Bungou Stray Dogs Beast - Tumblr Posts
New batch is here!
I did say I had more screenshots laying around, this took way longer than expected because of school again and that some of the screenshots took a bit more work to edit
and like I said, you are allowed to use these edits, be sure to give credit
At this point og bsd is more traumatizing than beast
beast taniaku is kinda growing on me im still smitten for beast sskk as well, but taniaku is slowly growing on me
feral.FERAL
beast taniaku is kinda growing on me im still smitten for beast sskk as well, but taniaku is slowly growing on me
feral.FERAL
I've been on a beast sskk kick recently
What if beast Akutagawa asked Yosano not to use her ability on him after everything because he doesn't want the scar from when gin stabbed him to go away
What if he kept the knife and never washed it just to have something from gin, no matter how much the memory of it hurts
Really shows the difference between Akutagawa and Atsushi when you look at their reactions to starving. Atsushi was thinking “damn, I’m about to starve, some chazuke sure would be nice” while beast Akutagawa’s thought process was “FUCK YEAH A WEED!”
I’m reading bsd BEAST rn… Junichiro and Akutagawa need to kiss right NOW or I’m gonna lose it.
So quick update on main to Beast before I sleep lololol
WHAT THE FUCKING HELL WAAAAAAA
I cried hard like bro pls
And I relate to Akutagawa ahhahaa I need help
Overall, good but damn god, why Asagiri, WHY
So quick update on main to Beast before I sleep lololol
WHAT THE FUCKING HELL WAAAAAAA
I cried hard like bro pls
And I relate to Akutagawa ahhahaa I need help
Overall, good but damn god, why Asagiri, WHY
In another life
Variation
Frame by frame
Listen. LISTEN. “A life in which you have someone to say goodbye to is a good life. If your farewell to that person is very painful, there is nothing more to say.” The fact that it’s Dazai of all people saying this strikes me. Dazai is someone characterized by the fact that he does not see the value in living life. He does not find anything in the world to be worth living for. He’s tried to commit suicide time and time again because, to him, life simply offers nothing substantial enough to justify the experience of living it.
And yet. By saying those words, he implicitly tells Oda that his life was a good one. Not just passable, not just alright, not just tolerable, but good. His life was a good one because Oda is the person that he has to say goodbye to, because saying goodbye to Oda like this is very painful to him. Even though, in this universe, Oda hates him, even though Oda considers him an enemy, even though Oda says he has no right to call him ‘Odasaku’ - Dazai still says his life was a good one, simply because Oda existed in it.
Bungou Stray Dogs: BEAST Manga, Chapter 6.
The faces in this panel are literally like: 🙂😠🙂
It's somehow so creepy and funny at the same time. Especially because Tanizaki and Kenji are just like "It's no big deal, we expected this" and Oda is just like "I'm already tired of this shit".
I need to understand this! Someone to just, I don't know, sit and analyze it with me or something.
Okay, Dazai's bandages. Yes, I have seen headcanons or theories, whatever you want to call it. Some say it's to cover the scars from his suicide attempts or scars from self harm. Others say it's because of his ability. Others think he's transgender or non-binary. All that are valid points but I have a specific way I wanna talk about this. The bandage on the eye. That's my focus and what drives me crazy.
Mafia Days Dazai, one of his eyes covered.
Picture from Dark Era light novel.
From the very moment we see Dazai in the past, we see he has his eye covered. With that, his depth perception is gone. So, why? Why does he cover his eye and takes away an advantage? Of course, the longer he has it the more used to it he is but why did he do it in the first place?
Present time Dazai, no eyes covered.
Panel from Chapter 97.
He has them uncovered. Yes, Oda took the bandage off and Dazai kept it as such and it's probably because Oda did that he kept it but bear with me.
BEAST Boss Mafia Dazai, other eye covered.
BEAST Manga Panel from Chapter 12.
Beast!Dazai covers the other eye. Now, if you have read the BEAST light novel, you know that this Dazai is aware that he's living in a book and has gone through many realities in said book and as such choose to cover his other eye. Why? Was it because it's an alternate universe? But, if he has gone through many, why is BEAST the one he changes the bandage's position? Or has he changed it before BEAST? Still, why?
And the last one, which isn't about the eye being covered BUT the hairstyle. Stupid. Dumb. Bear with me here.
Dead Apple Dazai, no eyes covered but side-bangs.
Dead Apple Manga Panel from Chapter 4.
Joining the bad guys in the movie, he changes his hairstyle. Why? Ofc, he looks amazing dear God but he didn't have to change his hairstyle.
So, what all this makes me conclude, except of giving me a headache, Dazai changing the bandage, not having it or changing his hairstyle has to do with morals. In Bungou Stray Dogs, everyone has questionable morals, all characters fall into this grey area, some having "good" and others "evil" tendencies. Dazai is just simply, morally grey. He's not good, he's not bad, he's just there, he doesn't care what side he is in, good or bad. Yet, he goes through these changes, why? I truly think it has something to do with his morals.
Mafia days and BEAST have the eyes covered because he doesn't have "good" morals. He does bad things and mentally gets worse. It's kind of like he feels he doesn't deserve to see the world in full if he does bad things to it, also blocking him out from seeing the good in it. But, I cannot explain the whole, changing the eye which gets covered at different realities.
His eyes being uncovered in the ADA, although I do believe it has to do with Oda, it's also because he acts with "good" morals. He is a "good" guy. Saving and helping people and so if in the Mafia days he felt he didn't deserve to see the world then by doing good, he allows himself to see the full world and also it's good side.
And Dead Apple... that hairstyle will not be brought back so I don’t have to analyze it and it's probably one of the things that will never get answered BUT his eyes aren't covered, meaning if we take what I said, he allows himself to see the good in the world even though he's in the "bad group". His bangs being pushed to the side feels like he's saying something I can't pin-point. Is it because his morals are being questioned? Like how he can so easily get to the bad side but also be with the good guys? I don't know.
OH MY LORD! LONG ASS POST! I'M SORRY, GOODBYE!
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