#hi it's me i'm the skk and sskk fan

[saapphirx]

I love how both dazai and atsushi tried the "babe look at me, this isn't you!!" with their vampire boyfriends and both of them have failed miserably.

I don't know who is more delusional here (probably skk and sskk fans)

[hannigramislife]

Saw your thoughts on dazai ships and wanted to hear about your take on akutagawa ships.

Entrapta voice: You're asking me about my theories?? I've waited years for someone to ask me about my theories!

Hello friend! Thanks for the ask! I love talking about Akutagawa, he is my heart and soul, so this will be fun! I will take the chance to also thank you about your interaction with my posts, it makes my day ^^

Now, let's get into it!

Shin Soukoku (Akutagawa/Atsushi) - This is everything to me. Absolutely everything. They're in love. They're soulmates. They were created by the same ring of laughter. An angel lost its wings and they both fell in Yokohama, waiting to be reunited. Sskk is the definition of "whatever souls are made of, his and mine were the same." I cannot accurately describe how happy they make me. I can't even give a coherent and objective reasoning as to why they're the best ship ever, they just are. "Just the two of us? / Do we need any more?" WHY ARE YOU RECITING YOUR WEDDING VOWS NOW, GOD–! Anyways. 1 billion/10.

Chuuaku (Chuuya/Akutagawa) - Similarly to my other post, I don't get people who have a problem with this ship. It's cute, it's beautiful, it makes me happy. I talked to my friend about this issue once; like, why is multishipping not a thing in this fandom?? Maybe I want to jump around dynamics??? Can skk give me friends to lovers?? No?? Great, Kunizai it is. Like, why can't we let people ship other shit than skk and sskk?? Anyways, Chuuya and Akutagawa care for each other, there is mutual respect, they would be a great comfort to one another. I say valid, 10/10 ship.

AkuHigu (Akutagawa/Higuchi) - I love, love, love this ship. Love them. They're so cute?? Like, I'm a die-hard sskk fan until I die, but I would LOVE to see more of this ship. The scene where Higuchi goes to save him?? Where Akutagawa gains consciousness and the first thing he does, before he can properly gather his senses, is apologize to Higuchi?? Also, the whole episode where she's stalking Gin because she thinks she's dating Akutagawa?? Their interactions in Wan?? I actually fucking love them. Every time the focus is on them, I feel like I'm watching a shoujo anime. Higuchi makes me think that Akutagawa would be a romantic. I need more of theeeeeem. Literally they're born to shoujo and forced to shounen. 10/10.

Dazaku (Dazai/Akutagawa) - Since I expressed my frustration with the fandom regarding this in the Dazai ships post, I will focus on my opinions about this ship. Honestly, it makes me feel kinda awkward? When I think of them in a romantic manner? Feels just a little bit like missing a step. However, it's an interpretation I would be open to if I could be convinced that Dazai actually, you know, likes Akutagawa? Like, you know that one scene in Lady Bird that's like "I wish you liked me / You know I love you / But do you like me?" That's how I feel the dynamic is between these two. Yes, Dazai is hoping Atsushi will be good for Akutagawa, and yes, he is happy Akutagawa stopped killing, and God knows what his plans are for the future – but do you like me? Valid ship context wise, neutral territory, I just need a little more from Dazai before I can make a final ruling.

TaniAku (Tanizaki/Akutagawa) - LISTEN GUYS. LISTEN. I BLAME BEAST FOR THIS, BUT THESE TWO ARE SO, SO, SO IMPORTANT TO MEEEE. I unironically love them. I don't care that Beast is the only canon I have to work with for this ship; it's so good. Like, the way Beast Tanizaki understood Akutagawa?? The way he supported his revenge mission from the get go?? The way he stormed the Mafia HQs and fucking held an assassin hostage just so he could help Akutagawa?? Ride or die. That bitch. I would actually die if I saw them interact in canon. Like, that's your bestie in another life. 100/10. I need them. It is a need.

TachiAku (Tachihara/Akutagawa) - I have no serious thoughts about this, to be honest. I think it would be lowkey hilarious. I haven't had nearly enough interactions between them for me to get attached to this ship in any way. Plus, now that we know more about Tachihara's...real self, I would love to see more of these two! I am going to allow this ship, and hope to see these two at least fight by each other's side in the future!

I think that's it for the most popular ones, please let me know if I forgot any ships!

[lxikobsd]

absolutely loving your kunidazai analysis chart and also your kunikida analyses in general!!! hoping to read more

it still saddens me that skk fans will stop at no one, not even the author who gave them everything, to get what they want..

