#bsd season 5 episode 11

[grimeye-j]

[nikolaiismysugardaddy]

The way he held Fyodor’s remaining hand was just too heartwrecking

[bibiblocksberg1234]

This has SO many implications..Does Mori happen to have a stash of fake vampire teeth lying around? Did he stock up when the vampires popped up?? Is this what he has been doing the past episodes?? Walking into cosplay shops and buying vampire teeth?? Also, imagining Mori supergluing vampire teeth on Chuuya is way too funny

[sorcerersandskillusers]

EVERYONE WAS WRONG! AGAIN!!!

I can't believe Asagiri keeps getting away with this shit, he fooled the entire fandom AGAIN. (Including me)

70% of the prediction i saw were that this episode was going to be all about skk, it references works by both Dazai and Chuuya in the title and of course the entire fandom is on a skk war path rn. Almost all the other theories I saw were that it would be a full Bram backstory and revival with twillight being connected to vampires (not the books the time of day)

Now i did think very briefly that Twilight fairwell could be about Fukuzawa since the ADA are considered the gardens of the Twilight in the three part framework, but i thought this was really unlikely and i thought if it happened it would be Ranpo saying goodbye to Fukuzawa.

But of course Asagiri had to pull the rug out from under us and make it something no one predicted.

[vypridae]

don't worry guys he's fine nikolai helped him

[demigoddreamer]

New episode of Bungou Stray Dogs and I'm just traumatized to no fucking end. This is one of my favorite series and the emotional turmoil is just on and on.

First off, I was lowkey disappointed that Chuuya was faking being a vampire...in my personal opinion that was fucking disappointing. I don't know why i'm being so picky about it because I'm usually never this picky but it just felt lackluster idk. Like oh the pain and the suffering?? yeah neither of them were being genuine like fuck me because they were acting to trick Fyodor. I know I'm not supposed to interpret it that way but still.

How do you just...fake being a vampire???? against Fyodor who should be smart enough to see through that??? The contacts and glued on fangs made me giggle like come on.

I was theorizing that Dazai used the power of the transitive property to nullify the vampirism through the gun, boy was I off-track.

I know it's not believable in the first place that Chuuya got bit cause this man is too OP but more believable than him faking being a vampire the entire time. As a avid soukoku shipper it just makes me wonder if all the speeches Dazai said to Chuuya were as genuine as I believed(I still believe they're genuine just not as genuine as if Chuuya were actually in danger) since Dazai knew Chuuya was ok.

At least Chuuya looks hella hot(as always and as HE SHOULD)

Also I refuse to believe Fyodor's dead and I'm not even a Fyodor stan (I like him don't come for me I'm just not crazy about him)

For a man that was so much trouble he sure died somewhat anticlimactically but uh referencing Jesus as his last words was pretty sick since I love allusions. Also we didn't even get a backstory and we don't even know what his powers are like???? nahhhhhh he gotta be alive.

He had the same last words as Jesus and you know what happened to Jesus? Bitch never stayed dead.

Though that Fyolai scene where Nikolai is cradling Fyodor's severed arm and reflecting on how "he fought so he could lose himself" and the pursuit of freedom resulting in freedom from the shackles of being tied down by emotions to a friend maybe only to realize the feeling is not as freeing as he thought.

FYOLAI NATION IS NOT WINNING, NIKOLAI LOOKS SO SAD. AND THAT MEANS I WAS SAD, FYODOR CAN'T BE DEAD.

Anyway I still love this finale and the sad sad conclusion brought to Fukuchi and Fukuzawa and how in the end, one man wanted to end war, and the other didn't want his friend to go astray like this.

[cheshire-writer]

browsing through the ao3 bsd archive and stumbling over so, so many fix its, adaptions, continuations of the Mearsault arc pre s5 ep11. Angsty dramatizations, so many of them - this is not a complaint, I stuck so many of them on my for later list - and I'm just still not over how wildly, WIDELY AU they all went with just, like 30 seconds of anime. The cognitive dissonance is giving me whiplash.

[snows-2am-thoughts]

Spoilers for BSD season 5 episode 11

*SPOILERS*

Y'know I'm kinda glad that Chuuya was never a vampire to begin with because how in the ever loving fuck were they supposed to explain that the man who took down a dragon was taken off guard by a random vampire? Like I'm sure there's a logical way that Asagiri could spin it but I don't think there's ever gonna be an explanation that would've satisfied the type of interaction it would take to catch Chuuya off guard y'know? Like it would either end up seeming over the top or anticlimactic?

I am kinda sad that everything that was said by Dazai was under the pretense that he knew Chuuya was acting but honestly from the man who said "what a violent way of waking sleeping beauty" and "you used corruption believing in me? How beautiful" I have no hesitation in believing that Dazai meant every word. 

