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Something about how the "evil" half of double black are the ones who push it onto the next generation.
Mori decided to make Chuuya and Dazai work together because Natsume did for him and Fukuzawa.
Dazai forcing Akutagawa and Atsushi together.
You could attribute this to Mori and Dazai both being manipulators who are trying to utilize people for their benefit, but I think it's more than that. They know what it feels like to have that light in their lives. To partner up with "good" person. So much so that they want to push it onto the next generation, because they want the one they see themselves in to have that light in their life. Dazai wants Akutagawa to have Atsushi to temper that darkness. Mori wanted Chuuya for Dazai to give him a reason to live. Maybe one day Akutagawa will be pushing a different version of skk in some other lost soul he sees himself in, trying to save him in the only way he knows how. And the cycle will continue.
I really, really hate when people say that Dazai doesn't care about Akutagawa and that he never did.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that what Dazai did to him was right, nor that it was justified. He treated him awfully, he abused him, and I'm not trying to insinuate that his treatment was fair, or that his motives excuse the actions. But what I am trying to say is that the motivation behind it wasn't cruelty, both in the past and present.
For starters, this is the interaction when they first met, from the short story The Heartless Cur:
He told him right off the bat that he wouldn't be treating him well. He never forced Akutagawa into anything, and even offered to give him and his sister enough money to live the rest of their lives content, never to hear from him again. But he told Akutagawa he might be able to give him a reason to live-something the boy had been lacking his whole life. By giving him a "master" as the short story says, someone to look up to and follow. Again, the way he was treated was brutal, but Dazai's intentions weren't evil.
Now, I don't want to do a "Dumbledore said calmly" meme, BUT... check out the difference between this scene in the anime vs this scene in the Dark Era light novel (apologies if the audio sync got a little messed up)
Dazai sounds frustrated, like Akutagawa isn't worth the breath it takes to speak of him. But vs the light novel...
Yeah. Pretty different. This scene came after the one where Dazai punched and shot Akutagawa for killing the soldiers, forcing Akutagawa to learn to use his ability in a way he never had before. And then now- "Dazai grinned from ear to ear" - that sounds a lot like he's proud rather than ashamed. He clearly does think Akutagawa is powerful (as Atsushi says later on, Dazai acknowledged him long ago). And then he admits that he truly feels he could be powerful, and that Akutagawa would destroy himself had he not stepped in to train him.
Now. This doesn't make what he did right, and we see from Beast how Akutagawa might have turned out if someone like Oda had been the one to find him and take care of him. But the fact of the matter is, Dazai believed he was doing this for Akutagawa's own good. And this was the world he lived in; Dazai was incapable of treating someone like Akutagawa well in the place he was in mentally. He saw his own darkness in him, and therefore, couldn't treat him the same way he could Odasaku and Ango. But he did care for him, and more importantly, he wanted to help him learn to stop killing.
Which brings us to the present.
Dazai's actions towards Akutagawa, especially at the beginning of the series, are of a different nature than they were in the past. He doesn't hit him, but he riles him up. Tells him Atsushi is better than him with the intent that he'd go after him brutally. Hangs up on him, makes him desire Dazai's approval, essentially manipulating him in both the finales of season two and three, as well as in season five. And this is for one reason that is expressed in beast: he believes that Akutagawa and Atsushi would work extremely well together, but that they'd need to fight in order for their souls to truly connect and for that trust to be built up. Dazai admits that he'd been considering them as duo since the moment he met Atsushi-which proves he never forgot about Akutagawa, or even considered him second rate in terms of power. But he felt that he needed to push Akutagawa in order for the two of them to connect, putting both of them in danger, yes, because he knows that the two of them possess strengths that balance the other out, both in literal attacks and in their philosophies. Which is why he looked so happy at the end of season three when Atsushi tells him about the deal with Akutagawa not killing for six months. Atsushi was able to reach out to Akutagawa in a way Dazai never believed himself capable, even if he had to manipulate both subordinates to achieve it. And again, this isn't to say that Dazai is right for using the both of them like that, or treating Akutagawa like dirt in order to force a relationship with Atsushi. But it wasn't down of out malice or apathy, that Dazai never truly cared for him and only for Atsushi. Because if that were true, he wouldn't bother to have them work together the way he did. It also comes down to the fact that Dazai himself grew as a person since he met Akutagawa. And this is most evident in the finale of season two, when he puts his hand on Akutagawa's shoulders, smiles genuinely and says "you have become strong." Only after does Akutagawa temper his anger and desire to kill to work with Atsushi to protect the city, Dazai calls him strong in more ways than one. Because all he ever wanted for Akutagawa was, in a way, what Odasaku and the rest of the agency was telling him in beast: to control the raging beast inside of him before it consumes him.
