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[hina-has-no-life]

Dark Era: Dazai and Akutagawa

The Scene in Dark Era where Dazai shoots Akutagawa was abusive and messed up, but sadly justified on Dazai's end.

Now this may sound harsh but let's take a step back from the emotions the scene causes and look at it purely logical and analytical. (No I am not excusing the abuse Akutagawa went through. Dazai had no right to abuse him but this scene is more than abuse.)

What happens in this scene?

Per Dazai's orders as an Executive within the Port Mafia agents from Mimic were captured to be taken to Kouyou for interrogation, as is her department. Akutagawa then kills the hostages in retaliation for the casualties the Mafia suffered at the hands of Mimic. Dazai proceeds to punch and shoot Akutagawa.

In essence this is what happened: Akutagawa disregarded direct orders of his executive in front of multiple people and said executive. Plain and simple, this is insubordination.

We know, due to Stormbringer, that insubordination of the Boss and his executives (who essentially work as extensions of the Boss within the BSD Mafia) is a death sentence. It's at the same level as betrayal.

So, while messed up and abusive, Dazai's reaction can be classified as a mercy. Had it been another executive or Mori, Akutagawa would be dead. And no, you can not use that Chuuya cares for Akutagawa as an argument against Akutagawa dying here were it Chuuya. Chuuya's loyality is to the Mafia and Mori in a situation like this. We saw this at the end of the Guild Arc when Chuuya asked Mori what punishment Akutagawa should face for disregarding Mafia orders and going on to the Moby Dick. Since the moment in Dark Era is a similar case, it is safe to assume Chuuya would have asked Mori for the punishment and then delivered it.

Now here comes the much more interesting part about this scene I sadly do not see talked about. (If you find posts talking about it please send them my way!)

This scene shows us, in a very subtle way, how the dynamic between Akutagawa and Dazai works.

But how? Let's count it: - Akutagawa is very self assured in his insubordination. - Dazai gives him a chance to speak up about his reasoning, to defend himself and ask for forgiveness for his blatant insubordination. - Akutagawa in turn arrogantly doubles down on his decision. - Dazai punishes him.

While Dazai framed the moment at the end as a teaching moment with his comment about Akutagawas use of Rashomon, it is mostly a punishment. Yes there are 2 moments that can be seen as a teaching moment but what Dazai does is in fact nothing more than a punishment in his eyes.

(Giving Akutagawa the chance to think about his rash action was the first teaching moment btw)

Now the way the scene is handeled with it's framing tells us something interesting about the relationship between Dazai and Akutagawa.

Dazai actively favours Akutagawa with his treatment.

But how? It's a good question because the answer is very much hidden.

Both characters treat the situation as something usual. This in turn tells us that Akutagawa often commits insubordination against Dazai. And only Dazai, since Dazai takes him under his wing as his direct and only student. (This is made clear in the short where he actually recruits a younger Akutagawa) This means that Dazai does favour his student above other subordinates rather openly. We know he would not let this slide with other people under his command. The scene at the beginning of the Dark Era LN with Hirotsu shows this.

Akutagawa's reaction to being shot also tells us that this is the first time Dazai points a weapon at him. While not expecting, but accepting, the punch he did not expect to face a harsher punishment than this.

He is visibly surprised. But not just him.

In the Anime adaption (which is the best LN adaption in BSD) we see that even the other subordinates around them only become surprised when Dazai draws the gun and shoots Akutagawa.

Did Dazai think Akutagawa would survive being shot at? 100% yes. He even says as much after the fact.

(This is actually what makes teaching moment number 2, since he remarks that Akutagawa "finally" managed to protect himself with Rashomon. This tells us that they were actively training this and Akutagawa was failing at it for some time already.)

In short: - Akutagawa feels very much secure in his position at Dazai's side, despite the regular abuse. - Dazai favours Akutagawa openly enough within the PM that other subordinates are surprised when Akutagawa faces an openly harsh punishment. - Akutagawa, in committing insubordination, regulary disrespects Dazai as his superior and Dazai let's it slide. This is something that mirrors the relationship between Dazai and Mori, as Dazai does disrespect Mori in private and Mori let's this slide. (The biggest difference in this relationship mirror is that Dazai never disrespects Mori in front of other people.)

