#murase bsd

[evermorethecrow]

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Yuuko the cat introduction

[80sgaytrashgoblin]

I fell in love with @originalartblog‘s Murase design, and I had to draw him.

After Chuuya left the Port Mafia and started working for Cafe Uzumaki, Murase went to look for him. He got a lead through his case on the missing Akutagawa siblings, which led him back to who he was looking for.

[yuyonyu]

“What happened to arresting me, detective?!

I thought you were gonna show me the light…!”

[originalartblog]

I miss my ADA!Chuuya au collection. @frenchonionsoop's SB animatic made me miss Murase.

man. :(

(doodle originally from this post)

[sabh0]

Got a request on insta to draw those two ehehe (i will have to work on Murase's design a bit more one day but anyway) love those two sm Let's ignore the fact i posted yesterday, i love posting and i'm too impatient to wait days aughhhh

[ukumiii]

stupid detectives

[petitesmafia]

sometimes I think about how Chuuya’s life would’ve been like if he went with Murase and was adopted by him. I definitely think he'd end up going to school and I’m just picturing his old enemies seeing him as a regular student and being like “is that gravity manipulator NAKAHARA CHUUYA?!”

Chuuya getting labelled as a delinquent partially bc he acts like one but mostly bc almost every day there’s strange ppl lurking outside the school gates scoping him out...but then quaking when Chuuya strolls out and hits them with the side eye (he’s still got it)

occasionally old bitter nemeses that Chuuya had previously defeated will come disturb his peace and try to pick a fight bc they think he’s gone soft from living a “normal” life but they find out very very quickly that’s not the case at all. Chuuya never slacks (he's an all-around student athlete now).

a group of enemies, ambushing Chuuya on his way home from practice: we finally got u Chuuya: Chuuya, smirking: enemies: …??? Chuuya, throwing his duffel bag down and cracking his neck: this is great I haven’t had a good warmup in ages enemies: enemies: oh…oh no…?? [afterwards] enemies, knocked out in a pile: Chuuya, dusting himself off: thanks guys I really needed that! been feeling a bit stiff recently but I feel much better now

Murase always gets worried whenever something like this happens even tho he knows Chuuya’s more than capable of handling himself...once Chuuya asked why Murase was making such a big deal over it and Murase was like “bc you're my son? ofc I’ll worry” and Chuuya shut up immediately

[artheresy]

I made more because I crave Stormbringer content that is silly goofy and not utterly soul-crushing <3

[twolonelycomets]

“Chuuya is the second choice”

Let me prove you wrong:

1.The flags

Went against the bosses orders to give chuuya a good gift (his past) and also risked their lives for chuuya.

2.Verlaine

“He would chose Rimbaud” bro literally shot this man just so chuuya would be safe.

3.Murase

Wanted to return chuuya to the world of light

4.Adam

Programmed himself to put chuuya before anything and risked his life for chuuya (he came back though, I’m happy)

5.Kouyou

I honestly hate when people say she would choose Kyouka as if she can’t love two people equally. Like are we reading the same thing? She cares about chuuya a lot.

6.Dazai

“But Oda....” no shut up

the relationship that dazai has with oda and chuuya are two completely different things. Dazai just fulfilled a promise from a dead friend. Dazai trust chuuya with his life.

[stinkypire]

Skk's Partnership Development (from SB to DHC)

i was thinking the development of skk's partnership. In stormbringer before their partnership was formally established, dazai withheld information for his plan to work even knowing the risks of it, the withholding caused chuuya to be tortured and murase (someone close to chuuya) to be killed. chuuya punishes dazai as a result of the torture (dazai lets him) and murase dying, VIA spinning him onto a pole until he throws up.

In dragon head conflict, dazai provokes chuuya (as a leeway for a code in the future). yada yada, chuuya punches him and calls him out which motivates dazai to stop the conflict which is killing people. dazai disappears after that, the PM members tell chuuya abt a microscope in dazai's room which was used in their conversation earlier (when dazai provokes him by saying chuuya was a human as small as a microscope).

he destroys the microscope, finding out it was a communicator left by dazai and goes off to rescue him (he got captured), saying "what for me shitty dazai". the development of their partnership, they learned to communicate in their own way, instead of dazai withhelding information again.

