#bsd chapter 121

[refriedcaprisun]

‼️‼️CHAPTER 121 ‼️‼️

‼️‼️‼️ SPOILERS‼️‼️

This is what i imagine hallucination dazai was doing right before chap 121

genuinely dont know whats happening in the manga rn but i know im loving it 😼‼️‼️

[zzzx009]

Silly faceless dazai :3

[shininas-ideals]

Atsushi, baby, we all knew that already

[tamanegi-san]

okay i know i'm late but ch.121 gave me an idea

[thelesbododo]

I swear to fucking god if this turns out to be an actual plot point I'm going hang myself

[1seaweedbrain1]

call him a faggot, please itd be so funny

[anticidic]

I am taking what fyozai crumbs I can get at this point after the massive feast that was Meursault, but the fact that Fyodor so far has been straight trashing Dazai to Atsushi and just CAN'T. LET. IT. GO. screams a little obsessed to me ngl you can admit that you got a little silly with Dazai in Meursault and the alleys around Yokohama, Fyodor. The way he oscillates between "Dazai-kun wasn't good enough to be my equal, after all," and "Dazai-kun was truly spectacular," is just straight up funny to me at this point. He's the ex-lover who keeps telling everyone he's moved on and everyone's smiling and nodding, but not believing.

[lovereadandwrite]

Fyozai in BSD 121

[tachiharastanacc]

Greedy bastard how many do you need??

[tinyperson00]

Total time: 29 minutes

Manga panel redraw cause the new chapter is killing me yet again-

LEAVE MY BABY BOY ALONE PLEASE 😭

Anyway I drew this in the half an hour I had before leaving for karate, so it's slightly rushed but still suitable and turned out to my liking •v•

white bg + ref below cut

tagging: @a-stray-wretched-dog @aceofstars0 @kowwpow @larz-barz @sticker-mania

[theonlyqualitytrash]

"In Japanese culture, it is customary to offer a gift with both hands, as this represents modesty."

Such a polite cutie! Only he can make me pause my study session to post about him.

[cffeine]

man said finder’s keepers losers weepers

[nininikolai]

yk what this reminds me of? Fucking chapter 25

25 is the same chapter where Q was introduced. release of Q made dazai make the same reaction (but a little more calm) he did when he found out fyodor was alive. Q's doll can easily play the role of amenogozen, they were doing nothing but taunting others while atsushi kept struggling paralleling to fyodor yapping while atsushi is literally getting tortured atp.also in the same chapter akutagawa says the thing dazai did in 121.

yk what else is crazy? akutagawa also said that only when atsushi was fighting back his hallucinations, similarly to dazai.the other rest is js dazai advising atsushi similar to 121.5. but in the same chapter atsushi fights for himself against Q's ability but ends up getting the blame for hurting naomi and haruno, reminds me of how fyodor indirectly blames him for the ADA members' death.

other than that chp.26 also has Fitzgerald and Louisa in it, and koyo plays the role of a wise mentor (and this might be a weird or nonsensical comparison but she js reminds me of fyodor explaining all the dimensions to atsushi in 120)

the war between the guild, ADA and Pm lowkey correlates to fyodor saying "humanity will never choose peace" (smth similar I forgot)

oh and atsushi's goal here was to potentially save kyoka and lucy, which koyo asked him to do in 26 too (she js told him more abt kyoka so he could save her, also reminds me of dazai saying "kyoka and Montgomery are still alive" )

another funny thing is that atsushi sacrificing himself doesn't only parallel akutagawa but also lucy (lowkey) bc she stayed in her room (aka in another dimension) to let atsushi save her (the same way atsushi trusts akutagawa) and in the room where lucy and atsushi first met, lucy reminds of her past js like how dazai told atsushi to feel strongly so he can 'step into the past'

OH AND THE WAY THE YOKOHAMA CITIZENS ACTED IN THE INFLUENCE OF KYUSAKU'S ABILITY REMINDS ME OF THW VAMPIRE OUTBREAK

[popcorn428]

so this panel right? Is Dazai’s face clouded over because Atsushi no longer needs someone in his head telling him what to do and who to be? Hes finding out who he really is so there’s no need to hallucinate Dazai. I’m going from a plot perspective not a psych one ofc.

I took him saying “I know who you really are” as him understanding himself more and the role Dazai plays in life rather than him being the book or any of those theories, but those are still rlly cool to think about.

Also his head is so dark right now it’s killing me.

[warauhodo]

Я тебя своей Аленушкой зову.

[sylviealexandria]

When I read this, it raised the possibility that Dazai is linked to The Book, maybe even being a part of it. A visual clue was how Dazai's ability is depicted in the anime: as letters in a blue glow.

(A slightly blurry image, but you can see the letters.) Atsushi’s realization occurs while facing what appears to be a hallucination or illusion of Dazai. However, considering the themes of bsd, where perception and reality blur, this vision might not be just an illusion. Dazai's ability could be The Book’s own defence mechanism, preventing reality from being rewritten by external forces. And, as far as I know, there's no other nullification ability in the bsd universe. Maybe I'm overthinking this too much, but considering how Asagiri's brain works, it's not that far of a stretch.