#vampire!beast!dazai

[kaeyx]

vamp beastzai who has you placed on his lap before he feeds on you for the first time, he licks the skin to calm you down and it’s already having a aphrodisiac effect on you so you’re squirming less, he promises that he’ll be gentle with you !! he really does !! but then he gets too drunk of the taste of you and practically drinks till you’re too dizzy.. he’s sorry :( he places a little kiss over the bite mark to make it feel better :( you just taste too good you have to understand :( he’s just hungry you know ! you don’t want him to starve now do you? he knew you’d understand just like the good little lamb you are <3

and can we talk about vamp beastzai biting from your thigh. PLEASE. he would love to bite on your inner thighs it’s his favorite place while he forces you to keep your legs open, he’s never been more grateful to have a aphrodisiac effect with his salvia.

— 🎀

YOU'RE BACKKK

Of course he wants to make you relax before he first feeds on you, Dazai doesn't want to scare you off. You're the cutest little lamb and he doesn't want to have to lock you up in the dungeon, it's easier for everyone if you let him feed on you willingly. That's why he makes you lie back on a mountain of soft pillows, holding your hand and kissing your wrist, the crook of your elbow, your shoulder, his cold lips feeling your hot blood pulsing just beneath your skin. Your neck is so perfect, delicate, full of life. Dazai kisses you, holding your jaw in place and sucking on your tongue, getting you messy with his spit and growling in satisfaction when you begin to squirm and clutch his arm. He's already having an effect on you, he can hear your heart beating faster and smell your arousal in the air, and it's intoxicating. He's never felt this attached to any of the other sacrifices.

He strokes your cheek as his face dips back down to your neck, before his hand grabs the back of your head to keep you in place while he bites down. His free hand holds yours tight, and he licks the whole area between your neck and shoulder before finally sinking his fangs in. You taste even better than he anticipated, and Dazai can't help the deep moan the vibrates in his chest. Your blood is thick and hot, metallic, full of life. He can taste how turned on you are, and wonders if the bites are a factor. Dazai knows he promised to only drink a little, but he can't help it. He suckles and licks until the wound dries up and he dimly realises you're trying to push him off, whining softly and half out of it. He mutters an insincere apology, placing soft kisses all over your reddened skin and licking the wound some more, practically purring as your hands find his thin hips and hold on tight. He can pay you back.

AND SPEAKING OF THIGH BITING, your period!! Dazai loves your period. Chuuya too of course, they can smell it on you a day or two before you start and it drives them mad. Your blood tastes different and Dazai especially is into it, he'll beg you to sit on his face and let him feed. Of course he sneaks in a few bites on your thighs, the skin is just so thin and soft.... and the way you jump and yelp is too cute to pass up. He licks all the wounds before finally settling into position, wrapping his arms around your thighs and dragging you down onto his face. He'll absolutely love it, your slick mixing with blood and dripping down right onto his tongue, Dazai swears he can get drunk off it and he'll definitely try. He doesn't care if you cum, he's too busy wriggling his tongue into you and licking desperately, moaning into your cunt and grinning when his fangs brush against you and you tighten up in surprise.

[familiariscanis]

i don't care if bsd is believable. i don't care if the plot twists make sense, because honestly they never really have made much sense and they don't necessarily need to. bsd tends to be kind of ridiculous and a lot of times that's what makes it fun and endearing. i am perfectly willing to suspend my disbelief for this show.

i do care if bsd is rewarding tho, and i don't feel like this was a particularly rewarding season finale as far as dazai's character goes. another dazai ex machina ending to a season isn't the problem here for me; it's the doubt that resolution is retroactively casting on everything dazai has done and said in the last arc. it makes the sincerity of everything he said suspect. it makes me wonder if he was ever really in danger. how much dazai knew, how assured he was of his victory isn't entirely clear, but that doesn't really matter. what matters is that enough of the conflict in the mersault arc was shown to be not real, and that puts everything in a different light. it makes any vulnerability or weakness dazai showed during the arc seem inconsequential, and it makes it feel less genuine dazai's speech to chuuya when he was "drowning" chuuya was interesting when the chapter released because it had so many character and relationship implications. dazai, pragmatic and logical as he is, being capable of killing chuuya if he had to but not incapable of feeling nothing about it. it made you wonder if perhaps dazai might be doing something he'd regret, if he'd realize only once it's too late the true consequences of his actions. dazai saying for years that he wants to kill chuuya and genuinely believing that he wants him dead, only to realize once he's succeeded at that that his life is missing something without chuuya there to irritate him... that's interesting! that's opening up a whole world of possibilities for dazai's character and their relationship. even if chuuya survives, dazai still may be faced with the realization that hey, he doesn't want chuuya dead. it forces him to really reckon with the magnitude of importance chuuya has in his life, which, for all of their unspoken trust, may be something dazai has taken for granted. it might make him re-examine his feelings or himself. it might change the dynamic between them.

now that there's the possibility of it being pre-planned, that speech loses it's weight— and the character implications of it are somewhat lost. of course, there is the possibility that dazai didn't know at the time, that he only figured it out at some point during the events of the game. it's certainly open to interpretation and it's definitely interesting to interpret it that he didn't know at the time, but it's an equally valid interpretation that dazai knew all along, so it shifts the exploration of dazai's character and his feelings for chuuya from the realm of canon to fanon.

