#bsd ch 10

[peonas-commentary-corner]

It really surprises me how the Agency acts... even with Dazai, they simply didn't care that he was missing and couldn't be reached out. Given the recent events and such, they are so lax! I didn't expect them to be friends in the Agency, but still, they are valuable coworkers, right? Where is their empathy? Idk man, some of them acting like logic is the only thing that matters...

[kyouka-supremacy]

The queerbaiting in bsd advertisement is a very real and conscious choice and should be studied

i just learned that bsd is on netflix in some countries and These are two of the thumbnails you can get for it. like Ok might as well slap on the LGBT category while you’re at it god damn

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 1248/★

[kolyasangel]

finished re4r last night and well it was definitely an adventure to say the least

[sskk-manifesto]

ಥ‿ಥ

[kaikaidenkai]

Stupid decisions get you in stupid situations. CH.1|| Truck-kun makes an appearance!

Stupid decisions get you in stupid situations… or in which [Name] gets themself in a stupid situation, getting hit by Truck-kun which was their own fault. They transported themself into the world of their favorite anime they’ve just finished watching the last episode on, Bungo Stray Dogs.

italics= thoughts

italics with “ around it =spoken in japanese

BSD X G/N READER

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[Name] listened to music on FULL BLAST through their wireless earbuds as they walked down the bustling sidewalks of LA at night. A stupid decision indeed as they wouldn’t be able to predict the tragedy that would happen next partly because she was blasting music in her ears at full volume. 

“Hey, watch out!!”

Someone yelled at [Name] through the crowds.

Though, [Name] wasn’t able to hear their warning until it was too late.

The stranger yelled again, and [Name] went to take out their earbuds.

As they took them out, everyone had a shocked and distressed expression before a truck slammed into them at full force. Apparently.. a truck got out of control and began driving around without a driver.

To make it worse, no one got hit except [Name] who died on impact against a wall, their body splitting in half.

RINGGGGGGGGG….

{Name’s POV}

I heard an annoying, high pitched, long lasting ringing in my ears before it all turned black.

Seriously..? I’ll never be able to finish the BSD manga now, I mean.. I mean I never said goodbye to my friends! 

… 

What friends again..? Okay, well… anyway, this was kind of peaceful. The beautiful darkness surrounded me, and the idea of death was beautiful too!.. Ha.. Ha……I .. think i’m going insane. 

.

.

…

”Are..Are they dead?”

……

Huh..? Who… where… 

Everything was blurry and even the person who was looming over me words were blurry.. blurry words..? What am I— 

COOOURGGHHHH CAOUGGGH!

I let out two vile, crunchy coughs.

“Jesus.”

“Oh, they’re awake!”

“What the fuck did you just say?”

What.. Wait..

I rubbed my eyes to find a white headed boy in front of me with a haircut that splits horribly like how the truck split my body.

Atsushi?.. ATSUSHI FROM BUNGO STRAY DOGS?! 

“Hello? What’s your— What’s your name?”

He spoke in Japanese which I in-fact, did not understand. And.. And… Uhh… Ah.. I’m screwed, aren’t I?

“I.. uh.. English?”

”What..? Oh! English, English..”

Atsushi spoke in Japanese, then a semi-transparent blue screen popped up in front of me.

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Hi hi~!! Ready to begin YOUR ADVENTURE in the world of Bungo Stray Dogs? If not.. too bad! You made a stupid decision and you’re starting it anyway regardless of your answer :3!!!!  Ah.. Now let’s get you started. You have 10 Skill points to spend on from your starter pack! Which is..

• ¥1,000,000 Which is enough to last you at least 6 months!

•Basic apartment •Japanese Passport/Citizenship

• 10 Skill points

Let me explain the skill points!

You have many different skills you can improve on with skill points which are given to you by progressing in the main story or purchased with Yen. You also can improve on them by completing a side quest given to you to improve on that specific skill. Now.. choose on what you want to improve on.  •Japanese Speaking Skills 0/30 

•Japanese Writing Skills 0/30

•Stamina 17/30

•Endurance 23/30

•Strength 11/30

•Speed 18/30

•Intelligence ERROR/30

•Looks 21/30 (NOT ABLE TO IMPROVE)

•Ability Cooldown {LOCKED}

•Ability Damage {LOCKED}

•Ability Duration {LOCKED}

Oh.. don’t mind the error and locked… Also.. Your ability is— I’m not allowed to say until you find out yourself, good luck, [Name]! 

ABILITY: N/A

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Erm… Well alright.. I guess half will go into speaking Japanese and half into writing.

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↑Japanese Speaking skills has been improved↑

↑5/30↑

↑Japanese Writing Skills has been improved↑

↑5/30↑

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”Uh.. Your.. Your name?”

He said in English unsurely after the long silence there was.

”[Name], my name is [Name]”

I somehow responded back in Japanese.

Then.. a black haired man spoke up who was sitting on a desk. We were in.. The ADA?! Holy shit, I just realized that… Atsushi was kneeling in front of me as I was seated on the floor and the black haired man— or Ranpo was sitting on a desk. The other ADA members were also staring as they cleaned the office. Off topic but anyways..

“Who are you, and how did you get here?”

Masterlist

[viviennewestwooddoll]

I Hope You Had The Time Of Your Life Ch. 1

BSD High School AU

title stole from Green Day

wc: 3k

dt to hannah for proofreading and helping me make the character sheets for this

don't take anything i write serious this was purely made for comedy lol

Tags: crack fic, high school au, slowburn kinda?, minors using substances (weed and alcohol), brain rot, american hs experience, me projecting

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Summer had passed by, memories of the season drifting afar. Which in turn, means the students of Yokohama high school were set to return on the first of September. Obviously, nobody was excited. 

