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Nothing drives me more insane than people on Tumblr who go I would elaborate but I'll spare you like GIRL??? I WANT TO KNOW TELL ME PLEASE!!!! GO SILLY RANT FOR AS MANY PARAGRAPHS AS YOU WANT IT'S SO FUN WATCHING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT THEY LOVE???

I love how it only took me like a month to get used to city life (I come from a very very small town) like a month ago I would be scared to talk to anyone ever and yesterday I was walking home at like 10PM in the dark and some guy came to me like hey want some drugs and I genuinely just went nah man sorry I don't smoke cheers and kept walking

September me would have pissed themselves lmao

Why in my humble opinion the episode brings the Mersault arc to a satisfying end regarding Fyodor, Dazai, Chuuya and the message it has

So, there's a lot of energy buzzing around in the fandom with the latest episode and I felt like some things have not been pointed out enough, therefore I'm gonna share my thoughts on the parts of Mersault. This is a thread that focuses on the conclusion of the Mersault arc as presented in the most recent episode of the anime in season 5 and I will elaborate on what I think the message of the Mersault arc is, what Fyodor's role in this arc is, I will comment on why I think he was defeated and why it fits the message and I will also go into more detail of how Chuuya and Dazai play into all of this and what I think happened in Mersault.

I'd like to start with these panels from the manga, chapter 77:

Together with this one from chapter 105:

I think these panels convey the core message of the Mersault arc very well and its goal: Everyone is just human, no matter how smart. And humans are capable of amazing things and even moreso if they come together. This is the greatest difference between Fyodor and Dazai who have been countless of times painted and stated as each other's equals - yes, they are intellectually of a level most can only dream of, only rivaled by Ranpo, but unlike Fyodor, Dazai has learnt to trust humans and understands their bonds to each other.

Fyodor doesn't.

It's a message that is heavily implied and then outright stated by Dazai in the last episode:

The reason why Fyodor fails is that he doesn't trust in people and because he doesn't understand humans in that regard - he thinks that he is above this concept, thinks he can manipulate them and that they're just pawns. It's shown in the way he talks about Sigma, it's shown in the fact that he chose to use Chuuya who is Dazai's partner against Dazai to dangle him in front of Dazai and it's shown when he mocks Dazai for not being "able" to use a "gravity manipulator" and drops the famous line of them having a "shallow bond".

Fyodor is arrogant and very confident in his own abilities, including the one to control those around him. That's what makes him slacking though, he can't comprehend that a plan that relies on a bond and trust would be able to deceive and defeat him and the closer he gets to his goal, the less he cares. That's why he allows Dazai this last speech in 109 too, he doesn't think anything can defeat him. Dazai is at his wit's end, Fyodor is the winner. There's no way that Dazai has a backup plan, Fyodor is a genius and he already thought of everything that could possibly be, so there's no way, right?

Mersault always was about showing what humans are capable of and what they can achieve and that trusting in your allies, in your bonds with the people you love, makes you more capable and achieve higher goals. And it's exactly what happened.

Dazai states that he doesn't have control over all things, that he had a lot of uncertain cards. But he trusted in his allies and it pays off. He wins not because he has it all figured out from the start and a backup plan for the backup plan of the back-p plan, he did his part of the plan and adjusted to the scene and left the rest in full trust with his allies.

This pilot stabbing Fyodor worked because Dazai trusted in the agency and Ranpo and them taking over control the vampires in time. And the rest of the Mersault story before all this?

That brings me to my next point, actually. We learn in the episode that it was all a SKK scheme:

Now, some people were unsatisfied that a plan that simple couldn't fool Fyodor, but I think that is exactly the point of it. Chuuya is a great actor (in Stormbringer he fools with grief and shock Albatross in thinking he saved the in two halves separated Doc for example) and the simplicity of this plan is what makes it so good against Fyodor - why would he assume that the great Dazai, his intellectual equal, another genius, would go through with such a plan?

