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Fanfic Recommendation 5:

When Walls Fall by tatortot_carousel

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

It's a Canon Divergence about essentially a fake relationship. Dazai's in love with Chuuya. Chuuya, though, is convinced that dating would show Dazai that the image of him in Dazai's mind isn't really him. He hopes Dazai will fall out of love.

It started to get really good. It's ongoing and is currently on Chapter 30 (66,860 words) as of October 22nd.

I really like the friendships in this. Dazai, Ranpo, & Yosano and Dazai & Ango. If you want to read a fic where the ADA (and even the PM) are closer, this is for you.

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Soukoku Fanfic Recommendation 4:

Teenage Nightmares Commit Atrocities by forever_wandering

Rating: Mature

Chuuya and Dazai get to be teenagers!

It's essentially a fluff fic, but there are darker and more mature elements in it. Dazai and Chuuya have to go undercover in a school as students and they learn a few things.

I love how they just ARE from the very beginning of the fic. This fic is cute.

(Warnings below)

Darker elements of this fic: Self Harm (Dazai), Suicide Idealisation (Dazai), Murder, Past Child Experimentation, and Panic Attacks.

Other: This fic doesn't shy away from the fact that they're teenagers. With a lot of hormones. Don't worry, there's no sexual content (they're SIXTEEN!). I felt I should warn you, though.

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Soukoku fanfic recommendation 3:

Picking a flower that blooms on the heart for you by Mudui (this is translated to English by burgundytshirt)

Rating: Mature

It's a Hanahaki disease fic where Chuuya's stuck in a time loop.

I really enjoyed reading this.

The original is here:

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Soukoku Fanfic recommendation 2:

Still Still Still by icedlightroast

It's so good. The way I can feel the EMOTION. The PINING!

It's a modern day au. I'm currently now on chapter 8 and I've been binging it non-stop. I didn't actually mean to start reading it, either. I just wanted a quick look before putting it in the "to read" tag in my bookmarks. And I somehow ended up on chapter 8.

Chuuya and Dazai are singers. It is rated mature, but as of chapter 7 (I'm about to read chapter 8 now), it's just swearing and referenced stuff. It's a long fic, so if you want to sink deep into a fic, this one is a good choice.

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Soukoku Fanfic Recommendation 1

Room 082, 8:24pm, Friday. Booked under Dazai Osamu by Winterborne

Rating: Mature

Contains: Angst, mentioned/referenced accidental overdose, omegaverse (Omega Dazai/Alpha Chuuya), & one misunderstanding.

Nothing is graphic. And I mean at all. If it didn't include an overdose, I'd be okay with it being Teen And Up rated.

It's just a cute pining fic with a mature warning. They're both pining in this. And Dazai is a mess.

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When the flesh is weary, the spirit too gives up; and somewhere within the body a sense of indifference takes root.

Dazai Osamu, “Run, Melos!” from Crackling Mountain and Other Stories

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It seems you’re not satisfied unless you always make yourself the protagonist in some tragedy.

Dazai Osamu, A New Hamlet

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Dazai take the fucking antidote

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For these boys, smiling came as naturally as breathing, and laughter as easy as an exhalation. It might make you wonder where they picked the habit up. To them, laughing was safe, but not laughing posed a serious risk. They found it irresistible. One might say that they were gluttonous for laughter, unable to pass up even a stray crumb, out of fear they might be questioned for withholding. The sad thing about all of this, however, is that none of them could laugh from the bottom of their bellies. Even as they doubled over laughing, they took notice of the way they looked to one another.

Dazai Osamu, Flowers of Buffoonery

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My thoughts have been entirely consumed by this Hoshikawa art because what do you MEAN Chuuya is the one sitting for once and Dazai's at his side. And what do you MEAN Dazai's looking at him so fondly.

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I love this

Halloween Chuu #3

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what if Kajii is actually immune to all explosions but he thinks it's limited to only lemon-shaped bombs because he only ever made (and was accidentally blown up by) lemon-shaped bombs

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Blogging this here, too.

Bungou Stray Dogs fans!!!

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“Chuuya wasn’t in Dark Era, why is he in this art??”

wdym, he’s right here 🤨

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I might check it out. I've been wanting to find something to binge.

Something a little different today!! This scene is from The Road Not Taken by TopHat69, an ADA!skk AU. This is adapted directly from chapter 3, although I've cut down some things for time (and my sanity)

Necessary context: on their first day at the ADA, Dazai and Chuuya are split between Kunikida and Ranpo. Chuuya accompanies Ranpo to Kyushu, and Ranpo says some things that imply he knows a bit too much about Chuuya's past, which should have been erased along Dazai's. Chuuya, on edge, decides to confront Ranpo that evening in their Kyushu hotel room.

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If you noticed, that Chuuya design is the one I posted a little while ago! It was made specifically for this comic because I needed to share this concept so bad. Ranpo deducing Chuuya's entire story from having known Murase, a Yokohama detective who was very involved with Chuuya's "early" life, was so simply clever it blew my mind. And now you can appreciate it too!!!

Once again, this is directly from chapter 3 of The Road Not Taken by TopHat69! Rated E, and/but, if you'd like to read this specific chapter on its own, it is totally safe.

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I found some of the thumbnails/storyboards I made way back when I first read SB and decided to clean them, enjoy :)