#bsd chapter 88

[mikayuumouse]

They should kiss

[solanumflare]

most FERAL noises any human being is capable of making

[normalest-sskk-fan]

jolts upright I've just had a realization. how much did atsushi think about when akutagawa died? how much did he replay it in his mind, go over every detail again and again? how much did he mourn it, grieve him? how many times did he recall akutagawa's last words? because for atsushi to be able to, in a split second, as he *dies* and everything around him has already gone to shit, recall what akutagawa said to him, and repeat it back? it must have been constantly.

[caldera1000-7]

(I think this was originally posted/drawn by Dazai_9 on Instagram.) This art I've been looking at it then got a random thought... Dazai was "saved" by Oda/joining the agency. Atsushi was "saved" by Dazai. Kyouka was "saved" by Atsushi. In this image its very obvious to see Akutagawa wasn't "saved." I didn't think much of it till the quote rang in my head: "People live to save themselves."

(Although we could say maybe Atsushi was helping in his growth and possibly somewhat saving him - now that I think of it maybe Akutagawa's path is him saving himself. He was the one who sacrificed himself for Atsushi or because he came to know the value in another's life at that moment truly afterall. This was a decision of his own. And it seems Dazai and Atsushi were just giving the pushes and slight guides for him to have gone in this direction.)

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

I’m ready

[halfdead-coyote707]

First time I ever heard this song, I instantly thought of them.

[etrevil]

[saiintofawe]

hozier— who we are

[to hold me like water, or christ, hold me like a knife]

[raccoonwxrks]

Let's start this Spooky month with some emotional damage 💃💃

If you want to see the uncensored version, here's my Twitter account

I hope ya ready for this month's drawings 👀

[kyoukalover]

SHIN SOUKOKU COLORING TAKE IT (chapter 88 who is THAT, chapter 108??? Never heard of her either)

[keykaedem]

I love the anime adaptation. Bones is doing such a great job, I'm so. Happy with that we've been given.

[bungouchronicles]

I love how bsd literally just went:

"Wait, actually there's vampires now!"

88 chapters into the manga and we just...let them??

[solanumflare]

what are some songs you think fit sskk?

rubs hands together evilly. I have SO many of these

tongues and teeth by the crane wives

can't go back by the crane wives

curses (also crane wives)

ngl most crane wives songs fit them, give them a listen

freaks by surf curse

birds of a feather by billie eilish (this is specifically like. their sacrifices for each other. grrrrrr most 121.5 coded song ever)

pictures of you by the cure (it feels like a more romantic take on their partnership and relationship and also once again their deaths)

namae wo yobu yo. yeah it's the 1st season ending but it's So them

vivid by utsu-p. it feels hard to explain but I promise it fits

running up that hill (initially by kate bush but there's a cover by a band called loveless that's excellent. idk how to justify this choice but trust me it fits)

dogbird by madds buckely. thanks to that one absolutely wonderful sskk animatic (linked here)

I will by mitski (it feels like atsushi's perspective on akutagawa and their relationship)

francis forever by mitski (atsushi post-chapter 88 :(

toumei elegy by n-buna

[normalest-sskk-fan]

what if we sacrificed ourselves for each other, throwing ourselves into danger and into the range of a blade to save the other, and smiled sotly as the other watched in horror and in our last moments called the other a fool and told them to run because we did this to ensure their survival because nothing would be worse than their death? wouldn't that be romantic?

[caldera1000-7]

Second time I've ever seen Akutagawa apologise was before he was supposed to "kill" Atsushi here.

I like how out of all the known generations of duos in BSD, SSKK/Shin Soukoku (I still don't like this name for them as a more yin-yang sounding one sounds more suitable.) they harbor the least amount of hatred toward each other at least after some time, or are just more likely to end up being the "successful" duo. Especially considering that one interaction in Beast... They could get along without even fighting.

With Fukuzawa and Mori its like they're on complete opposite ends, they in the past and now do not get along.

With SKK/Soukoku/ Dazai and Chuuya, they haven't gotten along but could work together when they had to. They still have an amount of hatred in their complexity, or just could never work as "friends" after everything that has happened or during all that has, despite the trust that has built upon years of working together.

Then there's Akutagawa and Atsushi... At first it was confusion, then hatred from Akutagawa, then Atsushi firmly not liking him, to Akutagawa understanding, to Atsushi still being confused but not completely firmly disliking/getting along with him through their team-ups and the fight with Ivan despite their verbal clashes during that time. To Akutagawa being there on that battle with Fukuchi when Atsushi was alone, to the trust that built for the battle as comrades for that one time in that second they needed to defeat Fukuchi.

I don't know what they are now, and I await the day they become friends even if it happens when one of them dies. But they definitely had more of a journey of understanding and not liking views, of jealousy, of defeat, of strength of self, of willpower, of survival, of trust, and of life and death.

Asagiri really makes some interesting and well-written character duos.

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

Akutagawa ready to show up, serve cunt, and then immediately die in the new season