And it's even better because it isn't actually Dazai's! Now, I have seen a lot of people talking about this and I admit that I assumed the opposite originally as well, that this was all Dazai's scheme, but thanks to a moot I took a closer look on the story-telling and I realized something:

Dazai describes here the moment he realized that Chuuya is on his side in my opinion. This wasn't a "Dazai orchestrated the whole thing and sent Chuuya a text to haul his ass over to Mersault" because it doesn't fit with the storyline. Especially the speech in chapter 101 stands out here - a lot of people are making jokes about how weird and gay of a plan the speech is, but I actually think, based on the situation and the voice acting from Mamoru Miyano, that this goodbye speech is a genuine one.

The speech in 101 seems very genuine down to the point of his fake goodbye in the end, meanwhile the tone of a similar speech in 109 has completely shifted.

And what happened between 101 and 109? Exactly. The elevator.

So, what I'm thinking is this: Dazai saw that Fyodor had Chuuya under control and he knows his partner, he can't quite believe that Chuuya would get himself captured, it's gotta be a plan, right? Soukoku isn't actually the brains-and-brawn duo even though everyone thinks that, but Dazai knows how capable and smart Chuuya is. He hid Arahabaki from him and figured out Rimbaud after all.

But still, there is this bit of doubt nurtured by fear - he trusts Chuuya, but what if this isn't his Chuuya? So his goodbye speech is both:

An attempt to snap Chuuya out of it, an attempt to communicate with him, the hope that carries him because this is his partner, right? Stupid Chuuya that always fights and always clings to life and knows to appreciate it a lot more than Dazai.

But also a genuine goodbye, just... in case. Because he could never forgive himself if he doesn't say goodbye to Chuuya, JUST IN CASE. He trusts and believes in Chuuya, but he can't not say goodbye to him, just in case that Fyodor really got Chuuya.

And then the elevator scene happens and Dazai realizes: He only has one way of surviving, but he will not drag Sigma into this, not if he can help it. And he made a promise to him, after all. So, Dazai pushes Sigma out, makes sure that Sigma is alive like he promised. Then he keeps falling.

The only one that can save him now is Chuuya and Dazai decides to trust him. If this is his Chuuya, Chuuya will save him. Because that is what they do: Soukoku come to each other's call, they trust each other with their life and in return get that life saved by the other.

And if this isn't his Chuuya? Well, then Dazai died for the sake of the agency and he probably thinks that this is a good way to die, too.

But he doesn't die. He gets saved by Chuuya of course, how could he have ever considered something else? Chuuya came to his help and he has a plan. So, now all Dazai has to do is play along, just like in old times.

I wanna talk about this specific part of 109 too - I saw people arguing that the fact that Chuuya has been acting all the time made the scenes less impactful for the plot or their bond, but I actually would argue the opposite. Like I just laid out, in my opinion he only learnt just before this that Chuuya is on his side. That means, they don't have an actual plan that they discussed before, but they're good, they're Soukoku - we have seen in Dead Apple during the Dragonhead's Conflict and in the Dragon fight 6 years later what they are capable of without much communication.

But this is not only a way to show off their flawless communication and synchronization again, it also shows us something that we always knew but that is now plainly laid out: Dazai trusts Chuuya with his life. He trusts Chuuya to shoot, but not kill him.

Truly, you could say:

"The core characterization of Dazai and Chuuya's partnership is based on pure trust where both of them are capable of leaving each other's life on the other's hand without a second thought or doubt." - from the Dead Apple guide book

Chuuya acting from the very beginning as vampire and Dazai finding out along with a leap of faith and them proving once again the close bond they share is exactly the way this arc was supposed to go and the fact that it was predictable in that sense doesn't make it bad writing, in contrary. Asagiri set up and delivered the message of the arc extremely well, the arc had a clear red string following through all of it.

And this is why, in my opinion, this arc was actually written very well and why Fyodor's defeat is actually a good break for his character arc (because I don't believe he is dead, but this here is already way too long and many others have pointed plenty why he probably isn't dead) and why I really like the message of the Mersault arc.