AAAAAAAAA THANK YOU!!!!

I'm glad you like it, when I start getting into analyses I feel like I become less coherent and just feel like this 90% of the time

I do not plan on stopping being unhinged about Kunikida or Kunidazai any time soon. Analyzing BSD is fun between analyzing the series as it is, and also fun looking at the IRL author's life and work and trying to find potential information that could be relevant to the characters.

Also yea about SKK fans they are ummm... I feel like this might come across as being over dramatic but I genuinely haven't been in a fandom this bad at shipping and mischaracterizations since I was into Hetalia. Not all SKK shippers obviously, but there is an extremely loud portion of SKK shippers who are some of the most immature and toxic shippers I've seen in a long time.

I do not believe SKK shippers who are like this are actually fans of BSD, I think they're just fans of the ship. They don't care about BSD outside of SKK shipping and maybe other popular ships like SSKK or RanPoe.

People intentionally misinterpreting Asagiri-sensei's words to boost their flavorless ship kinda irks me. No he isn't being possessed by a SKK shipper every time he tries to write KNDZ, no he isn't prioritizing SKK because its "the better ship", and no its not like he doesn't know what series he writes and all the SKK bait he's put in it. He quite literally said something along the lines of "I want to write the Kunikida-Dazai duo more, I think I could write them endlessly, and I hope to make Kunikida more active in the story again. Kunikida and his duo with Dazai got pushed to the side because my producer wants me to write Chuuya."

IDK if this is gonna get me crucified but I am starting to believe that SKK is kinda ruining BSD. Not because of the duo itself but rather the push to prioritize them bc of money, it takes away from developing other characters. Maybe I'm just an angry biased Kunikida fan, but getting confirmation that SKK and Chuuya are the reason why he's been shafted stings.

And then shippers threatening Asagiri-sensei over him saying the obvious, that SKK isn't gonna be canon? We need to actively put down behavior like this. Its not only gonna ruin the quality of the manga, but it can cause it to be cancelled entirely if he feels like his life is threatened if he continues.

IDK at the end of the day I hope whatever plans Asagiri has for Kunikida end up being really cool and I hope its not ruined because of immature and insatiable SKK fans.

[andromeda612]

SSKK Parallels I want to see, please qwq Asagiri, I'm begging you

Ok so I need to cope from not only the angst of the last episodes of the anime, but also the fact Bones onces again robbed us from important SSKK scenes qwq

So, I'm part of the people that believe the vampirism can be reversed and that Akutagawa will live thanks to that.

So, one thing that I really want to see in the future of the manga but know it probably won't happen (but who knows, only Asagiri) is a parallel to this part.

We know the reasons they failed was because of two things, one they didn't trusted each other so they didn't used the strategy Fukuchi himself said would have been his defeat, and we can't blame them for not trusting each other like that, not with their story and while Akutagawa seemed to trust their efforts and maybe even Atsushi, Atsushi here is the one with the most reasons to not trust Akutagawa and he still did a bit during their final attack, and even then they were not ready for this level of trust, not like their predecessors, SKK despised each other but still trusted each other with their lives on the battle field, they however had years to build up that trust for having to work together on the same organization, I think given SSKK circumstances the fact they managed to last that long and briefly success says a lot of their potential, they simply were not ready for this battle. The second reason was Fukuchi's sword, a powerful weapon neither of them was counting on, paired with Fukuchi himself who is an already hard to beat opponent on his own.

That being said, this is something they both could learn from, both of them have questions and thoughts regarding this, about the fact Akutagawa saved Atsushi so it also allows window for them to learn from each other and themselves in the case they can turn Akutagawa back to normal, and if they do this would open a frame time for them to talk this stuff out, to grown a bit and reach a point when they can trust each other even if it's only for this mission, and I believe that having Ranpo and maybe even Dazai on board, coming up with a plan, even in the middle of the end (given chapter 109's ending qwq) is possible to come up with a plan to secure victory.

So picture this, Akutagawa is reversed from the vampirization and is now back in the game on their side, staying with them as they are the only ones left capable of stopping Fukuchi. The plan is ready and SSKK are tasked to fight Fukuchi again, to deal the final blow to him, just them. They nod determined to not fail this time, but then another character makes the question.

"But... with just the two of them?"

