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Ranpo Edogawa

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Put these glasses on Ranpo, and it shall be clear that everyone else is simply experiencing a skill issue.

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Potential Ango backstory. Because I like to make connections that don't exist.

I received a tag under my last post about Ango...

I have been enabled.

What I said in that last post was that due to the disconnect between Ango's values and the values of the Special Division - in particular, their views on necessary sacrifice and the greater good - I found it odd for this to be Ango's career choice. So, I have this theory... it's really more headcanon than anything but basically, I wonder if Ango didn't choose to work there, but rather had no choice.

First off, Ango being a government agent before he joined the Mafia means that he was already one under the age of 19... which is. Well, far from uncommon in the BSD universe but... does the government itself really not have age restrictions on potential members? Ango would've been younger than 19 when he started working for the Special Division. He was 22 ish in Dark Era, first met Oda and Dazai two years earlier, and joined the Mafia one year before that. I know we like to joke that the preferred hiring age in BSD is like... 14-15, but for the Mafia, this makes sense - there's no hiring age there; most of them are or were kids with nowhere else to go. Fukuzawa hires minors who typically also have nowhere to go. Ango was really young when he joined the Special Division. Since they would, at least, have to follow some laws (I believe anyways), the circumstances of Ango's joining were probably not the usual.

Here's another weird bit: the government sent a 19 year old spy to infiltrate the Mafia, one who was too low-ranked to have any say in decisions (he had no say in their sending in of Shibusawa, for instance). That's... weird, on it's own. He had no influence but they felt certain the man wouldn't betray them or get caught? That's a lot of faith to place in him. Now, granted, he's a very reliable person and his ability is absolutely the reason he was selected - but it's still strange.

You might be thinking, okay, but what about his replacement? Tachihara was sent in after Ango so the government could keep monitoring the mafia's activities, and he was a young, new recruit. Yes, that's true but see, here's the thing: Tachihara's nature as a Hunting Dog means the government has a guaranteed hold on him - Teruko mentions that the Hunting Dogs need to undergo monthly surgeries to maintain their bodies after their enhancements. I see no reason Tachihara wouldn't have had to do the same. So, in my mind, that goes to show that they needed some kind of hold on Ango too, right? Wouldn't you want some kind of insurance on someone so presumably new?

I'm going to cut away from this for a moment so I can point out a passage from Dark Era where Oda finds how Ango (allegedly) joined the Mafia:

The gist of it was: Ango was a hacker -> he helped a gang steal money -> the money was stolen from a Mafia front company -> Ango was on the run for several months before the Mafia caught him -> Ango's manipulation of the trackers' information was so impressive to Mori that he invited Ango to join the Mafia

Obviously, this is a cover story. But at the surface it kind of has to be true, otherwise the Mafia would know. So, it was set up for Ango to help steal that money by the government. Why this particular story though? Well, they say the best lies are often rooted in truth. Before he joined the Division, I suggest that Ango really was a hacker and seller of information. (Just fyi, his real life author inspiration was a bit of a delinquent so... make of that what you will.)

Now this next part is a mess because we still don't know how all the pieces fit together.

Remember that the Special Division, and by extension the government, are considered so incredibly powerful that they could destroy the Mafia. From Dark Era:

That legal document appears to be the only thing that keeps ability users reasonably safe. Atsushi was being tracked as the "rampaging tiger" and had nowhere else to go. What about people like Yosano or Chuuya, associated with military research? Even Kenji - he was hired after he moved a mountain out of grief. It appears that the permit is a necessary protection to those ability users who reveal they are ability users publicly.

In Gaiden, Tsujimura explains that the Division also continuously monitors the activities of ability users. Essentially, in addition to the legal protection the permits provide, they also seem to make the Division's job of keeping track of all ability users, what they're using their abilities for, and how dangerous the abilities are, much easier. We also know that if an ability user proves too great of a threat to the general public, the Special Division can and will eliminate targets unless the target proves especially useful (ex. Ayatsuji).

Ok why am I going over all this? I'm just trying to make it clear how incredibly powerful the Division is. But what I also want to denote is that they are focused primarily on the greater good and will justify sacrifice of individuals (which contradicts Ango's beliefs directly), and they also take orders still from higher ups in the government (and the government in bsd is... a bit shifty if you ask me).