Atsushi Nakajima had spent his summer slaving away at Chick Fil A. The pay was terrible, but he wasn't in it for the money. Moreso, on the last day, Kunikida Doppo, his upperclassman, ranted to him about the importance of staying busy over the summer for colleges to see, and how good it would look on his transcript.

“Atsushi, you cannot fall into lazy patterns over the summer. You don't want to be unemployed like Dazai,” he said, sneering at the man who lazily laid in the courtyard during their lunch break. 

“Kunikida, not everyone wants to spend their life working for someone, I have the rest of my life to want to kill myself from working a 9-5, so let me be a bum a bit until then, mkay?” Dazai said smugly without even bothering to look up

Before Kunikida could even respond to Dazai by yelling, Atsushi interrupted.

“Okay fine, I need extra cash anyways,” he said, thinking of all the Chazuke he could buy that summer. 

Atsushi's first mistake was believing Kunikida when he said it was a good job. The amount of times he worked longer than minors were even allowed to, waking up at 6 AM on a saturday to get to work by 7, and standing under the scorching sun with a  stupid smile plastered on his face made him want to just throw off his namepin and quit. But, he enjoyed the routine in a way. Despite the annoyances of rude customers and such, he enjoyed having a purpose and working towards something, in this case his $7/hour pay (money is money) and did not want to be rotting his summer away. 

Unfortunately for him, when Dazai found out his schedule, he would never know peace again. 

“Hey Atsushi,” Dazai once slurred. 

It was almost 10 PM on a Friday, and Dazai appeared beside Chuuya Nakahara in his red camry, who seemed aggravated. 

“Im high as fuck” Dazai said slowly, grinning. 

Atsushi stood there, petrified, what was he supposed to do? He couldn't just yell at Dazai for bothering him at work, especially since he was under the influence, because his boss will definitely see and fire him for “not putting the customer first”, then call the cops on Dazais since he was a minor and reeking of weed. 

“I'm sorry Atsushi,” Chuuya said, giving him a sympathetic look. “He was pissing me off and said he said he would shut up once he had Chick-Fil-A, never thought you worked here or I wouldn't have taken him here. Probably McDonalds or Cookout.”

“Are you..” Atusshi asked, confused if Chuuya was driving while stoned.

Chuuya smirked, “Fuck yeah, but my tolerance is better than this motherfucker,” he said, pointing to Dazai staring straight and laughing at nothing. 

Atsushi stood meekly with the tablet, unsure how to handle this.

“Um okay, what do you want?” He sighed.

“I'll get the grilled sandwich and a diet lemonade, coach is making us cut since the season is about to start,” Chuuya said flatly as he rolled his eyes.

“Yo Dazai, what do you want? Don’t drain my wallet–the auto shop doesn't pay me as much as you think,” Chuuya said as he turned to Dazai, who Atsushi was now concerned for if he was greening out or not.

“Atsushi, what's the cheapest thing you have here?” Dazai said, suddenly focused.

“Probably a kids meal,” Atsushi said, as he added a 5 ct nugget with a toy.

“Okay, get me that. And then get me 20 more of those.” Dazai said, giggling like a little school girl. 

“WHAT THE-” Chuuya angrily turned, screaming at the man.

Atsushi stood awkwardly, watching the scene of Chuuya strangling Dazai. They argued whether or not Dazai would get 20 kids' meals, then if Dazai would get to keep all 20 toys. Before they could kill each other, he butted in.

“You do realize we close in five? If you both want food, its a yes or no-”

“YES,” Dazai screamed as he leaned over Chuuyas seat to submit the order through Atushi’s tablet.

“THERES NO FUCKING WAY YOU DID THAT– DUMBASS BITCH YOU’RE PAYING FOR YOUR SHIT”

Atushsi rolled his eyes, submitting the order as he swiped Chuuyas card, going to warn his co workers or the 100 nuggets they would prepare in 5 minutes (he would be outcast for weeks because of this incident). 

School was on the cusp of starting, leaving Atsushi dreading balancing work and his academics as well as lacrosse.

As he watched the mindless tiktoks Dazai sent him which rotted his attention span and brain capacity, he saw that Tanizaki had texted him through Snap. 

heluvsnaomi: hey atsushi

beastbeneaththesheets: yea?

heluvsnaomi: you got your schedule yet? Mine is so bad bro

beastbeneaththesheets: damn i didnt even check

beastbeneaththesheets: shit mines bad, i have foods, math 2, biology but then journalism so W

heluvsnaomi: ok we have our last two together at least lets go

heluvsnaomi: is akutagawa in any of your classes?

Atsushi scoffed, remembering whose name that belonged to.

 Akutagawa was the most miserable person he knew. He has stupid headphones on at all times; Atsushi once peeked over to see who was playing and Akutagawa glared at him, then showed up the next day with a privacy screen. That really pissed Atsushi off. It's not like he's asking him his deepest secret, he was just curious to what bands someone as moody as Akutgawa would like. He’s very antisocial and uncomfortable to talk to. Atsushi had tried to get to know him, and was rudely ignored by him. After that, Atsushi had a grudge towards him, to which Junichiro agreed was valid. When he brought up his name in a rant to Dazai as they did their daily Fortnite grind, Dazai laughed, saying he used to “bully the shit out of him” in middle school. Even though Akutagawa was rude, Atsushi couldn't help but feel bad. To which extent, Dazai admitted calling him emo and teasing him for his hobbies, which Atushsi disapproved of making someone feel ashamed for being passionate in their interests. 

beastbeneaththesheets: fuck let me check

Atsushi logged onto canvas, praying he would never interact with Akutagawa again. But to his dismay, he wouldn't achieve this dream. 

