want to say too much since Sigma is smart enough to figure something like that out if given the chance. I’ll talk more about this later because it took an exorbitant amount of time to read too many Bible verse analyses as a person who knows absolutely nothing about any of that stuff.

This battle of beliefs between Dazai and Dostoy will eventually come down to who is more willing to make sacrifices (go figure). Dazai was willing to sacrifice Chuuya in an attempt to kill Dostoy, which failed, possibly on purpose or possibly not. It’s hard to tell, considering Dazai should’ve definitely accounted for Chuuya being able to use gravity manipulation one way or another to escape the room. I think Dazai was trying to test how well Dostoy could utilize Chuuya, but that’s not what I’m here to theorize about. Dostoy’s sacrifice, I think, is a few different things. First, it’s Sigma considering the poor guy is currently trapped in the elevator with Dazai that’s filling with water. Secondly, Dostoy, as defined by his own beliefs as ‘extraordinary’, is allowed to kill ‘ordinary’ people so long as it benefits his goal, which benefits humanity in the long run. However, Dostoy kills an ability user, who could be considered another ‘extraordinary’ person. This prevents Dazai from communicating with Ango further. But, it doesn’t change the fact that he killed someone that wasn’t ‘ordinary’ just for the sake of stopping Dazai from communicating with the outside. However, Dazai defines himself as ‘ordinary’ because he doesn’t believe that there’s a difference, so does that technically mean Dostoy is given the right to kill him to further his own goals? Who knows.

Depending on who you ask, one might say that Dostoy’s ultimate goal of ridding the world of all ability users is more beneficial to humanity than whatever Dazai is doing. Others (and most of us readers) would argue that Dazai escaping and reuniting with the ADA would be more beneficial because they’re trying to stop the DOA from using One Order. However, there’s 2 other ‘extraordinary’ people to account for here.

Sigma and Chuuya

Chuuya is… A vampire? A human again? Under the influence of Dostoy similar to Hawthorne? Who the hell knows anymore. However, he probably doesn’t give a dick diddly fuck about whether there’s humans who are above average and others who are just average. He didn’t even consider himself as human in general for a while in the first place, so he probably has views similar to Dazai’s. But considering Dazai’s betrayal of Chuuya and soukoku’s bond of trust, I’m not too sure Chuuya is going to want to help Dazai anymore.

Sigma, however, might actually be the centerpiece around which the prison arc ends. He’s a wildcard—he no longer belongs in the DOA, his casino is gone, and the government would probably just use him for his ability like they did Mushitaro. I think Dazai is more painfully aware of this than anyone else, because not only has he both witnessed and experienced Mori use and discard mafioso (like Oda), but he also picked up Atsushi when the boy was wanted on the black market, by the government, and had gotten thrown out of the orphanage. Sigma is essentially Atsushi 2.0 in terms of circumstances, and he’s essential in Dazai’s plans for getting information on Dostoy’s and the DOA’s goals.

Going back to Dazai’s plans for Sigma, I think that Sigma is going to be responsible for either finding a way to escape the elevator, or at least a feat equal to that considering the requirements of the entrance exam to get into the Agency. I don’t think it’s going to be another Kyouka situation, since Sigma hasn’t done anything wrong and has been a victim of circumstance since he was created three years ago, but I think it’s going to be similar to either Dazai’s own entrance exam, or Atsushi entrance exam. Here’s my reasoning:

1. Sigma has to prove that he’s going to help the Agency without betraying them. His distrust of Dazai and unease about the Agency is something that Dazai is surely aware of, and knowing that, he’s probably going to put Sigma in a situation where he has to prove whether his alliances are still with Dostoy or if he’s going to try his chances with the Agency and Dazai. Or maybe Dazai might use Sigma to trick Dostoy into thinking he won, similar to how Kunikida “shot” Dazai under the pretense that he could’ve been the Azure Messenger, only to reveal that Kunikida used a gun made with his ability so the bullet would be nullified when it hit Dazai in order to trick the real Azure Messenger. Maybe Dazai is going to have Sigma do something to trick Dostoy into thinking he won?

2. Sigma currently has nowhere to go after this arc ends, really. Similar to how Atsushi has nowhere to go in the beginning of the story, Dazai mentions that he has an employment opportunity for Atsushi but doesn’t tell him where. Dazai has done the opposite with Sigma, mentioning that Dazai works for the Agency and is on its payroll even while he’s in prison, but doesn’t say anything about Sigma being allowed to join the Agency. However, Sigma does begin to contemplate what the Agency is, and the fact that Dazai isn’t using the Agency, nor is the agency using Dazai, unlike all of the experiences Sigma has had up to this point. Atsushi’s situation was similar in that he wasn’t wanted in the orphanage, and no one else seemed willing to help him because of the Tiger. But Dazai was different, and he helped Atsushi find a place to belong with the Agency. I think Dazai could be taking a similar approach with Sigma here, since he’s basically another orphan. And being on the side that protects the orphaned, is just a bit more wonderful, right? right T^T

Trial by Ordeal

Now, I’m not necessarily talking about the old trial system in 1100’s England that used trials by ordeals to figure out if someone was lying or telling the truth. I’m talking about the Christian belief that God made humans go through Trials to judge whether or not they were innocent, and if so, they were raised to heaven (since innocent people were supposed to float in water whereas guilty people sunk to the bottom). Dostoy talks about God a decent amount as a part of his character, including in this last chapter when he states that he is ‘a subordinate of God’. He calls Dazai’s trap a Trial by Flood, which is almost the same wording as the Christian Trial by Water that determined whether or not someone was innocent. Dostoy, having survived the trial, now tells Dazai he must go through the same Trial by Flood. I think this is an interesting way to look at it because we all know that both Dazai and Dostoy are guilty of a lot of heinous crimes that would definitely prevent them from being considered innocent, Chuuya as well considering he’s an executive in the Port Mafia, but what about Sigma? As far as we know, he’s never killed anyone. I’d argue he wasn’t responsible for injuring Taneda back at the beginning of the Hunting Dogs arc either, it was probably Nikolai, and Sigma just used his ability on Taneda as instructed. He is, for all intents and purposes, innocent. So, will he be able to make it through this Trial by Water? Saving Dazai, and thereby saving the Agency in the process and completing an entrance exam?

I guess we just have to wait and see.

Oh BOY this was a long one! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed! I apologize if my part about Christianity and the Trials isn’t 100% correct, I had to do a lot of googling and reading to even find information on it, and even then I didn’t really understand any of it as someone who’s definitely not religious lol. I kind of hope we do get to see Sigma get an entrance exam and be given the chance to find a new home with the Agency once all this is over, because he truly deserves it at this point. He’s suffered so much. Just give the man a break pls.

I suppose there’s also a mini theory that sits in the back of my mind sometimes about what would happen if Dazai ever touched the Book or its pages. If Dazai touched, and thereby nullified, the page that Sigma is written on, would he cease to exist…? Does Sigma exist in the Beast universe, or would he not because Dazai has touched the Book in that universe??? So many questions and no answers in sight it seems. Also, what would happen if Dazai ends up dying at the end of this prison arc, either with or without Dostoy also dying?? Would he give Chuuya the Odasaku treatment and tell him to join the Agency? Would Fukuzawa’s ability work on Corruption????? Now that’s something I really wanna know.

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