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So, I have another theory.

What's Asagiri's name? Kafka. Who else is Kafka? Franz Kafka. And who's this Franz? A writer. He's mostly known for the book "The Metamorphosis". Metamorphosis means change, right? And what can THE BOOK do? Change the reality.

So, in the Metamorphosis is told the story if a young man who suddenly transformed into a bug. His family tries to help him come back to normal and even give him food he would like in the new body, like rotten cheese. But after around a year the bug/guy overheard a conversation between his parents and sister. They all said they hated him and that they didn't need him anymore, so the guy/bug died from depression in a day. (This is a very short summary, I skipped over a lot of details)

The idea of the story is that one's change will change the whole world. And that's exactly what the book does. Changes the world.

So, according to my theory, the book is the ability Metamorphosis.

Now, about the author/character. He meets the criteria to be a BSD character. Dead, depressed, daddy issues (this is only half joke), religious trauma (kinda) and so on. He was a fan of Dostoievsky's and Gogol's work. So he could easily be a BSD character.

But this book doesn't exactly seem the kind of ability the good guys have, does it? So I think Kafka is a villain. If you may, the last antagonist they will fight. So I made some research to find ties between him and Atsushi Nakajima, because as mentioned in the Guild arc, Atsushi is the only one who could find the book. Turns out that Nakajima was a fan of Kafka and translated his works in Japanese. And not only that. The story Atsushi's ability is based on is about a guy who transformed into a tiger because he's very frustrated because of his poems that don't seem to work. I haven't read this one, but from what I've seen online it's very similar to the Metamorphosis. And this is why he'll be the only one able to find the book.

As we all noticed, usually the relationship between two characters is the opposite of the author's relationship (e.g: irl Ranpo was a huge fan of irl Poe, BSD Poe is a huge fan of BSD Ranpo, irl Yosano loved irl Mori, BSD Yosano hates BSD Mori). So, based on this, I would say that Kafka will most definitely be a villain.

The thing is, why would Asagiri choose to have the pen name of the ultimate villain?

Because the BSD story is supposed to be a world made by the book and Franz Kafka is Asagiri Kafka.

In conclusion: Franz/Asagiri Kafka will be the last antagonist of the series. His ability, the book, is Metamorphosis. And I'm delusional.

This could be wrong. After all, it's a theory. But let me know what you think, because I'm really curious.

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“You’ve done very well, Chuuya;”

Pianoman and Lippman!! I’m trying very hard to practice drawing the flags because I really want to do a stormbringer animatic and I’m so bad at drawing them ahhhhhh

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Do we think Dazai went to the PM? Like he wasn't there for the final ADA meeting, and since Chuuya is back from France he should be too. If he is the one who went to the PM I am a bit disappointed cuz I think it doesn't really make sense for the plot and characters but tbh nothing about bsd makes sense to the plot and characters. Also Chuuya has the 16 haircut again so is that a foreshadowing of them working together again? Idk I'm disappointed in where bsd is going

Also where is tachihara

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New chapter new crash out. Hi everyone it's been 4 years since I started bsd and I'm going insane.

First of all, part 1 of bsd officially ended. We don't know when or if we will have a part 2. The agency is closed. The Port Mafia lost some of its power. The hunting dogs lost their leader. And fyodor is dead.

But this is (mostly) a theory account so let's get into it.

First of all, Chuuya cut his hair. Up until now, he had a lovelock, used to symbolize loyalty. Now he has a short ponytail, very similar to the one he had in stormbringer. Now, we obviously know his loyalty is with the mafia.

But does cutting this symbol of loyalty say anything about it? Especially since he has the same haircut he had when he was in the mafia despite hating it. I don't think he lost any of the love he had for the PM.

