learning love

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- BSD gift exchange 2024

- queer platonic relationships

- fluff

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i was going to archive sometbing today but it’s 2k words long and im lazy

why dazai is not dead (BSD 109 spoilers)

archival post.

original date: 4/8/23

archive date: 1/1/24

this is so off-brand and it’s been almost a whole day soo first lets identify the gun that chuuya used.

now i’m not gun expert but this is a handgun, it’s a pistol.

this is because the forehead is the thickest part of the skull.

a handgun round most probably won’t penetrate even if it does penetrate the skull, there is still the slim chance of it by-passing all vital parts of the brain

the likelihood of penetrating is greatly increased due to the close-range but depending on how resistant dazai’s skull is, it really depends it only take 220kmh for a bullet to penetrate the human skull

but i’m not a gun expert so i’ll just follow what the gun expert said on this:

secondly, if the bullet went point blank through the space between his eyes i would be more convinced that he’s dead

to most efficiently damage the CNS and take someone out, you would have to aim between the eyes or behind the head

apart from that, survivability also greatly increases if the bullet injures the frontal lobe (which is where chuuya shot him)

there’s also increased survivability as chuuya shot him from the front and not the side which actually decreases the amount of damage done to the brain

also upon being shot you really shouldnt be able to talk and move if the shot was fatal

the fact that he could talk at all is a whole miracle

again, this has a lot to do with brain structure because there are parts of the brain that are useless and there are parts that arent

third, dazai has literally been death baited like 7 times in this arc

the fact that he’s still alive in itself is already a miracle and like although he could die i’m not entirely sure about that either because he’s literally a cockroach

so i dont think he’s dying

also literally after sprawling on the floor after that whole elevator debacle he could still criss-cross apple sauce his legs so i would say he’s fine

now some of you may be saying “but he passed out”

he might have passed out from exhaustion he probably did i mean he fell down multiple levels in an elevator then gets shot 4 times i don’t think any normal person would still be awake after the elevator crash tbh

this is just my take on this, i’m not an expert in any of this (the only thing i knew before hand was the neuroscience), i don’t take physics either

thank you for reading this, i’m not delulu

i don’t mind him dying i actually think it would make for interesting plot development but i also can’t see him dying from this

jumping on to the donut!dazai allegations (we’ve been fed well with memes asgr thank you 🙏)

Bungo Stray Dogs: An Essay on the Parallels of SKK and SSKK? IDK anymore (Spoiler Heavy?? Thread Carefully)

Introduction:

Before writing this essay I have watched the anime up till season 4, read the manga in its entirety up to chapter 107, read the manga version of beast, watched the dead apple movie and read storm bringer. So a pretty substantial chunk of the BSD universe but not the entirety of it. I might get things wrong because I have a shitty memory and the last time I watched the BSD anime in its entirety was like in 2021. Originally, I had written an essay detailing the SSKK fight with Fukichi on the ship to my friends. Today I will further explore the themes that were addressed in that essay.

Issue 1: Their First Meeting

It is evident throughout the BSD series that Dazai thought that Atsushi and Akutagawa would be great working together and saw them as a second generation of what him and Chuuya were once. In the earlier episodes of Season 1 there is a scene in which the ADA showed Atsushi a picture of Akutagawa telling him to stay away from him and to run if he was spotted. Later on when outside with the Tanizaki siblings is the first meeting between the two. They fought and Dazai stopped it using No Longer Human. To me this seems like a somewhat parallel to SKK's own first meeting which involved Chuuya also not having the best impression of Dazai and wanting to fight him.

Issue 2: Their Trust

Unlike in SKK, SSKK does not have nearly the same level of trust if any at all. All of them working together is to please Dazai or for some other ulterior motive that does not exactly require them to have a substantial amount of trust in each other at all. However to say that they are completely devoid of trust in one another is entirely inaccurate. Atsushi struggles in his belief that Akutagawa will protect him where Akutagawa is completely confident in Atsushi's skills. That's why he's willing to give Atsushi his coat during the fight in Cannibalism against the Earth Ground Monster thingy underground. By giving Atsushi his coat, Akutagawa makes himself vulnerable as he is unable to use Rashōmon to defend himself (later we find out he can actually still use rashōmon but he probably prefers not to).