but the way that the vampire fake-out plot twist is presented does strip some of the possibility for vulnerability from dazai's words. it casts enough doubt on it to make it plausible that he was just fucking around, that it doesn't really mean anything. it keeps dazai in a secure place of superiority in the narrative and makes him immune to normal character flaws and weaknesses. dazai, as a person, is supposed to be learning to trust and he wins because of that trust, but it's falling flat for dazai as a character (for me, at least) because we don't believe there was ever really a risk that he'd fall. as the audinece, we can see asagiri setting up a safety net and it negates the impact of the trust fall that dazai is supposedly doing. basically this plot twist is the emotional equivalent to seeing a video of someone jumping off a ledge and then the camera zooms out and you realize what you thought was a 30 foot drop is actually only about 3 feet. and not only is it not rewarding, but it makes me feel like i was silly for being worried in the first place.

[badass-at-fandoming]

Dazai:

Dazai, one second later:

[scorpionatori]

[ccarrot]

Anyways i also think that Chuuya SHOULD NOT be the Port Mafia boss to be totally honest witchu. If his entire experience with the Sheep, and the way he cracked under pressure as the interim leader during cannibalism, and like, THE BEAST EPILOGUE, had anything to say it's that Chuuya's not fit to be the leader of an organization such as that.

Bc Chuuya's good at adapting, he's good at spur of the moment decisions. He's good with battle tactics. We see his actual leadership abilities shine when he's commanding the mafia troops to protect the city during the guild arc. In cannibalism, his plan to rush the ADA with a full frontal attack was a SOLID idea. But he loses his advantage as soon as he hesitates and opens the table for negotiation instead.

BECAUSE Chuuya's not good at playing the long game like Mori or Dazai. He's reactionary and it's his nature to get overwhelmed by his emotions. He takes on too much responsibility but loses focus due to personal reasons. That what happens in 15 where he blows off the Sheep to go on a life changing field trip with Dazai. That's why he was taken out of the picture so easily to go on a life changing field trip with Ranpo in Cannibalism. (Damn maybe this is why he's on a life changing field trip with Fyodor as a vampire currently).

Essentially even though Asagiri has been really tying Chuuya's character with the themes of leadership, we've mostly been shown why he wouldn't be a good fit. Either this plot point will trend towards Chuuya actually learning how to be a good leader OR he won't end up as one. IN ANY CASE what we know abt Chuuya makes me really think that being the Port Mafia's boss is a terrible idea. He's not fit for the role and frankly, I think he'd hate it.

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Chapter 110 is 13 pages long welcome to hell!!! so in a lot of ways this is just more fuel for a theory that I've had for a few weeks now, that's only gotten stronger with each recent season 5 episode, which is that the last episode of the season is gonna end on 110, and that Asagiri/Harukawa and Bones have been collaborating to make this happen, specifically because it's a major turning point that would be the only good place to end the season on.

When we started getting especially long chapters again (like from 25-35ish pages, with the exception of 107.5, the last two being some of the longest we've ever had), at first I just assumed that Asagiri/Harukawa got freed up from some other obligations they'd been having to cause the extremely short/half chapters, like promotional stuff for the anime/Beast movie, or working on light novels. But then 109 happened, with the "supposed" death of Dazai, and heavy emphasis at the end on how literally everyone is at their lowest point right now, and I got to thinking. 11 episodes is a strangely specific number for an anime season -- why not 12, or 13, or even 10, like you'd usually see? Why have we gotten suddenly gotten two 35 page chapters out of nowhere, that's almost unheard of at this point? They're both beautiful chapters, don't get me wrong (as always), and maybe A/H simply just didn't want to cut them in halves because they felt like the full emotional impact wouldn't hit/that there were no good cutoff points in them, but you can't deny that it's surprising, after all the shorter chapters we've been getting. Why has the anime been going at such insanely breakneck pacing for the most part ever since around the Sunday Tragedy chapters, even more so than it has in the past? So much so that it feels dangerously close to overtaking the manga?

Well, maybe, just maybe, it's because..... Asagiri decided a long time ago that whatever happens in 110 is the only point that feels "season finale"-worthy enough, in an arc that still isn't anywhere close to being completely wrapped up, and so both the manga and the anime have been specifically coordinated to reach that part within 2 and a half weeks of each other?

I've seen a lot of people now think season 5 will end with 109, and as much as my sadistic side would find that hilarious, I honestly don't think they'd do that and realistically don't want it to happen; it'd be so cruel to cliffhanger the anime for years like that, and just doesn't feel like a season cliffhanger BSD would do, a series that is ultimately hopeful and uplifting. Seasons 2 and 3 had a positive, conclusive ending; the only reasons seasons 1 and 4 didn't was because they're technically not really full seasons of their own, and are more like the first cour of another "season" that also came out that same year (seasons 1 and 2 both aired in 2016, so they're more like one big season, and seasons 4 and 5 have both aired this year, so they're also more like one big season, again taking into account how episodes 12 and 50 are not satisfying finales like episodes 24, 37, and hypothetically, 61, are). I really can't see season 5 ending with Dazai and Fukuzawa's supposed deaths, Sigma being unconscious and maybe close to death, Atsushi being vulnerable and limbless again, everyone we love still vampires, and the entire world being basically doomed; that's just too depressing and not like BSD at all. However, having said that, if it doesn't end there, there really isn't any good place to end the season before that, either, that feels in any way satisfying or like a finale at all. And so, to me, that only leaves after 109: chapter 110.