But I DO think his haircut means new beginning. It's a common thing in animanga for a character to cut their hair to show a new beginning, but it being similar to the one he had when he first joined is like a reflection of his first beginning in the mafia. (Or maybe the Harukawa finally got sick of us making fun of Chuuya's fuckass haircut)

Then ofc, we have Atsushi who somehow got to London. More specifically what I believe to be 1800s London, given the carriages that appear. And fun fact. In the 1800s Fyodor was very much still alive. So yes, Fyodor might be dead NOW in whatever year this is happening. But Atsushi is in another timeline. So I think it's safe to say Fyodor is still the main villain.

Also, given that they are in London, I think we will get to know the Clock Order (or wtv they were called i forgot) and maybe even Agatha. Cuz who said Fyodor is the only one who lived 3000 years? Maybe he's knows Agatha for centuries. Idk.

And lastly, and these are comments not necessarily beliefs. 1) fym Kyouka (14) confessed to Atsushi (18)??? Sir Asagiri I want some answers. This is not ok. 2) is it me or are the PM towers missing from the Yokohama landscape?

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“Don’t you get it? This is a funeral. My friends’ funeral. It took the mortician eight whole hours to clean up their bodies and make ‘em presentable,” He told me. “And it’s my fault. That’s why I have to see them off. They’d never forgive me otherwise.”

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So in honor of BSD part one ending soon and people starting to talk once again about who's gonna join the mafia, I shall bring back my theory (and I've seen no one else say this so).

It's not Yosano. It's impossible for Mori to choose her, it was Fukuzawa's only condition.

It's not Dazai, cuz Mori can't control him. Plus, Mori doesn't wanna force him back into the mafia. He wants Dazai to return by himself.

It's not Atsushi either cuz he's the hero and we can't have him the Port Mafia. Plus, he's Dazai's puppet so the mafia would be dumb to have Atsushi report everything to the ADA. Tho I think there's a small chance of it being Atsushi since he's the "bookmark" to THE book.

It's not Tanizaki either. I know we all predicted it's him cuz he's the most "Port mafia" out of them (aka down for murder) but he's simply not important enough for that to happen. He's a part-timer in the ADA. Tho he does have some points for his ability.

It's not Kenji for obvious reasons. Bro is too sweet to hurt anyone for the mafia and his ability wouldn't really interest Mori cuz it's not that big of a deal. Also I really think after all this time Mori learned his lesson abt hiring kids.

It's not Ranpo either cuz just like with Dazai or Atsushi he'd 1000% just destroy the mafia from the inside. He's only loyal to Fukuzawa and he will die before he does anything for the mafia. Plus, he doesn't have an ability (yet. He will have one cuz he is a writer but that's another post) so why would Mori care for him? Yes he's a genius, but it's useless to him if Ranpo doesn't use it in their favor.

Kouyou won't allow it to be Kyouka. We all know this. Plus she rebelled against them. Mori has no interest in people who wouldn't be loyal.

Then, ofc there's Kunikida. Who i think Mori would want in the mafia AND he'd be fun to watch. But he simply wouldn't be able to work for the mafia. Like this man has a strict code of morals and he will die for them. Tho I do think he'd volunteer to go to the mafia so the others don't have to.

I'm not even gonna count Naomi (tho I do think she would be fun in the mafia, I don't think there's any chance it's gonna be her cuz she doesn't have an ability and she's also a part-timer) and Haruno.

And that brings us to the last ADA member that is gonna go to the Port Mafia and who i think Mori wanted when he made that deal.

Fukuzawa. Just THINK abt it ok.

With his ability all the new Mafia members would be able to control their ability to the fullest. And while the mafia wins this, the agency loses it. Cuz then both Kyouka and Atsushi would lose control over their abilities and surprise surprise it's another advantage for the mafia.

Next, Fukuzawa is a former assassin. And 99.99% of the mafia is assassins/hitmen (aku, gin, higuchi, etc etc) so yeah.

Then if Fukuzawa leaves the ADA we get to see them spiral trying to figure out what to do. Kunikida would become the next president and I really think that's something worth watching. We would get to see Ranpo trying to find a way to bring back Fukuzawa and going insane not knowing how to. And Dazai crashing out over this.