At this both Akutagawa and Atsushi look at each other, they lock eyes in a way that make it seem they are talking through their shared look, and then their eyes gain a determined shine to them, their faces show their conviction, they nod to each other, and maybe even smirk in Akutagawa's case and grin in Atsushi's. Then Atsushi, still grinning, looks at the character who asked and says with conviction and security.

"Do we need more than that?"

And they go to the final battle in this war.

Don't tell me this wouldn't be such a good parallel to have, especially because it would reflect the evolution of their relationship, which I think already started developing when they made their six months deal, their relationship is far from fully developed, they still have a long path ahead (which is why I don't think Akutagawa will truly die even after the vampirism is reversed) but this would mark a point in their character arcs and dynamic with each other, it would be a reference point about how their relationship has grown.

But well, I'm juts a fan, a fan coping with what's happening in both the anime and the manga and who just wants the characters to succeed.

Thank you for reading my rant/wish/delusions

[rainiiisspamming]

MAGNUS SKK THE BRAIN IS ROTTING WAIT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD ACTUALLY BUT WHO'S ASSISTANT???? WHO'S HEAD ARCHIVIST??? WHO'S AVATAR OF WHAT IM CRYING

A lot of Magnus and Bungou spoilers ahead btw, if you're a TMA fan finding this watch Bungou Stray Dogs and if you're a BSD fan listen to The Magnus Archives BOTH ARE AMAZING.

Note: the spoilers are much heavier if you haven't listened to TMA. Seriously, I'm spoiling the entire story to the end of Season 5. For BSD it's more about backstories than anything else.

BUT LIKE OKAY. Dazai could definitely be an avatar of the End because of his philosophy and way to think about life and its point, but I also think Lonely would fit him (being separated from humanity literally the point of No Longer Human's main character, who he's based off of), and obviously the Eye because of how clever and planning he is. Honestly, Head Archivist could either be Dazai or Fyodor because of their big brains, it would make sense for them to be Eye avatars. Due to obvious favouritism, I'll say Dazai would be Head Archivist.

Then we have Chuuya the beloved!! I feel like the obvious answer would be a Desolation avatar because of his Corruption form, but I feel like Lonely also suits him because of everyone dying? So he's either Desolation (most likely one), or Lonely. Probably an archival assistant, maybe the only one who lives like Martin?

If Dazai and Chuuya are in the same organisation, it would make sense to put the rest of the PM with them, so we obviously have Mori's cunning ass as Elias/Jonah Magnus/Eye avatar (note: the original Jonah Magnus could be a more evil version of Natsume).

Using the PM cast means that two other archival assistant could be the Akutagawas, who are definitely the Slaughter. For extra angst, only one could become an actual avatar, or they could both make one avatar and have a domain together by S5.

Atsushi is obviously the Hunt, being a weretiger and all. I don't know if he'd be a full on avatar, but it would make sense by the end of the story! He'd probably join much later, in a situation similar than the one we currently have with one employee from the ADA having to transfer back to the PM by the end of the current arc.

Considering the fact that Archive employees can't leave, it would make sense that Yosano would still be part of them, since she could never leave like she did in og BSD. I feel like she'd have an arc similar to Melanie's, and maybe end up stabbing her own eyes to leave as well.

Last archival assistant could be Kunikida? This one doesn't really make sense in terms of storyline, but leaving Chuuya alone with all the insane people in there feels a bit unfair, so they will be the order boys (poor Kunikida having to bear both skk AND sskk's presence, poor guy).

As for other characters, we have:

Fyodor's manipulative ass as avatar of the Web,

Oda who died to the Slaughter avatar Gide (fun!),

Fukuzawa and Ranpo (and potentially Minoura?) as external cops,

The other two Black Lizards as friends of Gin's from Artifact Storage,

Verlaine as the avatar of The Desolation who marked Chuuya (and killed all his friends, yay!),

Kyu as avatar of The Stranger,

Ango & co. in a special division that helps against manifestations/avatars of the Entities.

If anyone is somehow in both fandoms at the same time, please come brainrot with me AGH

[sonder-paradise]

Okay here's my theory!

I hope you've read the manga, if not, spoilers ahead!

After the fight on the ship when Atsushi escaped, he had Aku's coat on. But in the next scene he appears he's not wearing it anymore.

Now, me being a massive sskk shipper, I've always imagined a soft reunion scene where Atsushi gives Akutagawa his coat back after this whole ordeal is over.

But what if rather than this Aku never gets his coat back, as a symbol he's breaking away from his old life and starting over?

And I feel like this whole vampire fiasco is a way for him to restart, if that makes sense? I quite like a theory that the vampirism will cure his lung disease.

