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Fórmula 1

A Fórmula 1 é considerada a competição automobilística mais prestigiosa e emocionante do mundo. Desde a sua criação, em 1950, a categoria reúne os melhores pilotos e equipes do automobilismo, proporcionando corridas de alta velocidade, tecnologia avançada e rivalidades intensas.

A primeira corrida oficial da Fórmula 1 aconteceu no dia 13 de maio de 1950, no circuito de Silverstone, na Inglaterra. O vencedor foi o italiano Nino Farina, que pilotava um Alfa Romeo, considerado um dos maiores fabricantes de carros da Europa, ao lado de nomes como Ferrari, Maserati e Mercedes.

História da Fórmula 1

Oficialmente, a Fórmula 1 foi criada em 1950 pela Federação Internacional de Automobilismo (FIA). No entanto, a história da categoria remonta ao final do século XIX, quando as primeiras corridas de carros foram disputadas na Europa. Como na época não existiam circuitos, as corridas aconteciam em estradas. Alguns historiadores apontam que uma corrida entre Paris e Bordeaux, na França, em 1895, tenha sido o marco inicial da F1. Essa corrida durou 48 horas e teve um percurso de 1200 quilômetros.

Há quem considere o ano de 1901 como o início da Fórmula 1, pois nesse ano foi disputada a primeira corrida com o nome de Grande Prêmio (GP). Na ocasião, a cidade de Le Mans sediou o Grande Prêmio da França. Atualmente, Le Mans não recebe a Fórmula 1, mas é considerada um dos mais importantes circuitos do mundo.

Entre 1901 e 1949, vários GPs foram disputados ao redor da Europa, em países como França, Itália, Bélgica, Inglaterra, Alemanha, Mônaco e Espanha. Os GPs só não aconteceram durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial e a Segunda. No decorrer das guerras, os pilotos participaram de corridas nos Estados Unidos, como em Indianápolis, outro grande circuito do automobilismo.

Depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a FIA decidiu elaborar um campeonato reunindo os principais Grandes Prêmios da Europa e deu a ele o nome de Fórmula 1. A nova competição reuniria as maiores fabricantes de carros do continente, como Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati e Mercedes.

Início da Fórmula 1

A primeira corrida da Fórmula 1 foi realizada em 10 de abril de 1950, quando o argentino Juan Manuel Fangio, pilotando um Maserati, venceu o Grande Prêmio de Pau, na França. No entanto, essa corrida não fez parte do campeonato. A primeira corrida oficial de F1 aconteceu um mês depois, no dia 13 de maio, no circuito de Silverstone, na Inglaterra, e teve como vencedor o italiano Nino Farina, pilotando um Alfa Romeo.

Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio e Alberto Ascari, outro italiano, dominaram a Fórmula 1 no início da década de 1950. Farina foi o primeiro campeão, Ascari ganhou o campeonato em 1952 e 1953, de Ferrari, e o argentino Fangio levou o título em cinco oportunidades (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 e 1957). Uma curiosidade sobre Fangio é que ele foi campeão pilotando por quatro equipes: Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari e Mercedes.

Nos seus três primeiros anos, a Fórmula 1 foi disputada apenas na Europa e nos Estados Unidos (Indianápolis). Em 1954, a Argentina recebeu a categoria pela primeira vez, muito por conta do sucesso de Fangio. Quatro anos depois, Marrocos foi o primeiro país africano a sediar uma corrida de F1.

No final da década de 1950, quando o número de corridas aumentou de seis para 11 por temporada, um outro piloto destacou-se: o australiano Jack Brabham. Pilotando uma Cooper, Brabham foi campeão em 1959 e 1960. O carro da Cooper era considerado inovador para a época e foi projetado pelo neozelandês Bruce McLaren. Anos depois, Brabham e McLaren teriam suas próprias equipes, com seus respectivos sobrenomes.

Como a Segunda Guerra Mundial freou o desenvolvimento da indústria automobilística, os carros da F1 da década de 1950 respeitavam os padrões pré-guerra. Os eixos eram rígidos e o motor ficava na parte dianteira do carro. A equipe Cooper inovou e levou o motor para a parte traseira.