Then, of course, it's Mori's ego. If he gets Fukuzawa in the mafia then he basically win, right? And Fukuzawa would definitely go to the mafia so the others don't have to.

The only two things that make me not be 1000% sure of this is a) Natsume not allowing it but idgaf abt him and b) me giving Asagiri more credit than he's worth. If I were to be honest yeah it's probably Atsushi going to the Mafia. But I do think Fukuzawa would be a better choice.

Anyway I first talked abt it in late 2023 and it was actually my first ever post and I thought it'd be nice if I talked abt it again

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Thinking about Chuuya who thinks he's not human when he's one of the most human characters. Like so ridiculously human. He has so much power, enough to kill anyone, enough to take over the port mafia, enough to destroy cities. But he doesn't. He would never do that. He's not cruel. He feels sad when his people die. Not because the organization lost people, but because someone died. He feels sad when he sees abandoned puppies. He felt betrayed when Dazai left, but he was happy for him, that he escaped a place he definitely didn't like. He's loyal to the port mafia, he respects people. He's friends with his co-workers. Chuuya is just so human. And he still doubts that.

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Guyss wait a damn sec. So. Verlaine had a manga debut. Exciting, right? BUT YK WHAT I JS REMEMBERED? Didn't Verlaine say at the end of stormbringer that he'll ever come back only if Chuuya is in danger?? Wtf could possibly put Chuuya The Strongest Ability User In The World ™ in danger? Well the most obvious answer is Fyodor, right? But let me disagree. I don't think that Fyodor rn could do anything to harm Chuuya. But yk who else has been absent and is searching for the book? Agatha. And let me remind you that before Stormbringer Verlaine killed some of her ppl so I'm sure she's thrilled to see the Gravity Brothers

But also if you think abt it the only real danger for chuuya so far has been Corruption. So maybe Chuuya will have to use Corruption without dazai so that's why Verlaine is there

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Wdym we get the port mafia, the guild, and fucking Verlaine but not Chuuya??? On a serious note, this is so exciting. The arc is finally coming to an end and I cannot waitt. Ranpo said they won and I tend go agree with him. Which definitely means next Fyodor will get "judged" and probably punished in a way or another. Or he will escape which is more likely. Anyway, I'm sure that Agatha is gonna appear soon enough and I think that the ADA, Port Mafia, the Guild, The Order and the government will work together to find the book (assuming they don't already have it) also Margaret and Verlaine are servingggg

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Definitely not my usual content, but I haven't seen a lot of green yuri posts on Tumblr so I decided to take the matters into my own hands

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☆ “Do you understand, Chuuya? Your soul is nothing more than a program of 2383 lines of code, that some researches thought up on a whim.”

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bsd stormbringer code: 05 eng translation!!

i lowkey didnt have it in me to say all of the sound effects this time ❤️ its basically just vwoop fwish bang crack boom yk the usual ❤️❤️❤️ ANYWAY thanks for your patience everyone as always!!

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My age headcannons for the flags, cuz I see ppl discussing their ages again

So we know in the canon that all of them are 25 or younger

And then, it's said that the oldest one is Pianoman, so he is 25 in the canon. Well, I guess that depending on the translation you could say that all of them are under 25 which would mean that Pianoman is 24. Personally, I go with the he's 25 option.

Iceman is said to be 2nd oldest, which could mean he's a couple of days younger than Pianoman or a even a year. I honestly thought he's the oldest originally but yeah. So I think he's around 24, but onlya couple months younger than Pianoman.

There's no specification to Lippmann's age, but I decided he's 23. Based on what? Vibes. Just vibes. But he's also the only one I am sure on.

Doc canonically finished med school in the US, which takes 4 years according to google, and you have to be at least 18 to start. So his minimum age would be 22. But he's already the best in the mafia so I would say he's been a member for like 2 or so years. So I think he's also around the age of 24.

