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I hate it when you are reading a manga and it gets adapted- but the colors are wrong. Like I was so convinced that Kleene from Eden’s Zero had white hair. So convinced. But apparently it’s green? It makes sense but also no. Same thing with Reina from Rave Master. She has red hair. But only in my mind. It goes better with her little seductress act going on. But apparently it’s also green? That’s just not right.

HUGE SPOILER WARNING FOR BUNGOU STRAY DOGS CHAPTER 109.

I have an actual theory on why Dazai is alive. I might not have the how, but I have been trained by Fairy Tail’s author to spot fake out deaths. A small essay.

So when you get shot, you bleed. That’s a basic fact. Sometimes, even, to show a character has died without outright showing the violence, directors and mangaka will simply show a spattering of blood. In this panel:

And this one:

We see no blood from his head. We see some from his shoulder, where he did get shot, but none from his head. I have no clue why he is alive but you cannot convince me otherwise that he is dead. Now my theory might get a little shaky.

In all the actual character deaths I have seen, there always seems to be a big speech or moment. It is the characters last testament to the world. It could be something from a flashback (August in Fairy Tail) to a kiss goodbye (Reina in Rave Master) or a speech of hope (Koro-Sensei in Assassination Classroom).

Dazai has no speech or moment. Just basically a ‘this didn’t go in a direction that I planned’. Chuyaa shoots him the first time before he gets that moment. He has more character that needs to be fleshed out. It is a little too soon for him to die. And it wouldn’t fit thematically with him too. He wishes for death on the daily, but has never gotten it. It would be strange for him to magically get his wish with no buildup.

TL;DR: Dazai did not die in chapter 109 because there is no blood and because it doesn’t fit his character thematically.

I haven’t read The Stern Chase yet… but I know there is a wedding. I think it’s with Lydia and Ingvar but I could be wrong. So this is how I envision it going:

Ulf and Wulf are the flower girls. They twisted her arm until she let them.

Thorn acts as both the Father of the Bride and the Maid of Honor. He influenced Lydia’s life so much after what happened in her hometown.

Erak is the officiant. Since he is Oberjarl and is close to the Heron crew.

Jealous suitors of Lydia’s try to crash the reception. They are promptly knocked out.

Karina helps Lydia get ready. She is such a mother figure to her and I love their dynamic.

I finished Carry On today and it left me with some thoughts about putting ourselves in boxes.

Simon was never supposed to be that powerful. His magic was, frankly, an abomination that the world couldn’t support. It was not his fault however, his father was a psychopath.

He was the Chosen One. A term that has been rehashed over and over again. He was supposed to save the Magickal world, but he wasn’t made for it. He didn’t have the pieces and parts needed. The Mage says he was cracked and flawed. But he was only cracked and flawed because he was going against his true nature, and being shoved into a box that he couldn’t fit in.

This is where I apply this. If Simon hadn’t been shoved into this box by the Magickal world, maybe things would have turned out better. Ebb wouldn’t have died in his steed, he would have probably broken up with Agatha sooner, and would maybe be able to plan a future. But he was shoved into a box that prevented him from seeing that.

We can’t try to fit into things that simply weren’t made for us. It doesn’t work, even in our normal lives without magic. We have to be our authentic selves, the person that we try our best to hide from this world, so we and the people around us can be exactly as our nature says.