You know how sometimes you're sitting in class next to your crush and you can't focus on class? Well I was sitting next to a friend who was working on their computer and their wallpaper was that one BSD Bones ADA art and Dazai was visible by the edge of the window and I shit you not I was like

Omg so pretty look

He's so cute

His lil bolo tie flying

Look at him go

Silly little man with his silly little smile

Aw his hair is all fluffy look!!!!!

And I couldn't focus for the life of me but I wasn't gonna ask the person to move the window it would be weird I just met them you know???? So I missed half the class somehow fjebbfe

I love uni because you can just sit there being extremely focused in class and suddenly someone walks in casually and just sits there silently half an hour after the beginning of the class and like. The professor just ignores them. Literally no one cares.

And look I know it's a typical college thing but after highschool it's just very different. Like in highschool teachers kick your ass and send you to the office. Here they just royally ignore you. I love it.

Ever had a glass and a half of wine before lying down and sobbing uncontrollably because women are just too pretty?

Hahaha that's so funny me either

He needs a chair and a table methinks

Two chairs : one for me, one for cardboard legolas

And the table is for elven food

the only thing in our new apartment so far

I haven't complained here in a while so here we go

Yesterday I was chatting with an irl friend about my ocs, and like in the middle of the conversation I realised that I put so much effort in the story's main character's development that one of my favorite characters I've made is actually super shallow. Like he has a personality but it's so empty??? I've been mental breakdowning about this for almost 24 hours I feel like I betrayed him :((

Sobbing uncontrollably this just saved my life

from where do you read the manga?

I know this is not what you asked for, but here’s a masterlist of bsd resources I’ve used over the past year. Because every time I join a new fandom I always think “oh, I sure wish there was an all-inclusive masterlist that explained in detail how the material is divided and where to access to it instead of having to dig in myself”. So, this is for you January 2022 Kyotag, and for anyone else who might find this useful! I trust posting this on Tumblr is safe, but please do not share this outside of Tumblr in any way; it’s not for me, it’s for all the people who care to share. Specifically, do not share this on Twitter in any way or form. I will unleash a wild pre-promise Akutagawa after you if you do.

BSD resources masterpost

Bungou Stray Dogs Story by Kafka Asagiri, art by Sango Harukawa. The original manga. Ongoing, monthly chapter release.

• MONTHLY CHAPTER FANTRANSLATIONS: translator 1, translator 2, translator 3 • Website 1: Official English translation of the manga up to volume 19 / chapter 83 (including all the extra volume contents and omakes) and fantranslations from chapter 84 upwards. It’s my favorite streaming platform for the manga as it grants easy access and download to most of the official translation (the quality is not very high in my opinion, 900×1350px per page, but it looks like that’s as good as it gets). There’s purges of adds on certain days for some reason, but overall it’s manageable. • Website 2: Official translation up to volume 20 (chapter 88), fantranslations after that. • Website 3: Official translation up to volume 22 (chapter 99), yet lacks all the additional volumes content (and thus the first page of every volume since it’s in colour). Includes the manga in Japanese (and what looks like a French fantranslation up to chapter 45), so it’s useful if you need to quickly check the original. Denies download of the pages, and features a watermark. • Website 4: All the chapters fantraslated. Recommending it because it’s always nice to read a different translations (and endearing too, at times. You wouldn’t want to miss “Dazai Osamu – Ability: Human Failure”), and because it’s for some reason the only website my university’s wi-fi gives me allows me the access to, so shout-out to it. • Website 5: Raws from chapter 79 up to date. Better image quality (1164×1618px) compared to the official manga English release.

Bonus chapter 1 • Bonus chapter 2 • Bonus chapter 3 • Bonus chapter 4

DVD omakes

• DVD omakes English fantranslations masterlist • Vol 4 omake English fantranslation • Vol 9 omake • DEAD APPLE DVD omake English fantranslation • Folder with all the avaible omakes fantranslated in Chinese

Wan! Story and art by Neco Kanai. Gag spin-off manga. Ongoing.

