#bsd chapter 122

[crowscadence]

Do you have any ibuprofen I have a headache

[sh1nsoukoku]

This chapter really illustrates just how young they were when they met. Akutagawa is 14 and Dazai 16 here.

This wasn’t Akutagawa being groomed into crime by an adult man with several years of experience under his belt and a fully developed brain. This was a 16 year old who had the intellect to prop himself up as much larger and older than he actually was and who had been functioning in that way for awhile. This was a kid leading another kid into the everyday violence that surrounded them, violence that Dazai had come to live and breathe at this point. Violence that Dazai had already learned how to wield very well.

[anticidic]

This is so beautifully devastating, I'm gonna be sick. They really are even now

[the-alien-ghost]

i haven't seen anyone say this so

if this is gonna happen immediately after atsushi comes back from wherever he is it would be the first time he sees akutagawa after he remembered everything.

AND

Akutagawa remembered atsushi after he "died"

SO IN OTHER WORDS, as far as atsushi knows, akutagawa still doesn't remember him.

Akutagawa is LITERALLY telling him that he remembers without actually saying it isn't he

[mypinkshoelaces]

they're matching ^^

[cosmickoshi]

What if this was my final straw?

[solanumflare]

DOES THIS PAGE NOT READ AS ROMANTIC??? DOESNT IT??? DOESNT THIS READ AS ENEMIES FALLING FOR EACH OTHER???

[whathorselegs]

Alternate name for this arc: Atsushi's De-romanticisation of Dazai

[caldera1000-7]

No words just... looking at these two images...

And thinking about how Akutagawa views himself in both universes...

[mikayuumouse]

Atsushi saw Akutagawa's past. He learned about Akutagawa's trauma. He knows how Akutagawa was treated, how he was taught, what he was put through.

He understands Akutagawa now

He fully sees Akutagawa for his humanity now

Atsushi has seen Akutagawa's darkest, most vulnerable side now

And that's just so...

I can't even put it into words oh my God, their relationship is so complex and heartfelt I'm screaming

I have a feeling that Akutagawa doesn't mind Atsushi seeing his past, seeing him at weakest, lowest point

I think their trust runs deeper than that

Also Akutagawa isn't alone anymore. Nor is Atsushi, because they have each other. Akutagawa has someone who knows and tells him he isn't weak, Atsushi has someone who can be by his side and save him. I feel like without each other they aren't complete

[jollywasnthere]

HE. STILL. HAD. LIGHT. IN. HIS. FUCKING EYES. BEFORE. DAZAI.

[sh1nsoukoku]

have you ever seen a guy so little…

[anticidic]

pm Dazai making an appearance in the latest chapter was not on my bsd chapter bingo card but him drawn in Harukawa's updated art style is 👌

[kaddielle]

sskk fans (me) really won with this chapter i will never get over it.

“And then… and then…” AND THEN WHAT AKUTAGAWA? YOU FELL IN LOVE??

[fawncherries]

there are so many parallels between bsd 88 and bsd 122 but this one is making me feel the illest

[welivetodream]

"And then...and then...."

Is the new

"We are destined to----"