I think things are really gonna turn around next chapter. Like I said, everyone is at their lowest point right now, it cannot possibly get any worse, the framing of Dazai, Fukuzawa, and sskk at the end of 109 is telling us that; this is the time for the heroes to finally start winning again, with Aya being so close to pulling out the sword, and for all the thematic reasons other people have talked about to death that I don't need to go into here again. This upcoming chapter being so short again makes a part of me wary of 110 being "the one", so to speak, I won't lie, but at the same time, it's very possible that it needs to be that short because that's all the final episode of the season will be able to reasonably fit in, since it's already gonna be VERY close if they do make it all the way to 109. And at the end of the day, I don't doubt at all that Asagiri and Harukawa can make these the most monumental and game-changing mere 13 pages ever if they wanted to; a chapter does not at all need to be extremely long in order to be an important and impactful one, even if short ones we've gotten in the past haven't felt the most important.

An additional thought I've had, though this is much more crack territory than all this already is, is that since we know from Anime Expo that a Stormbringer movie at some point is highly likely (judging from Asagiri's reaction when someone brought it up), it's possible that chapter 110 and thus the final episode will involve the long-anticipated return of Verlaine and/or Adam, or at least some other major reference to Stormbringer, that would naturally and smoothly lead into a Stormbringer movie to explain things to people who haven't read the novel. It would make a lot of sense, especially since the s4 OP has the Old World sign behind Chuuya, which might be a hint that this has been in the works ever since seasons 4/5 were first in planning with Asagiri. We also know that Dazai and Chuuya's voice actors apparently struggled to record their lines together this season, which probably relates to 101 and possibly 109, but it could be 110 too.... I could be very wrong, as I'm no expert on this kind of thing, but I kinda doubt they would bring Chuuya's actor in for just the vampire growls, and Asagiri placing heavy emphasis on Chuuya's importance this season in that one interview gives me the impression that he's talking about much more than just 101/109. But that's the least solid evidence I have, that's just mostly based on vibes I get.

So basically, I think a lot of factors -- the unusual episode count, how close the anime is to catching up to the manga with three whole episodes left, the seemingly arbitrary recent chapter lengths, and the climactic events of 109 -- can tell us that 110 might be a very, VERY big deal. Again, there's of course no way this arc is anywhere near close to being finished, with so much left to address and resolve, but since it is currently incomplete in the manga, unlike the previously adapted arcs, if the anime was going to adapt it at all, they'd have to find a place that feels satisfying enough to end this season, knowing there won't be more anime for a long time after this, and so I think they specifically planned for that, from both Bones' and A/H's sides. 10 episodes might not have been enough to reach that point, but 12 or 13 might have been too many it wouldn't have been if Bones actually decided to slow down and let the story breathe the way it needs to, but this post isn't meant to criticize the anime, so maybe 11 was just right. And maybe Asagiri and Harukawa specifically pushed to make recent chapters longer than usual, in order to make sure that the manga reached the story content in 110 the monthly release right before season 5 was to end.

Is this just copium? Absolutely. Am I going to look like an absolute clown in two days when this post ages like milk? Probably. But the evidence is There, so let me just enjoy my delusions until Sunday, okay 🥂🫡

[starlightshadowsworld]

Supernatural beings in Bungou stray dogs.

HP Lovecraft: Eldritch being. He's able to transform parts and even his full body with tentacles. His true form is a giant entity made up of squid like tentacles and bat wings.

Dazai has confirmed that this form is not be an ability, and can't be nullified by him.

Bram Stoker: Vampire, referred to as the undead king. His ability can turn others into his kin and works like an infection. Bram has quite typical vampire abilities.

He has caused one of the 10 great calamities.

Atsushi Nakajima: Weretiger. His ability can transform parts of and even his whole body into that of a tiger. Including gaining tiger like senses and speed.

Atsushi can negate physical wounds, returning his body to its original state. And has previously transformed under a full moon.

His ability has been called the antithesis (opposite) of all special abilities. It is also the guide to the book. Atsushi had stated his ability isn't an ability, it's himself.

And has been called a beast of calamity.

Chuuya Nakahara: Vessel of Arahabaki. Arahabaki is referred to as a god of calamity. Arahabaki first appeared as a 4 legged black beast of fire and smoke.

Corruption, aka the true form of Chuuya's ability is the result of Arahabaki overidding Chuuya. Turning him into a being wanting and relishing in destruction.

Paul Verlaine: Vessel of Guivre. Guivre is referred to as a demonic beast, as it was named after said mythical beast. A giant black beast that appears reptilian, but not made of physical matter rather as limitless energy.

It reacts to emotions, primarily hatred and would become hostile to anything it perceived as a threat. Becoming overridden by Guivre has a similar effect on Verlaine as Corruption has on Chuuya.

Spotting quite the similarities 👀

[purposeless-goner]

I've seen a lot of people trying to get into the BSD light Novels and quite frankly you can read them in order but I do have a recommendation about the order I think makes more sense chronologically regarding the story.