Foods 2: Akutagawa Ryunosuke 

Math 2: Akutagawa Ryunosuke 

Biology Honors: Akutagawa Ryunosuke 

Of course he's in every one of my classes, the white haired boy thought to himself. He sighed, screenshotting and sending it to both Dazai and Tanizaki. This better be a filler year I swear. Unfortunately for Atsushi, he never did quite get what he wanted. 

At 6:30 AM, Atsushi Nakajimas alarm went off. He got ready with his new clothes he had gotten for his back to school shopping, and prepared his bag with his charged chromebook. He waited at the bus stop, getting ready to close his eyes for a bit before he saw Tanizaki. 

“Yo Atsushi!” the orange haired man waved to him. Atsushi smiled, taking a seat with him. 

“Hey man, how’ve you been? Haven't seen you since that party Yosano threw for the fourth of July,” Atsushi said as he threw his bag on the floor. 

“You know the usual,” he said with a shrug, as if it was a cue, his weird sister Naomi came to hug him from behind. They were very close, and Tanizaki pushed her off. Atsushi smiled awkwardly, nodding towards her. 

I need off this bus, he thought to himself. 

As the bus approached his school, Atsushi walked with Tanizaki, Naomi now chatting with their fellow classmate Haruno. 

“I don't know what I'm gonna do, Akutagawa is in every single class except journalism, but usually journalism will only ever be us,” Atsushi sighed. 

“That sucks, I'd actually fight my counselor,” Tanizaki laughed. 

“Right ugh, I guess I’ll see you at lunch though right? Kunikida has lunch with us too, so that's good at least.” Atsushi asked.

“The courtyard right?” Tanizxaki asked as he approached his class.

Atusshi nodded, parting ways with him. He just had to thug out this semester, and he would be fine. It's not like he would be interacting with Akutagawa at every given moment of the day, right? 

Atsushi walked in, recognizing everyone that he hadn't seen since last year. Being a student council officer (another role that was forced upon him) had its perks, he had to interact with everyone and learned a bit of each student. He had class, of course with Yosano and Ranpo. Both were the most unserious duo he knew. Ranpo often offended teachers with his backtalk, and would always go to the office but of course, since he had fostered a close relationship with Fukuzawa, he was able to talk him out of any trouble with the principal Natsume; he never got in any actual trouble. His fat ass was always eating in the back of classes, at least Atsushi assumed he was. Ranpo was super smart, having taken all AP classes the school provided, never interacting with Atsushi last year because of that, as well as for the former being a freshman while the latter being a junior. He had met him in journalism, which Dazai convinced him to join when he came to represent the class as a promoter, prompting the incoming freshman to join, successfully persuading Atsushi. The class was nothing like Dazai said it was, being more grueling and on a time crunch rather than the “filler block” Dazai promised (maybe for him it was, since all he did was sleep in the room that contained the computers to edit and archives of the newspaper spanning to the 70s). Despite that, he loved the class, meeting his closest friends, as well as gaining a new sense of confidence from being forced to interact with all types of students, making him sure of himself. Ranpo was the opinion editor, a filling role for him since he always had something to say. In fact, Atsushi's first day of journalism in which he pitched his ideas for the paper had Ranpo telling him “his idea was shit” without a stutter. Atsushi almost quit right there. He could contribute the least, yet always have the most popular page.  That was Ranpo for you, being naturally talented in creating eye-catching visuals and attention-grabbing headlines. Then there was Yosano, his partner in crime. She was one of the most blunt people Atsushi knew, circling such minor mistakes such as expletives on a paper, and making Atsushi feel self conscious of his writing. Outside the class though, she was a raging party girl, in which her private spam “yosanoandranpolovealcohol” had fostered a series of (mainly) Yosano drunkenly singing or doing insane things that cannot be mentioned. She was never one to back down from someone picking on the underclassmen, having argued with their classmates for being rude to Atsushi when he was more shy.  For that, Atsushi respected her.

“Hey Atsushi,” Yosano called out to him. “Haven't seen you since Fourth of July!” 

Atushsi smiled, approaching their station. 

“How do you even remember that? Me and Poe had to drag you upstairs before you barfed and embarrassed yourself,” Ranpo snickered, eating their materials to cook for the day. 

Yosano glared at him. “Its called high toleranc-” this time Atsushi laughed. 

“Sorry Yosano, I didn't take you to have a high alc tolerance,” Atsushi snorted. 

“Just wait until I get your first draft, Atsushi,” she said, staring at him with a straight face.  

Atsushi’s eyes widened, now walking towards his own station fearing for his safety. 

He continued scoping the room, seeing randoms, as well as Tachihara and Motojiro Kaji, the latter his upperclassman Yosano swore to murder, in which she retold a story from freshman year of him saying they failed a lab because Yosano “was a stupid girl who couldn't follow instructions”.  Needless to say, Kaji and Yosano were both sent to the office that day from broken beakers and spilled chemicals. Tachihara, on the other hand, was in his grade. He was always stoned, being the epitome of the word stoner. He was always in the stalls, his fryd bar masking any smell in the bathroom, but Atsushi didn't think it smelt any better than that. Everyone knew that if you wanted a smoke, all you had to do was slide up in his DMS and you could get high faster than Kaji exploded that lab. He was loud, often hanging around Chuuya, so it didn't take one too long to consider what Nakahara did in his free time. Despite that, he was rather chill, but Atsushi didn't really care much for him. 

