#Even higuchi!!

[kaurwreck]

I love the Port Mafia for Akutagawa because there was a time when he was capable of becoming so angry he could forget Gin, and now he waits for her to finish her errands so they can go home together.

[kyouka-supremacy]

I don't like making this post, but Akutagawa actually cares about Higuchi. Since the very beginning in chapter 4 he (albeit harshly) tells her to step back supposedly so she didn't get hurt and later looks genuinely worried for her well being; he even strikes to kill the tiger even though that was not his goal, because the tiger attacked Higuchi, and clearly her life was more important than completing the mission for him. In chapter 14 he looks genuinely remorseful for the trouble he caused her for being rescued (and possibly even more broadly for everything he did to her). In the audio drama he's very protective of Higuchi, going even as far as firmly contradicting Dazai - which is surprisingly atypical of him - and manifesting how he doesn't want Dazai to hit on her. Akutagawa is horrible and cruel with Higuchi, but much like Dazai cared for him, Akutagawa cares for her.

[usertoxicyaoi]

HIGUCHI KOUHEI x MASHIKO ATSUKI. Behind The Scenes.

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Art requests ‼️

[degenerateshinji]

i like them. they're cool.

[spliqi]

higuchi thoughts of the day: as much as i love the idea of her having some devastatingly destructive ability… her having a healing/support ability would explain so much of her character. like. her high ranking in the mafia despite (as far as we know) not being extraordinarily strong. her assignment to akutagawa + his resentment of her + her being so overprotective of him. the irl author’s connection to mori and yosano. dw about it

[tulipe-rose]

Tiny theory that has so many plot holes and possibly makes no sense cuz I'm bored:

We all know the theory of Elise getting her personality from Yosano, and her hair type from Dazai, right? No? Well now you do, so I wanted to add a little part of my own onto it.

Elise is designed to look like a western looking girl, right? Well, I have a feeling that it has something to do with Higuchi, or maybe Higuchi's mother.

My theory is: Mōri knew Higuchi's mother–who could've been potentially a foreigner–on a personal level, might have even loved her, but she was forced into marriage with the some rich man. There was no helping it, so he let her go with grace.

Higuchi's mom dies during child birth (she was giving birth to Higuchi's sister, not Higuchi herself), and her Dad gets assassinated way later, like by the time Higuchi is 12 or even a bit older. That should be concurrent with Mōri's rise to the boss position, when his position is slightly more stable. The guy was a neglectful alcoholic, and was only going to lead the family to ruin. The kids that looked so painfully similar to their mother were suffering, so Mōri wasn't above, or more accurately couldn't help but leave him to rot. He becomes Higuchi's, and her sister's benefactor, gives them a new surname to keep the assassins off their back, and visits sometimes with gifts and makes sure they have all the basic necessities that a kid should have, he even lets them go to school.

He keeps both of them away from the underworld for as long as he could in tribute to their late mother. He was heavily against having Higuchi recruited into the Mafia, but she was so heavily insisting on joining for a reason he cannot stop after she found out he was the boss (read: Akutagawa).

He decided to make her hate the Mafia, to convince her to leave, even if it meant being hard on her. He was possibly trying to convince her, and those around her, that as long as she was a Mafioso, she'd be a target for assassination in an indirect, kind of “I never said that, they just jumped to that conclusion.” way. He was being the bad guy to make sure she was out of the Mafia. He was kind of indirectly convincing her into believing she wasn't suitable, or even useful for and to the Mafia.

I'm pretty sure Asagiri was still figuring out Mōri's character, but something that stuck with me is that Mōri might have a personal grudge against Akutagawa; he might've figured out that he was the reason Higuchi stayed in the Mafia, so he assumed that if Akutagawa was out of the picture in a way Higuchi could never save him, she'll have nothing left in the Mafia, and would decide to leave soon. This could be a secondary explanation, aside from the one we got in the manga, as to why he gave Akutagawa up so easily despite his worth to the Mafia, even going as far as to call him a 'liability'. However, Mōri didn't put Higuchi's determination into account, and Akutagawa ended up surviving.

