no matter where you go, you can’t escape gravity

Ginger, rage filled, and won’t admit actual height *screams over latest manga chapter* Manga and anime spoilers are frequent here!! Also on Ao3 and Twitter @ BandagedHatrack

[lotus-pear]

can't stand them

[zzzx009]

I wish you'd say it first.

[lila-s-art]

did you notice?

[orviposition-deactivated2026012]

best ship dynamic is when they go from "you fool" (derogatory) to "you fool" (desperate)

[ashfae]

Add in "you fool" (affectionate) for the full set.

[creantzy]

Arcane art style study with Fyolai

[flamelscross]

I am suddenly stricken by the need for a fic of Higuchi + Black Lizards babysitting toddler Acchan and Ryuu-chan. The absolutely unbridled chaos. Atsushi has no idea what's going on, he's happily at work and Akutagawa thought he left them at PM HQ bc an emergency mission came up and Chuuya said he'd watch them but had to leave as well and Higuchi was like, I WILL PROTECT THEM WITH MY LIFE.

Collateral damage to the city: in excess of 380,000,000円

[sskk-squared]

[candiedfright]

"bsd spoilers" and it's fyodor continuing to wreck havoc like don't worry you're not telling me anything new

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

I really think Atsushi would love the lamp section at the furniture store

[yebyyhfushi]

[cryptid-juzou]

They're so cute when they're pretending to hate each other.

You can't convince me this isn't them flirting.

[mothermakkar]

[iwamimimimi]

[archivebsd]

[iamthemess]

Dazai and Chuuya are probably going to be in prison until the arc is over.

Chuuya cannot be a part of the main fight because it would not be fair to the main characters.

He would steal the show.

Which means Dazai can't be there either.

Guess they just have to sit around and wait.

I mean, how are Atsushi and Aku supposed to be Shin Soukoku if the Og shows up and shows them up?

Yes, I believe Chuuya and Dazai could solo the actual being made of space and time.

[robinisnotavailable]

TikTokers are such pussies when it comes to ships. “B-but they’re not canon 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😖😖” honey back in my day we shipped characters from entirely different medias uphill both ways in the snow

[murphmurphthejerk]

We need to reintroduce crackshipping into the zeitgeist. We use to be a society damnit.

[adrianfridge]

Reminds me of when I saw the following exchange

[booksandpaperss]

really normal for the first thing you say to ur ex after 4 years of zero contact to be that the sight of him chained up could rival a billion dollar masterpiece. chuuya nakahara is such a normal guy

[whathorselegs]

Actually so tired of seeing people say Dazai manipulated Chuuya into using Corruption during their fight with Lovecraft, because that is not what was happening. Just because Chuuya says he has no choice doesn't mean Dazai is the one giving him no choice.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to say this, but if you think Chuuya is saying Dazai is giving him no choice here you are misunderstanding what he is saying and their whole dynamic as Soukoku.

Yes, Dazai is the one to bring up corruption, but as a last resort.

By this point they know Lovecraft has survived a whole fist through his chest, has turned into literal eldritch horror and he's not using an ability. All of this effectively makes one half of Soukoku useless in this fight. Dazai has no more cards he can play.

And Chuuya isn't much more confident about his chances either.

This is not the face of someone who has this situation handled. I know Chuuya is one of the strongest ability users in BSD, but I will say it as many times as it takes, he is not as invincible as the fandom makes him out to be. He took the first hit in this fight, he needed Dazai as a distraction to land a hit on pre-transformed Lovecraft.

So when Dazai brings up Corruption and Chuuya responds with this:

He's acknowledging that he knows Dazai wouldn't suggest this if they had any other options but Corruption or giving up. Their enemy is what gives Chuuya no choice here, because like hell is he ever going to choose just giving up.

If anything, what Dazai is saying in this conversation is "I know you won't chose it, but I would stand by you if you chose not to fight anymore."

Corruption is not something he suggests Chuuya uses lightly, and if Chuuya chose not to use it, he wouldn't try to manipulate him into changing his mind. Dazai is the one who told Chuuya he gets to chose how to use his power, no one else. He was the first person to tell Chuuya that. He is once again telling Chuuya that here. Even if Chuuya's choice meant them dying, Dazai would stand by him.

That's what this scene is.

It's their trust. Not manipulations.

Yes, Dazai can and does absolutely manipulate people, but this just isn't an example of it.

He was the first person to see Chuuya as human, he would not treat him like a weapon.