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This specific panel from Chapter 109

Literal translation:

“Chuuya” “Come to your senses”

“Our fate will not conclude in a place like this.” “That's because we are destined toー”

Since Japanese is a highly complex language, a few ideas have been lost in translation, but I think its notable that we have never seen Dazai talk like this before. It's straight to the point, heartfelt, and delivered with 100% sincerity.

....It sounds like something you'll hear from his thoughts.

Throughout the series, Dazai's thoughts are something us readers never hear. As a result, little is known about his true intentions. In fact, he's so enigmatic to the extent that even the anime producer, Igarashi Takuya, and the seiyuu, Miyano Mamoru, don't to understand his character to the fullest extent.

He is always putting on a mask, so we almost never get glimpses of his "true" self. And this is expressed by Harukawa's style in the manga by his eyes being dull and empty, like an endless abyss. It portrays him as a hollow shell, which makes perfect sense when you think of his chronic depression.

sfx: crack

On a side note, this might be one of my favorite panels of Dazai. It really shows how scary and ruthless he can be.

But in the times where he is honest or expresses genuine emotions, Harukawa always puts light in his eyes.

For example:

I searched for around half an hour to find a panel where his eyes are depicted similarly, but this was the most similar comparison. And this was his reaction when he realized that Oda, a dear friend that he had crossed a universe for, saw him as no more than a stranger.

And it hurts even more when you realize that in both of these cases, he reacts this way after being hurt one way or another by a person he deeply cares about.

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So, in conclusion, even if the entire thing ends up being acting, and Dazai really does end up being fine, you can tell that in that moment, he truly meant everything he said to Chuuya.

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A/N: Fun fact: In the Japan fanbase, we call them 太中 (Dachuu?) so it was really interesting to learn that they're referred to as "Soukoku" here overseas. I actually prefer this one. I think it sounds really cool and epic :)

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Aya's definitely not going to die. That's literally certain because Asagiri loves death baiting us. However, I would like to bring your attention to how fast she decided to jump off a building, and backwards???

Like Aya, sweetheart, what if you missed the table? That would be pretty embarrassing right? But I guess it's a cool anime thing to jump off a building backwards with a smile on your face so I have to accept it.

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i hope bsd 110 makes us all worse i hope something absolutely horrible happens again and i hope it makes all of us so insane it drags us up to the top of trending

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you will not guess where this ao3 summary is going

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People are livid with the way bones animated the “fyodor you rat” scene and it made me realize I interpreted it slightly differently when I read the manga.

Yes, Dazai is angry in the manga, but I thought there’s an undercurrent of like…sick impressment?

A sort of:

“Fyodor you rat…MY EX???? Are you fucking joking???? My first love??? Stripped of his humanity???? Turned into a mindless killing machine??? Fuck you, like— Fuck You, seriously….but I will say…you hit bullseye. FUCK YOU—but talent recognises talent you know?Yeah, I’ll gut you like a fish but I would do the exact same thing to you, if I had the chance…..but fuck you. But also Bravo.”

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Do you think 15!Chuuya ever saw Dazai shove his finger under the bandages to rub his eye and had a full reality crisis because

WHAT? DAZAI HAS AN EYE IN THERE????

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In defense to Chuuya, if I broke into a prison to find MY boyfriend dancing with another man I'd shoot them as well. You wouldn't? Good for you. I support gay rights, gay wrongs and gay vengeance. We're not the same.

Alternatively, if I was Dazai, and my boyfriend was helping out my arch nemesis, I would drown them. What? You're possessed? Yeah right, likely story. Into the juice with you.

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officer, i did no wrong

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people calling Dazai "Mr. Bungo Stray Dogs" is the funniest thing on this planet

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Can't decide which is funnier

A guy saying "I'm just an ordinary man" despite being a three year old adult spawned from a magic book who has superpowers and owns a flying casino with which he plans to commit an act of global terrorism...

Or the fact that he's actually right and he is the most normal person in the cast by far

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PikaChuu~ careful when approaching. He gets angy really fast

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domestic skk where Dazai tells ADA "Chuuya is the reason I get up every morning ^-^" and they think it's sweet but actually Dazai just means Chuuya drags his ass out of bed to get ready so he's not late for work every single day

what ADA pictures when Dazai tells them that: two losers being sappy and in love what Dazai pictures when he says that: Chuuya's threatening and ominous shadowed figure appearing in the doorway of their bedroom after Dazai hit snooze for the third time that morning

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hc pm!skk where they got in trouble for arguing during executive meetings so instead of verbally talking to each other, they both learn morse code and communicate (read: bicker) through tapping…the only thing is sometimes Chuuya gets heated and accidentally cracks the table with his finger

just imagining Kouyou being so proud that Dazai and Chuuya are quiet and seem to be behaving for once and just as she’s finishing that thought, all she hears is a loud tap and a large crack splits down the table and she’s like. sigh

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assuming Dazai survives after all this shit (he will) and once all conflicts have settled can you imagine the conversation he and Chuuya would have regarding what happened in Meursault if it ever gets brought up. just like

Chuuya: tf did you mean "moments we did connect", "our fate" and "you and i are destined to" btw Dazai: i never said that you're straight up delusional

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this Fyodor panel is so fucking funny with the "..." like he did not want to hear it 😭 him telling Dazai to go ahead sounds like sarcasm to me like

Dazai: maybe if I said some moving words Chuuya will return to normal Fyodor: … Fyodor: …if you think that will help pls go ahead Dazai: Chuuya. come to your senses. our fate— Fyodor: oh...you were actually being serious about doing that. ok

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I had a random thought today. As a fandom we always compare the relationship dynamic of chuuya and dazai with kunikida and dazai. So I was rewatching the first two seasons and realised that whenever Chuuya and Dazai are arguing and Chuuya tries to land a kick or punch, Dazai always dodges it (or tries to). And whenever it's Kunikida doing it, Dazai just let's himself get thrown around and hit like a punching bag.

You could argue one is for comedic effect and one isn't but I'm inclined to disagree. There are moments where Chuuya kicking Dazai also being for comedic effect. Like the scene where Dazai pretends to like Chuuya's taste in shoes then says "as if". (Which is actually quite similar to how he messes with Kunikida.) But he doesn't let Chuuya even touch him and immediately dodges out of the way.

I can't help but think it might mean something about the difference in both dynamics or maybe I'm just spouting nonsense.

(Btw when I mean relationship I don't mean shipping I mean how the characters canonically interact with each other in the anime)