This isn't to say that the abuse was justified. That it was ok for Dazai to insult him and use him in order to achieve his goals. But I really hate when people say that Dazai never cared for Akutagawa, because at the end of the day, it's not true. And that's what really hurts the most about abuse-most of the time, it's done out of love than malice.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's a common misconception that's been permeating the fandom, even on the official wiki, that's just...not true.
Dazai met Akutagawa when he became an executive, which happened when he was 17-18. In both The Heartless Cur (the short story written by Asagiri about how Akutagawa and Dazai met) and Beast, which follows the original timeline, albeit with some changes, it flat out states that the interaction was only four and a half years prior to the main story. Which means Akutagawa knew Dazai for six months. He was already either fifteen or sixteen when they met, and they haven't known each other for that long. Not fourteen.
Dazai in the dark era be like:
Dazai, proud: My bestie saves orphans and raises them! He gives them lots of love!
Akutagawa: He does?
Dazai: Yes! Unfortunately, I don't though. *proceeds to punch an orphan*
One thing I love about bsd is the fact that you can have multiple pairs of the "hate each other but trust each other" trope, and they all feel different.
Fukuzawa and Mori are exes, Dazai and Chuuya have an on-off again relationship, and Atsushi and Akutagawa are in middle of their enemies to lovers arc.
Ok so I just read chapter 119 and aside from the fact that I will need extensive therapy after this, why is no one talking about the parallels from when Akutagawa showed up in this chapter and his first appearance???
When he is first introduced, it's as a murderer, a villain. He's come to kill, and he doesn't have any qualms about it. He doesn't care about life, not that of others or his own.
But-
Now, he's a savoir. He's essentially saying the same thing (translation differences, I'm pretty sure it's meant to be the same thing), but now he's not a heartless murderer. He's a hero, a protector. He's telling his enemies to fear death, because he will fight for the innocent souls. Honestly, the parallels are so genius (and quite frankly, one of the only parts of this chapter that doesn't make me want to sob in a corner). He's GROWN. He's not the same Akutagawa he used to be. Here's to fight for life and to protect it.
Wanted to draw chuuya and aku together and the one on the right was a warm up
Inspired by the recent bsd chapters
Me too Higuchi, me too
My art skills only come to me when it's Akutagawa related
You won't guess my fav bsd ship...
Akutagawa inspired by one of Hans Bellmer's pieces
I LOVE CODE GEASS
Notice how Higuchi has the most detail
Lelouch = Akutagawa's outfit
Higuchi= Kallen's outfit
Atsushi= Suzaku's outfit
Akutagawa =lelouch's outfit
More crossover!!
NOT SHIPPING ATSUSHI AND KYOKA
Getting out the older stuff now to post here
The villian of villians will save us
Chapter 119 has the akutagawa fans winning
if I suffer then some other bozo gotta suffer.
Chapter 121.5 as told by people's reactions from the activity page. Lives were changed
āsworn enemyā but like romantically
Doodles to my bsd bar au X2
It's fofor (im gonna cry, i just watched the yellow incident on yt)
this is probably not a cannon talk between the two but let me imagine this with my au š
i accidentally spilt a little water on Fyodor, its fine since he looks uglier. uhm, spoilers?? Tecchou's/TetchÅ's/bgg's design
merrow, i already have Margaret done, just gotta think of some quotes that might fit her.
bsd bar au, ima just post all the ones i've done already Background info for Akutagawa:
Ugh this gothic bitch-
- I am NOT letting him get close to any acholic drink, mf can't handle that or would just spit in the drink like the little dipshit he is so that's why he's going to be a waiter! (I'm not letting him be a security guard bc just look at him.) But like he won't deliver the food/drink, someone else would, he's just taking the orders.
- he most definitely has some sort of long coat with him no matter what
- I used some of the beta design look (like the earrings and mole) but I am NOT drawing him with a better hairstyle or eyebrows BUT I gave him lower lashes and black eyeshadow.
Wise words my brother said about the new chapter:
"Atsushi, stop hallucinating and save the emo vampire from the yapper rat"
Probably the summary of the last three chapters.
I've just imagined Akutagawa's coat going around for Yokohama while the black lizard is trying to take it
Imagine thereās a virus in BSD that doesnāt really impact the body at all, except for in the case of ability users. Then it just makes their abilities go haywire
It rarely if ever results in anything actually dangerous. It just means that Chuuya canāt stop floating off the ground every few minutes. RashÅmon is constantly branching off of Akutagawaās coat and doing its own thing.
Kunikida isnāt allowed to touch paper until heās recovered. Multiple pens and one unlucky stapler got flung across the office by a stronger-than-usual Kenji. Atsushi has a tail that wonāt go away.
Since the virus doesnāt affect normal people, nobody ever bothered to develop a vaccine for it, so everyone with an ability just has to deal with it whenever it goes around every couple years or so