About Albatross there's also nothing, but I think he's 18-19, based on that he seems to be the youngest and the closest one to Chuuya.

Chuuya is canonically 16.

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29th of April... Chuuya dreaded that day. So much. That day just hurt so much. It was his birthday, and a normal person would think that is the best day of his year. He gets the people close to him to spend more time with him, give him gifts, and so on. Except he wasn't even sure who those "loved ones" where.

When he turned 16, the flags threw him a party. Albatross woke him up at an ungodly early hour with his loud fucking music. Chuuya went upstairs to tell him to turn it off, but he just fell in his trap. The second Albatross opened that door, Chuuya knew it was over for him.

They spent the first few hours of the day with Albatross. The blond had insisted of cooking breakfast for Chuuya, but he declined. "I don't want food poisoning, thank you very much." So he ended up cooking for the both of them.

The music was blasting on full volume, to the point he couldn't properly hear Albatross as he was talking about some recent mission he had.

"And then I stabbed the dude. There was blood every-fucking-where. It was fun, you would've liked it."

The boy nodded. "Mhm." He was concentrated on his pancakes, but Albatross' story was interesting enough. Not that he would ever admit that. And especially not after he had just spent 15 minutes yelling at him about how annoying he is.

Albatross groaned. "Ugh you're not listening, Chuuya! Soo mean of you."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm so horrible." Chuuya put a few pancakes on Albatross' table, but grabbed it back from him. "Apologize, or you're not eating shit."

Albatross quickly got over his pride and apologized, eager to eat pancakes.

After eating breakfast, Albatross decided in order to celebrate Chuuya's birthday they had to go on a fun adventure.

"No." The ginger said promptly, putting the dirty dishes in the sink, and wondering if they were ever gonna get washed. "We have to go to work. The boss doesn't care if it's my dumb birthday or not."

The older one grins. "Don't worry about that. Pianoman took care of everything." And then he covered his mouth, mumbling a "fuck" under his breath.

Chuuya squinted at him. "The fuck did you just say?"

"Nothing. What I meant is that all of us get a free day on our birthdays. Because uhhh Pianoman convinced the boss when he created the Young Bloods!"

Chuuya didn't believe a word out of his mouth, but thankfully he didn't care enough to try and get more out of him. By now, he was convinced everything Albatross was doing now was just to keep him away from the Old World, most likely because the others were organizing some dumb surprise party for him. So he decided to be a bit cruel to the poor man.

"Ah, that's cool as fuck, man. Then we should totally relax." He watched Albatross' face morph into another grin as he was being fooled. "Let's go for a drink at the Old World. I really want some booze now, since it's my birthday."

Albatross' face paled, but he tried to play it cool. He had to, Chuuya thought, otherwise it wouldn't be surprise anymore.

"Uhhhh..." Albatross looked around for an answer, as if the old leather couch or the ridiculously huge speakers would tell him how to get out of this situation. "We can't because uhhh Pianoman locked it last night and he's busy today. Yeah, sorry, we can't go there..."

"It's fine, dude. I can lock pick. Let's go." And with that, Chuuya left the apartment, smirking internally and trying to keep a neutral expression as a panicked Albatross followed him outside, not even bothering to lock the door.

"But he's gonna get mad!!" He opposes.

"It's my birthday. He won't. Plus, it wouldn't be the first time."

Albatross was stuck, and Chuuya knew it. He had no other reasonable reason for not wanting to go.

"I lied." Albatross said, stopping as they were exiting the building. "We can't go there cuz I quit drinking." He said it promptly, and Chuuya was beyond amused. He didn't see that coming.

"Oh? You did? Since when?"

"Uhm... Since yesterday. I got very hang over and decided to quit drinking. Yeah."

Chuuya nodded understanding. "How unfortunate. Well then, I guess I can't do anything about it."

"Yeah so... let's go on an adventure instead, yeah?"