Then he spotted that messy black hair, with a case of a badly cut fringe. Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Atsushi sighed, glaring at him as he walked in. He can't forget the time he offered him a bracelet for student council and Akutagwa said no, purposely bumping into him to spill the entire basket of dozens of bracelets

Sitting at a random table by himself, Atushsi smirked, seeing that he had no friends. Serves him right for being so moody. As the teacher walked in, she saw that everyone was sitting in whatever seat. Sighing, she clapped her hands, grumbling how nobody paid attention to the name tags she had placed on each table. Looking around, he saw Tachihara nodding at Yosano, trading with her so she didn't have to sit next to Kaji since her assigned seat would have been there, fearing for an incident that would leave his friend in the office again, as well as just wanting to have a familiar face rather than listen to Ranpo be a know-it-all. 

So whos sitting next to m-

Akutagawa Ryunosuke, 10th Grade

Atusushi groaned, seeing Akutagawa approach him, refusing to make eye contact. As the teacher began her introduction, she moved onto actually instructing them to cook.

Atsushi nudged Akutagawa. “So you going to listen, or am I gonna cook for both of us,” he said solemnly. 

“I can figure it out myself, how hard is cooking anyways?”

Well apparently impossible. 

Akutagawa managed to make something that crossed a biohazard and chemical waste, how? Atsushi couldn't tell you. 

“Dude! You used all our materials! We’re so cooked we couldn't even redo it because class is over. I told you to let me help you, I actually listened to her instructions unlike you!” He practically yelled, garnering everyone's attention. 

“Like I would trust any food you make. You wouldn't do any better than me anyways,” Akutagawa said, rolling his eyes. 

“Aight bet, tomorrow I'm going to make the best food you've had–hell I make nuggets for Chick Fil A! I definitely know how to cook more than you. Pissing me off, got an F on the first day,” Atushsi said angrily, purposely bumping into his headphones to knock him off the table. 

Before Akutagawa could yell at him, he leaves class, power walking to English. 

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. He had English with Akutagawa– Gin that is. She was much more tolerable than her brother, being concerned with Higuchi on whatever superficial thing was relevant to them, gossiping while typing furiously on their phones. He had some acquaintances that he had in classes before sitting with them. Biology with Tanizaki was boring. They received an “All About Me” packet, filling it out as they discussed meaningless topics to pass time. Then came journalism.

Atsushi walked in to see Yosano sitting with Ranpo, both drinking an energy drink. Just by their energy, Atsushi could tell they had senioritis and were checked out. Walking in with Atsushi was Edgar Allen Poe. He was a strange one, hair covering his eyes. If you told anyone he was the editor in chief last year they would be shocked. He had a vision for the paper that always executed well, and was one of the best writers Atsushi knew, but his confidence didn't match his skill set. He seemed as if he was worried what everyone thought of him at all times, staying quiet and leaving 0 presence in a room. Despite Atsushi being his junior by two years, he always seemed anxious when Atsushi read his work. Which Atsushi didn't understand, he could make an article of redoing the parking lot the best written on the page. He sat with Ranpo and Yosano, both loudly greeting him and showing him some TikTok they were giggling over. 

In the corner sitting on a hightop table was Kunikida, furiously typing away at a schedule to release each article. “Boy, hurry. We're behind schedule already. If we want to stay on track, brainstorming needs to be done by tomorrow.”

Dazai, sitting on the couches centered in the room, snorted. “Kunikida, when have we ever printed on time?” 

Atsushi sat next to the tall brunette, relaxing into the seat. Atsushi always loved how this class mimicked a family, everyone being comfortable enough to be themselves. The classroom was set up differently than the standard sterile class, having the big lights off with fairy lights, a candle burning, and couches alongside posters. The teacher, Fukuzawa, had invested towards his students feeling like this could be their safe space. He obviously succeeded, having a dozen or so students in this class that refused to drop the class even if it messed up their schedule. 

Fukuzawa welcomed the class back, which usually never changed its lineup since it was just returners. “I'm glad to have you all back, I’m sure we can guarantee that we will outdo the yearbook in popularity again,” he announced.

Everyone cheered, determined to outdo their rivals. Mori Ougai had advised the class, taking it up after working at the school long enough as the nurse. Atsushi had a personal vendetta against them, trying to force an interview on him for Fitzgerald’s finance class he took last year, finding out the former had bribed the yearbook with donations if they got a whole spread towards students hyping the class to encourage more to join. And who was forcing said interview on him? Akutagawa, of course. 

“I'm sure I can expect great things from you all,” Fukuzawa continued. “But for today, we will just get to the standard ‘welcome back’ nonsense despite the fact we all know each other,” he said smiling lightly. “For the sake of an easy first day—but don't expect to slack again after today,” he said, eyeing Dazai, making Atsushi snicker.   

For the rest of class, Atsushi just caught up with his friends. Atsushi discussed his work schedule with Kunikida, and picked up on conversations of Ranpo and Poe discussing a new mystery novel, while Yosano harassed Tanizaki with videos of him at the party she hosted. Dazai did his usual: napping in the backroom, before Kunikida could drag him out for making a bed out of previous papers they had worked on. 