Dois ingleses também destacaram-se na referida década. Stirling Moss venceu várias corridas e foi quatro vezes vice-campeão. Ele é considerado, por muitos, o maior piloto da história que nunca conquistou um título. Já Mike Hawthorn foi campeão em 1958, de Ferrari.

Década de 1960

Se na década de 1950 os ingleses não se deram tão bem na Fórmula 1, a década de 1960 ficou conhecida como a Era Britânica da categoria. Essa década presenciou o surgimento de grandes nomes do automobilismo inglês, como Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtess e Jackie Stewart. Juntos, ganharam seis títulos entre 1961 e 1970. Nessa década, também foi criada uma grande equipe de Fórmula 1, a Lotus, além da Brabham.

Em 1967, quatro das 12 corridas da temporada já eram disputadas fora da Europa. Grandes Prêmios foram disputados na África do Sul, Canadá, México e Estados Unidos. No ano seguinte, uma fabricante de motores de fora da Europa ganhou o campeonato pela primeira vez, a americana Ford, que equipava os carros da Lotus.

A Ford trouxe para a F1 os motores V8, uma configuração de motor de combustão interna em que oito cilindros estão dispostos em duas bancadas de quatro cilindros. Entre 1968 e 1982, a Ford ganhou 12 dos 15 campeonatos.

Outra inovação dessa década foi a configuração do cockpit (banco onde os pilotos sentam-se), de modo que os pilotos ficassem mais inclinados. Antes, eles sentavam-se em uma posição de 90º. Nessa década também surgem os primeiros carros com aerofólio traseiro, o que trouxe uma grande evolução na parte aerodinâmica.

Década de 1970

A década de 1970 foi bastante movimentada na Fórmula 1, com inovações nos carros, duelos memoráveis e pilotos que entraram para a história. Começando pelos últimos, nessa década os nomes de destaque foram Gilles Villeneuve, Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Jody Scheckter, Alan Jones, Mario Andretti e o primeiro brasileiro campeão da F1, Emerson Fittipaldi.

Fittipaldi correu na Fórmula 1 entre 1970 e 1980, ganhando os campeonatos de 1972, pela Lotus, e 1974, pela McLaren. Em 1975, em uma decisão considerada ousada, abandonou a melhor equipe da F1 na época para fundar com o irmão a Copersucar Fittipaldi. A primeira e única equipe brasileira na Fórmula 1 não teve muito sucesso e fechou as portas em 1982.

O piloto austríaco Niki Lauda foi o grande destaque da década de 1970, ganhando os campeonatos de 1975 e 1977 pela Ferrari. Em 1976, perdeu o campeonato para o inglês James Hunt após sofrer um grave acidente que quase lhe custou a vida. Lauda e Hunt protagonizaram várias disputas na pista, o que inspirou o filme Rush, de 2013. O austríaco também ganhou o campeonato de 1984 e trabalhou nas equipes Jaguar, na década de 2000, e Mercedes, na década de 2010.

Em relação às inovações, a Renault trouxe, em 1977, os motores turbo, que ficaram na categoria até 1988. As equipes também investiam mais na aerodinâmica, visando o desenvolvimento do efeito-solo (o ar “empurra” o carro para baixo, deixando-o mais “preso” ao solo, o que aumenta a velocidade). Tanto o motor turbo quanto o efeito-solo foram banidos da categoria na década de 1980, principalmente depois de acidentes mortais, como o do canadense Gilles Villeneuve, em 1982.

Década de 1980

A década de 1980 é a de maior sucesso do Brasil na Fórmula 1, com cinco títulos: 1981, 1983 e 1987, com Nelson Piquet, e 1988 e 1990, com Ayrton Senna. Piquet ganhou seus dois primeiros títulos pela Brabham, e o último, pela Willams. Seus principais rivais eram Keke Rosberg, Carlos Reutemann, Alan Jones, Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost e Nigel Mansell, além de Senna.

Os maiores campeões da década foram Nelson Piquet e o francês Alain Prost, que também conquistou três mundiais: 1985, 1986 e 1989. Piquet era um forte adversário de Prost, mas o principal rival do francês foi outro brasileiro: Ayrton Senna. A rivalidade entre Senna e Prost é considerada a maior da história Fórmula 1.