With a heavy heart, the ginger nodded. He was gonna get him somehow.

The two spent the next few hours doing anything but going to the Old World. They rode bikes, to a speed Chuuya was sure it wasn't just illegal but also too dangerous even for Albatross. Not that he would care, his ability kept them safe. Then they went on a little trip with a boat, not too far, but enough for Chuuya to wonder if they needed passports.

By the time Albatross decided they had enough of crazy experiences, Chuuya was already starting to have fun. It was the first birthday he was genuinely enjoying.

He had... experiences back in the sheep, but they always ended somehow badly. They were attacked, or just something horrible happened. To the point Chuuya straight up told his friends to stop celebrating his birthday. They didn't have enough money anyway.

Even now, he was expecting Albatross to be suddenly shot from behind or something similar. Maybe Pianoman to call and tell them someone from the Flags died. Or just Dazai popping out of nowhere.

But despite that, he was having fun. Albatross was actually a nice company, and he was funny. For a moment, Chuuya forgot who they were and what they were doing. For just a moment, Chuuya was a 16 years old boy, enjoying his birthday with his friend.

Albatross tied the boat to the dock. They were drenched, and Chuuya wasn't a big fan of it.

"Let's go home and change." Suggested Albatross, as if he was reading Chuuya's mind. Or maybe just his expression.

"Yeah. I'm not a fan of going around the city looking like a shipwrecked kid."

Back at his apartment, Chuuya changed in some comfy clothes. He wasn't sure what the flags were planning, but whatever it was it wasn't important enough for him to care to look fashionable or particular good. He inspected his wet hair in the window, and groaned as he realized how puffy and frizzy it was gonna be when it was dried. Or he could wash his hair, shampoo it and all that pain...

"You done???" Albatross bursts into the apartment, wearing a pair of clean jeans and a T-shirt half over his head.

"You could knock next time." Chuuya commented, turning to face him. "Yeah, I'm done. Now I'll go to sleep." He wondered how Albatross was gonna get him to the Old World.

"No, you aren't. We're going to a... surprise location."

To no one's surprise, they ended up at Old World. Chuuya could see the warm light through the windows and he could easily distinguish the 4 silhouettes inside. He didn't want them to celebrate his birthday. It was dumb and useless. But maybe, just maybe he deserved one fun day for himself and his friends.

The two boys enter the bar, and Albatross steps aside as a wave of confetti washed over Chuuya.

A loud "Happy birthday~!" echoed through the old bar, as one of the men hugged Chuuya tightly.

"Happy birthday, Chuuya!" Lippmann exclaimed, holding him close. "I'm a bit surprised Albatross actually managed to bring you here." The actor pulled back, before Chuuya could remind him about his personal space.

Albatross smiled. "What can I say? I'm great at everything I am doing."

Doc rolled his eyes. "Only of 'everything you're doing' is being dumb and useless. Then yes."

"Don't be so mean, man." Albatross groaned as he became, again, the bottom of the jokes. "Whatever. I want a glass-"

"Not so fast." Chuuya stopped him. "You said you're quitting."

Albatross looked horrified at him. "I was lying obvi-"

"Too late. You're not drinking anything."

"Whaaaat???!"

The other's chuckled as Albatross complained about how heartless Chuuya was. But the boy was paying him no mind, accepting a glass of red wine from Iceman. The two of them clicked their glasses and drank the sweet liquid.

"So... I will assume it was Pianoman's idea?" The ginger asked, taking small sips from his glass.

"Not quite. It was Lippmann's. He said something about having you join the industry so he's using this to manipulate you."

Chuuya nodded. It wasn't the first time he heard about this, but he didn't really care that much. It was a bit annoying how Lippmann kept insisting on it even though they both knew it was impossible, but at the end of the day, the ginger knew it was useless to get angry for such a silly thing. Plus, Lippmann was probably joking, right?

