#my baby atsushi

[ssaraexposs]

The panic in his eyes, when Akutagawa had been infected

[kyouka-supremacy]

ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA | Bungo Stray Dogs Anime Novel

[moraymiso]

fly high sweet princess…

[rash0mon]

y'all remember when asagiri said that akutagawa is the character that goes through an even bigger transformation than atsushi throughout the series? i think that's already reflective in his new design. and oh my am i excited for his further development

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

Look him. Look at that precious baby. A terrorist? No. He could do no wrong ever. He’s just a cute little guy.

[panthera-tigristigris]

*wan stare*

@teenyaku

Oh- ohhh my god. Oh my god.

[sickficideas]

[ simply a person with a weak respiratory system... ] --- from BSD Mayoi Inu Kaikitan: Gakuen, [reference post] read left to right!

[hannigramislife]

"get out of here, you fool," but no, that's not right, i'm the fool. i'm the fool because i chose to come here, i'm the fool because i stay by your side even though you hate it, hate me. i'm the fool because i trusted too much, i always trust too much, and i'm never trusted in turn. that's what brought us here, to this point, isn't it? i became a fool the second i chose to fight besides you instead of against you. with my eyes closed, i became a fool when i gave you my word and with it, turned the edge of the sword towards me. before i knew it, the world saw me as a fool, and all false pretenses fell as i rushed to you. as i laid down my life for you. as his words echoed inside my head, saying "this is how it should be, this is what it was all for." and as you leave me behind, as i give my last breath to you, i realize it– he played me like a fool.

[woklaza]

Akutagawa: Weretiger, you and me, to the cinema. Now. Atsushi: Did you just ask me out? Akutagawa: *coughs* Atsushi: Look, it's great and all... Atsushi: But do consider it's currently 2:43 am in the morning, and you just woke me up from my sleep.

[nakajimaas]

[ssaraexposs]

Do you ever start thinking about the fact that Dazai literally made tiny snowmen based on his favourite people? The ones he secretly keeps in his heart?

Said people being:

- ANGO

- ODASAKU

- ATSUSHI

- CHUUYA

AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEAUTIFUL

[itscinnafox]

Murasakibara when he accidentally triggered the psychotic Akashi :

[bluesolarix]

Atsushi and Imai for the 5 for Japanese Babies tour pamphlet <3

𖤐 my scans

[daz4i]

atsushi being sassy/salty, imo, is just a little comical way in which his... not quite essence, but inner feelings? express themelves. and i don't think that contradicts him being soft - in fact, i think these qualities enhance each other

atsushi being sweet despite having the ability to be cold, even murderous (i think beast shows it well, the fact he DOES have this instinct inside him - not just by showing how easily he became a killer, but also that bit about the beginning, how beast!akutagawa's solution to starving was eating weeds, while canon!atsushi went straight to thinking how he's gonna have to become a thief), is just proof that he's making that choice consciously

even when he's like, complaining to the audience, kinda, about his money when he takes kyouka on their "date", the fact is he still took her on it, he still made a choice to spend it on her to make sure she has a good day. he can be salty, but despite it he chooses to be kind

even with akutagawa. he's always like ready to attack him on sight, but he DID let him lean on his shoulder in that boat, he did protect his head while breaking through that window, he did show kindness to someone who is supposed to be his enemy

atsushi comes from a harsh background, his instincts lean more towards rudeness and selfishness at best and violence at worst, and despite that he chooses to be kind, to help, to be gentle when needed.

this is another way in which he embodies one of bsd's core messages, i think. while other characters lean more towards "you can always start again, you can always be good now even if you weren't before" (dazai, kyouka, akutagawa, odasaku just off the top of my head), atsushi is a slightly different version of this sentiment - "your past doesn't define you, your actions do".

and the beautiful thing is he still struggles with it. he's still quite violent at times, he has an entire breakdown about it in dead apple, he doesn't kill but he does maim. and yet he keeps going, he keeps making that choice every day, because he knows that's what he needs to do in order to live.

[aethellren]

hehe

[higherhell]

Atsushi in green and red (Jun 21, 2024 - POSCA acrylic on canvas)

While I've been off tumblr for the last couple weeks I started feverishly painting on tiny canvases with POSCAs. I've done like 8 so far and I'm kind of obsessed. This is the second biggest, so when I say tiny I do mean it. Maybe I'll keep working my way up until I'm painting on large enough scale to finally actually use the easel in my room. I don't know how well I've achieved a likeness here, but I do want to keep painting Atsushi. I don't know why, but it's been in my head that I need to paint him on canvas for weeks, if not months before this. Which is interesting because 95% of my output has been digital for probably the last decade. I'm grateful to him for the spark of inspiration to embrace something new I suppose.