These past two months have been wild but a complete blessing. To my followers, new and old. Thank you so much for continuing to support my art! <3 You guys are the reason I’m motivated to keep drawing everyday ^_^ Thank you to the skk discord server, for making me laugh and filling my days with such warmth and kindness. I love you all so, so much.  I will continue to work hard for you guys!  がんばります~ (Individual shoutouts below the cut)

Individual shoutouts! Time to scream my love at you guys. This is going to be super long please bear with me... (In no particular order - I’m just following the spreadsheet -) @kyzurya - Kyzu, my precious midnight snack child. How many times have we sent you to French Pun Kitchen already? I wonder why. Also known as: stop taking incriminating screenshots of my conversations and calling me 12  >:(  Your drawings are amazing, especially Yasu-senpai <3!! and your chibis too, so adorable.  @adargo - Cat, my amazing writer and league senpai with the beautiful hair fur (I would kill to see your full Chuuya cosplay) Ahh I can’t wait to read your next fics *excited flailing*. Thank you for listening to me thirst over Fyo and rant about random things. I know we haven’t been playing as much but I’ll try to make more time in the future so we can traverse the depths of EU hell together XD Ophelia - We don’t really talk often, but thank you for being such a wonderful server mom and asking how we are and taking the time to help us with our troubles. You the real MVP ^_^ @ryethe - Emmi... I still can’t believe that I started talking to you. My goodness I’ve admired you for the longest time and and you’re so talented and sweet and omg your existence is a blessing. I really look forward to meeting you at a convention someday!! <3 @kurapls - Kura. My goodness. Do you have any idea how glad I am that I sent you that first message to talk to you about Ruination? AHHHH thank you for spoiling me with all your beautiful writing and oneshots. I don’t think I’ve been inspired as much by anyone as I have by you. Seeing your progress with your drawings, it won’t be long before you take over the world with your art and fics. Please continue to shower us with death and destruction and smut your talents <3 @mostladylikeladythateverladied - Hi Lady! We haven’t talked much but I just wanted to say that to this day, I still read that small oneshot you wrote for my art and scream to myself because it’s so perfect. As are the rest of your fics. Thank you again! @atarix - Anna!! Japanese senpai!!!! Also the only pure child of mine!! Thank you for helping me with translations all the time, you’re a real savior.  ;-; Ahh I’m quite concerned for your health atm, please take care of yourself and feel better >_< And good luck on all the events that are coming up for you! がんばって！ @miss-intention - Weng Qi, you literal prodigy. Your art and coloring never fails to amaze me. Thanks for being my chingchong squad companion and screaming about dead Break Pandora Hearts AU with me. May you be blessed with more beheadings in the future. @cinnamondazai - Albel, my lovely fyoya companion~ Thank you for spoiling me with your fics. I can’t wait to see more of your writing! By the way, please don’t think I would ever be bothered by you, I am always happy to talk to you ^_^ @onikushita - Oni! I saw you finally got a drawing tablet! I’m super excited to see what you’ll make in the future :D @ask-fancy-hat-chuuya - CHeeeeeeeeeeese my cute chibi drawing senpai~~~ Ahhhh I’m so excited to hopefully meet you next year, fingers crossed. Please continue to make cute art that I can rub all over my face and scream at <3 @myboynagito - WAIFUUUUU *launches myself at you* I’m so freaking happy I met you, you have no idea omgasldfjajewjfal Thank you for betaing my drawings all the time and ahhhh I love your art so much. I can’t wait to see Kouyou tarot!!! One day I’ll expand my French vocab to include more than 2 words so I can properly seduce you in French ;) I love you!!! <3333 @tykilavi - Ju, you’re so sweet and omg I wasn’t able to stay on your stream the whole time but I’m sure your drawing was beautiful just like everything else I’ve seen :) Please stream more! I’d love to watch hehe @arcticzuko - Vines, I will always remember and love you for that quote LOL <3 @curiouscat99 - Cat, owner of the angst chat, thank you for your angsty and inspiring theories. I know I can always count on you if I need a good dose of the Sads. Please have mercy on our poor hearts and on Chuuya and Dazai XD @insoukokuhell - Dianaaaa <33 I’ll always appreciate your memes and your selfies (you are very cute btw no matter how much u try to deny it :P)  @kiimone - Ami! I’ve always believed the people who can both write and draw are the coolest type of people. And you definitely fit into that category omg I love your art style so much. p.s. Thanks for being a good parent to Borb and thanks for letting me have her on Wednesdays :P  @soukoku-writes - Borb, *swallows all the insults that are just coming to mind* *ahem*. Borb, what happened you used to be so sweet and call me Satan senpai and you were so cute and WHAT HAPPENED OMG how could my parenting have gone so wrong. Lol but in all seriousness, thank you for providing your quality memes and insults, I know that I’ll always laugh my ass off when you and waifu are yelling at each other. And also, your writing is so advanced for your age. I know I give you shit for never finishing anything, but honestly, please take all the time you need lol. Good work isn’t rushed, and just know that I’ll love reading anything you write, WIP or not. Love you, biscuitshingle <3 @chvvva - Nics, I know I’ve told you this countless times already but your writing is pure art and it’s extremely fascinating to see you tie these words up so eloquently. I look forward to seeing more of your works! <3 @ch-ch-ch-chuuya - Rose, you angst queen. I’ll never forget the night I rolled around in my bed silently screaming at 2 am after reading your Kiznaiver AU. I’m sooo excited for your current work as well AHHH and I see you posting previews in the fic channel all the time and all the positive feedback so I’m sure it’ll be amazing. I usually don’t read previews if I know it’s going to be published in full on Ao3, but I can’t wait to read the whole thing ^_^ Please kill me with the feels.  @onelovelysin - Your art is so good. SO GOOD. Please teach me your ways. And you have a whole webcomic and you draw so fast and LWKEFJASLKDJAS senpai please continue to bless us with your talent <3 @star-tear - celestial NACLH2O, aksdj you’re so sweet and nice and you need to draw more often omg I loved your camellia drawing so much!! Thank you for continuing to love me even though I’m NoLongerPure(tm) @carlynagisa - Carly, ahh your fics are absolutely amazing and your cosplays too I fangirl so much whenever I see your new content :D @rosengoddess - Brina, thank you for writing me fyoya all the time ahh <3 I love reading your tiny writing snippets on twitter ^_^ Kami - please continue to supply us with your cute Poe drawings and Chuuya memes and omg just your drawings in general are amazing. And thank you for streaming it’s always super enjoyable to watch :) @karmajestic-kuroo - Kuroooo I LOVE YOUR FICS SO MUCH DO U HAVE ANY IDEA like I usually don’t search out authors and message them unless they really leave an impact on me but I seem to do that all the time for your fics which just says how much I love them. I get so happy whenever I see new fics from you on ao3, please continue to bless us with your writing!  *stretches* finally done Thank you everyone for talking to me and being my friend and inspiring me everyday. I love you guys <333333