So:

1. LN 3. The Untold Origins of the Armed Detective Agency.

2. LN 1. Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam.

These two take place prior to the beginning of the main timeline and are actually a great way of understanding Ranpo and the partnership between Dazai and Kunikida (also recommend LN 1 to anime only watchers because they mixed the first chapters of the manga with Dazai's entrance exam which takes place 2 years prior to the manga and they royally screwed up on Kunikida's characterisation by doing that)

3. LN 7. Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen

(the manga was good but I feel like you might understand Dazai and Chūya's dynamic and the difference of their relationship to both Mori and the Mafia once you read this)

4. LN 8. Stormbringer

(you might actually understand Chūya as a character after you read this one, dives a bit deeper into his relationship with Dazai, explains who Verlaine actually is and talks about stuff that's mentioned afterwards in the manga, like singularities)

5. LN 9. The Day I Picked up Dazai side A

(this happens at some point between LN 7 and LN 2, and helps you understand Dazai and Oda's relationship prior to reading LN 2, how Oda ended up in the Mafia and also a bit more dive into Dazai's character)

6. LN 2. Osamu Dazai and The Dark Era

(better than shown in the anime, allows you to see how Oda sees Dazai since it's written from his pov, a good dive into Dazai's character while in the mafia and why he actually left )

Once you finish The Guild arc

7. LN 4. 55 Minutes

8. LN 5. Dead Apple

(so, the first one is a bit crazy but actually dives a lot into Atsushi's character, explains weird phenomena in BSD regarding singularities and how Dazai isn't affected by certain abilities even without touch, how Yosano can actually use her ability on Dazai and I find it quite interesting, HG Wells is an interesting character as well)

(Dead Apple is entertaining and dives once again into characters and their abilities but also explains weird singularities again, also the bond between Dazai and Chūya, it also gets a bit weird towards the end in regards to things happening that might be hard to understand but the rest is easier to understand than in the movie adaptation)

9. LN 9. The Day I Picked up Dazai side B

(it's set in the alternate universe of LN 6. Beast and a great point to understand Dazai's actions and motivations in said light novel)

10. LN 6. Beast

(it should come with a warning that it's going to ruin your mental health for a while, an alternate universe of BSD, brings in the Book so you might one to read this during/after the cannibalism arc because it kind of explains a bit what the book does or how it kind of works, definitely needs a bit more explaining but it is good info before starting with the vampirism arc and all that stuff, the book is important and there's talk about singularities again. It's also cool to see how the same characters adapt to a different lifestyle, Akutagawa in the ADA, Atsushi in the PM, kyouka in the PM but with Atsushi, Dazai if he stayed in the PM, the ending will fully rip your heart out if the rest of the novel hasn't done it before that and I really recommend the manga adaptation of it because the art style is *chef's kiss* and heart wrenching)

Done with my rant now, you can still read them in their publishing order this is just my recommendation. Also, LN 9 is not out on paper yet and I think we only have fan translations online but it is definitely worth it, @popopretty has a really good translation of it.

And LN 7 is getting a manga adaptation which is also looking really good so you can check it out.

LN 5 has a manga adaptation as well as being a film and this one is not written by Asagiri but is still canon so you have that.

[lowlightsahead]

Okayyy Theory time! (Ch 114.5)

So my main subject of concern is the Tripolar Singularity. It is very obvious that the flying guy Atsushi and Akutagawa were fighting in the end is that singularity.

But my main question is how would you defeat a Singularity without a Singularity? Because as we see in Chuuya's case, Arahabaki if unleashed would destroy everything. So how would Shin Soukoku defeat this Fukuchi Singularity without any other.

(Please note that a lot of information here is from multiple sources)

Now, lets talk about

Atsushi:

During Dead Apple, we see that Shibusawa always feels that something is missing and the feeling messes him up. Fyodor then tells him about an ability that "guides the envy of all ability users". That ability is contained within Atsushi and we know that Shibusawa tries to attain that by experimenting on him but it backfires. This brings up a very interesting question of : How does Fyodor know about Atsushi?

But lets put that aside for a while and talk about Shibusawa and Atsushi. Atsushi's tiger is referred to as "Byakko" while the original translation of of tiger in Japanese is "tora". This is being referred to the "Four Guardians of the Four Compass Directions" where the dragon (Seiryu)guards the east and the white tiger (Byakko) guards the west.

One of the cores of Dead Apple was to highlight Atsushi's Ability as more than just a tiger. Shibusawa’s ability was not a singularity, though it might look like one, but as Fyodor goes on in dead apple and says that it is a chaos  born from the abilities. Meanwhile, Atsushi's ability is described as "the anti-thesis of abilities". Byakko also doesn't regenerate but 'denies the wound' and revert it back to its original state.

As for Singularities ,they aren’t bound to the conventional rules that an ability usually has like , the ability will leave as their owner dies and therefore are much more powerful for that reason. In order to create a singularity one has to crash contradicting abilities with each other or join the extremes as we see Fyodor doing.

My point being: Given the origin of the ideas for their abilities, it is plausible to say that Byakko and Shibusawa's dragon stand on the plane when it comes to power. The dragon was strong enough to be called a Singularity; and if Atsushi's ability can contradict the nature or the bounds the abilities cannot break, given the right circumstance, it can either be turned into a Singularity or become strong enough to face one off.