And about Ango: his values lie in life and an appreciation for it. He prioritizes memory and records, especially of those who have passed. He has many regrets and is, at heart, a kind person. However, he also has the capacity to do what "needs to be done", seems particularly vengeful and angry with Sigma for Taneda's stabbing, and was ready to shoot Atsushi when he collapsed after the Sky Casino arc. He also went from making deliberate stubborn efforts to create records of the dead, to being part of the cover up for a group of disgraced soldiers and one of his closest friends. He does things because he thinks no one else can do them - so this means it is his obligation.

So, finally, here's my deranged conspiracy: I think Ango was a hacker in his teenage years, and I think he always had the intention of preserving life in some way. Perhaps he attempted to make information about the war, or something to do with ability users, public. Whatever he found, he got in serious trouble, whether with a criminal organization, or with the government itself, I'm not clear on. Ango needed to join the Division for protection, and perhaps it was Taneda's idea to invite him, seeing that his ability would be very useful - that would explain the loyalty. It's also possible that Ango's actions resulted in a loss of life, and so he no longer trusts himself, which is why he is constantly torn between opposing values. I wonder if it was explained to Ango by the people in charge why certain information had to be withheld from the public, in such a way that he felt guilty for what he'd done - maybe that's why he's so diligent. It would be tragic if guilt turned out to have always been the motivator for his character and if he stands with the Division despite his offset values because he really does think they know how to better help people than his instinctive response ever could. While I'm sure the Division was confident in Ango's loyalty (one of his dislikes is written as betrayal for goodness sake), they also had a hold on him due to the nature of his ability. He is a walking store of classified information, which we are told repeatedly in Dark Era makes him a prime target. This means that nowhere is safe for him unless he stays with the Division. There is no guarantee that the government itself wouldn't also consider him a liability if he were to suddenly quit. In summary, Ango's joining of the Division was not a free choice, and while he likely feels grateful to people like Taneda for that chance - he also cannot leave.

Regardless of whether or not you all think I am wholly deranged now, there is definitely something to Ango we're not privy to yet. Here's some extra stuff on Ango to chew on:

He had the experience once of taking in so much information he passed out while his brain tried to process it (much like Atsushi did after Sigma transfers the information to him about the Page)

He had some run-in with Chuuya which apparently led to Chuuya owing him for something?

He seems to have been more comfortable defying expectations in the Mafia than he ever was in the Division

Thus concludes my Ango theory.

Source? Just trust me bro.

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Girlboss government agent x his housewife mafia assassin husband and their adopted feral child. I didn’t say their names but you knew immediately who they were

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why was this in Ango's room

it's an optics textbook

this is the law

here's Fermat himself lol

he was French, mimic and André are French too

maybe it was a decoding book

like to decipher messages w mimic

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Fyodor's nickname being the Demon and Dazai's having been the Demon Prodigy.

Implying that Fyodor is more darker than Dazai ever could be.

Did the Demon Prodigy committ unspeakable crimes? Yes.

Did the Demon Prodigy use those around him like tools? Kill without a conscious and cause untold suffering to others? Yes.

But the Demon Prodigy also let Ango go. He let a traitor go and told him he wasn't mad.

The Demon Prodigy looked Chuuya Nakahara in the eye, a kid he (allegedly) hates. And told him he's undoubtedly human.

Even when Dazai was at his most darkest, there was light within him. Kindness, there were lines he drew in the sand and wouldn't cross.

It funnily enough made him more dangerous than Fyodor, because it made him unable to be controlled, harder to predict.

Befriending Oda wouldn't make sense to Fyodor.

Maybe in his old days he'd be worth something. But he's a retired killer, lowest on the food chain. But Dazai has always valued him greatly.

He's always had the capability to see people as more than pawns and pieces, which Fyodor can't.

Fyodor can't trust something he can't control while Dazai trusts the Agency and Chuuya with his life.

Even if he doesn't know what's going on or the one pulling the strings.

And if there wasn't light in Dazai, why would Mori try to so hard to destroy it? The irony being it only pushed him further into the light.

When Dazai tries to predict where Fyodor's hidden the Cannabalism ability user. He says "because that's what I would do" as a justification for his decisions.

