I Love Bsd Actually I Love That Sometimes You Don't Have The Reasons Society Believes You Need To Have

I made it the longest time without thinking about Dazai and Akutagawa's relationship but now I am again and it's pissing me all the way off.

"He's a sword without a scabbard" He was a SHIELD! He was a shield until YOU TOLD HIM that he needed to be a sword!

Rashomon was developed on the streets and used by Akutagawa to protect his sister and friends from the hostile environment they were surrounded by. The first time he had the intent to use it with blood lust he doesn't even get the chance to. Because he meets Dazai.

Pretty much the only flashback we get of Dazai training Akutagawa features him breaking past his defenses, beating him down, and telling him that he needs to be more offensive if he wants to survive in the Port Mafia.

Dazai also laments about Akutagawa seemingly not understanding that his ability works best for support and defense...Why didn't you teach him support and defense then??? The flashback is literally the process of Dazai teaching Akutagawa the "stab first, ask questions later" mentality we see with him struggle with in the present day.

You are literally his mentor why do you talk about his shortcomings like you're not the one who is supposed to be helping him overcome them? Like you didn't instill half of them?

I wouldn't have a problem with this except for the fact that the narrative refuses to acknowledge it. They talk about Akutagawa's poor tactical mindset like it's a natural part of him or formed in a vacuum while showing us the opposite. They never acknowledge that the reason Akutagawa needs so much character growth in the first place is because Dazai failed him as a mentor. Akutagawa is Dazai's greatest failure and imo it would make for a much better story if they treated the situation as such. But since Dazai can do no wrong it's framed more like "Akutagawa just doesn't get it. That's why Dazai gave him Atsushi to help him understand the error of his ways!" with no mention of the fact that Dazai is the one who taught Akutagawa those ways.

And if you want to go the direction of putting it all on Akutagawa, that just means Dazai is the worst mentor ever because he never managed to instill even one lesson in Akutagawa in a way that would stick for TWO WHOLE YEARS.

Ok rant over. (Insert Dazai is a good nuanced character disclaimer blah blah blah)

I keep forgetting to post here </3

Been trying to translate the beast art style into an animation friendly version....For animation, if I get that far... If not it's still a fun activity.

nakajima gyattsushi

canon divergence where akutagawa doesn't become a vampire, Years after the events of chapter 88. Do you think atsushi would forget his face? Do you think one day he will realize he can not remember akutagawas face anymore? Do you think one day he will realize all that's left of him is some blurry faraway memory of a smile and a coat?

Some bsd characters i think who needs more attention:

1. Koyou Ozaki (BRO WHERE IS SHE DUDE???)

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne (idk why but i think he needs more attention ngl)

3. Margaret M. (Same with nathaniel)

4. Yumenoo!! (Honestly yumeno is a very interesting character ngl, they need more attention)

6. Gin Aku

7. Higuchi

8. LOUISAAA!!

Im pretty sure theres more but i just cant remember who... i think i just have bad memories

saw the new spread leaks you know what that means

The fact that the general attitude of Akutagawa's superiors towards him and his rampages was to just let him do whatever he wanted until the repercussions either killed him or forced him to figure out his character arc through trial and error is still wild (and funny) to me.

Like guys. There’s people that are dying.

at some point rashomon literally can't hurt atsushi even if akutagawa attacks becuz akutagawa eventually grows to be unable to hurt atsushi even if he wont admit it

she also can't hurt gin, but she's never been able to hurt gin

do you guys know that one pregnant chuuya fanfic where dazai leaves for 9 months because he thinks he's not the dad... also dazai says "i know chibi hates me, but" and shortly after he says "chuuya you sound like a shitting whale while giving birth"

in the end chuuya died btw, because of a virus named "dazai osamu"... don't take my word for it the author legit wrote that

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