Masterpost
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When Beast Dazai told Atsushi not to go to the orphanage, I think some people interpreted that as Dazai trying to protect Atsushi from what he knew would happen to him there.
But what Dazai was really doing was just insuring that Atsushi's absolute loyalty to him (Like he did to Akutagawa in the main story). And making the very idea of disobeying scare Atsushi more then anything else in the world.
He needed Atsushi to have the same undying, unquestioning, absolute loyalty that Akutagawa had for him originally. And he didn't even need to do the abusing himself this time, he just took all the torment and suffering the orphanage director inflicted on Atsushi, and twisted it to work in his favour.
If he had really wanted to protect Atsushi, he would have simply killed the orphanage director before Atsushi ever got the idea too. He could even have told Atsushi it was an accident, and never have Atsushi feel like it happened because of him, but for his 'Plan' he needed a loyal Atsushi, one willing to kill and endure any pain for his orders.
Beast Dazai is one of the most tragic and heart breaking characters ive ever seen, but he is also one of the most terrifying and cruel. Just one of the many reasons I love his writing so much.
Summary: The interactions between Fyodor and Dazai in relation to seeing a growing difference in Dazai and Fyodor’s characters. In their view of humanity and how they strategize, and connections to some aspects of the DOA arc, it may inform us about what may be expected in the prision break out arc, and make sense of their respective strategies in Chapter 97.
Warnings: Spoilers for post-canibalism arcs (the manga) and Dead Apple
A/N: Knowing the bsd fandom, I’m quite certain that some of what I have analysed probably has been done by some others before me, but my dearest friend @n1kolaiz convinced me to write his so, here are some of my thoughts :)
Also thanks to @n1kolaiz and @alittlesimp for discussing the manga with me and helping me come to this idea; credit for the translations of manga panels goes to @czkkn-upload and Dazaiscans
1. The similarities between Dazai and Fyodor
1.1 How other characters view Dazai and Fyodor
1.2 How Dazai and Fyodor view each other in terms of similarities
2. The Differences in how Dazai and Fyodor view humanity
2.1 Dead Apple
2.2 Cannibalism Arc
2.3 Decay of Angels Arc
3. Insights on Manga Chapter 97 and final thoughts
The aim of this meta is not to give a full analysis of the Guild Arc, but merely to use said arc to discuss some major themes the arc introduces/explores and some characters linked to them. Because of that the analysis will concentrate only on a bunch of characters and themes without worrying about other crucial ones.
To be more specific the characters explored here will be the following.
1) Atsushi and Lucy
2) Mori
3) Kyouka
Some considerations will be made also about other characters and the final paragraph will discuss some events happening in the current arc.
I don't know why, but I find the character connections between Fyodor and Q (hatred of abilities, religious theming, etc) really interesting. Do you have any thoughts on that?
Hello!
Sorry for the wait!
I think that since we still lack information on Fyodor’s past and his ability and we have just met Q once it is difficult to say for sure, so take my words with a grain of salt.
That said, some comparisons can be made. For example, let’s compare these two scenes:
From the moment they meet within Bungou Stray Dogs, Dazai and Fyodor are set up as foils.
Foil Definition. In literature, a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character.
That is to say from the moment they are drawn in panel together, the audience is naturally meant to compare and contrast them. Their entire first scene plays their similarities and differences up. First, Dazai dresses as Fyodor not only as a joke but to draw the eye to how similar they are, both of them dark haired skinny males with pale complexions who wear overcoats.
Dazai explains he was able to predict where Fyodor would end up, because if he were in the same situation it was what he would do. When he says that, Fyodor shows Dazai the same smile he showed him earlier, like Dazai is looking in a mirror.
Dazai and Dotsoevsky are able to read each other so well, knowing the other like they know themselves. Which allows both of them to continually one up the other and predict the other’s movements. However their relationship extends far beyond ‘Being the same’, or just the fact that they’re both highly skilled manipulators who are able to pull off complex plans. It’s even much more than Dazai and Fyodor are just smarter than everybody else in a way that isolates them. They are each other’s inverse in almost every way while appearing to be exactly the same. I’ll elaborate in detail beneath the cut.
I think it's interesting how we basically got two sets of Dazai's memories within 3 months, so since I analyzed the Beast ones, I thought I'd analyze these as well. As always it's just me rambling under the cut, and remember guys that below there are spoilers from everything up until this point!