Character cheat sheet

Part 2/2 of my notes from bungou stray dogs

The mafia

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Akutagawa

- angrier than I ever make him out to be

- He also talks more than I realize

- He’s cruel

- He’s training his subordinate much like Dazai did with him, but less calculated and less bullets.

- Thinks so highly of himself

- And Dazai

- Stop underestimating other people

- Really all he does is fueled by rage, calm down my boy

- You prove them wrong bby

- Also a lot of things he thinks are wrong, like how kyoukas ability is made to kill. You could learn some things from Atsushi

- “I don’t need anyone”

- Think before you act boy

- Dazai says he’ll become the strongest gifted in the mafia in the future, what about Chuuya? I guess eating time and space might be more powerful than gravity. Would Rashomon work against Chuuya?

- Edgy vampire

- He needs to say nice things, just for a change

- He is powerful though, he just needs to learn to not let his feelings through so much when he fights

- Check that cough already

- Only uses San for the few people he respect

- Always hands in pockets like someone else we know

- He just needs a friend

- This demonic armor looks pretty cool

- Stop thinking you’re weak jeez

- His body is weak, cuz he’s sick?

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Chuuya

- Gets angry (at Dazai) easily, in a loud way

- Doesn’t fight with his hands (what’s the use of the knife then?)

- Literally a head smaller than Dazai, which I knew but omg he’s so smol

- Says Dazai a lot

- His voice is so nice

- Is actually smart, like kunikida level maybe? But they’re different kinds of smart. Things just seem obvious to him so he might not know how smart he is? (This is based on s3)

- Definitely enjoys fighting too much

- Did I mention how nice his voice is?

- Definitely still trust Dazai and his predictions

- His voice goes high pitched when he yell

- Takes his hat off for the boss

- Wow he talks so normally with other people, you know when someone doesn’t make him mad

- Comes with ideas on what to do and presents them to Mori, he’s an executive after all

- Definitely looked up to by other people

- Not even close to as soft as I always make him

- Hardcore

- Overly confident

- Way too serious

- His ability is amazing though

- That whirlwind kick

- Cares about the city

- Much fanfare to his entrances

- Ah he’s worried for dazai even if he claims to hate him

- Lots of cursing

- His hands look normal

- He snores, at least after being knocked out by corruption

- Doesn’t seem hesitant to sacrifice himself

- he doesn’t actually have to chant to use corruption? (Dead apple?)

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Mori

- jokes

- He sounds so kind when he talks what the actual hell

- Pervert

- Might say things in a kind way, though they’re often not

- Everyone actually knows of the port mafia, even news mention their buildings

- Secretive

- I never actually realized everyone kneels for him

- His acting is great

- What a liar

- Evil evil doctor

- Giving advice to Atsushi how cute

- He doesn’t want people to see his relationship with Elise

- Swear he’s a vampire

- Another edgy vampire

- Tactician, the question is, how big of a match would he be for dazai?