• Link 1: Chapters 1-22; fantranslation. • Link 2: Various misc chapters fantranslations • Link 3: Various misc chapters fantranslations • Link 4: Various misc chapters fantranslations • Link 5: Chapters 1-55.5 raws. Website denies download of the pages and features a watermark.

Gaiden: Ayatsuji Yukito VS. Kyōgoku Natsuhiko Story by Kafka Asagiri, art by Oyoyo. Manga adaptation of a spin-off novel. Currently in unofficial hiatus.

• Website 1: Fantranslation

DEAD APPLE Story by Bungo Stray Dogs DA partners, art by Gun_Zi. Manga adaptation of a novel adapting a movie. Completed.

• Website 1: Official English translation up to volume 1 (chapter 3), yet lacks all the additional volumes content (and thus the first page of every volume since it’s in colour). Denies download of the pages, and features a watermark. Fantranslation up to chapter 13 (discontinued). Also features Japanese raws of the first volume. • Website 2: Fantranslation up to chapter 13 (discontinued)

BEAST Story by Kafka Asagiri, art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa. Manga adaptation of an alternative universe spin-off novel. Completed.

• Website 1: Official English translation, lacks all the additional volumes content (and thus the first page of every volume since it’s in colour). Denies download of the pages, and features a watermark. • Website 2: Official English translation of the first two volumes (up to chapter 9), fantranslation beyond that. • Website 3: Fantranslation • Website 4: Raws (1115×1600px)

Dazai, Chūya, Age Fifteen Story by Kafka Asagiri, art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa. Manga adaptation of a spin-off novel. Ongoing.

• MONTHLY CHAPTER FANTRANSLATIONS: translator 1, translator 2 • Website 1: Raws (1115×1600px)

Anthologies Five official anthologies, compilations of gag and slice-of-life oneshot chapters by various authors.

• Anthologies masterlist

Novels Nine light novels set in the bsd universe and written by the bsd author that complete, expand and enrich the bsd story.

Novels folder: Contains all the eight official English translations, a fantranslation of Gaiden and a pdf merging (I think) all the novels in Japanese.

Extra Light Novels

• Kunikida and Katai's Brilliant Days (fantranslation) • Gakuen Bungo Stray Dogs (fantranslation (incomplete)) • The Day I Picked Up Dazai: Side A, Side B  (fantranslation)

Anime Five season anime. Watch order is season 1 → season 2 → Hitori Ayumi (OVA) → DEAD APPLE (movie) → season 3 → season 4 → season 5

Streaming site 1 • Streaming site 2

Drama CDs and translations

• Drama CD 1: Somewhat Extraordinary Days (playlist)     Swept Away by the River, Dazai Osamu and One Person More (translation)     A Bored Famous Detective (translation)     Forgot the Request (translation)     Yosano Akiko's Heart-Pounding Dissection Works (translation) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.1     The Detective Agency During a Publicity Conference!? (translation)      Kunikida's Critical Moment!? (translation) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.2     Return of the Detective's Good Mood (no translation avaible :( )     The Port Mafia Did Something Wrong!? (no translation avaible :( ) • Character Song Mini Album Vol.3 October 05, 2016     Kajii's Science of Cooking!? (no translation avaible :( )     Lunch Time, Accidental Mischief (no translation avaible :( ) • Drama CD: Welcome to Hot Springs (Armed Detective Agency) • Drama CD: Welcome to Hot Springs (Port Mafia)

Stage plays Eight stage plays that adapt different anime seasons and novels

I have nothing to put here. I've seen some subtitles videos go around on youtube, but I was never able to compile them. If anyone can help fill this gap, it’d be immensely appreciated!!!

BEAST movie Direction by Kōichi Sakamoto, script by Kafka Asagiri. Movie adaptation of an alternative universe spin-off novel.