Senna chegou à McLaren em 1988 para ser companheiro de equipe de Prost, que já era bicampeão de F1. O ídolo brasileiro havia se destacado em equipes menores e viu na McLaren a grande chance de vencer Prost. Nos dois anos em que ambos pilotaram por ela, cada um venceu uma vez: Senna, em 1988, e Prost, em 1989. Em 1990, o piloto francês foi para a Ferrari e não conseguiu rivalizar com Senna, que venceu o campeonato.

Década de 1990

A década de 1990 foi marcada pelo desenvolvimento da eletrônica nos carros de corrida. A Willams inovou com a suspensão ativa (controlada por meios eletrônicos) e desbancou a supremacia da McLaren que já durava alguns anos. Senna foi campeão em 1991, mas, nos dois anos seguintes, não conseguiu acompanhar a Willams, que venceu em 1992, com o inglês Nigel Mansell, e em 1993, com Alain Prost.

A aposentadoria de Prost depois do campeonato de 1993 abriu as portas da Willams para Senna em 1994. Infelizmente, o brasileiro sofreu um grave acidente na terceira corrida do campeonato, em Ímola, e faleceu aos 34 anos. Nesse ano, o campeão foi o alemão Michael Schumacher, pela Benetton.

Schumacher disputou todos os títulos da Fórmula 1 entre 1994 e 2006. Na década de 1990, ganhou em 1994 e 1995, pela Benetton, e em 2000, pela Ferrari. Nos demais anos, perdeu para as Willams de Damon Hill, em 1996, e Jacques Villeneuve, em 1997, e para a McLaren do finlandês Mika Hakkinen, em 1998 e 1999.

Década de 2000

A década de 2000 começou com a supremacia da Ferrari, com Michael Schumacher ganhando os campeonatos de 2001 a 2004, sendo até hoje o único heptacampeão mundial. Entre 2000 e 2005, foi companheiro de equipe do brasileiro Rubens Barrichello, recordista de corridas na F1 (326). Em 2006, Schumacher foi companheiro de outro brasileiro, Felipe Massa. No final desse mesmo ano, o heptacampeão anunciou aposentadoria, mas retornaria em 2010 para correr até 2012.

Os principais pilotos dessa década, além de Schumacher, foram: Fernando Alonso (campeão em 2005 e 2006 pela Renault), Juan Pablo Montoya, David Coulthard, Kimi Raikkonen (campeão em 2007 pela Ferrari), Jenson Button (campeão em 2009 pela Brawn), os brasileiros Barrichello e Massa, Lewis Hamilton (campeão em 2008 pela McLaren), e Sebastian Vettel (campeão em 2010 pela Red Bull). Os dois últimos também fizeram sucesso na década seguinte.

As temporadas entre 2001 e 2010 foram marcadas pelo desenvolvimento dos motores, o que resultou nas maiores velocidades registradas na F1. Em 2005, com um motor BMW v10, a Willams de Juan Pablo Montoya alcançou os 372 km/h. O perigo da alta velocidade fez a categoria trocar os motores v10 pelos v8, em 2006.

A perda de potência levou os engenheiros a desenvolverem soluções para os carros, resultando em vários “apêndices” aerodinâmicos. Esse excesso dificultou as ultrapassagens por gerar turbulência no carro de trás. Para aumentar as ultrapassagens, os apêndices foram proibidos e os carros passaram a ter um visual mais “limpo” no final da década.

Fórmula 1 na atualidade

A última década confirmou o talento do inglês Lewis Hamilton, que igualou-se a Michael Schumacher em número de títulos. Pilotando uma Mercedes, Hamilton conseguiu os títulos das temporadas 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 e 2020. A Mercedes também venceu em 2016, mas com o alemão Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton conseguiu superar os recordes de vitórias e pole positions (primeira posição na classificação para a corrida) de Michael Schumacher e do seu ídolo, Ayrton Senna. Como ainda tem alguns anos de carreira, o inglês pode tornar-se o maior piloto de F1 de todos os tempos.

Antes dos títulos da Mercedes, os campeonatos foram conquistados pela Red Bull Team (RBR) com o piloto alemão Sebastian Vettel. Em 2010, com apenas 23 anos e 134 dias, Vettel tornou-se o mais jovem campeão da Fórmula 1. Ele também ganhou nos três anos seguintes.