In my eyes (and I hope we learn more soon) this also shows that Dazai's abuse of Akutagawa has multiple reasons. - Dazai sees himself in Akutagawa. Dazai also hates himself and blames himself for shortcomings so he projects this onto Akutagawa, who he then abuses because of it. - A warped sense of care. In his own, very fucked up, way Dazai does care for Akutagawa. Is he good at showing it? Absolutely not. He wants Akutagawa to be stronger than Dazai himself is, he wants him to be better. So he favors him but also abuses him. - He favors Akutagawa so Akutagawa needs to get strong extremely fast to avoid a conflict within the ranks of the Mafia. - Dazai tries to get Akutagawa as strong as possible as fast as possible since Akutagawa effectively went from joining to third highest rank in 10 seconds and needs to prove himself in front of everyone else, not just Dazai's eyes. In this he ends up abusing Dazai because he himself is a child with a very limited understanding of teaching. What he does know, through Mori as his teacher, is that cruelty and abuse are effective teaching methods that work faster than proving patience and taking things slow.

(am I saying that Mori physically abused Dazai? No. But he, as shown in Beast and Fifteen, honestly answers to the questions his students ask him. It is entirely possible that he simply told Dazai different teaching methods and Dazai decided on the fastest one instead of the best and most effective.)

and thank you @sorcerersandskillusers for sending me the LN parts I mentioned above!! I didn't have the energy to look them up when I initially posted this and he did me the favor of getting them for me!

To summarize: The scene is a punishment for direct insubordination and shows us, the viewer, a deeper look into the relationship between Akutagawa and Dazai.

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Bsd but it’s all quotes from random movies/books

Some of the quotes are modified to better fit lol.

Dazai: Fine, but if he kills us all, I’m going to get Atsushi’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost

Ranpo: I’ll just hire Chuuya’s ghost to kick your ass

Chuuya: My ghost won’t associate with your ghosts.

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Atsushi: Dazai is… I don’t know, he’s like nobody else I’ve ever known. He surprises me.

Kunikida: Yeah, like a hive of bees in your dresser drawer

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Akutagawa: All right, any idea where Chuuyas going?

Atsushi: To kill someone.

Akutagawa:  Ah. That explains the anger, and the corruption, and all that. Good. Makes perfect sense, now what? Atsushi, come on. I'm 147 pounds of pale skin and fragile bone, okay? Sarcasm is my only defense.

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Dazai: I’ve got an idea

Kunikida: Does it involve breaking the law?

Dazai: By now don’t you think that’s a given?

Kunikida: I was just trying to be optimistic.

Dazai: Don’t bother

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Mori: Wait, everyone here’s a dude! I think we’re in a gay club!

Kouyou, surrounded by drag queens: Man, nothing gets past those keen mafia boss senses..

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Atsushi: You sure everything's okay between you and Chuuya?

Dazai: Yeah, everything's fine. Dammit, the cops took my fake ID..

Atsushi: You didn't do anything to make him angry?

Dazai: How angry?

Atsushi: A scale of one to ten. One being "kind of irritated" and ten... and ten "wanting to kill you violently”

Dazai, laughing: Chuuya’s kind of always at a four, but we’re good.

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Fukuzawa, looking at Poe in the corner: Who is he again?

Ranpo: Uh..My cousin.. Miguel..

Fukuzawa:

Poe:

Ranpo: Aha..

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Mori: I want you to be completely honest with me. Totally and completely honest. Have you been time traveling?

Teen Dazai: Hang on, what?

Mori: Because if time traveling is real, I'm done, I'm out. You're going to be driving me to the nursing home.

Teen Chuuya: We found him like that.

Mori: Where? Swimming in the fountain of youth?!