Atsushi thought to himself that he wouldn't trade this class for the world, smiling as he imagined how this school year could go. Unfortunately for him, this is as peaceful as it will get.

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[neousfics]

Bungo Stray Dogs Fic Recs (The Ties That Bind Edition)

If you liked my fic The Ties That Bind here's a bunch of other fics I think you'd love :)

dolls don't have emotions (so why am I so scared?) by DeviBlue

Words: 15,313

Rating: E

Status: Complete

Summary:

“You found me,” Dazai croaked.

She walked towards him and rested a deceivingly gentle hand on his cheek. He tried his best not to lean into it. Soft touches were rare, especially from her, and she used them to wrap him around her finger. Giving him the love he craved whenever he strayed too far. It was disgusting and humiliating that she still had that effect on him.

“Shuuji-kun, you know you can never hide from us,” she said, just like all those years ago.

OR

Dazai's past comes back to destroy the life he's built for himself in the light.

Review: This is one of my absolute favorite BSD fics. The angst and horror in this concept are such a gut punch and I adore it. If you like the more raw, intense parts of The Ties That Bind, you'll love this fic

People-Pleasing and the Affects of Caring by Allegory_For_Hatred

Words: 4,565

Rating: Unrated but I would say M for violence

Status: Complete

Summary:

Dazai may have let himself be tortured to get information. It's not that big of a deal. You guys are just overreacting.

OR: the agency has a revelation about Dazai's... let's say "work ethic." Is it too late to fix what the Mafia has drilled into his head?

Review: A really solid exploration of the ADA reacting to how absolutely dreadful Dazai's mafia work-habits. I enjoyed the idea and characterization quite a bit

5 Times this, 1 Time that (but After that, Always) by gev_ao3

Words: 15,994

Rating: M

Status: Complete

Summary:

Just a quick 5+1:

Five times Chuuya thought there might be something… off about Mori and Dazai’s relationship, and one time he decided to do something about it. Can be read as a ship, but it doesn't have to be. The world is your oyster. (just, please, don't ship Dazai and Mori)

Review: If you like the Soukoku aspects of my fic/you're looking forward to the Chuuya confrontation, you'll enjoy this fic. It's well written and a good mix between indulgent and moderate

the bones are melting (the skeleton is ash) by FlowerCitti

Words: 2,879

Rating: T

Status: Complete

Summary:

When Dazai first joins the Agency, there is something inside of him that is waiting to mess up. Something inside of him that is almost craving it, if only to get it over with.

He gets his wish after only three months of working with the Agency.

Or, Fukuzawa Yukichi is not Mori Ougai.

Review: Honestly, I love this entire series. I think it captures the dread that is Mori Ougai very well, and the ADA provides a great contrast

Ruiner by gev_ao3

Words: 124,622

Rating: E

Status: Incomplete (Ch 13/14)

Summary:

from S2E9:

“Do you still wear the coat that I gave you?”

“I burned it.”

They’re the wrong words to say.

Mori’s abuse runs deep—deeper than anyone, including Dazai, had realized. And he’s doing it all over again.

[WARNING. *PLEASE* MIND THE TAGS.]

Review: Brutal psychological warfare, 10/10

Nivea's Mirror by Raiimil

Words: 42,077

Rating: E

Status: Complete

Summary:

Every night, a purple letter appears in his doorstep. Every night, the letter have different contents inside. Every night, Dazai breaks a little more. And this time, it might break him thoroughly.

Previously called: RAVAGE (Before I Break)

PLEASE, read the tags, PLEASE

Review: Also brutal psychological warfare, utilizes new ideas / characters in a way that doesn't feel self-indulgent or distracting from the plot. This one is very unsettling /pos

There's a few for now :) I will likely add more later

[freyadragonlord]

BSD fandom bear with me as i do some math, cause I've been trying to figure out just how far this season is going to get in adapting the manga, and today's episode threw my calculations out the window!

This is a chart I've been using to keep track of the episodes of S5 so far:

The average number of manga pages adapted per episode is 104,7.

The largest amount of pages adapted in an episode is 129 (episode 3).

The smallest amount of pages adapted in an episode is 81 (episode 7).

If the average remains 104-ish, this season should surpass current manga chapters by a couple of months and end around chapter 112, assuming that future chapters' lenght stays the same.

BUT, that's a lot of assumptions, and the average of pages as been going down in the last few chapters... So I have decided to calculate some possibilities!

The worst (realistic) case scenario is: Ep 8: ch 100-102 (87 pages) Ep 9: ch 103-105 (87 pages) Ep 10: 106-part of 108 (80/90 pages) Ep 11: part of 108-110 (80/90 pages)

The best (realistic) case scenario is: Ep 8: ch 100-103 (120 pages) Ep 9: ch 104-107 (123 pages) Ep 10: 108-110 (100/110 pages) Ep 11: ?????? at least 3 other chapters, taking us to chapter 113 (released next december if they don't do any more half-chapters)

Now, I imagine that the truth will be somewhere between these 2 scenarios... But it is reassuring that - unless they decide to REALLY stretch the upcoming episodes - it doesn't look like Season 5 risks finishing with a cliffanger after chapter 109!

...I hope!!