Also this just means that Chuuya DIDN’T go through another traumatizing event so win win.

AND the fact that his little high pitched vampire noise was a conscious decision makes that scene so much better.

[bunglegaydogs]

bsd ep 61 spoilers fr xoxo

so uh

that was a fucking wild ride

and it was only 30 seconds long

i have a couple of things to say on this subject

i also cant feel my hands from the cold so im dreading how long its actually gonna take me to write this post

ANYWAYS

Obvious spoilers for episode 61 preview!!!

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So, my first thing was that Aya looks much happier in the anime than the manga lol. I don't know why this is important to me but I felt as if I should say it, because I don't know what exactly her plan is? But it's almost as if there's not a chance of her falling to her death involved in this little stunt that she's pulling.

Anyways.

Next thing to note is that she's clearly intending to land on something - and I saw a post just before that said maybe she misses the table and lands on Atsushi and Aku instead and in turn saves Atsushi from becoming a vampire. Which I do think is plausible - because if I've learned anything from this fucking series it's that if you expect something to happen after a certain thing happens, don't, you're wrong. Don't expect what you're expecting. It will be something completely out of left field that you get slapped across the fucking face with like a chilled fish bro that shit stings from the iciness.

Next, of course, Atsushi and Aku. Now, I don't think that Atsushi's going to become a vampire - it seems pretty long-winded now, plus where would the story go after that? Him and Aku just sit there and stare lifelessly at each other whilst Aya falls from the building? I think, maybe, Aku will see Aya falling, and his instinct will be to save her, because he's been keeping his promise to Atsushi, and maybe he recognises that if she falls and dies, it's "his fault" (it obviously won't be, but by means of association, the fact that he put her up there, he's like damn my bad fr) and go to save her, dropping Atsushi and obviously going to her, but I don't know, maybe that's not plausible at all.

Also, Atsushi is awake here??? Hello? Atsushi wasn't originally awake. Plus, Aku has that bitch hanging by Rashoumon - how has he gotten him awake and why's he pulled him closer? Anyways lol.

Next, FUCKING FYODOR AND NIKOLAI.

So, when I saw the split second of Fyodor, I actually almost did scream this time. Because I immediately recognised that he was in a vehicle of some kind. I, at first, thought that it was a van or a car, but someone else pointed out that it could have been a helicopter.

Ah, okay, looking back on the scene, that lowkey seems plausible.

For Nikolai.

Nikolai's hair is blowing in the wind. So either he's outside and it's windy, or he's in a helicopter or something. But Fyodor's scene looks pretty still. His hair isn't moving, the scenery outside is staying the same. It looks like a sky.

Behind Nikolai, it actually looks like a wall of some kind. Maybe a gate pillar thing. What if he's waiting outside Meursault, and sees Dazai and Chuuya coming out? I don't know.

Disregarding that theory, my guess is they're just trying to trick us into thinking that Nikolai is reacting that way because of Fyodor, or something he said, or him escaping, but I think that they're just two completely different scenes set at the same time maybe? I really don't know. I also don't know what Nikolai could have seen or heard for him to be shocked after smiling, I don't know.

Anyway, Fyodor is looking rather smug. No blood on him. And I don't really know, but we can't see his shoulder properly, but from what we CAN see, there's no wound or blood from where Sigma shot him. BUT that might be unimportant because I don't think Sigma actually shot him in the anime like he did in the manga. Just grazed him. Anyways.

He's looking fantastic for supposedly having just escaped Meursault after nearly drowning, burning his hand, getting shot in the shoulder, AND being covered in blood from where he'd just shot the time manipulator ability user.

He's clearly explaining something.

Also, is it weird if I say that he looks eerily similar to Mori here? Because I can't lie, he's looking an awful lot like him - more than he usually does. Violet eyes, long black hair, manipulative, etc. I don't know. It's also... is it an expression we see on Fyodor a lot? It seems... different. Off. What if this motherfucker's actually just Mori in disguise? LMAO Imagine I'd piss.

See, because, Nikolai isn't a happy surprised, or mildly amused. He just looks... shocked. I don't know.

I'm really looking into this sorry lol.

His hair's a bit messier than usual. Which, you know, valid, considering what's just happened. But... everything else is fine. No blood, no wounds, no anything. He's normal. So why is his hair a bit messier? Is it important or am I just looking too much into it? Maybe he was in a helicopter with Nikolai, or in a windy place. Also, just skimmed through episode 10, ignore me about the blood, he's apparently already wiped it off after he shot the bitch lol okay Mr. fucking hygiene.