• Folder link

Official pages

• Sango Harukawa’s Twitter • Sango Harukawa’s blog • Shiwasu Hoshikawa’s Twitter • Gun_Zi’s Twitter • Neco Kanai’s Twitter • Official manga Twitter account • Official anime Twitter account • Official stage plays Twitter account • Mayoi official Twitter account

Other resources

• BSD wiki • Mayoi wiki • BSD updates countdown • Archive of official art • Megathread of art by Harukawa • Megathread of anime art • Merch archive 1 • Merch archive 2 • Official art scans • Website for manga volume raws, dvd ripoff, op/ed albums and basically everything • @/akutagawaprize, official content Tumblr archive through 2015-2020 • @/popopretty’s blog for misc translations • Masterpost of novels referenced in the bsd franchise • BSD-bibliophile

If you found this list useful, could you consider contributing to the archive? Things I’d like to be added include:

• A good quality scan of the Beast sskk valentine art (sorry. Personal request. I would renounce to several limbs for a good quality image of that art.) • Anthology 4 and anthology 5 raws (you can’t translate the chapters without raws!) • Bungo Stray Dogs Rakugaki Note • Wan! official English translations (minus volume 1)

So you know how significant others are a thing. And by that I mean, the phrase "significant other" is a thing.

Consider this : insignificant other. It could mean so many things!!! It could be as in "you're a pain and I'm stuck with you", or a phrase for complete strangers, literally anything!!!!!

I really like the first one there, because it's like being stuck with someone who genuinely annoys the shit out of you, but you still like them. Like, kicking your feet and blushing whenever you think about them, but the second they're around you, you're like fuck off I hate you. Idk I just like this dynamic so much it makes my brain pop jejzjfje

the veez bird brainrot has consumed me

help

ALSO ITS PRIDE MONTHS LONG LIVE THE QUEERS <33

A wild veez has entered the askbox

What will she do?

Srsly your comic is SO CUTE tho <3

GASPPPPP YESSSSS WELCOME TO THE ASKBOX <33

Thanks again ! Here's a fun fact about that comic : it's the first art piece i finish in MONTHS that's how bad the brainrot was x)

okay hear me out here.

if I'm the spider in the corner, does it mean that-

DO YOU SEE IT

(that lil japanese SFX roughly translates to "loom")

Watch me send asks at 5 am for the giggle

I FOUND THE BUTTON WOOOO I FOUND IT I'm never leaving you alone again you are. Stuck with Raine. Chilling in your asks. Forever. I apologize in advance.

YOU FOUND THE BUTTON!! Incredible showstopping amazing

I asked you a week ago if you’d figured out asks and you were like “yeah! :D” and proceeded to never elaborate so I’d given up hope

reincarnation of that one "but first, lemme take a selfie" meme from the 2010s ✨

Got back from a class trip and realized I took over 30 polaroids… these are just the ones I kept and din’t give to anyone else

today i was sitting in one of the stalls in the school bathroom and this girl got in the stall next to mine and started watching tiktok at full volume and she sat there for like five minutes???? i almost whipped out my tt app to compete with her but i figured it wasn't worth it lmao (my tt is shameful)

OH MY GOD HOW TEACH ME ITS SO PRETTY IM NEVER WRITING IN BLACK AND WHITE AGAIN

SHAPES AND COLORSSSS

WHAT

THERE ARE

DIFFERENT SIZES????

AND FONTS ??????????

WHZVHZHRHZ HOW

SMALL GREY LINE BELOVED

i love this place so much I'm gonna spend the rest of my life here

WHAT

THERE ARE

DIFFERENT SIZES????

AND FONTS ??????????

WHZVHZHRHZ HOW

SMALL GREY LINE BELOVED

i love this place so much I'm gonna spend the rest of my life here

help why is this place so confusing i'm scared aaaaaa

im literally going to eat you repeatedly

Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.I would never have been this happy!!!...