[angst-in-space]

december '24 writing progress (and yearly wrap-up!)

december progress:

words written: 3.7k

most words written in a day: 445

least words written in a day: 0

projects worked on:

ya sci-fi book edits

bsd regency au

planning music demon wip

works published/updated:

none

december goals:

finish/post sylvix week fic!!!

ya sci-fi book edits… send book to friends?

maybe work on other fics if i have time

january goals:

finish this round of ya sci-fi book edits and send to some people to read for funsies

work on arctic monster wip again

keep working on bsd regency au

work on sylvix time loop fic again?

update one of my multichapter fics

notes:

december was really busy for me, since i had a friend visiting for the first week and then the last couple weeks i was mostly focused on the holidays and spending time with family. so, i didn't get a ton of writing done.

(ok trying out a new thing where i divide my summary into original work/fics in case people care more about one or the other, haha.)

original writing updates:

i finished editing a chapter of my book that had been a royal pain in my ass for over a year—and that was the last major change i wanted to make (for this draft anyway) so that was a huge relief.

i'm trying to focus on more nitty-gritty edits now, although i may go back and restructure the first arc of the story but... that's a problem for future me! for january i just wanted to do enough minor edits that i can let some of my family and friends read my book for fun. :)

i hope to return to arctic monster wip (my adult fantasy book) this month since i haven't touched it in ages. i've really been itching to return to drafting, and i've felt really discouraged and burnt out with my current book honestly, so i just think focusing on something else will be good for me.

i worked a bit on planning music demon wip, a story i've had on the backburner for a couple years lol. but i suddenly had a few more ideas for it... 👀

fic updates:

i mostly just worked on bsd regency au in december, and hope to make a dent in chapter 2 in january.

i put sylvix time loop fic aside for a bit; it was supposed to be for sylvix week, but both i & ang (the friend i'm collab'ing with) ended up being too busy so we decided to save it for later. i was also kinda struggling with it but i'm hoping i'll have time to return to it this month.

i hope to post something from my backlog before the end of january! probably ch 4 of "are we going somewhere" (renga practice kissing fic).

2024 wrap up:

total words written: 131.7k most words written in a month: 23.4k (august) least words written in a month: 1.7k (november)

works published/updated:

flowers grow after the rain // ace attorney, phoenix & trucy

you're a dream (i'm never waking up) chapter 10 // fe3h, sylvix

take the dark (and carve me out a home) // bsd, soukoku

are we going somewhere chapter 3 // sk8, renga

mama bear // spy x family, yor & anya

other wips:

ya sci-fi book rewrites/edits

space dads wip planning

sylvix pacific rim au

matchablossom bedsharing fic

altea rising edits

music demon wip planning

sskk prince/bodyguard au planning

bsd regency au

sylvix spy au planning

sylvix time loop fic

planning a couple alnst fics

2024 goals:

finish ya sci-fi book rewrites/edits

work on query package

send out at least one query

start a writing blog/newsletter

continue first draft of arctic monster wip

finish outlining space western dads outline (and start a draft?? maybe?)

continue planning sapphic princess/pirate book

post last chapter of sylvix dreamscape fic

update one of my other ongoing multichapter fics

work on other misc. fic and JUST HAVE A GOOD FUN TIME!!!!

notes:

oh man what a year... i had one of the most eventful years of my life, in both good and bad ways, so honestly i'll pat myself on the back for getting any writing done at all lol. i got significantly less done than the last few years in terms of word count, but i'm not too disappointed considering i was going through a lot and traveling much more than i have in a long time.

anyway, let's break it down!

original writing highlights:

I FINISHED MY YA SCI-FI BOOK REWRITES!!! 🎉 if you follow all my writing update posts then you probably know this took me over a year and was probably the hardest writing-related thing i have ever done lmao. so i am proud that i made it through that!!! hopefully now i can focus mostly on smaller edits. 🤞

re: querying... hmm well. this is something i'm probably not going to talk much about this unless anything significant happens. but i will say i am not currently querying my book and probably won't be for a long time. this year was uhhhh sobering for me, to say the least, and i'm going into 2025 with not much hope when it comes to publishing for a number of reasons. anyway! based on some feedback i've received, i'll be redoing my sub package and possibly restructuring the first part of my book again... but need some time to step back first, i think.

i did not make any progress on arctic monster wip, but i did start showing it to my critique group. i was nervous about it, but their enthusiasm for the story has rejuvenated my excitement for it, so i hope to delve back into it in 2025!

i did a bit more planning of other book ideas, such as space dads wip and music demon wip. hoping to at least get some more ideas/notes done on both of those in the coming year, maybe start drafting at least one of them?

i didn't do any planning of sapphic princess/pirate book this year, but i have been thinking about it lately... so perhaps that's an idea to return to in 2025!

fic writing highlights:

i didn't do a ton of fic writing this year, but it was still a lot more than i did in 2023 so i'm happy about that! one of my 2024 goals was just to write fic again and have fun with it, and i feel i was able to do that.

i posted the last chapter of sylvix dreamscape fic!!! it took me roughly four years from starting to write that fic to finishing posting it, so that was an emotional experience. 🥺 that fic is so dear to me and it was hard to say goodbye to it, but i was so touched by all the love i received for the final chapter. i truly appreciate everyone who followed along with that fic for so long. 🫶

i worked a bit more on sylvix pacific rim au. didn't get as much done on it as i hoped, but progress is progress! hoping that's one i can return to in 2025.

i wrote and posted a soukoku oneshot! it was the first oneshot i'd written in a long time, and i was proud of myself for posting it without agonizing too much over it.

i planned the bsd regency au and wrote the first chapter (and started the second). i'm having a ton of fun with it so far and can't wait to write so much more of it this year!

i started the sylvix time loop fic—did not finish it in time for sylvix week, but hope to get back to it soon!!

worked a bit on some other misc. fics and posted a few zine pieces + other things from my backlog.