[originalaccountname]

In your Murase Lives ADA!Chuuya AU, Dazai still joins the ADA eventually right? After he loses both Ango and Oda (like how Chuuya left when he only had Dazai left, but Dazai seemed to be better with his new friends).

How do they react to that? Does Chuuya help Dazai join? Do they acknowledge that they knew each other before (well, I feel everyone could tell)? Is Chuuya happy he left? Or is he mixed about them working together again? Is Dazai feeling mixed up because Chuuya left him (but now after Odasaku he understands it better)?

I was trying to think of this had been mentioned in your comics on them but I didn’t think it’d been mentioned except in the intervening years Dazai had to deal with Mori’s complaining about Chuuya’s defection.

I talked about it a little bit in this post:

If Oda dies the same way… it’s a fun question. Dazai would leave, Dazai would still refuse to work for the government, so his options are limited. I can’t imagine Chuuya leaving at 16, join the ADA, and the mafia not knowing a thing about it? So what would Dazai do? Chuuya left and joined a group and now that group is his only option in Yokohama. If he wants to join them, he’ll still have to wait two years for his records to be erased and hidden. And he knows Chuuya is gonna be there, and he knows him!! How frustrating and stressful is that wait going to be? I’d like Chuuya to be gone when Dazai first joins, so Entrance Exam can still take place in a similar way. Maybe he accompanied Ranpo on his contract out of town? I do wonder if he’d confront Dazai publicly or in private… I’m still not sure how much he told the ADA about his own origins.

To expand on that, Entrance Exam the novel is quite different from the anime. Ranpo is on an investigation in Kyushu until the finale of Kunikida and Dazai's investigation to find and stop the Azure Messenger/Apostle. Ranpo shows up in person in time to deduce where the bomb was located (and Dazai tests his "ability" by pinching his hair at this moment). It's a key moment for Dazai because it's the moment he decides the ADA is the real deal and they just might be what he's looking for (this exam went both ways).

oh no this is gonna be long and turn into an improvised analysis of Entrance Exam

So, that's the thing: Dazai was very much testing the ADA for the entirety of his entrance exam. He was figuring out clues and coming to conclusions much faster than Kunikida was, but he wouldn't tell him outright: he was artfully slipping half-clues into his conversations with Kunikida to see if he would pick up on them. And he did! Which made him a good potential partner! Because Dazai didn't expect the ADA to be on his level, but wanted them to be able to work with him. And then there was Ranpo who very much was on his level and Dazai fanboy'd about it.

so. my AU.

It's funny, since Dazai joins at 20, and Chuuya left at 16 (almost 17), that they still get their 4-year gap. Except! this time the roles are reversed and Chuuya wasn't quite concerned about hiding (that's a whole other subject). I can't imagine Dazai watching Chuuya "betray" (leave) the PM on his own without consequences only to join some do-gooders not too long after and not get curious. Wanting to study him under a microscope and all.

So Dazai would have some knowledge from observing the ADA and Chuuya from a distance. Basic stuff like what they do and roughly who works there. I would expect canon Dazai to have had similar knowledge before his entrance exam, but who knows.

There was probably something reassuring in Chuuya seemingly having found a place in the light after everything he went through. But it would also a good excuse for comparison and self-depreciation. Fortunately, Dazai is motivated by Oda's words and a never-ending need to one-up Chuuya. Imagine the embarrassment if he gave up on his best chance of helping people because he was afraid of facing Chuuya.

Now, Let's say Chuuya was accompanying Ranpo on that investigation out of town. When they get back, it's to a crisis, and a Dazai who has been there for a while.

Ranpo was the one to figure out Chuuya's past in this AU, he knows about his (short) time in the mafia, but Dazai and his ability were a well-kept secret of the PM. Chuuya wouldn't spoil that: he didn't leave out of hatred for the mafia, he left out of grief and because he had that opportunity. It would probably take Ranpo 3 seconds to connect the missing dots once Dazai is revealed: singularity -> can't stop it -> has been used 3 times -> still alive -> something to stop him -> nullification -> Dazai.