Também pela Red Bull, o holandês Max Verstappen tornou-se o piloto mais jovem a vencer uma corrida na F1, com 18 anos e 7 meses. A juventude dos pilotos é uma característica da atual Fórmula 1.

Atualmente, os carros da Fórmula 1 são movidos por motor — o termo correto é unidade de potência — a combustão de seis cilindros (v6) turbo de 1.6 litros e tecnologia híbrida, ou seja, combina combustão com energia cinética. Os atuais motores conseguem transformar a energia cinética gerada nas freadas e o calor da combustão em potência.

As equipes da F1

A Fórmula 1 existe desde 1950, e nesse meio tempo 178 equipes participaram das corridas, sendo essas:

Adams

AMF

Alfa Tauri

Amon

AGS

Alfa Romeo

Alpine

Alta

Andrea Moda

Apollon

Arrows

Arzani-Volpini

Aston Butterworth

Aston Martin

ATS

BAR

Behra-Porsche

Bellasi

Benetton

BMW

BMW Sauber

Boro

Brabham

Brawmn

BRM

Bromme

BRP

Bugatti

Caterham

Christensen

Cisitalia

Clemente Biondetti

Coloni

Connaught

Connew

Cooper-BRM

Cooper-Castellotti

Cooper-Climax

Cooper-Maserati

Copersucar-Fittipaldi

Dallara

De Tomaso

Deit

Del Roy

Derrington-Francis

Dunn

Eagle

Elder

Emeryson

EMW

ENB

Ensign

Epperly

ERA

Euro Brun

Ewing

Ferguson

Ferrari

FISA

Force India

Fittipaldi

Footwork

Fondmetal

Forti

Frazer-Nash

Fry

Gilby

Gordini

Haas

Hall

Hesketh

Hill

Honda

HRT

HWM

Iso Malboro

Jaguar

JBW

Jordânia

Kauhsen

Klenk

Kojima

Kurtis Kraft

Kuzma

Lambo

Lancia

Langley

Larrousse

LDS

LEC

Lesovsky

Leyton House

Life

Ligier

Lola

Lotus F1

Lyncar

Lemur

Manor

Março

Marchese

Martini

Maserati

Matra

MBM

McGuire

McLaren

Mercedes AMG

Merzario

Meskowski

Midland

Milano

Minardi

Moore

Nichos

Olson

Ônix

Osca

Osella

Pacífico

Pankratz

Parnelli

Pawl

Penske

Philipis

Politoys

Porsche

Prost Grand Prix

Protos

BWT Racing Point

Rae

RAM

Rebaque

Red Bull

Renault

Rial

Sauber

Scarab

Schroeder

Schrocco

Scuderia Sant Ambroeus

Shadow

Shannon

Sherman

Simca

Simtek

Snowberger

Spirit

Spyker

Stebro

Stevens

Stewart

Super Aguri

Surtees

Sutton

Talbot-Lago

Equipe Lotus

Tec-Mec

Techno

Theodore

Token

Toleman

Toro Rosso

Toyota

Trevis

Trojan

Turner

Tyrrell

Vanwall

Veritas

Virgin Racing

Watson

Wetteroth

Williams

Wolf

Wolf-Williams

Zakspeed

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beeyuumaa · 7 months

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I was asked why I like Beast and why I prefer it over the main universe, so obviously I ended up with a 2k+ words essay on why Beast is great. Now I feel like it diverges too much from what the original ask was actually asking for, so I'm living it to its own post. Enjoy.

Why do you like Beast? So, first of all you MUST know that this is a question that could keep me talking for days to no end. I'm not kidding. Here there will be some disorganized rambles but trust me, if I had time to actually do so I'd keep going on forever.