Which brings me to

Akutagawa:

Akutagawa describes his ability to Atsushi as "My Rashōmon is something of a gourmand. It eats through all in its path. My black beast eats through all it encounters, even if that something is space itself."

Rashoumon is a very strong ability, that can devour space itself. Yk something else that is also not bound by space: Amenogozen.

When they combine, they can defeat anything together, the unknown factor of Shin Soukoku making a singularity together or being powered up enough to very similar to a singularity might have something to do with Akutagawa. We don’t know now that Bram is gone, whats gonna happen to the Vampire army, do they revert back or something?? But there has to be something very important from his side. And when they all combine, as we see Astushi and Akutagawa often combining their abilities , its gonna be strong enough to defeat the Tripolar Singualrity.

All of these raise multiple questions though: "How strong can Atsushi's ability actually is?" or "What more can it do?" or "How does it serve as being a guide to The Book?"

and if Atsushi was created to protect the fourth barrier of The Book, "What does Sigma's existence entails?". If Dazai was going to figure out Fyodor's ability on his own, "What is the purpose of creating Sigma?" (I also haven't read Beast so I don't know how Dazai found The Book in that one).

Also the all the time enigma: Fyodor Dostoevsky

[sorcerersandskillusers]

A look at the struggles Atsushi faces throughout the series, and how he grows to resent the justice he was forced to learn. As well as his connections and contrasts with Akutagawa.

Atsushi is very different from a typical protagonist, who try's to save everybody they can, and never wants to kill anyone. Because he didn't develop this mindset from an inspiring, kind mentor; or from some innate sense of justice, or even from just his own hardships.

It was literally beaten into him through his whole childhood.

graphic depiction of abuse ahead:

Atsushi is compelled to help people. I defiantly think part of it is that he is just a kind person in general, but It is also a compulsion that he cannot refuse.

He is forced to disregard his own feelings and safety, he suffers so much pain, but he can never refuse, which is why he views it as a curse.

In BSD killing is not treated with the same 'good people can never, ever be willing to kill someone' that a lot of shows treat it as.

The entire ADA minus Kunikida was willing to try and kill Mori to save Fukuzawa. Fukuzawa has killed in the past, and told Kunikida to shoot Dazai if he sensed any evil in his heart(Dazai Osamu's Entrance Exam). Kunikida has been shown to be willing to kill if absolutely necessary

I point this out to show that Atsushi's refusal to kill is not just 'because he's a good guy and would never do that'. We see in BEAST that, if twisted a bit, he can be made to kill without hesitation. His refusal to kill comes from a much darker place, and makes him a perfect foil to...

Akutagawa.

Akutagawa and Atsushi have incredibly similar histories, It's literally spelled out in BEAST that the two of them have more in common then they have with anyone else. Both children raised in hell. But there was one key difference, The value they saw in the lives of others.

I've already talked about how Atsushi was raised to think that his own life had no worth, and only the lives of others mattered. But for Akutagawa it was the opposite. He grew up in the slums, where every stranger was a potential threat to him, his friends and sister. He had to learn to kill without hesitation, and to see no value in anyone else's life.

Dazai only made this worse, telling Akutagawa that if he couldn't defeat anyone in his path, that he had no right to live. And brutally punishing any sign of weakness.

Both Akutagawa and Atsushi search desperately for validation, and the right to keep living. They walk on opposite sides of a mirror, each only seeing half the picture, neither willing to see themself in the other.

Which is why they can both show the other exactly what they need to see.

The two of them hate each other so much because they are the same ,they each embody what the other most hates about himself and this is why they can each teach to other to overcome that hatred and to see the whole picture they were both denied as children.

Their growth over this past few arcs; with The death of the orphanage director, Akutagawa that killing everything won't solve all his problems, Atsushi having to stand up and pull himself together to save the ADA.

Akutagawas greatest flaws were his short-sightedness, and inability to see beyond himself and learn from his mistakes.

While Atsushi's greatest flaws were his crippling anxiety and indecision, as well as inability to let go of his past.

Opposite ends of the same spectrum, so now they must guide each other to the middle and find a balance.

Finally, the 'promise not to kill anyone for six months' with this, Atsushi is showing Akutagawa the value that can be seen in the lives of others. We see this in the security guard Akutagawa spared being the one to distract Fukuchi and let Atsushi escape. Akutagawa seems to have truly grown a lot since he and Atsushi last saw each other. But what about Atsushi?

Spoilers for chapter 107:

I think that Atsushi will kill Akutagawa. We know that Akutagawa died before he was converted into a vampire, and with his lung condition being established just before then, even if they find a way to revert him, he would still be nearly at the end of his life.

I think that Akutagawa will probably temporarily regain control of his body, but be unable to revert fully, so he will ask Atsushi for that duel he promised him. It would even parallel Atsushi "killing" Shibusawa in TDA, since both were technically already dead to begin with.

Atsushi taught Akutagawa how to value lives, and the patience to consider his actions and Akutagawa will teach Atsushi the conviction to take them and how overcome the guilt he feels within himself. each one going from black and white, to grey.

[quijabored]

So I've been BSD-ing as much as I can BSD, and I have questions.

- What the hell is a beast AU

- Do Aku and Atsuhi become friends throughout any point of the show??