2025 goals:

finish doing edits on ya sci-fi book and let friends/family read it

work on arctic monster wip again

at least finish an outline of space dads wip, maybe start the first draft?

keep working on bsd regency au. not sure if i'll finish the whole thing because i'm estimating it'll be like 80k total lol... but i would like to at least get through the first ~5 chapters or so.

keep working on sylvix pacific rim au

finish sylvix time loop fic

finish posting the renga practice kissing fic

update at least one of my other multichapter fics

maybe return to some of my other unfinished wips that i haven't touched in a while...

rework sub package, mayybeeee send out more queries by end of the year?

be more spontaneous!! be cringe but free! post more!! write what i love!!!

aaaand that's a wrap on 2024! thanks to everyone who reads these long rambling posts lol i truly appreciate it. i have so many projects i'm excited about and can't wait to work more on them in 2025!! 💖

[halokarii]

/// BSD Spoilers up to Ch. 110

So I realized something interesting about the teaser for the next episode of the anime: Dazai getting shot by Chuuya is very explicitly shown in the preview.

At first I thought "Oh yeah they just wanted fans to know that we'd be getting to chapter 109 in this episode already". But then I realized that it's actually super weird that they would "spoil" the big twist (Dazai's potential death) in the teaser already. That feels a little bit like if had chosen to show a clip of Chuuya drowning in episode eight (which they obviously didn't - it was supposed to be The Big Thing of that episode, it was meant to shock anime-only fans and leave them with a cliff hanger that would have them come back the following week). So why did they make the decision to show (what one would assume) The Big Thing of episode 10?

And it's not even a subtle hint that only manga readers would pick up on. We flat-out see Chuuya shoot Dazai in the head in 4K colorized version.

People have theorized that episode 11 would actually wrap up this arc by showing unreleased manga chapters, which is a theory I'm inclined to support (what's the alternative? Storm Bringer crammed into 20minutes? Chapter 110 but it's just Aya falling for 15 minutes? A beach episode?).

However, one twenty-minute episode feels way to short for wrapping up an arc as big as this. We literally have four different POVs to follow simultaneously - five if you count SKK and Fyodor/Sigma in Mersault as seperate POVs. Half of the cast is currently bleeding out somewhere. So we'd have to assume that the last episode is gonna be significantly longer (probably fourty minutes, if you want a more or less clean wrap up off all the loose ends). Which in turn leaves us with the question - why not just do an episode 12 and thus bring this season to a standard BSD length?

But let's assume this issue gets fixed somehow.

Narratively I think it would make sense to leave episode 10 with the absolute lowest point of our protagonists. Which I guess you could say it does but that leaves 110 and Aya's little Beastzai moment out. It would be odd to start the episode with Aya jumping because her POV needs to be the first one resolved (since Bram controls the vampirism). It also wouldn't fit with the assumed episode's theme of regaining the upper hand in the battle/ with things looking better for our protagonists.

In conclusion, episode 10 will likely feature Aya's jump as The Big Thing for anime-onlys to be shocked about and in episode 11 we'll get unreleased content and the big finale of this arc.

Is this a theory I personally like? Not really because it leaves the possibility of an incredibly rushed ending to this overall fairly good arc. It would also take away at least a couple of months' excitement for new manga chapters away since these would already be featured in the anime.

But I think it is the best option we are left with. Unless Bones pulls a Haha Jk on us and there is no 11th episode.

I don't usually post rambles like these and my thoughts are probably all over the place so forgive me if this is too confusing T_T

[peonas-commentary-corner]

I really hate Ranpo's attitude, but that reaction is so relatable!

[aroacesofspades]

OKAYYY ITS BEEN A SWEET WHILE SINCE CH 115 DROPPED (it has literally only been a day) so i will now be expressing my thoughts

bsd 115 spoilers under the cut

oh god aya needs to find a good fucking therapist after this

um. what the fuck happened to ranpo?? what happened to him running up to fyodor?? why did he vanish?

ooh i see 'echoes of his ability' u say?? so the vampirism remains?? is that how it works????

lets take a couple seconds to appreciate cunty fyodor.

ok back to whacking him on the head with a bat dostoyevsky what the fuck

OOH this new thing abt an essence of the original ability within a new body is so interesting i need to know how much of the original dostoyevsky remains within him

OH SHUT UPPP EVEN IN DEATH HE PROTECTS AYAA

lowkey obsessed with how fukuzawa has worn the same traumatised face for like 10 whole chapters now

OH MY LORDD TERUKO LORE BEFORE U KILL HER KAFKA U FUCKER

FUCK, her ability is so so interesting i WISHH it'd been explored more but NOT LIKE THIS???

oh fuck her backstory is one of my favourites so far WHY KAFKA WHEN I CATCH U KAFKA

STOP IT RN STOP IT FUKUCHI HER SAVIOUR AND MURDERER FUCKK

well. that's one way of proving just how powerful a singularity can be. they rlly couldn't just explode the airport.

good to know fyodor is a fat fucking liar whoa this is news to me!

well. shitty day for teruko enjoyers. fuck me WHY HER. i get it but cmon. i wish we had more of her past before she got turned into soup ig. i'd rlly like to know what the others think abt this. let them fucking rest before fighting the singularity plsplspls. but the quicker we do the quicker it means we get aku scenes soo it's a win.