Everything hinges on Ranpo and what he knows of this new recruit before meeting him: Fukuzawa and Kunikida are suspicious of Dazai being sent to infiltrate them, Fukuzawa is willing to kill Dazai over these suspicions, Chuuya would recognize Dazai instantly and also get suspicious and, depending on his reaction, seal his fate.

FORTUNATELY we know Fukuzawa talked to Ranpo beforehand and canonically Ranpo took one good look at Dazai and decided he was fine. So I say Ranpo kept Chuuya distracted for the rest of that day. Kunikida still fake-shot Dazai, they still got the airplane back up (hush about Chuuya who could have caught it), Dazai still made an excellent impression on Kunikida, and everything went as smoothly.

Which would bring their confrontation to afterwards. The big finale with Sasaki happens a few days later, but Dazai vanishes during that time, presumably to investigate and corner her. That does leave us with the perfect opportunity for Dazai and Chuuya to cross paths (Chuuya would have heard Dazai's name at some point) and confront each other. I did mention Chuuya had a bit of a dark justice/vigilantism phase during his time with Murase before the ADA, and Dazai's objective at that moment is to bring an end to Sasaki by his own means, as the justice system would never be able to reach her, so... 🤝

Another fun thing about Entrance Exam is that Kunikida is always just on the verge of figuring out what Dazai's deal is, but Dazai keeps being stupid and annoying exactly during those moments, so Kunikida throws his doubts out the window along with Dazai every time.

In short, Ranpo would know Dazai and Chuuya used to know each other, skk would have their confrontation in private and shake hands over doing what the system can't handle, and Fukuzawa and Yosano might be able to connect the dots themselves after a while of watching them, but keep it silent.

Our beloved Kunikida came in too late to know Chuuya's backstory and had a similar instant annoyance and teamwork chemistry with Dazai that Chuuya seems to be also experiencing, so to him this is just Dazai weirdness. Any subsequent addition to the ADA would have no reason to question them.

[evermorethecrow]

teeny tiny highschool au chuuya doodles

[asagirisfavoritepen]

Bsd AU where Rimbaud and Verlaine didn't get to the lab in time and N managed to make Chuuya a weapon

Bsd AU where "Arahabaki", an 10 y/o kid, is sent to eliminate Japan's enemies in the Great War.

Bsd AU where Rimbaud and Verlaine are sent on the front so they stop Arahabaki from killing everyone.

Bsd AU where Chuuya uses Corruption to eliminate his country's enemies until he can't take anymore and passes out.

Bsd AU where Verlaine and Rimbaud are searching all over the war camps to find a little kid that's seen as a weapon.

Bsd AU where an 11 y/o Yosano finda a little kid lost amongst soldiers. The kid is hurt so she heals him. He never leaves her side again, too scared of getting hurt, too scared to be taken back to the lab.

Bsd AU where the Great War ended and Japan was on the winning side and Mori figured out who or what Chuuya was and wanted to have him.

Bsd AU where Chuuya and Yosano are put in confinement for their crimes during the war even though they won the war for their country. And they even have to be separated.

Bsd AU where Chuuya lost everything, family, safety, trust, friends, and N finds him and takes him back, proud of his work.

Bsd AU where after Fukuzawa defeats Mori and saves Yosano, the little girl tells him someone else needs to be saved.

Bsd AU where Chuuya escapes by himself from the lab and finds the Sheep. He doesn't trust them, everything is temporary. But he can’t help it. He gets attached and joins them.

Bsd AU where Verlaine and Rimbaud return to France thinking Arahabaki must've died but Verlaine can't accept it.

Bsd AU where after the Sheep betrays Chuuya he doesn't join the Mafia for them. It's not worth it. But Dazai doesn't kill them. He's too shocked Chuuya didn't made the choice he expected.

Bsd AU where after Chuuya leaves the Sheep he's found by Fukuzawa and gets reunited with his friend.

Bsd AU where Chuuya becomes a member of the Agency when he was 15 and felt pretty much happy since then.

Bsd AU where Chuuya and Murase have a father-son relationship because this time they can.

Bsd AU where Chuuya has friends that don't use him and that won't leave him, here in the Agency.