"Bad mouthing me again, huh?" Said a voice from behind Chuuya, and both him and Iceman turned their attention towards it.

Lippmann sat down next to Iceman. "I can't believe you're lying to this poor kid about my intention." He said dramatically, bringing one of his hands to his forehead and slightly leaning back. "I am hurt. All I wanted was for our Chuuya to enjoy his birthday."

Iceman nodded. "If you say so."

"I do say so."

They weren't arguing, it was just a silly banter. Chuuya liked how close the flags were. From the outside, it looked like they were just a bunch of people bragging about how much better than everyone else they were. But if you walked into the bar and played billiard with them you'd see how close they were to each other. The jokes, the playful banter, the relaxing atmosphere that surrounded them even though they were loud.

Well, Chuuya wasn't that close to them. But they were to each other. He... he was just an outsider. An outsider who was let in by chance, probably to supervise him.

He could faintly hear Lippmann and Iceman talking, debating for the nth time who's gonna become the next execution. Chuuya wasn't sure how they got to this conversation- they were just talking about the party a few seconds ago- but he didn't mind.

"Me, of course." He said prideful, and then finished whatever alcohol was left in his glass.

Iceman raised his eyebrows, and Lippmann chuckled.

"Then so it be." The blond poured wine into Chuuya's glass again and raised his own. "For your next promotion, huh?"

They toasted, and then Iceman and Lippmann went back to their conversation, letting Chuuya examine the room again.

Albatross was only a few chairs away, tracing with his finger the the rim of his orange juice glass. On the other side of the room, Pianoman and Doc were playing billiards. The place was quite and... and it felt like home. Something Chuuya wasn't sure he ever felt. For how long has he known these people? A couple of months anyway, not enough to justify feeling at home with them. And yet here he was.

"Chuuya?" Lippmann waved his hand in Chuuya's face and he blinked a few times to turn back to earth.

"Yeah?"

"We were wondering if you're enjoying the party." Iceman clarified. "Even though I am not sure this even qualifies as one."

Lippmann gave him a dirty look. "Of course it does. It's a private party. Just for exclusive members."

Chuuya rolled his eyes, pretending to be annoyed. The sound of the wooden balls knocking into each other was echoing in the background.

"I guess I don't hate it." He said and sipped again from his glass. "And I'd hate it even less if there were snacks."

From across the room, Pianoman laughed. "You're too easy, Chuuya." He dropped his cue and walked behind the counter, pulling out a bag of Chuuya's favorite chips. "Here you go, mister edgy."

"Very funny." He said with another eye roll, grabbing the bag. "Thanks." He added as he opened the bag.

He didn't remember the rest of the night. At some point he finally let Albatross drink alcohol, or he did anyway, because he had this vague memory of a drunk Albatross telling him he looks funny with ginger hair. They played a lot of billiard, and overall just spent time with each other. There wasn't a cake, there wasn't singing "Happy birthday". And Chuuya actually preferred it like that. It was just a hang out with his friends.

He lit a cigarette and leaned back. It's been exactly 6 years since that day. He was turning 22, all by himself, in a dark and unfriendly apartment. An expensive bottle of wine was resting on the coffee table in front of him. He felt so... he didn't have a word for it. He missed the flags, a lot. And he felt guilty, not only for being the reason of their death, but also surviving to an age some of them will never have. Everyone in the flags was under 25. And with each day he was getting closer to that age and further away from them.

29th April... Chuuya dreaded that day. But maybe with them he could bear it.

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BSD STORMBRINGER chapter 4 english translation!!

hoshikawa interpreted these scenes with the flags sooo well 💔 chuuya's shocked face was drawn so well, and i love how much of a mess hoshikawa made the flags with the silly little extras. gonna cherish these scenes while i can

thanks for you patience and kindness everyone!

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stormbringer manga eng translation chapter 2 finished!!

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thank you for your patience guys i’ve been multitasking and this chapter was suuupeeeer long and wordy, so it took me a while.