[feralshadowdemon]

tagged by @zukkaoru n @sensitiveheartless tyy <3 rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs. 1. why did i make chuuya trans in 1999 2. code 0 3. astraphobia: the extreme fear of lightning 4. porcelain tea set 5. ch 2 of the sky may call for you, but i'm the one who deserves you 6. VAGUELY CLUE-INSPIRED BSD AU (in all caps) 7. crayons 8. server not responding 9. very able to hold me down (and love me more than anyone) 10. idk what to call this shit. trans allegory steampunk skk au i am a very predictable man. i have no clue which of my mutuals have done this and who have not, so im just gonna leave the tags open

[madraleen]

bungo stray dogs ch.114

-"quit it with that habit of rolling all over the ground" YES BECAUSE CHUUYA KNOWS DAZAI'S HABITS, thank you chuuya, feed my little heart -at least they had the courtesy to finally put sigma on a chair -the ever elusive fyodor ability -always happy to see dazai perplexed. always happy -is it his death? is the activation condition fyodor's death?! -YES GO CHECK THE CORPSE DAZAI YOU DUMBASS, WHY DIDN'T YOU, DID CHUUYA'S PRETTINESS DISTRACT YOU?! (this is a joke) (dazai looks very not calm, i love that for him) -A COCK -(as someone who's currently on vol.10 of bsd, i'm really seeing the art evolution) -wdym "aah," fyodor. what is happening -chuuya be like "yeah, i'm not helping you drag out the corpse of your situationship" -so so, does fyodor take over his killer's body?! IS THAT WHAT IT IS?! whatever it is, IT LOOKS SO INTRIGUING

-WE WERE FED WELL! A SHORT CHAPTER, BUT WE WERE FED WELL

[kaikaidenkai]

Stupid decisions get you in stupid situations. CH.2|| Trusted or not.

Stupid decisions get you in stupid situations… or in which [Name] gets themself in a stupid situation, getting hit by Truck-kun which was their own fault. They transported themself into the world of their favorite anime they’ve just finished watching the last episode on, Bungo Stray Dogs.

italics without “ = thoughts

italics with “” around it = spoken in japanese

BSD X G/N READER

—————————————————————————

It seems that you, [Name], was transported into Bungo Stray Dogs— or Japan in S1 EP5. Not too far long after Atsushi joined the ADA.

Right now though, everyone was cleaning up the Agency for except Ranpo, and Atsushi. Ranpo was interrogating you as Atsushi watched. But for of course, you can’t just go blabbering out everyone’s name now, they haven’t even told you yet.

“Who are you, and how did you get here?”

Ranpo asked as he sat on a desk, looking down at you, since you’ve upgraded your skills in Japanese.. you understood a few words and were able to figure out what they were saying.

“I’m- uh… I’m [Name] and I do not know how I got here.”

The man who questioned you nodded, bringing his fingers to his chin. While the other boy with white hair and a butchered hair cut waited patiently with a doubtful look on his face.

”I see.. I see.”

Ranpo said, nodding again.

”You’re lying.”

Atsushi interjected, speaking up.

”They appeared out of thin air, they look out of it as well.. I’m sure they’re not lying…”

Atsushi was sweating as he said that, Ranpo’s gaze on him.

“Hmph, I cant stay. I’ve got to head off to a job.” 

Ranpo replied, looking away from Atsushi as he got off the desk.

”Oh, have you been called to assist with a new murder case?”

You remember watching the episode about the case and how the plot twist shocked you so hard it made you fall out of your bed..

As you didn’t pay attention to the conversation, just staring at something as you stayed seated on where you fell, Kunikida, the blonde man said something that caught your attention.

”Hey kid never mind the clean up here, you’re done. You need to go with Ranpo. And you, the one on the floor. You’re coming too. You three will travel by train.”

”Me..??”

Kunikida nodded.

Why you? They don’t even know you and you could be a threat to them.. Never mind, they’d beat your ass anyway if you tried something.

”Huh? Why are they coming too?”

”You need to keep a close eye on them, they appeared out of thin air in here and although they don’t seem like a threat, looks can be deceiving.”

Kunikida spoke to Atsushi right in front of you, Atsushi just nodded.

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tiem skip

You were sat next to Atsushi on the train as Ranpo sat across. Ranpo was admiring a marble as Atsushi looked in your direction, seemingly deep in thought. Then, a blue transparent screen popped up.

•·················•·················•

STORY QUEST UNLOCKED!

Participate in “helping” Ranpo with Atsushi!

MAKE SURE TO NOT BE SUSPICIOUS AND/OR MAKE A WRONG MOVE..

• Setback in plot…

• 60+ Distrust with all ADA members…

REWARDS IF SUCCESSFUL…

• +10 Trust for Ranpo & Atsushi.

• +5 Trust for Kunikida and all other members you’ve met so far.

• +3 Trust for ?????

• +2 Skill points! 

•+¥30,000 

•·················•·················•

After you waved the screen off which was in front of the daydreaming Atsushi, he came back to his senses.

“Sorry, was I staring? Haha..”

He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

“You’re— You’re fine.”

You nod and he does too.

”So.. err.. Where are you from?”

”The air..”

You responded, making a joke since you came out of thin air and into the ADA. Atsushi sweatdropped and just nodded before you seriously answered. 

”Oh, thats cool! Are you really sure you don’t know how you ended up in the ADA though..?”

”No.. I don’t.”

You shook your head, that was a complete lie but he nodded anyway, not pressing forward.

“Your name was [Name], right?”

And that was a start to a conversation that only ended when they got off the train.. 

A/n: how tf do i underline shit 😭😭😭 i copy n pasted this from my ao3 acuount bro

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