Alternative universes are cool I love Beast. I think it starts off at a point when the bsd author was more experienced from having already worked with the main series for many years, and ultimately ended up making an alternative version of the work that is more mature and refined, while still maintaining bsd's core themes (and conservative worldviews at that lmao). Starting off, the “what if” concept is endlessly fascinating, pretty much the entire fandom culture is based on it. It IS unfailingly cool to see what could have happened if Akutagawa sided with the ada and Atsushi with the pm, it is extremely interesting to see what changes out of their personalities and on the other hand what stays the same, what is intrinsically them. About sskk, I find it really compelling how Beast tackles intimate aspects of their lives, pasts and traumas. The café scene is genuinely brilliant in the way it shows, completely unexpectedly and to the reader's full disbelief, them getting along in normal circumstances. Who could have predicted that! Of all things, Akutagawa and Atsushi getting along. But it happened, and nothing before had ever shown to that extent how similar they are, how much on the same page they are, how much they're meant to be– like yeah obviously I mean romantically, but even if you're not particularly into that, it displayed just how deeply connected they are. I'm forever grateful for that scene.

Beast Akutagawa is great But I think… More in general, I just really like Beast Akutagawa and Beast Atsushi, even better than their canon counterparts 😅 Again I do think at the point when they wrote Beast the author had already gathered a lot of experience from serializing bsd for at least five years, and ended up making characters that are more solid and compelling (although please don't get me wrong, I LOVE canon sskk and I believe canon Akutagawa's character arc in particular is amazing. It's just that at least to me Beast sskk is everything I could ever ask for.). I love Beast Akutagawa! It was so so capturing to see him grow outside of the pm. And especially it was infinitely interesting to see Akutagawa grow outside of Dazai. And don't get me wrong, I love the influence Dazai has on canon Akutagawa, I wouldn't have it any other way: it made Akutagawa who he is, and I love reading about his character. But I also found it wonderful and pleasantly refreshing to see how he would be if he had never undergone Dazai's training; I like this Akutagawa who's possibly even more immature and impulsive, wild and untamed than his canon counterpart. Beast is also the universe where Akutagawa gets his chance at being a good person - which is something he desperately strived for but never got to have in the main universe -, and in the end I am a little attached to Akutagawa, so I'm happy for him! His relationship with Oda and the whole ada are wonderful, I like getting to experience a universe where Akutagawa is loved and supported, unapologetically, for who he is.

Beast Atsushi is great Beast Atsushi is AMAZING. Like. Character molded appositely to my liking ahah. He's so cool! He's so tormented! He's sweet and cruel and utterly unstable! I love him so much. He truly is Atsushi at his full potential. I love this Atsushi who's biggest fear isn't the world, but rather himself. He's beautiful and horrible and deathly and kind. He killed his abuser to stop him from haunting his nightmares, but ended up turning those nightmares into his life. He takes his coffee with three sugars. He loves his little sister and would risk the safety of his organization and the boss he's endlessly loyal to for her. The only person who ever understood him is his most loathed enemy. He's one with death and indistinguishable from darkness. His laughter stops rain. He lives in perpetual physical pain due to a choker constantly piercing around his neck and yet even that is nothing compared to the damage of his psyche. He's so, so fucked up. He deserves the world. I LOVE HIM.

Beast Dazai is great Also, I really like Beast Dazai!!! He's always Dazai, but I think his character works out a lot better in Beast for the role he covers. In canon Dazai is this omniscient, all knowing figure, but he's also a protagonist, and him being so perfectly flawless doesn't go well in the long run. You've seen it in the last season 5 episode, it just gets boring after a while– it would be nice to see him face actual challenges and high stakes for once, but he's so overpowered, that never happens. In Beast, it's pretty much the same deal (author really loves Dazai lmao), but the fact that he isn't the protagonist and instead the main villain? I feel like from a storytelling standpoint, it works so much better!! I mean, his being omniscient works a lot better– he's not the one who the reader expects facing challenges and high stakes, the protagonist is. In addition, in Beast Dazai has almost universal knowledge due to his link to the Book, so that makes his being omniscient and even god-like a lot more feasible and easy to contemplate! I think that plot-wise it just works a lot better, there's an actual reason he's so overpowered, and that reason is explained, it's in the text. Oh and I LOVE his utter devotion to Oda. I know it's the same in canon, but still… There in Beast you can see it concretely, you can see it everywhere. That very universe exists how it is because of Dazai's love for Oda, because there's nothing he wouldn't do for him, because in the whole universe, in the whole multiverse, Oda's happiness is the only thing that matters to him. I think such strong feelings of love being put so explicitly is something simply wonderful to read, and makes Dazai infinitely more sympathetic than what he may be in canon. “But I do have one regret, Odasaku— I won't be able to read the novel you'll complete one day.” LIKE YEAH, SURE, ALRIGHT, JUST SHOOT ME TO THE HEAD ALREADY. That line alone is worth the whole novel, honestly. Oh and the thing about Oda harshly repudiating Dazai, the man who literally did everything for him, who dedicated his whole life for him… Man!!! That REALLY made me sympathize with Dazai in a way canon will never be able to. All those factors only contribute making Dazai's suicide in the end all the more emotional– which I believe works really well in the story, he is an enemy and he is a god and he had to die, but still makes for an extremely emotionally charged scene and a wonderful story climax. Imo Beast Dazai had to die so that canon Dazai could live (and, hopefully, find a reason to live!), and it's as bitter as it is beautiful.

