#DAZAI IS NOT DEAD

[kajtak-art]

I laughed so much at the Fyodor-Sigma scene in the new episode,cuz WHAT THE FUCK WERE THOSE EXPRESSIONS MAN😭

[lotus-pear]

he’s begging kuni to let them eat pancakes for dinner

[originalartblog]

please just take a moment with me to appreciate how "s'envoyer en l'air" has so much comedic potential as an expression considering Chuuya's ability and how much mileage two teenagers who love antagonizing each other could get out of it

[sskk-manifesto]

Actually, I really love how the movie begins and ends with Atsushi having deep, unconditional trust in Dazai's goodness, going even beyond what Dazai thinks of himself. It's such a nice pattern as well as compelling theme to explore. Their relationship makes me soft.

[venelona]

This is how I envision reunion happening

update - (polished version here)

[iamtheracoonking]

Real footage from Dead Apple behind the scenes

[shrimpkini]

Dead apple skk will always have my heart

[rosalinesurvived]

Bones changing Dazai’s expression in the anime when he first meets ango after the events of the dark era to this edgy smug smirk instead of the devastatingly startled look he had in the manga…………… they flopped here alas i must confess

[birb0t]

the chemical makeup of my brain was so deeply impacted by dead apple i will now pass being a skk stan to my children

[chuuya-fan-page]

ok so i finally got my copy of dead apple pt.4 and wtf this is so much cuter??????

giving dazai shit for his "you and i are destined to" speech but theyre both like this

[bungobble-my-balls]

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the main 'yin/yang' parallel with Atsushi and Akutagawa is not something like 'this one is bad but secretly has a good side and this one is good but secretly has a bad side'.

I feel like it's more about 'who they are at their core vs who they choose to be'.

At his core Akutagawa is kind and at his core Atsushi is not. But despite this Atsushi tries every day to make the kinder choices and I love him so much for it. He has to work so hard to be good.

He wants to be a bitch SO bad I know he does but he tries his best to help people and be nice (sometimes he fails but that's OK <3)

Atsushi doesn't always WANT to help people, a lot of the time he's selfish and scared, but he does help people anyway. He keeps helping people over and over again. There's still some selfish motivation to it, and his initial motivation for helping people was because the headmaster told him that's all he was worth, but overall he does care about the people he helps and it weighs on him if he fails to save them. And of course, as the series goes on he starts helping people more because he can rather than because he feels like he needs to.

In Akutagawa's case, he's still capable of being kind but his environment led him into being someone who chooses to hurt people. But he's always been a protector at heart. In the start he was bad compared to Atsushi because he was choosing to hurt people and keep the cycle of abuse going. Just like how Atsushi developed in why he saved people, Akutagawa starts to get redeemed when he chooses to not just act on his rage. Not only does he start to spare people, but he speaks more kindly to them (apologising to Higuchi and telling Kyouka he's proud of her). It all culminates into the moment he chooses to help Atsushi and sacrifice himself for him, going back to his core value of being a protector. Even when he's finally revived, he keeps this role in his new position as Aya's Knight.

I kind of see the streaks of white in Akutagawa and the streaks of black in Atsushi not as their 'hidden sides' but as their fundamental selfs. That's who they are at their core, and their main colours (black for Akutagawa and white for Atsushi) are how they're presented to everyone else and how they try to have people see them as.

[kokoasci]

been really enjoying sketching lately !!

[lotus-pear]

happy dazai day!! lets see what the birthday boy was up to

[svetlovasart]

Dead apple

[drlqra]

based on this amazing random person on the internet

[crisisaegyl]

Ahh BSD, my love, I have not forsaken you.

These little guys are gonna be a keychain and are currently living it up as a mini sticker sheet. I'm very excited about them 😊