I really like how Mori/Fukuzawa being opposites as juxtaposition of modern/traditional, West/East in this episode is reproduced by showing Mori playing chess and Fukuzawa playing Go.

I know I've talked about this plenty already but I literally can't take off my mind how despite being objectively horrible towards her, Akutagawa praising Kyouka is such a frequent, heartbreaking occurrence. Like THE ISSUE with bsd's generational trauma is that every mentor trains their student according to how they'd treat themselves. Mori repeatedly says he sees himself in Dazai; he allowed Oda to be killed because he didn't think it would have effected Dazai that much, but that's only because it wouldn't have effected Mori that much in his place, because it was just the most rational thing to do; but of course it wasn't the same for Dazai, who was left utterly destroyed by Oda's death. Dazai never offered Akutagawa the validation for his life he so desperately needs because for Dazai that sentiment is just incomprehensible– how could the suicidal maniac understand the need to be allowed to live, when living is so fundamentally meaningless for him? And Akutagawa constantly praised Kyouka– constantly, but that's never been something Kyouka, quite confident by her own nature, ever needed; she needed to be loved, cherished, protected, overall to be treated like a child, but Akutagawa never gave her that, because - again differently from Kyouka, who had a relatively normal early childhood and would know what being loved is like - he himself was never a child.

Meiji Tokyo Renka | 明治東亰恋伽 | Ōgai & Mei

Happy New Year - 2024

To celebrate another year, I’ve put together each of these authors’ top quotes from 2023!

The authors were chosen based on the favorite Japanese authors and favorite BSD characters from the 2023 Survey.

Bungou Stray Dogs Wan!

Chapter 161 (English translation)

Translation, cleaning, type-setting by: @amythedemisimp (me)

Chapter illustrated by: KanaiNeco

Raws: here

Sorry if it looks a bit rushed, I did this quickly because I wanted to translate it and show it to everyone as soon as possible -- Fyodor is finally appearing in a Wan chapter as one of the main characters!!! I'm so happy!!!

"care to explain yourself, dazai?"

"not especially, no."

i hate the majority of the gacha bsd community because of how much they ruin mori and his entire being like it actually hurts me istg

LIKE FYM "MORI WOULD BE AT LEAST A LITTLE INTO ATSUSHI" WHAT THE HELL.

[Ōugai is probably a person who believes in skin care, he prefers to keep his appearance young and beautiful, and this is what makes him look even more like a single mother than a powerful man; But Yukichi?! I think he's more like the person who screams when Ōugai tries to force him to use a green tea mask on his skin.]

That time Mori killed Odasaku was easily top ten anime betrayals.

My [probably illegal] guardian killed my father figure/best friend because of a skill issue or smth.

Since I'm not a Dazai expert but a Mori kinnie that sees things in Mori's point of view...

Considering

Now = ADA Dazai (Entrance exam, manga in general) = Present

Past = PM Dazai (14 to 18 years old)

Three generations of Soukoku BSD 5th Anthology “Kanade” clean cover

I love this art so much actually, thank you Harukawa for giving us a glimpse of what bsd would have looked like if it was a slice of life shojo manga

Meiji Tokyo Renka | Daisuke Namikawa | Hidden In My Heart (Ōgai Mori Edition)

We always talk of things we can never do. It’s only to distract ourselves…

Mori Ōgai, “Sansho the Steward”, The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories

Port Mafia

Ace (#bsd ace)

Akutagawa Gin (#akutagawa gin)

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (#akutagawa ryūnosuke)

Arthur Rimbaud (#arthur rimbaud)

Dazai Osamu (#dazai osamu)

Elise (#elise-chan)

Higuchi Ichiyō (#higuchi ichiyō)

Hirotsu Ryūrō (#hirotsu ryūrō)

Kajii Motojirō (#kajii motojirō)

Mori Ōgai (#mori ōgai)

Nakahara Chūya (#nakahara chūya - #nakahara chuuya)

Oda Sakunosuke (#oda sakunosuke)

Ozaki Kōyō (#ozaki kōyō)

Paul Verlaine (#paul verlaine)

Sakaguchi Ango (#sakaguchi ango)

Tachihara Michizō (#tachihara michizō)

Yumeno Kyūsaku (#yumeno kyūsaku)

i knowingly snared you and regretted it. i only meant to cut you free, but i sliced your throat along with the rope.