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lunarelly · 2 years ago

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dazai’s character flaws are literally what make him such an interresting character

dazai has a regular struggle with his own humanity and his right to call himself human as his character revolves around his struggles to understand and develop basic compassion (both his and others)

in the mafia, he showed little if any regard for others and it isn’t really up for argument that he was a bad person. he is very morally complicated, even after he leaves the port mafia to pursue a life of good in the ADA because while this endeavor is noble it can be seen as selfish — his own desire to find purpose

dazai’s character is morally flawed, and his journey to pursue a life of good draws us to him and gives us a sense of conflicted hope because we want to see him become better — which we do see in a few ways (his compassion towards atsushi, sparing q’s life, folding Chuuya’s coat and placing it beside him after they fought lovecraft)

his moral complications are his entire character and i think you’re missing out if you only want to put him in a positive light

#anyway if anyone wants to add to this pls do i’m trying really hard to put this into concise phrasing #there’s a point i’m trying to make and i can’t figure out what it is #he’s a bad person who is trying to be good in a really odd way most of the time #he’s definitely one of my fav characters ever bc of his complexity in this regard #he almost feels like a reflection of humanity in general and our constant struggle with morals #also #psa real quick that it is okay to like character’s thst aren’t necessarily good and it doesn’t make you a bad person #jic that needs to be said #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai #dazai osamu #atsushi #chuuya #atsushi nakajima #chuuya nakahara #lunarelly rants

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