#ranpo can be a lil bit of a manipulator himself and he obviously got that info from dazai himself

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Completely unrelated but related to your current maidchuu 👀

Can you imagine if when Ranpo was being a little punk with Chuuya and being like, “Oh, I know you lost to Dazai…” before trapping him in Poe’s book, Chuuya’s first thoughts are him in a maidchuu uniform, and that's why he’s so peeved 😭 like its not even that he lost (maybe Dazai and him are in a current tie) but its the fact that Dazai probably blabbed about getting him in maid form and now everyone knows… because Dazai is a little shit like that ✨

Just thoughts and hc’s…

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That scene between Ranpo and Chuuya was so good, because all Ranpo had to say to get under Chuuya's skin was that he lost before, to Dazai, specifically. And Chuuya went from 0 to 100.

NORMALLY, that's not a big deal. You win some, you lose some. Chuuya's had other losses in the past that had nothing to do with Dazai. BUT LIKE. I've had people bring up really embarrassing things I've done and I can sympathize with this headcanon because I go from 0 to 100 in embarrassment from things. So it being a perfect storm of losing to Dazai of all people, combined with their past of being just Really Dumb Teenagers, I think that it's totally reasonable that Chuuya's lashing out from some unspoken memory Ranpo unearthed and that's what we see. 🤭

It's also funny that Ranpo goes from calling Chuuya Mr. Fancy Hat to trolling him with the Dazai mention.

A lot of people have lost to Dazai, and there's no shame in that. Being a lil shit aside, he's a master manipulator and knows how to get under people's skin. But when it comes to Chuuya, it goes beyond just losing to a battle of wits. There's definitely something there that's so embarrassing Chuuya tried to go all out on Ranpo. WHICH WAS OVERKILL. Chuuya already knew he didn't have an ability.

I think after everything settled when it came to light Dazai was an ex-executive of the Port Mafia, Kunikida probably pulled him aside because curiosity got the best of him and why are they harboring an ex-executive and now his head hurts after working with Dazai for two years. So Dazai probably told some of the sillier stories of the Good Old Days. And that's when Chuuya got brought up, whether indirectly or just mentioning, oh yeah, my old partner lost a bet and had to be my maid.

In short: it's all Dazai's fault. And Kunikida would never make a bet against Dazai.