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Fyodor and religion analysis I guess?? (Chapter 105.5 spoilers at the end)

ALSO HE DOESN'T HAVE A GOD COMPLEX!!!

(more about it at the end).

first thing first, it is extremely clear fyodor is religious. And going by the most popular religion in Russia he probably believes in 'Orthodox Christianity'. Based on that it's the main practiced religion in Russia. KNOWING that, he's clearly a very devoted follower of God. In many manga panels he brings up God and religion. I'll mainly show the ones I could find immediately.

(His first entrance)

" the right hand of God "

It is an honor to be at gods right hand. In the Bible Jesus is stated to be sat at the right hand of God. This because it is a high status in the Bible. We can assume it's because Jesus is his son, as well as extremely holy. (Has never committed a sin). Demons are fallen angels, they have rebelled against God. I'm going to assume, that fyodor meant that both God and the demons have expected this. (Expected things to go as planned)

(His second time bring up religious beliefs)

" the promise land "

The promise land is said to be a land flowing with milk and honey. A land that Moses was supposed to take the first generation of God's people to. Except they never made it as they stopped following God, and making false idols. They died. Moses on the other hand made it to the border of the promise land. He died just before he could make it.

I'm going to take this as fyodor trying to make the promise land. He's trying to bring the people to the promise land. Expect he sees ability users as sinners. He's trying to make the world clean of these ability users. (Bro you, yourself are an ability user). So ability users must be like the first generation of God's people. (In his eyes). He sees them as people disgracing God. Creating false idols. Or being said false idols.

(Another time he brought up God)

" my prayers have reached God"

Clearly he takes time to pray, to trust in God. Also well as believing, that God has answered his prayers in a sense when things go his way. Prying is very important in religions. (No matter the religion). But with Christianity (Orthodox Christianity). It is supposed to be you having a conversation with God. You are talking with him personally. You are being vulnerable with him, asking him for things. When most pray it is to ask God for something. (A good day, helping a loved one get better, etc, etc).

(From the recent chapter)

" embraced in the arms of God"

To be embraced by God, is to know God. You shall fear him. God is the one dictating our lives basically. He is watching us, to know God. Is to know his power. To know his power is to fear him. I'm taking this as fyodor telling dazai he'll be in fear, to be at the hands of God. Fyodor is "showing" dazai God's power. What he's capable of. As to fyodor God is on his side. God's arms is his holiness, as well as his power as I said before. Fyodor is saying dazai will not only know God, but fear him.

(From the recent chapter)

" although the trial of flood is fitting for me as a servant of God "

God flooded the earth in attempts to rid the world of all the sinners. Except for Noah and his family. Noah was to build an ark and take two of every animal. (Male and female). Fyodor is hitting at the flood in this statement.

(More about him not having a God complex)

Back to what I was saying about him not having a God complex. Someone with a God complex wouldn't call themselves "a servant of God" or even pray to God. (Any God bc they believe themselves to be a god). With that religion is a very important part of his character! It is the main or ONLY reason for him doing what he's doing. He wants a world without sin. (He sees ability users as sinful, this goes back to 'the promise land' part).

All if not most of the characters have something they believe in/rely on when doing something. So when they do so, it feels justified in a way no matter the crime. Fyodor's reasons having to do with religion isn't him having a God complex! NOW I know most people have a hard time with religion. But you can't look at a religious character and just go "oh yeah they have a God complex". Or just dismiss everything about it. Because you are taking away something that is clearly VERY important to their character. Anyone that was all!!

EXTRA MENTION ABOUT DOS!!!

like in the image above he states on his his body is feeble. Clearly he is not very physical strong. And possibly could have some underlying disability. "Makes me vulnerable to even the slightest wind". He's clearly not very active either. Anyway he is anemic canon lol. But seriously that's probably why he mainly has other people doing all the action. As he is too weak in a way to do it himself.

Anyway that was all! Apologies if this isn't very accurate I haven't read the Bible in a while. I was literally asking my dad questions about it to try and show the comparisons. (Although I was the smartest kid at Sunday service hehe). Nonetheless I hope you enjoyed this analysis I guess it would be?

HE SAID THE THING he’s just like me fr

Dazai and the striped shirt

Dazai always wears a white shirt with black stripes under his vest and his coat in the manga. And in other arts with him in casual clothes, he is often seen wearing one too. I just realized that it might have been done on purpose, because it reminds me of an interesting comment from Harukawa35 in “Bungo Stray Dogs Rakugaki” when drawing Odasaku: “Actually Asagiri-sensei was the one who wanted Odasaku in a black shirt with white stripes. And I think both of us came up with this look without realizing, but as a result, it turned out to be a design that Dazai-san seemed to have imitated later on.”

HARUKAWA SENSEI IM AT YOUR FEET

About Dazai being the (possible) son of the former mafia boss

It has already been mentioned by some people in the fandom that Dazai could have a blood relationship with the former Mafia boss. I don’t know if anyone ever wrote a detailed analysis about this, so I read several scenes with that theory in mind and there are actually some scenes throughout the story where this could have been hinted at and where some things make way more sense.

For this analysis I want to stick with the theory that the former Mafia boss is Dazai’s biological father. But there is also the possibility that he’s any other relative of Dazai (e.g. his uncle or grandfather) or that Dazai is not related to him by blood and he is adopted.

Please keep in mind, that there are many speculations, especially in the first part of this analysis! Should there be any further hints to this theory in future chapters, then either this post will get an update or I’ll write another one.

Quotes from the Fifteen novel are from @looking-for-stray-dogs​ translations!

Beware: Some spoilers for some of the novels and the latest manga chapters!

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