- His plans are very cold in ways that would easily sacrifice lots of people

- Uses Kun for everyone but Elise

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Kouyou

- This fancy lady

- It’s like an opposite Stockholm syndrome with Kyouka

- Her vision on things is wrong, you’re not protecting Kyouka pls

- Or she’s just delusional

- Her shoes don’t fit that outfit

- She talks fancy

- Carries herself like an executive

- Red nails, red lipstick. Bet she got the color from her enemies blood

- Says Kyouka a lot

- Frantically angry when she fights

- Not as held together when something goes wrong as I thought

- Don’t let lil dazai scare you, torture is fun!

- She enjoyed staying with the agency, seen as a possible liability cuz of it

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Higuchi

- loyal

- Acts before thinking

- Always defends Akutagawa, even in front of Mori

- Does she not look like saber from unlimited blade works?

- Wow she’d sacrifice a lot for Aku, reminds me of Naomi

- Senpai, senpai ;-;

- Aw she stayed in the mafia cuz she likes Aku, What a loss on her part.

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Hirotsu

- he’s much more cold hearted than I thought

- Straight forward

- Hardcore fighting and ability

- Acts much like a leader

- He looks like such a nice old man

- He is, in fact, not

- Or maybe he is, I’m so confused

- You clear Dazai’s racing game old man

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Ango (who’s not part of the mafia but I’m not putting him with the agency pfft)

- Intelligence officer

- Knows a shit ton about port mafia

- Who even lives in a hotel

- How secretive

- His glasses are too big for his face

- Schneaky schnake

- He actually cares when people die, doesn’t want them to be forgotten

- This little liar

- His voice is so boring, feels like being lectured on something not even he cares about

Who's your favorite among all the characters that Taniyama Kishou has played?

Hi anon! Tough question….

I first discovered Kiiyan singing as Tsukimori Len (Kin’iro no Corda), and I fell head over heels for Len in the anime (I have a RL weakness for moody, artistic types), so Len holds a very special place in my heart.

But I also adore Jean (Shingeki no Kyojin) because I feel Kiiyan gets to run the full gamut of emotions with him. Jean is a very nuanced character, and Kiiyan really does a great job with him, I think.

But then there’s saucy, smol Chuuya (Bungo Stray Dogs) … who I adore unreasonably.

And, uh, then there’s Namakemono-san from Shirokuma Cafe who I could just hug and squeeze and love on for days….

So, yeah, I can’t pick one; you get four. ^_^

Do you have any head canons about young Soukoku and how they grew up in the Port Mafia?

I sure do, my friend:

Contrary to popular belief, it was Chuuya who got into the Mafia earlier. He was around 4/5 years old. 

When Dazai arrives, Chuuya was told to behave and make friends with the new kid since he was his age

Excited was not the word I would use to describe how Chuuya felt about this duty. In fact, he was a little scared of Dazai. His eyes were too deep, too red, too much everything. 

As a plus, Dazai never bothered to say a single word to Chuuya. No matter how many times he tried to speak to him.

“I don’t think he wants to be friends with me” “But you’ll be a good boy and do it regardless, right?”

Kid Chuuya is suffering™

One day Chuuya finds Dazai crouched in a corner in the depths of the Mafia hq, crying. “You’re lost, aren’t you?”. Dazai doesn’t answer but Chuuya remembered all the times he got lost there too and takes Dazai hand and walks him back.

Dazai doesn’t talk, but he holds Chuuya’s hand very tight. 

After that one episode, it goes better between them, and by better I mean worse

Dazai is still bad at directions but somehow he always finds a way to Chuuya’s room and climbs up in his bed every time he has a nightmare

“I need Chuuya to hold my hand to make the bad dreams disappear”

Chuuya complains, but he holds it every time.

The first time Dazai called Chuuya “friend”, Chuuya.exe stopped working because ????????????? wat

Until Dazai reached his training age, Kouyou was in charge of taking care of him too. She would brush their hair, putting them in their pajamas and make sure they take a bath and wash their teeth every day. 

One night they stayed up reading a mission report Dazai stole and they got so scared Kouyou needed to cuddle them both to sleep

Dazai was the snorer and Chuuya the drooler. They still are. 

Dazai got bullied often, and Chuuya was his smol bodyguard (ง'̀-‘́)ง

“You need to train to make those noodle arms stronger!” “I don’t need to until I have Chuuya~“

Regardless, Dazai liked to purposefully put Chuuya into trouble every single chance he got, watching him getting scolded with that demonic grin on his face

But he always got him out of trouble just as fast

When asked if there was a girl he liked, kid Dazai always answered: “Don’t be silly, I’m gonna marry Chuuya!” (he still does. It’s just that people stop asking)

Chuuya thinks it was better when Dazai didn’t talk to him, after all.

No, he truly doesn’t

tl;dr: they were best friends. 

This was so long but idk man, I’m so weak for kid soukoku