of course not ; making such assumptions when the two of them have known each other for a while either meant it was a rhetorical question, or the executive was hardly acquainted with his own student. a monumental shame, in any case.
the only Mafia member who does not kill is, for the time being, confined to a hospital bed— Dazai-san felt an inexplicable need to force that piece of information onto him without being prompted to do so in any way. not that he could help matters and, in the same dismissive fashion, he couldn’t care less about those who make a conscious choice to walk their own path and hold no regard for principles which – in his own eyes – serve as the very basis of what this organization stands for. Akutagawa, however, can voice none of these sentiments ; were he to be standing in front of Mori Ōgai, he may be allowed to share some of his startling frankness. Dazai Osamu, on the other hand, accepts none of it and his punishment comes without fail. always. how RUDE would it be if he denied his mentor’s invitation to visit that strange friend?