#dazatsu

[cawslew]

[yarrayora]

Dazai: I'm dating Atsushi-kun

Shibusawa: And? My angel killed me with his claws twice

Dazai:

[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.

[elikinflower]

Reference from painting "The Fall" by Alan Stephens Foster

[venelona]

AU where Dazai can also turn into a cat

Dazai still can use NLH, but he can't control his cat transformations that well

Every time he's about to transform it feels just like he's about to let out a huge sneeze, so most of the time he starts running away with a very constipated-looking face

Only Oda knows Dazai is the cat. Everyone else thinks Dazai just has a menace of a cat

If Chuuya wants to touch him he has to pay with BLOOD (just lots of scratches)

If some mafia executive or Mori annoy Dazai they suddenly find their clothes and/or chairs covered in lots of cat hair

One moonlit night cat Dazai runs into a big white tiger in a forest

After learning that his tiger friend is a boy that routinely gets locked up in a basement he starts visiting him, esp on the full moon nights

Atsushi sees that this cat is smart but he kind of just assumes that all cats are that smart

The tiger is very protective of the kitty fren

Atsushi mentions once how purring cats can help pain of healing bones so whenever Atsushi is injured Dazai lays over his chest and purrs to make him feel better

Natsume doesn't know Dazai is a cat and Dazai doesn't know Natsume is a cat so they'll just be sitting together in the bar side by side thinking 'I bet this cat thinks I'm a real cat....'

[weebsh-t]

[kyouka-supremacy]

This is probably more of my personal headcanon / how I best like to interpret the characters rather than something canon based but... I have been thinking, at the end of the day most of the relationship bonds Dazai created in the ada span between rough and silently hostile. He doesn't get along with Yosano because of their shared link with Mori, and he doesn't like Ranpo because Ranpo being the only person he can't trick or manipulate probably makes him feel unsafe. It's not like he can exactly get along with the Tanizakis either, he's simply... Too distant from them to actually build anything positive with either Naomi or Jun'ichirou.

I think this explains why Dazai is so obsessed with Kunikida and can't leave him alone one second: because despite everything, I truly believe Kunikida is fond of Dazai (for reasons he himself would never be able to explain), and I feel like due to Kunikida's straightforwardness the tension between Dazai and Yosano and Ranpo would go completely unnoticed to Kunikida (whereas otherwise his seniors' negative opinion of Dazai could have negatively influenced Kunikida's feelings for him). That's why Dazai loves to spend time with and torment Kunikida, because he's the only member that doesn't feel directly hostile / out of reach. Even better, you know Kunikida isn't happy with Dazai; but it's also all very superficial, kind of a game, and the hostility isn't personal. It all makes me reflect on how Dazai feels truly desperate for human connection despite what he makes it look like. It's maybe more of a gut feeling, but I do truly believe Kunikida cares about Dazai and is willing to play their game, because I feel like otherwise he would have already told Dazai off definitely.

That also explains why once he met Atsushi Dazai absolutely latches onto him. It's like he's saying, this is my dude, I brought him to the agency; he's under my wing, and he's on my side. Which is a weird thing to say, there's no sides in the ada, but be it relapsing to old habits, be it a deep insecurity of Dazai, I feel like he's trying really hard to create connections and find allies. And Atsushi is such an ego boost for Dazai, I have no doubt Dazai absolutely loves him. In the end, as crazy as it may sound, I'm convinced that Dazai is way more dependent on Atsushi than Atsushi is on him.

But Atsushi is in good terms with the whole agency. Well, because he's Atsushi, and he's kind and clumsy and just trying to do his best, I feel like everyone warms up to him sooner or later. It's very nice to think in the end it may be Atsushi himself to bring Dazai closer to the rest of the ada, by breaking sides that never existed to begin with and linking them all together.

[themysterioustaria]

Dazai: ugh I wish someone would commit double suicide with me

Kunikida, fed up: Dazai, give up, no one-

Atsushi, sleep deprived, borderline $u1c1dal: I would lol

Kunikida: what

Dazai: what

Atsushi: what

[sunsetsushiii]

He's eepy

But when it comes to dazai's pat, he had a special sensor.

[thisisparnianagain]

Inverted dazatsu my beloved

[sh1nsoukoku]

Dazai: Self deprecating comment that asserts his own bias that he is not good/human and therefore his actions are to be questioned

Atsushi: Immediate empathetic response because he’s never questioned Dazai’s goodness/humanity

—

This is Dazai being surprised that Atsushi does not view him as the inhuman, removed identity that he portrayed for so long. Atsushi does not see Dazai the way himself and many others have always viewed him. Because of this, Atsushi has been able to reach Dazai in ways that nobody ever really has before.

[cawslew]

Ok, so I may or may not have seen @venelona's Beast Swap AU and went kinda bonkers over it for hours on end, so I drew them….

[starlightshadowsworld]

Dazatsu

Dazai: Hey are you single?

Atsushi: No.

Dazai: Are you taken?

Atsushi: Nope.

Dazai: Are you married?

Atsushi: I am not.

Dazai: I don’t understand. Then what are you?

Atsushi. I’m hungry. I’m freaking hungry you have any food? Do you, can you give me food?

[sskk-manifesto]

You mean to tell me Atsushi is the first person they call when they don't know where Dazai is??

[elikinflower]

He just needs to rest

[venelona]

@kyouka-supremacy you asked for frames of my gif and here's frames

Not all 40 of them but ones where you get the gist XD

Bonus: these didn't make the cut

Also here's colorless test I was doing