The Beast ada dynamics are great And I love the ada in bsd!!! They feel infinitely more of a family than they do in canon. Kenji, Kunikida, Tanizaki, they seem to love Akutagawa in a way that's hard to be found towards Atsushi in canon? The way they didn't falter to rescue Akutagawa even as he went, against all their advices and pleas, to a suicidal rampage was wonderful and heartwarming. They make it sound unbelievable that when Atsushi was (mind you, unwillingly) kidnapped their first response would be that it was an hassle and that he should have dealt with it on his own (this time I truly believe it was the author learning from their own mistakes, because seriously, who does that. It makes everyone instantly feel a thousand times less sympathetic). As people have said, the ada alone makes Beast feel like the “right” universe on the basis that in it they actually care about their members. All things considered, the ada treats Akutagawa as this kind of rabid murderous gremlin they just adopted who's going to bite everyone but that they still love no matter what, and it's super cute. The ada really is the bsd found family if there ever was one.

A cool plot The Beast storyline is just very compelling in general? The introduction chapter is amazing, I mean, The Heartless Cur is amazing. Again, Beast Akutagawa is such a great character, and the description of his struggle to find his own humanity, although in my opinion does fall weak in some points and has flaws, still treats a concept that's very interesting to ponder over nonetheless. I like how there's a series of more light-hearted chapters in the first half, it helps solidify the characters, and those chapters are really nice to read; not to mention having lighter chapters alternated with the strikingly more gloomy and violent pm Atsushi scenes makes the latter feel all the more frightening and disturbing, it's a great narrative choice. And the big crescendo of Akutagawa storming in the pm headquarters! His fight of physics and morals against Atsushi! Them telling each other they're nothing like the other when the reader knows the exact opposite is true! It's all very good, and again, Dazai's suicide makes for a perfect climax to the story.

Sometimes being a seinen can be good I like how Beast is a seinen way more than the main story is? Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with shounen manga - which bsd seems to lean towards more often than not, with only occasionally tackling more adult concepts -, but at this specific time in my life those darker themes are just something I find more entertaining to read about. I feel like the gritty and often gruesome depictions, although maybe a little overused in the manga, really help emphasize the dark atmosphere of the manga and overall effectively convey the whole “beast” imaginary as wild / violent / unpleasant / animalistic.

It's got sskk in it And in general it's just… Compared to canon, Beast is very very sskk centered. It's significantly shorter than the canon manga, and in a way that helped focus on sskk specifically, because it only had space to narrate one story, which is sskk's. And I don't know what to tell you, I'm here for the sskk. Of course I like Beast best.