Teen Dazai: No. We found him buried in a glowing tomb in an Azetec temple in Mexico underneath a church in the middle of a town that was destroyed by an earthquake.

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Atsushi: Shouldn’t someone give like, a pep talk?

Dazai: Probably. Go ahead, Ranpo.

Ranpo: Oh. Ok, Be careful. Don’t die.

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Teen Dazai, after a mission: It looked like an experiment gone terribly wrong - something from a nightmare. Part animal, part demon, he rolled and clicked along the stone pathway. Its body resembled a short slug-

Teen Chuuya: sTOP TALKING ABOUT ME LIKE THAT, YOU PEICE OF SHIT!

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Dazai, running by: If anyone asks where I am, I’ve left the country!

Atsushi: ok WHAT THE FUCK

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Ranpo, frantically: Do you know anything about sensory deprivation tanks? Specifically how to build one?

Fukuzawa: Sensory deprivation– What is this for?

Dazai in the background: ..Fun..

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Atsushi: You know what this half-baked plan of yours sounds like to me? Child endangerment. I’m out.

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[silent-rabid-writer]

Rules: list your top 5 favorite anime characters and then tag 10 people

Tagged by @inkantigen thanks for tagging me!!

I’m going with two from BSD, and then characters from other animes so you can get a glimpse of other fandoms I’m passionate about. 

1. Akugatawa Ryuunosuke [BSD]

Obviously, Akutagawa is my current fav. I love his development on the show, but I think the reason I really fell in love with this character is his refusal to give up. No matter, what comes he keeps getting up and he keeps moving forward. 

2. Higuchi Ichiyou [BSD]

I don’t nearly ramble about her as often as I should. I love how she was portrayed in the beginning. She’s very emotional and also very transparent when it comes to those emotions. At the same time, she’s a strong woman who can be ruthless and is just as dangerous as everyone else in the Port Mafia. Also, I loved the fact that she saved her crush and instead of being saved be him. 

3. Rokudo Mukuro [KHR]

KHR was probably my first big anime love, and I still appreciate the story and the characters. Mukuro is the smug asshole villain type, that I love. But what really made him my favorite character in the show, was the loyalty he inspired in his people and the loyalty he gave them in return. 

4. Ichinomiya Kantarou [Tactics]

The mangaka from tactics also drew the first mange I ever owned so I have a few nostalgic feelings about that. But other than that, I relate so much to him? He’s very goal-oriented, and he would do anything for his friends, even though he usually downplays how much they mean to him.

5.  Tsukishima Kei [HQ]

He’s a snarky shit and I love him. In the beginning, I didn’t like him that much, but he grew on me and now he’s my favorite from the show. 

I’m tagging @yinghvo @bandaged-chessmaster @phoenixfireblade @dazai @lefterstein @myrrh and whoever wants to do it. That’s not ten people but I’m not good at that, okay 

[sugary-shot]

Me,like,, 25/7

Me: I wanna die Me: /remembers my Aku merch is coming tomorrow/ Me: I wanna die and pls ake sure to bury them with me tq

[breadsoup00]

Akugatawa: I’m going to take you out 

Atsushi: great, it’s a date!  Akugatawa: I meant that as a threat.  Atsushi: See you at five!

[breadsoup00]

PM sexuality headcanons because I completely forgot I was gonna make this! <3

(Beware I prob forgot some. Part two the the ADA sexuality headcanons!)

Chuuya: gay, Demiromantic, bi-gender he/she

kouyou: A big fat lesbian, she/they

Higuchi: Bisexual, she/her

Gin: pansexual, genderfluid

Akugatawa: Bi/pan (I can see him as either), Demiromantic, Asexual, he/him

Mori: Straight.

Q: doesn’t really think about sexuality, he/they

Elise: honestly doesn’t care, doesn’t think about it a lot either, she/her

Tachihara: Bisexual, he/him

Hirotsu: Straight supporter :)

Definitions of the lesser known sexuality’s:

Demiromantic: Only feeling romantic attraction when you have an established bond with the person

Bigender: identifying with more than one gender