- We get Aku smiling in a peaceful and non-murderous way right

- I keep seeing a panel of Aku withh his throat slashed but I believe he has plot armor so like he doesn't die right?? (Do not answer)

- Is rashōmun just the coat or can Aku just... spawn it whenever

- I keep seeing pictures of Aku with some helmet thingy, is that important at all??

- We get more Poe content right

- What the hell is the vampire Chuuya stuff is that like a fanfic or

- Kunikida is there for like the whole show right?? I don't see anyone talking about him so uh

- Fyodor is an antag right?

- I keep seeing a Manga panel where Nikolais holding a hand, what's that about?? (Do not answer)

- Mori doesn't get redemption right? I hate that guy and I don't wanna like him later

- Are Nikolai and Fyodor friends or is it like a one sided thing

- What's up with Sigma being 3?? Is he not human? (Do not answer)

- Kyoukas 14 right? Why is she teased so much with Atsushi?

- Does Aku get character development? Like he's already gotten a little from the point I'm at but he's one of my favorite characters so

I keep seeing people talk about Dazais bandages and how he doesn't let people see underneath them or something like that, is it just because of SH or is there something else?

[kaeyx]

vamp!beastzai tossing you over to vamp!beastchuu so he can get a taste too, he's rough when he sinks his fangs but his hands are always on your hips or on the small of your back keeping you in place all the while rubbing your skin, it's as if he's trying to convey his apology, soothing you from the pain for having his fangs sinks into your neck

Dazai is generous, of course he's going to share! Chuuya walks in on him feeding from you quite a bit so it's only natural he'd get a taste eventually! Chuuya bites a bit deeper than Dazai but he also pulls off sooner, and his hands are always petting and stroking you to help take your mind off the pain of his bite. He also makes sure you're very ready for him, kissing you and speaking to you in low murmurs until your legs shake and you can't wait for him to bite you. Chuuya will make sure the experience is as pleasurable for you as possible, even rubbing you lightly over your clothes to get you to relax and offering to fuck you as a reward when he's done feeding.

Or they could both feed at once, one on each side of your neck as they hold you in place and press themselves against you. Moaning shamelessly into your skin and covering you in kisses, groping your ass and, in Dazai's case, humping your thighs.

[rash0mon]

reason of living: akutagawa ryūnosuke

debatably, bungou stray dogs is easily the most existentialist anime out there, as the main premise of existentialism (in a rough sense) - that reason of living is something individual to man, is an underlying compartment of the series, making it as awe-inspiring as it is. each character is seen to either have, or be striving towards finding their distinct reason for living. now, i wanted to retrospect a bit into akutagawa's character and how his reason affected him, his actions, morals - as well as how it possibly shifted (especially in recent chapters of the manga and anime episodes). keep in mind that at i am just laying down my opinion and observations of akutagawa`s character - some things may be fairly obvious, some uncertain or not matching your opinion, which is why i leave space for conclusion, theory, discussion.

pre-mafia

generally, we know little about akutagawa`s life before the mafia, other than small snippets shown throughout the main manga as well as in beast (although beast is an AU, it can still effectively aid in understanding his character in the canon universe). as akutagawa's companions were annihilated, it seemed that he had no reason to live. where, as we all probably know, this soon happened afterwards. from then on, everything changed.

mafia

after that night in the forest, akutagawa's life completely shifted - or moreso, he got a new life. his whole new reason of living being - pleasing dazai, getting validation from the person who gave his life a new meaning. exploring the relationship and dynamic between these two is a whole another post, which is why i shall keep it short. now, i would like to note that even if akutagawa has an unhealthy attachment to dazai, and is being emotionally manipulated by him - he is very much sensible of it. in fact, akutagawa is remarkably self-aware and perceptive, especially of the people around him, just more subtly, through his cold layer of stoicism. he is not the cold-blooded murderer with no sense of morality that many like to paint him as. yes, he is intently focused on achieving dazai's approval, pursuing that ideal in a way familiar to himself. he knows that it is not what is considered "right" by general moral rules, but he does not do much about it, as his reason of living would then diminish. dazai leaves him with a looming sense of inferiority, as he feels he is worthless no matter what he does, unless he is to achieve dazai's attention and approval. this sense of inferiority haunts him, and guides his recklesness and death-or-glory actions.

he sees the ethical issues in his own actions, and he knows there is a better life for him. he just doesn't pursue it. this is also portrayed well in his relationship with kyouka, which could have been yet another repetition of the abuse cycle started by mori and continued by dazai - but it was not, as kyouka found the world of light. he is even happy for her, as we can see. this is one of the few snippets where we can see his sensibility when it comes to others. when he stated "i knew a man with the same eyes as yours", referring to himself, in a way, he sees that he also could`ve found the world of light. but at that point, it seemed to be too late... or at least that is what he thought.

akutagawa doesn't hate atsushi. he sees him as a reflection of himself, himself if he had a different reason of living, if he met dazai a bit later, if he pursued the world of light. he is jealous of him in a sense, yes, but he does not blame him for the fact that he didn't get dazai's approval as many like to speculate. atsushi is the first person who challenges akutagawa's "way", philosophy of living. as he sees himself in him, he fulfills their promise of not killing anyone for 6 months... perhaps because of a faint hope for the world of light? he holds onto this even as a vampire, which shows his pure determination. and it makes me think, that he did not go and protect atsushi only because of dazai, as often speculated, due to the points stated beforehand. as dazai stated: “Akutagawa—he’s like a sword without a sheath.” Dazai grinned from ear to ear. “He’ll surely become the Mafia’s strongest skill user in the not-so-distant future, but for now he needs someone who can teach him how to put that sword away.”