The 'Mōri dislikes Akutagawa' theory could be debunked if someone brings up the drama CD, but like, pookie. Higuchi was going to take him to take care of his health somewhere either way, so I bet Mōri sent Chūya along with them to make sure that Higuchi doesn't have to be the one to bathe Akutagawa (inner protective father instincts are seeing the light of day, oh crap.). Also I guess Mōri eventually decided to leave Akutagawa to live out the rest of his days for Higuchi's sake, he was going to die anyway, and his reckless streak could serve to quicken that.

I feel like Mōri's treatment towards Higuchi in the manga definitely mellowed out later as Asagiri started to figure Mōri out better, and you can even see Higuchi being one of the first to come to his aid in the cannibalism arc. He would only call someone he trusted enough to see him in such a vulnerable position.

Along with that, just look at how freaking worried she is for him, if my insensible theory has any credibility, she knew this guy as the first decent father figure in her life, she definitely has feelings of attachment towards Mōri.

In wan, their shenanigans are so family coded. In her Mayoi beach card, Mori and Elise were standing behind her (they look like when your extended family turns up for events instead of your actual parents) while she was playing beach volleyball; with the way he looked all he had left was to wear "I'm not a stepdad, I'm the DAD THAT STEPPED UP" shirt istg. Chūya is there to make sure everyone retains their skin's health (except him). He looks happy though so it's alright, a tan would look good on him. Come to think of it, I feel like Chūya is always around whenever Higuchi is there, especially in wan... Could it be that Mōri instructed him to keep a closer eye on Higuchi...? To ensure her safety like some sort of bodyguard (when ironically she is the one who is supposed to be Akutagawa's bodyguard)...? Yk what I should probably stop before I come up with more conspiracy theories. At this rate I will be arrested for brain rotting too hard.

Bonus: Elise drew this, and Higuchi looks the prettiest out of them all, and the only one actually smiling, which could reflect just how much Mōri cares about her deep down. If this theory has any flicker of credibility, then beast would be a wormwhole to try and explore DJDJJDJ.

[perths]

PERTH NAKHUN & KANEKO SHUNYA

[sickficideas]

gin with the sick akutagawa insight...this makes me sad 😭 he is so in denial

and bonus: (so true)

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Shoma and his team @ 4CC 2019

Demi is sharing memories from the past with Shoma 🥹

From Shinichi Demizu's Instagram

[zukkaoru]

💐 beneath the candy-coated clouds 🍫

For the past several months, Higuchi has been stopping by the shop weekly, every Friday after she leaves work, to buy a treat for her younger sister. Margaret had seen her from afar prior to that—she’s the manager of the flower shop across the street, so they frequent many of the same places—but it wasn’t until Higuchi started stopping by Zelda Confections that Margaret actually had a real conversation with her. She would like to say she fell gracefully, but it was more like she tripped into an infatuation she didn’t have a label for until Mark saw the two of them interact, and afterwards said, Wow, you really are down bad for that girl. I thought John was exaggerating, but if anything, I think he undersold it. At which point Margaret had half a crisis, decided to push it off until after her shift, and then had a full crisis once she got home.

margaret works at a candy shop; higuchi works at the flower shop across the street. their lives intersect sweetly.

💐 7k words || higuchi/margaret || no powers au 🍫 for bsd fluff week day 5: flowers / "do you think we'll be like this forever?" (dedicated to my beloved corey @that-was-anticlimactic <3)

[come-back-serotonin]

Girl (kouhei) stand up please

[kyouka-supremacy]

Oh really Akutagawa? Really? Literally explain what would have saved Dazai from gunfire here? I'm listening.

[usertoxicyaoi]

apparently this just normal behaviour at this point ....

[blvcklizard]

(Let's ignore the formal restrictions like hierarchical rules and such, just who you think would be suited best. Especially in case of the last two options feel free to elaborate in the tags)

[silvertsundere]

【ジャンク・ション】 Higuchi Madoka