Beast Atsushi is great (cont.) Back to Beast Atsushi because he's everything, really. I love how when I went into Beast I was like “I mean, whatever Dazai is making of Atsushi under the pm, if can't possibly be any worse than the constant abuse Akutagawa had to experience 😊” AND I WAS PROVED WRONG. I mean, I think the fact alone that the author could come up with something worse is remarkable. Dazai's emotional manipulation and psychological torment is, I believe, the darkest facet of Dazai we ever witnessed, and it's extremely well executed. Beast Atsushi is so so unstable, so on the brim of mental breakdown and psychosis at every second. Him being made unable to let go of the past makes him live in a perpetual nightmare. And I feel like the way his character story is unwrapped is truly masterful, storytelling wise!!!! On the reader's first encounter with him, it's evident how deeply scarred and disturbed he is, but the reader can't tell why. That adds to the mystery and feeling of unsettling surrounding the character: his story is wrapped up by darkness and it's impossible to predict, just like he is– and it's deliciously unsettling, scary, to be unable to tell anything about what made him like he is except from guessing that it must have been something really bad. And yet even then /nothing/ could have prepared the reader to what his backstory really is? And when the traumatic event is finally unveiled, it's worse then any guess the reader could have made. Atsushi's back to the orphanage flashback passage is terrifying! He didn't undergo any harm, like it would have been easy to guess; on the contrary, his torment stems from having killed his abuser. But he did so at a point when he didn't represent a threat for him anymore, when he was proud of him, when he got close to resemble a father to his eyes; and all of this he realized too late; and now he lives in constant regret, constant terror of himself. It's great, really! And even then, Atsushi carries on with being. super cool lmao. Like yeah he's unstable and everything, he's wild and violent, but he's also still very kind. He's timid and blushes easily. He also feels a lot more mature than he does in canon, and it's nice to see. He's more confident and serious, and that's nice too. He REALLY is my favorite character.

Some pretty cool scenes are in it Moving on, Beast has some truly amazing scenes. The Heartless Cur is amazing and builds up such an awesome character, Atsushi's introduction is petrifying, the Kenji / Akutagawa conversation is as deeply moving as it is cathartic. I won't be talking about the sskk café scene. Akutagawa's whole assault to the pm headquarters is rich of emotional scenes. I already talked about Atsushi's flashback and Dazai's suicide being wonderful passages both from technical and emotional standpoints. And the manga ending is just so good!!!!!!! Like it truly is the perfect ending– the way it ties up with the main story! How it feels like ada Akutagawa's story has just begun, a conclusion but also hope for what's to come. The “out behind our company's building there are some people of low character hanging about”– I can't stress enough how emotional this line, a final and definite tie to the main story, makes me, how meaningful it is in its quality of being both an ending, and a start. The last page showing Akutagawa at the center of the ada, it just moves me so deeply to see him being the protagonist, surrounded by a crowd of people who love and support him, getting his own chance at a life in the light 😭😭😭 “I'm going to live as an agency member. I'll solve cases, rescue the weak, and prove that I'm not evil.” Crying my eyes out 😭😭😭😭😭😭 And don't get me started on when Akutagawa and Atsushi's voices mix up to speak as one; I could never hope to be able to express what that makes me feel.

Siblings dynamics are my jam I also love Beast because one of the main aspects that drives the plot is Ryuunosuke and Gin's relationship, and I /love/ siblings relationships, and I //love// Ryuunosuke and Gin's relationship. I don't think Gin's character was written well at all (because the author literally can't write female characters for the life of theirs), but eh, at least it reinforced the concept that Ryuunosuke loves Gin terribly and would be able to do anything for her. Atsushi and Kyouka's relationship, too, is to die for.

The designs and manga art style slay Besides, the character designs are beautiful???? Akutagawa's Beast outfit is my second favorite out of the whole franchise, it's just such a look™. I love in general how rabid and messy Akutagawa looks in Beast, he feels so much more free? And like, good for him. In my head Beast Atsushi is the most handsome man in the entire franchise and I don't think I can take criticism on this. I find cutting off his longer bang such a witty way to represent not only how this Atsushi is different from the one we know (after all, that's the most remarkable and eye-catching feature of his appearance!), but also to symbolize how the cut with his past at the orphanage was harsh and violent. Characters designs aside, Hoshikawa's art style is GORGEUS. It's hard and rough and messy, it's dark and unpolished and violent and beautiful and exactly everything Beast is. It's PERFECT for the story, it's like it was made to portray it.

Sskk is always great And that's just talking about the canon content but like. Beast means a Beast sskk. Which is basically new and improved sskk. And I like sskk. And I like every version of sskk but especially this version where they're even more violent and fucked up and madly in love with each other and evidently meant to be. So yeah.

And this is like, just the very tip of the iceberg of what I love about Beast. Humbling offering you this Beast love letter in hope we can all give this novel the appreciation it deserves (๑˃‌ᴗ˂‌)۶

#Bsd beast #my favorite oficial AU for real #I AGREE #sskk beast design>>>>>>>

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