perhaps, atsushi is that person for him rather than dazai.

chapter 88 and vampirism

as stated beforehand, akutagawa obviously does not go to save atsushi only due to his wish to be approved by dazai. there is something deeper underlying, and we have seen numerous times before that akutagawa genuinely cares about, and admires atsushi in the same way he admires and is happy for kyouka - although he would not admit it explicitly, of course. akutagawa fights fukuchi alongside atsushi, leaving himself in a completely vulnerable state, in a simple wish as to redeem, or prove himself in a way. to fulfill his meaning. he is in a special rush to do so even so because of his lung disease, which has a severe impact on the intensity and ruthlesness of his actions throughout entirety of the series. he lays his life down, but he does not go down without a fight. he stays true to his purpose...until his last moments.

at his last moment, in the given panel, however, something changes. we see a different vision of akutagawa. as he lets go of his coat, and is able to manifest his ability without it, i would say that his reason shifted. he states "i don't need words, but only actions", which is the most important sentence in understanding his character and development if you ask me. words being dazai`s words of approval, which he lets go of, like the coat he gave him. a new reason emerges, "actions". he does not need dazai anymore. he only needs himself, raw. this is further emphasized as his coat is lost in the sea by atsushi, who he gave it to. there is no reason to hold on to the past anymore... as a new era emerges.

a new era where akutagawa is not alive, apparently. he is a vampire. however, we can still see that he holds on to some of principles that caused him to change in the first place, such as not killing aya, and keeping the promise he and atsushi made. even when not concious of his actions and controlled by fukuchi, he still holds on to it. which leads me to believe, that there is truly hope for him. atsushi shares the same line of thought... as his perception of akutagawa gradually shifts to a positive one, which is why he wants him to snap out of his vampirism. atsushi understands akutagawa to the core, as they are two sides of the same coin. which is why he hopes for him. if possible, i wish for him to let go of the vampire curse and continue on developing his new reason of living... his new life. we can only long for that at this moment.

we have seen the gradual evolution of akutagawa's character throughout the series in terms of seeking his reason of living - something that is central to each character in bungou stray dogs. which leads me to end this post with what dazai stated to kyouka, which quite well describes his, and all of the other characters ordeals in striving to find a reason to live:

Your anguish isn’t yours alone. What should one do, when what they want to be isn’t what they’re best at? Everyone fights, searching for the correct way to live their lives. What do they seek by fighting? How ought they live? No one can say. All we have is the right to waver. Like stray dogs that have hit rock bottom.

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

DID YOU SAW THE CHAPTER 114.5??

(I'm crying Bram was one of my favorites😭😭)

(But is that means that Fyodor is accually(?) immortal? And is his ability still actives when he dies by natural causes?)

Warning! Spoilers for Chapter 114.5 And me rambling/ having a theory

Yep, I have seen the last chapter. It was quite a rollercoaster. But... I don't really know if Bram is gone... Kafka seems to be reluctant with raising stakes.

I mean, really, the last named character, who really died, was Tanzo Tonan (Vice Justice Minister, who got killed by Gogol). From major ones, it was Shibusawa (or Ace with Karma, if you consider them major characters).

Even Fukuchi in the last chapter still can talk. I won't be surprised, if Fukuchi will be alive again, after singularity is dealt with.

BUT! Part of me still believes, that Kafka can raise stakes and start killing characters. But, in that case, if Bram really is gone, I will be disappointed. I want to see more with him and Aya.

This arc seems too "epic and massive", and, according to Kafka, the story is far from over.

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And to Fyodor... It seems, that he is immortal. Otherwise, I can't explain, why he didn't change for a bit ever since he overtake Bram's soldier's body.

Unless Fyodor being killed every few years, and didn't age because of it.

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Also, have a little theory about Fyodor's ability.

It seems, his ability can wait, when to overtake over the body of a killer.

Let me explain.

How did Fyodor took over Soldier's body:

Soldier killed Fyodor - Fyodor died - Immediately took over Soldier's body

How did Fyodor took over Bram's body:

In Mersault:

Fyodor died - Nikolai start mourning him - Dazai, off-screen, took antidote - Dazai and Chuuya returned inside Mersault - Chuuya dropped Sigma multiple times - Off-screen, they put Sigma in sitting position - Dazai rolls on the floor - Dazai returned to helicopter remains - Dazai, by himself, got "Fyodor's" body under the helicopter - Dazai realized, what Fyodor's ability is - Somewhere here, in the Airport, Fyodor took over Bram

In Airport (speculative):

Fukuzawa and Fukuchi have a talk - They returned from the book - Fukuzawa can't strike Fukuchi - Teruko stabs Fukuchi - Aya ran, where Fukuzawa, Teruko and Fukuchi are - Off-screen, Bram also got there - Fyodor took over Bram's body

I will pass Sigma, because, we can't be sure, if the memory he saw contained only Fyodor meeting with Bram, Fyodor's execution and Fyodor's ability, and didn't include few hours, before the sunrise, that Fyodor spend in a dungeon.

So, it seems, that Fyodor didn't take over Bram immediately.

So, it can be because of two things.