I'm also very very happy to hear you like our interactions! :D I love your blog, it gives me so much happiness! Thank you!

Thank god I'm a manga reader then~

I love this idea and I, too, noticed that Atsushi had his coat during his final scenes. I can't say I'm a huge shipper in general but I do like sskk and skk relations.

I have to say that I adore this idea of Akutagawa not getting his coat or having Atsushi keep it or just not accepting it. Considering Dazai was the one that gave him that coat, I view it as Dazai's physical form of approval. So Akutagawa choosing not to keep it would be an interesting way of him finally deciding that he doesn't need Dazai's approval to live anymore.

It also represents the handing off of Dazai's duties/approval during the ship scene as well. The coat is literally passed on to Atsushi symbolizing Dazai's approval in this case. Although, I suppose that wasn't the first time that Akutagawa gave the coat to Atsushi either. Which makes a lot of sense if you consider the fact that Akutagawa gives Atsushi access to the coat when they need to work together (usually under Dazai's instructions or Dazai's guidance)

As for the lung disease, I'm praying that the vampirism will somehow make sense? I admit that I haven't a singular clue as to what the hell is happening since I am not a fan of the vampire arc at the moment :'D

And I'm glad!! I'm so happy they bring you joy since it's always a pleasure to chat with you <3

[brokenbsdzine]

Horror

Armed Detective Agency

"Name's Bunny. BSD writer and roleplayed. SKK is my top ship but always open to many others. I've only been in the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom about a year now, but writing is a passion of mine and I've been an anime and manga fan as long as I can remember! I love creating new worlds and stories and characters, there's so much freedom. Anyway, I'm from the UK, in my late twenties, and my second biggest passion is animals."

"Hi everyone, I'm Zupsgirl/Kim and I've been in the fandom for maybe almost a year now. I mostly write SSKK and Odazai, but I really love so many of the characters and dabble in other ships as well. I'm super excited to be part of this zine and getting to know everyone!"

Guild

"Hello! i draw sometimes lol i started to really like BSD bc of Odasaku. Other favs include Revue Starlight, Discworld and random anime and books. i like analyzing storyboards i guess"

Port Mafia

"Malaysian artists, likes drawing ikemen and playing with cats. Has probably drawn enough Dazai to form a football team by now."

"Artist who frequently experiments with new brushes :D"

"Hi I'm Yen! I love drawing my OCs and fanart of the various things~ This is one of the first zines that I will be taking part in so thank you for having me!!"

[voidcat]

Yes I'll read the manga soon! In what order should I read all bsd content? Like there's the main bsd manga, beast, wan, dead apple manga and the light novels? I always mean to begin but I get so overwhelmed looking at all the content djnssn - 🐬anon

hmmm i for one started wth manga and while waiting for the updates, started on the light novels

wan manga goes just like the animated version so it can be read anytime

i'll write the names + synopsis of each light novel so you can pick an order for yourself if you want? dont rush too much thought, taking it slow makes it more enjoyable imo (also dead apple has a light novel too which i'll mention between 55 Minutes & Stormbringer. i think beast has a novel too aside from the manga but im not sure) there is also bsd gaiden novel And manga but ive not started them so i don know mych abt it aside from that it's a spin off.

i'll put the light novels under the cut bc it got long.... anyawys i did my bsd order as: anime, manga, 3 light novels + wan anime + some chapters of wan manga, 12 chapters of beast manga, light novel#4 (just finished). rn i'm continuning light novels in publishing order but

if you want to read them in chronological order with the manga you can go with: untold origins, stormbringer, dark era, entrance exam, bsd manga (pause after the whole thing with americans), dead apple (can be novel or manga or both), continue manga, (put 55 minutes somewhere between if you want or read it before dead apple)

as beast itself is an alternative reality, it can be read at any time you want! enjoy!!! i hope you like the manga and novels 1!! good night

bsd light novels go as:

1 - dazai osamu's entrance exam (as the title suggests, as well as the azure king conflict. it originally happened during dazai's entrance exam while bsd anime has happening on atsushi's first weeks. it's p good and from kunikida's pov, his descriptions of dazai are amazing)

2 - dazai osamu and the dark era (basically the first 5 episodes from season 2. there are few minor differences but it's pretty much the same as the anime. i like the novel better though)

3 - untold origins of detective agency (basically how ranpo and fukuzawa first meet, with a cameo from a character you wont expect... when i say i almost yelled- it's amazing and made me grew more into ranpo. it gives a wide insight on ranpo and his past and why he is the why he is.)