Bsd AU where years later Dazai joins the Agency and he's faced with the boy he couldn't predict.

Bsd AU where Chuuya is happy and goes drinking with Yosano and they accidentally get to a Mafia's bar but the people there, some dudes calling themselves the Flags, are chill and they bond.

Bsd AU where The Assassin King randomly sees some news from Japan about a detective and he realizes that's Arahabaki, no. Chuuya. And he feels bad he couldn't help him but he's also happy that Chuuya's not in pain anymore.

Bsd AU where at the beginning Chuuya can't trust Dazai but they end up working too good together not to.

Bsd AU where Chuuya accidentally meets Shirase and he (Shirase) apologizes for what he did to Chuuya. It's hard, but Chuuya forgives him and the Sheep.

Bsd AU where Chuuya is working on a case with the Europole and he has to work with some AI detective, Adam. Turns out the robot is cool and they become friends.

Bsd AU where Chuuya doesn't question his humanity, where Chuuya's friends are alive and he can see them all.

(Does this make sense? Prolly not, partially because English isn't my first language. Does it have plot holes? Definitely. Did it feel angsty when I wrote it? Yep. Be honest, am I delulu?? )

[twilicidity]

Officer Chuuya AU things where he was taken in and raised by Murase

[originalartblog]

Art collab/art switch!!

I drew @carrotkicks sends them to school AU and Carrot drew my Murase AU, and then we traded and colored each other's piece!

First: lines by @originalartblog, colored by @carrotkicks Second: lines by @carrotkicks, colored by @originalartblog

It was fun very fun, thank you for doing this with me!! :D

[amy-maguire]

Strombringer-related little writing thing

Set in 16! Chuuya's POV:

Dear Lippmann,

I'm sorry that we didn't go to the premier of that movie you were in. I promise I really did want to go, but it's too hard to go right now. So I bought a copy of the CD and I'll keep it forever. Promise ya I'll watch it when I'm ready. I remember you were really really excited about this one. Wouldn't shut up about it, you jackass.. Lead actor again right? But that wasn't really ever new for you. Talented son of a bitch.. Anyways, just letting you know I'll have a nice drink for ya, keep my acting up, and watch that film for ya. Rest well for me, okay?

Dear Ice Man,

I'm sorry we didn't get to smoke more often. As much as it burned the shit out of my lungs I didn't mind doing it with you. Heh, I can imagine your expression if you could read this. I mean, you think I could've gotten a smile out of you? Eh, probably not. But I'll try anyways. Next time I get upset I'll go for a smoke where you can't, okay? I'll make sure I don't give too much of myself away though, isn't that what you taught me? Rest well for me, you've done enough work.

Dear Piano Man,

I'm sorry you didn't get to show me up more often. As much as I wanted that stupid mafia executive spot I'm sure you would've done it far better than I ever could. So I'll make sure I take that spot, not just for me or to beat Dazai but for you. So make sure you hold me to it, got it? Plus, I'll make sure I inherit some of your traits. I'll talk all smooth and no one'll ever know the money is fake. That's how you got the job done, right? Rest well for me, I'll pick it up from here.

Dear Albatross,

I'm sorry that you had to give me that motorcycle. Don't get me wrong, I love riding it, but you always rode it better. I'll make sure I keep it in tip-top shape though, kill anyone who gets a scratch on it. Thanks for teaching me how to swim and use a knife, won't forget how to use those skills. Rest well for me, hope you're having fun up there.

Dear Doc,

I'm sorry that I didn't get there in time. Seeing you torn in half was something I'll never get out of my brain. But, at the very least you taught me how to patch myself up. I won't forget those skills. I mean, I got a few nasty cuts here from a fight I got into, I'll make sure I clean em up just like how you taught me. Rest well for me, you'll always be a better doctor than the Boss anyway.

Dear Murase,

I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough to realize you were the target instead of Shirase. You sure were spewing a lot of virtue shit and your brother was a pain in my ass, but you were a good guy and I know that. Don't worry, we took care of the issue for you. Rest well for me, you were a good detective.

Dear all who have died as a result of my actions,

I'm sorry that you had to die because of me.

-Chuuya Nakahara