Long reply, so I'm putting a cut ^^
Wait ok if it was confirmed that Inochi no Tabekata happened before knk does that mean that all the MVs also happened before knk? I mean they could but like in Last Dance, Tokyo has a big ass crater thing in the middle of the city is that something that happened like years ago and people are fine with it and agreed it is now a Tokyo thing or what?
I’ve actually been getting to that! There are a LOT of clues in the mvs to figure out when each thing happens. Here is what we’ve confirmed about the timeline so far:
1. Tokyo ghetto (takes place before Inochi no Tabekatta for the reasons listed below: )
2. Inochi no tabekatta The Boy’s body chopped up in a trashcan at 4:00 in Tokyo Ghetto
is on Monitor Room Girl’s top middle screen at 0:11 in Inochi no Tabekatta right after his murder in the Tokyo Ghetto mv, since we see Janitor’s footprints leaving the scene:
and also in the Inochi no Tabekatta mv Tobi later opens the trashcan he saw on Monitor Room Girl’s screen on his phone at 0:47)
^this is super slow motion btw
3. Kara no Kioku
We see Pattun and Mocchi look normal in both Kara no Kioku and Inochi no Tabekatta,
unlike how they become corrupted in Outsider
(Ik Mocchi looks dark in the manga but his ear length, eye shape, and body type all look a lot more like his non-evil form)
i love this art sm
the Buraiha trio as youkais, if anyone needs them (this art is old and I spent too much time to find it)
the Buraiha trio as youkais, if anyone needs them (this art is old and I spent too much time to find it)
A comprehensive explanation post on the vocaloid song WOZWALD by Niru Kajitsu ft. v_flower, a song about the evils of humanity, the definition of happiness, and possibly Walt Disney.
CW: depression, suicide
This is the translation from page 19 to page 35 of Side B of the Dazai novel which was given out as free bonus for those who come to the cinema to watch the BEAST live action movie in Japan.
I HIGHLY recommend you to read Side A first before moving on to this one more context, better understanding, and easier comparison between the two sides. You can find the link to the tag with all Side A translations I have done in my pinned post.
Please also carefully read the notes below before progressing. - This post contains spoilers. If you plan to read the novel later yourself and think this would ruin your expectation, please stop here.
· I tried to keep the translation as accurate as possible, but as I don’t speak English or Japanese as my native language, I may make some mistakes or use weird words etc. This translation might not be final. I may come back and fix it later if I find any mistakes.
· This is a moviegoers-only benefit, so please be extra careful when discussing it about on Twitter. Use a #spoilers tag on your tweets or your fanarts. You can share the links to this post but don’t take many screenshots.
· Don’t retranslate it. Don’t repost this anywhere else out of Tumblr.
· DON’T GO TO THE AUTHORS’ OR OFFICIAL TWITTERS TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF IT.
I’m sorry if that’s too much but honestly all I want is for everyone to have a good experience, for those who wants to read the novels to be able to read the novels, and for those who don’t want to be spoiled, to be safe from it as much as possible.
If you have read and are okay with all the above, please continue to move forward and enjoy the novel. Have a good day!
Read Previous Part Here: Part 1
This is the translation from page 11 to page 18 of Side B of the Dazai novel which was given out as free bonus for those who come to the cinema to watch the BEAST live action movie in Japan.
I HIGHLY recommend you to read Side A first before moving on to this one, especially part 2-5 for more context, better understanding, and easier comparison between the two sides. You can find the link to the tag with all Side A translations I have done in my pinned post.
Please also carefully read the notes below before progressing. - This post contains spoilers. If you plan to read the novel later yourself and think this would ruin your expectation, please stop here.
· I tried to keep the translation as accurate as possible, but as I don’t speak English or Japanese as my native language, I may make some mistakes or use weird words etc. This translation might not be final. I may come back and fix it later if I find any mistakes.
· This is a moviegoers-only benefit, so please be extra careful when discussing it about on Twitter. Use a #spoilers tag on your tweets or your fanarts. You can share the links to this post but don’t take many screenshots.
· Don’t retranslate it. Don’t repost this anywhere else out of Tumblr.
· DON’T GO TO THE AUTHORS’ OR OFFICIAL TWITTERS TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF IT.
I’m sorry if that’s too much but honestly all I want is for everyone to have a good experience, for those who wants to read the novels to be able to read the novels, and for those who don’t want to be spoiled, to be safe from it as much as possible.
If you have read and are okay with all the above, please continue to move forward and enjoy the novel. Have a good day!