1. Distance does matter for Fyodor's ability, and it will take time.

2. Fyodor's ability can wait, before it starts working. Fyodor needs Bram to get closer to both swords and Fukuchi, so, he waited for the right moment.

If it's the case, does it mean, that Dazai can only stall Fyodor, but not get rid of him?

"No longer human" will work as long as Dazai is alive, so, can it be, that after his death Fyodor will take over?

Also, I have a feeling, that Kafka didn't think Fyodor's ability through. Otherwise, I can't explain, why BEAST! Dazai didn't deal with Fyodor by himself. How he thinks, BEAST! Atsushi and BEAST! Akutagawa will deal with Fyodor?

By the way... Is Fyodor even human? We already have Lovecraft, who isn't human, Bram's ability turned him into a vampire, and, if information from light novels are true, Arahabaki was a real deity, before being sealed.

To get answers, we have to wait. And I should think about Self-Aware! Bram fic.

[note-boom]

After reading that Dead Apple Post and all the posts within it, I had commentary and theories and random points to make....but I couldn't really put in into a cohesive post, so instead just have them as bullet points in the form of questions

So, obvious one first. What in the world is up with Atsushi's ability? The thing is. It's him that's described as a guidepost to the Book rather than his ability and when he looks at that blue cube, he calls it himself. And yet his ability is supposedly the one who can guide people to what they most desire, as well as his ability being described as something that can basically devour other abilities

On that note...it's interesting to me that it's been pointed out how Akutagawa's ability can cut through any physical structure (matter) and even space itself (so Akutagawa has a space-matter ability) while Atsushi can cut through and basically unalive any ability (tiger devouring prey imagery anyone?). And then we have Dazai who is able to nullify abilities for a brief period of time, not obliterate them just cancel them out. Which is very interesting to me when we have this whole imagery of Dazai represented by sunset, the ADA represented by twilight, the PM by the night, the Special Division by the day, and Atsushi by the moon. The moon is within the night and it's what sort of...cancels out the power of the night. Meanwhile, twilight (ADA) is the time between sunset (Dazai) and dusk (apparently, it goes like sunset -> twilight -> dusk), and it just sits interestingly to me that the ADA people are framed as those "in between" two great forces (day and night), and Dazai the nullifier as sunset sits in between Atsushi the ability devourer represented by the moon...and perhaps something represented by the sun. And the question culminating out of all that: was Shibusawa (the chaos of "ability" itself) the sun to Atsushi's moon or have we not seen that yet? Or is Akutagawa, also represented with draconic imagery, supposed to be that sun or is he really the night that "backgrounds" Atsushi's moon, as we seen in their fights?

Thirdly, something to be said about shapeshifting abilities. All I can remember off the top of my head right now is Lovecraft's Great Old Ones, Shibusawa's Draconica's final form, Bram's vampire ability, and Atsushi's Beast Beneath the Moonlight. (And from the theory linked in the dead apple post that talks about a possible Fyodor ability being the ability to copy himself makes him a kind of...form-shifter as well?). That said, in all these four, the carrier of that ability doesn't just use their ability, they become their ability. That sort of distinction clearly sets them apart from other ability users, I think...it makes them something....other (it also brings up Tanizaki as a rather interesting point, not as someone who can shapeshift or cause shapeshifting but as someone who can pretend to do so through illusions). And Dazai has all this angst about him not being human, but the real question is how human are those shapeshifters? Lovecraft clearly isn't human, Bram's vampires definitely aren't, and Shibusawa was an ability that survived its user (we've seen some other abilities do that, but none of them are sentient). I definitely think Atsushi's 100% human, and I think his lack of initial control over his ability is a testament to that....but I do wonder if he has the ability to be a little bit other-than-human like the other shapeshifters seem to be.

Continuing the Atsushi thread...we've already established that his ability can reject wounds/regenerate wounds. And while I do think we have evidence that he's recovered from normal gunshot wounds and such things, there's also the thing about him having orphanage scars and how most of the times he regrows limbs etc. etc. it's because an ability wounded him. Do you think that Atsushi might possibly have the ability to recover faster from non-ability based wounds (and thus get scars out of it) but an actual power to "reject" ability-inflicted pain (so no scars)?

Also, the whole thing about singularities is interesting to me, especially considering Chuuya and his...instability. I wonder if there's a difference between curated and manmade singularities like Chuuya's and Oda/Gide's...or if Chuuya's (and Verlaine's) whole singularity experiment was an attempt to recreate something the scientists had already seen...namely, a singularity that could survive within a person without actually harming them. And could Atsushi be one of those people who contain a natural singularity within himself?

[ccarrot]

I wish chuuya was actually a scary monstery vampire i wish the "babe this isn't you" speech was real i wish vampire chuuya bit dazai and turned him too and then NLH kicks in when Dazai ressurects bc of the vampirism healing properties and then he cures the vampirism and injuries for the both of them and that would lead you to believe that if the vampire infectiom was cured for anyone they would somehow be alive again amd we could have had a messier more crazy end to that arc. If only you were really a vampire chuuya bc that could have been so cool storywise but also i think it would be really neat if you were a scary grotesque creature and bited people and had blood all over your face and really sharp teeth and acted like a feral beast only to be normal again after a confession of true love and a homoerotic neck biting scene if only if only if only if only..