But he was wrong.

Dazai can trick Fyodor into thinking they are like minded souls. Dazai can even trick himself into thinking they are like minded souls.

But they aren't.

It's why Chuuya trusts him. It's why Kunikida trusts him, it's why Atsushi trusts him and the rest of the Agency.

Because they know him.

It's why Ranpo thinks of the worst thing he could become and the one he pictures is Fyodor.

Dazai isn't perfect.

He's flawed and as human as they come.

But even at his worst, he was always the Prodigy of the Demon.

Never it's final form.

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these official arts are so funny to me whenever i remember that natsume is the cat. he’s watching them take sexy pictures and they have no clue at all.

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You know how I know Fyodor is worse than Dazai, even while he was in the Port Mafia.

Because Fyodor would have killed Ango that night.

Maybe he would've calculated correctly that Ango would become more valuable alive than dead.

But Fyodor doesn't trust what he can't control and if it was him Ango betrayed, it shows he can't control him.

Because Fyodor wouldn't have simply sown seeds of distrust in Chuuya and the Sheep, but make Chuuya dependant on him.

It's literally what he tells Dazai to do so the waitress falls in love with her.

Fyodor would never look at Chuuya Nakahara and see a human, it's why he was so easily fooled into thinking he was anything but.

Because Fyodor would never have cared about Atsushi as anything other than the guide to the book.

Because Fyodor would never be able to comprehend befriending Oda.

Maybe in his hay day as a famous underground child assassin. But Oda "lowest on the totem pole of the Port Mafia and doesn't kill anymore" Sakunosuke?

Wouldn't give him the time of day.

Because Fyodor wouldn't see anything to gain from it.

And that's what makes Dazai different, because Dazai for all his faults and flaws is undeniably human.

He let Ango go. Did he sew seeds of distrust in the Sheep, yeah but he also told them to trust Chuuya and threw him a party. He finds him undeniably human.

He sees Atsushi as human too, has never seen him as simply his ability. He's his mentee, his friend and subordinate.

And Dazai would never, ever say that befriending Odasaku wasn't worth everything. That it didn't give him something so precious and valuable.

Dazai isn't perfect, but there's a reason it was always the Demon Prodigy. And never the Demon itself.

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sometimes i think about the fact that ango was the one that wiped dazai’s record clean after he left the PM so he could find work and be the man oda wanted him to be, and that ango transcribed dazai’s heart messages for him while he was in meursault, and that ango constantly helps dazai because he still cares about him and still feels guilty about his betrayal, while dazai still feels too hurt by the betrayal to forgive him. and then i want to lay down and cry

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Reasons why Sakaguchi Ango is the funniest character is bsd:

1. Bro betrayed every single organization under the sun. You'll find at least one person who got betrayed by him on every street of Yokohama.

2. Managed to anger not one, but both of double black and it still alive. Insane.

3. "I can't do this work anymore. I'm going to quit." Continues to do the said work. Doesn't quit.

4. This panel

5. Probably mixes vodka with caffeine

6. I don't think he sleeps either

7. Knows Chuuya hates him. Is lowkey terrified of Chuuya. Also him when Chuuya is within sight: Beautiful. Stunning. Gorgeous. Show stopping. Powerful. Magnificent.

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i mean at this point I don’t see how asagiri could possibly make them any gayer

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I am no longer a Dazai hater

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the nuisance of our language is stunning

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𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘧. 𝘖𝘩 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘶𝘺𝘢.

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ok idk if people on here are talking abt this idk if I’ve seen it but one of the funniest/most awkward things about the immediate aftermath of the queen’s death was audiences that night going to see musicals on the west end, specifically Wicked. apparently before the show some official came out and called for a minute or two of silence in honor of the queen. makes sense. silence concludes, lights come down, show begins. the overture begins very loudly with dramatic and fast-moving music, moves to a slower section, and at around the minute mark, becomes a very brassy, loud, cantankerous kind of aggressive melody. and then, after a minute of silence and a minute of overture, the audience is greeted with the first words of this musical, the words that have started the musical every night since 2003, now being sung loud and proud in london on September 8th, 2022:

“Good news! She’s dead!”

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