Anyways, yeah, his shoulder has a rip in the shirt. I know we can barely see his shoulder in the clip we've been gifted with, but the rip is pretty high up. And, even after having a pretend mental breakdown, being drowned almost, getting shot, etc. Even after all of that, his hair does not look messy. WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO ME, I DON'T KNOW. I LOOK FOR THE SMALL THINGS I'M SORRY.

There's going to be a perfectly reasonable explanation for this and I'm just chatting shit.

Anyways.

I don't actually know what the fuck is happening here. I really don't. I'm just clutching at straws to preserve what little of my sanity Bungou Stray Dogs has left me with. I don't know. The way Fyodor is talking and just his expression doesn't sit right with me. It feels more like the way Dazai and Mori sometimes talk when they like know that they're right or explaining something or predicting or something, do you get what I mean? No? Okay. LMAO.

So, my next thing is of course the two fucking Fuku's because I lowkey wanted to scream when I saw Fukuzawa was not dead. I'm glad we have that confirmation - can I ask where the fuck the 'One Order' has gone though? Because Fukuchi's not holding onto it anymore. His arms bleeding. His neck is pouring with blood (fresh wound), but from what? Fukuzawa hasn't even took the sword out of him yet. How has he gotten sliced up already? He doesn't have any weapons on him. Neither does Fukuzawa. And, to me, it looks like Fukuzawa's just stood up or something.

And Fukuchi's reaching for something.

He's reaching out for something, and Fukuzawa has his back on him. Fukuchi looks enraged before he leaps at Fukuzawa, hand outstretched, maybe to grab Amenogozen, maybe not. But Fukuzawa is alarmed, and turns around, ripping the sword out of his fucking abdomen.

I don't know. The way Fukuchi ran towards him seemed... desperate. He seems like he's losing. His last resort. I don't know. It's just not very Fukuchi to charge towards him so clumsily and try and grab something the way he tries.

And again, why is Fukuchi's arm bleeding, and why is he sporting a rather Aku-type injury on his neck? Because it certainly seems that it wasn't Fukuzawa who caused that - he had his back turned and the only weapon he has is currently wedged deep inside of his stomach. Maybe it was Tecchour from afar. Maybe it was Tachihara manipulating metal. Maybe it was Kyouka. Maybe it was Yosano. Who knows. Maybe it was Fukuzawa.

Right okay so I've just skimmed through the episode again and Fukuzawa doesn't even have the fucking sword inside of him to begin with, so half of my rambling there has been rendered useless lol.

Anyways, and more importantly, where the fuck is 'One Order'?

It's no longer in Fukuchi's hand or ear. What the fuck?

His cape is missing. One Order is missing. Fukuzawa has somehow acquired a sword through his abdomen. Fukuchi is injured from his neck and arm. He's angry. Fukuzawa had his back turned. Fukuchi seems desperate for something.

Man, this is like a fucking riddle.

So, yes. Fukuzawa (quite easily, actually) rips Amenogozen out of himself and makes to swing for Fukuchi, who is without any weapons, injured, angry, and seemingly desperate.

Fuck, the sakura petals and the implication of Fukuzawa using Fukuchi's own sword to kill him, after fighting with him so many times oh my GOD I could get more into this but I won't, I won't. (Maybe later fr)

He seems pretty determined, dead-set on slashing this bitch. However, he becomes shocked at something, and not just a normal shock. That's an "Oh, fuck." shock. Then, it cuts to Fukuchi fucking smiling.

Smiling and reaching a hand out to Fukuzawa. We don't see his eyes. We only see his smile. A portion of his hand. The sakura petals. AAAA I'm so fucking sick.

Then, of course. We get a flashback. They're fighting. And for just a split second, you can see a smile on Fukuzawas face. Literally such a minuscule fucking thing.

And then it cuts to them now. And I don't mean now as in, middle of battle now, nor do I mean prior to their fight now. I mean, now. I don't know where now is or how it came to be, but they're obviously in their current attire. And you can see the wound on Fukuzawa's back. You can literally see it. So, whether they both die and this is some sort of heaven sequence, or something happens and they clash inside Amenogozen, and time is slowed or something, I don't know.

Does a sword count as a subordinate to Fukuzawa? Because if so, he can utilize that sword and manipulate it to his heart's content.

Anyways, it's peaceful. There's two cups of tea on a bench ahead of them. There's a fuzzy sort of outline to everything, maybe trying to make us assume that it's a flashback, when it is, in actuality, not. Unless, they've had a fight very similar to this one, in the same attire, but at a different time (obviously) and it wasn't fatal (again, obviously).

Now, this was honestly just me trying to put the preview in order in my head and I thought other people might like to read my thoughts lol.

Long story short, there was a lot to unpack here, and I think a lot of hidden meanings and misdirections, trying to make us think one thing but in fact it's going another way.