In dead apple, I feel that it is implied that Akutagawa had full faith in Atsushi that he would figure out that Byakko is his. And would thereafter gain back control of his ability and later join them in Mukurotoride (Skull Fortress the stupidest designed shit ever like who even designed it it looks like it could fall apart with a small gust of wind? Also the foundations are way to slim not to mention how parts of the building itself are held together with impossibly narrow beams we can discuss this later) Which honestly, that's crazy I would not have had that much faith in Atsushi personally. Especially since he is known to lick his own wounds. Though I could have misinterpreted the action and Akutagawa just genuinely thought that he could fight Shibusawa and win but you know what it's okay to be delulu.

As previously mentioned, the scene of which SSKK are fighting Fukichi. Fukichi mentioned that the reason they failed was due to Atsushi's lack of trust in Akutagawa to protect him. Dazai originally probably saw him and Chuuya in the two of them and therefore insisted for them to work together. However he miscalculated the fact that they might not be able to learn to have the same trust in one another as SKK has. Chuuya's strength is his loyalty. He's loyal to the sheep, he's loyal to the mafia, that very same loyalty is also extended to Dazai. Chuuya has the very simple faith that if he uses corruption, Dazai will use his ability to prevent him from dying. Trust is not exactly a strong suit of either part as of SSKK though.

Issue 3: Fighting/Bantering

Do I really need to explain this? (I dont but I'll still do it) Something that is unique to SKK and SSKK dynamic I feel is the fact that they seemingly hate each other but at the same time would help each other out. I won't even hesitate to use the word hate to describe their relationship because in Storm bringer, Mori told Dazai that he would save Chuuya simply because if he dies Chuuya would die too. Dazai then has a whole reaction to the fact that Chuuya would die with him and how horrible it would be. At the same time though, Dazai was willing to help Chuuya figure out whether or not he was a real human or if he was really just 2383 lines of code. (I love love-hate relationships you dont understand)

In SSKK, the two are seen constantly fighting each other because they didn't like something about the other. For example, Akutagawa doesnt like Atsushi's self pitying despite having everything that Akutagawa would ever want and Atsushi just disliking the way Akutagawa is able to just hurt others. They don't have the same mutual understanding as SKK because they are in two different organisations that although are under truce, were for the longest time opposing with the Black Lizard coming to attack the agency every few months for I guess shits and giggles? However when Atsushi made a promise with Akutagawa, Akutagawa didnt break it, really not killing a single person for 6 months and even after being turned into a vampire refused to hurt Aya because of this promise.

Issue 4: Circumstance and Fate

This part isn't really on a parallel but it's relevant.

We know from beast that if SSKK had met under a different circumstance that they would have been able to get along fine. This leads me to believe that their hatred was really a result of circumstance rather than an act of fate. There is also the fact that beast is a canonical au to the bsd main universe being one of the many worlds in the book. Thus, it is also safe to assume that in every world, SSKK would eventually end up as partners due to Dazai's direct intervention. But, what about the worlds in which Dazai did not influence them? I believe that they would have still ended up getting to know one another, whether it be under a better or worse circumstance.

Since there are so many parallels already within SSKK and SKK, it is also safe to say that the same could also be true for Dazai and Chuuya. Despite the universe, they might have still met each other. That the dislike they hold for each other could be circumstantial.

Conclusion:

There are definitely parallels between SKK and SSKK but as many parallels as they are, there are also aspects unique to each one.

More on Mukurotoride's stupid design:

I wonder how someone even gets to the top and like the place where fyodor, shibusawa and dazai were all sitting and discussing and shit seems like the very top and like shibusawa got the whole collection up there too? Is it not heavy? How did this thin ass building not collapse yet??? Also why are the windows stain glass? I dont think anyone is regularly using that building let alone enough to warrant such fancy windows? Also this thing is next to Suribachi city. Ain't no way anyone spent resources to build that after the Arahabaki shit Chuuya pulled wayyy back and like no way it survived it either? Yeah you know what maybe let's not question it.