#BSD Manga reread

[thesunshinebard]

IDK what I love more: Dazai just chillin, Kunikida holding poor Atsushi by the scruff like a kitten, or Atsushi little sutbby hands

[lotus-pear]

SIGHHHH BSD REREAD…................I MISS THEM SO MUCH :(((

[flowers-of-buffoonery]

there's something to be said about the way soukoku act around each other normally – about the endless childish banter that has been accompanying them from when they were 15 to the present day.

dazai and chuuya met when they were teenagers; they started off on two opposing sides, then chuuya was made to join the mafia, to partner with a boy he detested (and reasonably so). a lot has been said about the fact that soukoku are, for each other, the only way of experiencing the childhood and teenagehood they never got to have – not in the mafia, not in the sheep. they hated each other, were forced to work together by both circumstances and mori, and instead of seriously trying to kill each other they just... started insulting each other. and they never stopped.

here's the thing. 15yo dazai and chuuya, being insufferable to each other, is standard teenager behaviour. we're glad for it. go soukoku!

22yo dazai and chuuya, still being insufferable to each other... now, that's different.

part of it is, of course, that they genuinely find each other irritating – that much has not changed. and for chuuya, who's still in the mafia and has responsibilities and hordes of subordinates, dazai is likely the only person he can behave like that with. that much hasn't changed.

dazai, though. we see him acting like a downright brat with most members of the ADA – chief among them kunikida (much could be said about dazai attempting to replicate the dynamic he had with his ex-partner with his new partner. a post for another time). the reactions he gets range depending on the person. most members act as if nothing is out of the norm or like they're indulging him; atsushi is puzzled but just goes with it; kunikida gets angry and starts lecturing him. but nobody matches him blow for blow – nobody jokes back, nobody trades insults with him as a peer.

chuuya, on the other hand, doesn't just let dazai be his bratty, insufferable self like the ADA does; he actively joins him, rises up to the challenge.

at 22, dazai and chuuya can still act like that exclusively around each other. it can be falling back on old habits. but also – isn't it a choice, at this point?

having someone you don't have to be deferent to, someone that doesn't need to be manipulated – someone you can get mad at without thinking of consequences. isn't it a relief, having someone you can just hate? to dazai and chuuya, their relationship must be the easiest, most uncomplicated one they have.

I know you, and you know me. I don't have to be pleasant with you. let us not care, and be unpleasant together.

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

I could talk about this scene for ages. The significance of Akutagawa appearing in Atsushi’s mind after Francis, when the fight with the Guild was when Akutagawa told Atsushi that the words of his past have no hold on him anymore, the way the vision of Akutagawa is literally doing that now, showing up and telling Atsushi to ignore that and move forward

[faggotawesome]

[dahliadagger]

BSD as random tumblr posts part 2

[whathorselegs]

"I thought that in killing a dreaded adversary I might actually be bringing him happiness"

No Longer Human by Dazai Osamu

[fortunii]

sigma is just doing the thing where they pass out from gaining to much information (pretty sure ango did it in the manga at some point)

[emirrea]

Mori must be questioning his life choices here for having to deal with yet another unhinged teenager lmao

[aroacehanzawa]

i'm going to be real with you guys for a moment. i don't think i'll continue following bsd much after this point

[bungou-gay-twitter]

they :)

[thesunshinebard]

HE'S! SO! COOL!

[lotus-pear]

bsd fic authors i understand yalls pain SO well right now why is it so fucking HARD to write dazai. like i have a whole fucking spreadsheet dedicated to tireless analysis i have done on my part so i can accurately characterize him but he is such an unpredictable and morally gray character that it's hard knowing his limits and boundaries and where he draws the line for himself.

[nyxi-pixie]

collection of random dazai things that the anime ignored:

he once drew a self portrait in the mafia that elise thought was a curse left by an enemy

he ate dog food once to assert dominance in front of an actual dog. the whole interaction covers four full pages.

he gets pissy about mori forcing him to study war strategy books (id be this mad too if someone forced me to read anything by a brainless war criminal😭 the only worthwhile thing kissinger ever did was die)

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

Idk how to explain it but rashomon and byakko are both girls

[tochugesya]

someone please remind bsd fans that kunikida is extremely strong and wins in raw fight (no ability) against most people in bsd 🫠🫠 the only people he could not win against are teruko, fukuzawa, tetchou & fukuchi