Anyways, have a lovely day/night! Thank you for reading ^^

(Wow, I did not mention Soukoku or Chuuya and Dazai ONCE in this post (shush I mentioned Dazai before that doesn't count) and yes I am hoping that they showed us nothing in this preview because they're fine and safe and going to pull something off and be very surprising but we can only dream and fuck I'm dreaming so hard I'm DELUSIONAL bro)

[grimeye-j]

Remember that one scene where Poe said he wouldn't know what to do with himself if he actually managed to kill Ranpo?

I feel like that's exactly the type of situation we are now seeing with Nikolai's reaction to Fyodor's (possible) death.

If Poe had succeeded in defeating Ranpo he would be just as lost as Nikolai is right now and if Fyodor had survived (and continued to survive in the future) Nikolai would have the same type of playful rivalry with him as Poe and Ranpo currently have.

[onlyhereforrayandryou]

She hasn't watched the new episode yet. Honey, you've got a big storm coming...

[bibiblocksberg1234]

I was wondering who managed to turn Chuuya into a vampire…guess we got the answer

[owlbeasty]

Y'all saw the trailor for the new bsd episode right? Everyone be hella worried and with good reason.

I swear if the anime and manga will have different endings and plotlines I *will* cømit mūrder.

[bungobble-my-balls]

What if Fyodor possessed Sigma wouldn't that be crazy hahah

So with the Jesus allegory from the last episode he doesn't get completely reincarnated, but a copy of himself is made within Sigma from the information transfer, and it's almost like he's reincarnated.

OK hear me out

I don't think this is actually what's going to happen with the anime, but I DO think this plot is plausible enough that it could happen in one of bsd's many canon alternate timelines.

So you know how Fyodor did the whole 'help me I'm innocent and the real Fyodor has taken over my body 🥺' stchick to trick Sigma? OK so in this scenario let's say that's actually foreshadowing.

Fyodor's ability, although I'm not exactly sure what it is, based on theories seems to involve him being able to make another version of himself. Some people even believe he can put a version of himself inside of someone to kill them from the inside (I don't have the exact reasoning but there are theories just go with it).

After Sigma uses his ability on Fyodor to gain EVERY one of Fyodor's secrets and everything about him, he passes out from information overload as we know. What if in this coma state, Sigma and Fyodor's abilities are combining (Sigma gaining all of Fyodor's knowledge, Fyodor putting a version of himself inside of Sigma), and this creates a version of Fyodor created just from the knowledge Sigma gained of him. This version takes over the body, and when 'Sigma' wakes up its actually a new version of Fyodor (especially because Fyodor would be made of more knowledge than Sigma considering their lifespans, so Fyodor's consciousness could be more powerful).

So it's not like a ghost possession situation, it's an ability possession similar to what happened with Shibusawa.

So 'Sigma' walks out of Mersault, maybe during whatever chaos happens in the 2 hours, and sees Nikolai still holding the original Fyodor's arm.

Nikolai is shocked to see Sigma alive and awake, but then soon finds out that it's actually Fyodor (or a copy of him) in Sigma's body. Fyodor doesn't know about any events that happened before the information transfer, so he doesn't know about Dazai getting shot, Chuuya and Dazai's plan, or his original self dying. So Nikolai fills him in on that.

At that point, Fyodor realises he'll need to stay underground again for some time before he can get back at Dazai and continue his mission. It's helpful though that everyone believes he's dead and that he looks different, since people won't be looking for him.

So Fyodor and Nikolai go underground together this time, because with the DOA now in shambles Nikolai is Fyodor's only ally. And Sigma is currently trapped in his body, but in a limbo between consciousness and unconsciousness. His own conscious is in his body being relayed information over and over to keep him in an overloaded state.

Also for this AU Fyolai are still repressed homosexuals (Nikolai a little less after his post Fyodor death speech but still repressed enough), because even if I'm putting Sigma through a body possession plot I'm not gonna have his body be in the middle of Fyolai kissing I wouldn't do that to him.

Fyodor intends to find a way to get a body for himself, and they bring along Fyodor's arm and find a way to attach it to him again as a start (I thought about a Mary Shelley character having an ability to do this, but I forgot she already exists so I'm still thinking about how they'd do this).

I can also imagine Fyodor using Sigma's appearance to fuck with Dazai as a part of his plan later on. Maybe he takes more of his acting classes and even pretends to be Sigma at some point in the future.

[empathicapathy]

The fact that I’m expected to go on about my day and go to class and live my life after all that is absolutely insane. I’m in mourning but I have to do my astronomy homework.

[wonderlandology]

the more i think about it, the more i realize that that isn’t akatagawa.. at least, not the real one

cuz before he was turned into a vampire, he was like, dead dead. and now he’s back in a very different getup fighting a very different fukuchi? something’s wrong