#i even have a conspiracy theory that chapter 96 was skipped so that 100 could be the big one

[ximain]

dazai's plan for the prison break

why did Dazai choose Sigma for his prison break plan? <HEAVY SPOILERS for c98>

1. Sigma's ability

to start off, I have a confession to make. so.. I forgot sigma had an ability. even thought he didn't have one. it's not talked about much, but his is the ability to "exchange information with anyone he touches. The exchange consists of "giving" the person information they want to know and thus giving Sigma the information he wants to know." (source: bsd wiki)

2. previous use of Sigma's ability

in chapter 58, Sigma's ability was utilised to steal information from Chief Taneda. (on a side note, Taneda's ability allows him to know Sigma's ability, which is why we even know how any of this works. dazai probably knows about this through Ango) The information stolen was about the location of a page of The Book, which was used to frame the ADA thereafter.

"They've used my knowledge to steal a certain page." [Taneda, chap 58]

Another instance is Atsushi's unintentional use of Sigma's ability. We know Atsushi received information on the identity of Kamui, but what information Sigma received on the other end is still unknown.

"Those memories I got from Sigma, Kamui's drive to kill, that sword was one used by the Hunting Dogs." [Atsushi, chap 83]

3. nullification of Sigma's ability

with the release of chapter 98, we had the fandom going crazy over either the #vamp!chuuya panel or the #sigzai panel. personally, I hyped over the dance panel because it was... easy to colour. but knowing dazai, seemingly comedic scenes of his never exist for the sole purpose of being comedic. (flashback to that "i need to pee" scene) thus, I made the assumption that this 'dance' had some other purpose to it, and came to the conclusion that.. Dazai was trying to nullify Sigma's ability.

4. why?

I'd be extremely grateful to anyone who can find the exact quote in the bsd manga, but basically dazai (or a random tumblr user) said:

"in a battle where both sides have an equal amount of information, the side who makes the more unpredictable move wins."

I believe dazai and fyodor to have roughly the same amount of intel on the current situation. since Sigma is doa's source of info (excluding the person on the outside fyodor communicates with), the purpose of ability nullification would be to block any future attempts of fyodor getting info out of sigma. this theory does seem a little shaky as we: don't know how fyodor makes sigma tell? him anything, he also thought sigma was dead before 98. would fyodor use his ability to tap onto sigma's ability? how does fyodor's ability work?

I have no idea, and neither does Dazai. but Sigma may know.

regarding the question posed right at the very start of this post, I'd like us to ask ourselves: is it information, or military might (aka gravity manipulation) that decides the outcome of a battle?

ok thanks bye..

I wasn't very sure where to post this, so it goes to my main :)) Thanks for reading, just wanted to get this out of my head before the next chapter comes out... like tmr? if you write any posts that are similar to this or talk about sigma's ability or sth, TAG ME. if you want to correct any facts in this post, TAG ME.