4 - 55 minutes (with atsushi in center this time. i found it boring at first but p informative regarding the nature of skills and some mentions of classical authors such as shakespeare, verne... as well as "the war" that took place years ago. also sskk bickering as always<3)

5 - dead apple (if i recall right, asagiri's plan for dead apple originally was v different from what we got in the movie. both shibusawa's talent and the outcome. i think it's either his initial plans or this novel "the king of yokohama" dazai concept art origins from. i'll start this after finishing setting sun so i cannot speak for sure.)

6 - beast (what if atsushi and akutagawa switched places? what if dazai found the book and used it to shift to the alternative universe where odasaku hadn't died? i was reading it's manga and the skk tension was amazing<3 it will get a live action soon as well)

7 - stormbringer (huge lore regarding chuuya and his origins/backstory. also the origin of "dazai living in a cargo container" concept art............. i hate him</3. anyways this takes one year after Fifteen and is a must read for chuuya fans)

[daz4i]

here. enjoy my brainrot. this won't make sense to anyone but me 👍

these are just like. titles? ig? for story beats. if literally anything sounds interesting to you please ask i am so desperate to talk abt this au...... (tho, i might've already made a detailed post abt it before, so check my "bsdlands au" tag if you'd like 👉👈)

fyodor creates nikolai

nikolai gains consciousness

fukufuku meet on elpis while working for dahl

fukuzawa meets ranpo on elpis

mori starts experimenting on yosano and uses her powers to make healing syringes

fitzgerald becomes head of hyperion

fukuzawa and ranpo save yosano and leave dahl

mori sells his alternative healing patent to anshin and fucks off to promethea

fukuchi leaves dahl and joins vladof instead

mori finds dazai on promethea

mori uses dazai to manipulate chuuya into working for atlas

skk leave promethea

atlas leaves pandora, leaving poe behind

fukuchi finds jouno and recruits him into vladof

mori kills the head of atlas and becomes its ceo instead

xylourgos (or well. cursehaven at least) becomes cursed

skk meet odasaku in new haven and dazai becomes his drinking buddy

odasaku dies :( and skk disband as a result

fukuzawa and his kids make sanctuary a safe haven for misfits, vault hunters, ex-bandits, ex-soldiers, anyone who wants to stay safe from corporate bullshit

ranpo meets poe

ryuu leaves xylourgos in hopes to give gin a better future

dazai trains ryuu and ends up leaving him while still keeping an eye from afar

gin leaves xylourgos and becomes an assassin for maliwan

the tanizakis’ village gets destroyed (by bandits/hyperion) and they meet in the wreckage

dazai joins sanctuary and becomes its main strategist in matters of security and defense

chuuya comes to sanctuary

atsushi gets kicked off athenas and crash lands on pandora. he accidentally eats a gang of bandits

atsushi joins sanctuary and gets taken under chuuya's wing

dazai plays matchmaker with sskk

sigma leaves xylourgos and ends up crash landing on pandora, becoming a bandit gang's torture doll

atsushi finda sigma and takes him to sanctuary

nikolai comes to sanctuary????? and goes on some adventures with sigma?????

kunikida lands on pandora and finds aya

kunikida and aya arrive at sanctuary

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

some of these are days apart and some of these are literally centuries apart (well. the first two. from each other and from the rest of the story)

the timeline doesn't actually matter so much. if i ever turn this au into anything written I'll start with the end - kunikida and aya - then get into the other backstories, as well as things that happened in sanctuary before they arrive there (like the skk reunion excerpt i posted before), and then maybe make it a whole story. the timeline is more bc. i wanted to. and ig it helps to keep track of certain things! it was mori's story that made me want to figure things out

i will definitely mess a bit with the characters' ages at some point. might make a list of their updated ones at the present day of the story + during key moments of their life to get an actual, yknow, sense of time to it all hehe. but yeah some characters will be way older than in canon (skk in their 30s, fukufuku in their 60s, sskk in their mid 20s, for example) and the ratio between ages will be different from canon as well 👍

if you read all this here have a kiss 😘 mwah mwah mwah. if you don't want a kiss I'm giving you a high five 🖐 if you're not a fan of touching at all i am giving you a piece of your favorite candy 🍬 thank you so much

epic autism moment (wrote every single story detail in that-au-only-i-care-about in chronological order. it is so messy you have no idea. there are way too many stories going on at once)