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jem, they, 22. music student. i like chuuya & nagumo a lot. BSD, STL, sakadays + other anime/manga. occasional analysis. semi-IA due to school. links: triviadelune.carrd.co [header: impression, soleil levant: claude monet, 1872] 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[chuuyadelune]

NAVIGATING MY BLOG 🌱

hello and welcome if you’ve come across my page! this is the long overdue introduction + organisation post for this blog (2 years late. but oh well)

ABOUT ME: you can find a more detailed profile on my carrd — but here are the basics.

you can call me jem, i use they/them, and i’m 22. i am currently a music student—if ever i suddenly disappear for like, a month or two, just know it’s because of school, lol.

i can also be found on:

twitter / @ chuuyadelune (where i’m more active)

youtube (i post an edit once every 6 months)

AO3 @ triviadelune (i am writing an SKK fic!)

FANDOMS: i mostly engage in bungo stray dogs content, but i’m also a fan of sakamoto days, skip to loafer, chihayafuru, moriarty the patriot, mob psycho 100, chainsaw man, yona of the dawn, witch hat atelier and a whole lot more —a more comprehensive list is in the carrd!

WHAT I POST ON THIS BLOG: beyond reblogging a bunch of fanart/theories, i have posted a variety of things, which include:

manga colourings (i don’t really do these anymore, admittedly)

written theories/analysis on the BSD manga

half-fleshed out analysis of the BSD anime’s cinematography (lighting, composition, etc)

general ramblings about the BSD anime’s music (because i am nothing if not a huge nerd about this sort of thing)

i have tried to organise things via the tags in the past but not all of them show up, so i’m leaving all the links to everything here—alongside the tags i used—for posterity and so i can find things when i want to. everything is below the cut:

WRITTEN THEORIES ON THE BSD MANGA

the tag i use is jems bsd theories, but not all of these show up all the time, unfortunately. so here’s the list:

(a very silly post about) vampire chuuya (chapter 98)

(a very shitty) attempt at breaking down BSD 101

sigma is the key to winning meursault, and the why in relation to the BSD themes

[BSD 113] the fyodor jesus references go crazy ngl (less analysis more a list of things i noticed)

ANALYSIS (KINDA) OF THE BSD ANIME’S CINEMATOGRAPHY

both this section and the one below (music ramblings) can be found under the tag jem rambles, but here are the links for everything anyway:

the use of levels and how it links to ranpo’s character in S4 E2 (untold origins)

the effective use of lighting in yosano’s backstory, S4 E9

visual parallels in the shin soukoku fights, S1 - S5

BSD MUSIC RAMBLINGS

i really like screen mode BSD ops

BSD S5’s opening fucking bangs thank you kisho taniyama i love you

MANGA COLOURINGS

i used the tag jems colourings for this, but some of them don’t show up, so i’m listing everything here.

BSD:

smiley kenji from 100.5

fyodor drowning from 101

hunting dog tachihara from 68

fukufuku (fukuchi and fukuzawa) from 103

chuuya entrance from fifteen manga phase 1

chuuya stopping bullets from fifteen manga phase 2

titan chuuya from fifteen manga phase 3

that’s what makes me love you skk from fifteen manga phase 5

other:

spy x family mission 15 cover page

[wha-archive]

Chapter 85 is now out, Shirahama posted the coloured version of the incredible chapter cover for this one.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go and stare at a wall after that chapter.

[seukorei]

nakahara chuuya does not dream

redraw of this panel from the sb manga!

[sundae-meringue]

[chuuyadelune]

so the other day i read the beggar student (a short story) by osamu dazai and was struck by the resemblances to BSD's first chapter/episode that it has?? like it's genuinely crazy. here's the gist of what i'm talking about (*spoiler warning, please scroll if you don't want to see!*)

struggling author (also named osamu dazai) meets struggling student at the side of a river bank. said student is swimming/drifting down the river

dazai decides to 'save' the student bc he thinks he's drowning

student chews him out for being stupid like that after dazai trips and falls

one thing turns to another and then they go for lunch at a teahouse together (yes, a teahouse lol. no chazuke though)

dazai can barely pay for their food/tea bc he's broke

later they go drinking with one of the student's friends, who happens to be kind of uptight and serious (this one is a stretch but i'm including it anyway)

there's a lot of references to classic literature/philosophy all throughout

that's a very brief, crude summary of all the references i could pinpoint. the rest of this story goes by quite quick (it's only about 96 pages in all, and this was like, the first 20 pages or so? hints for the rest of the short story: there's school uniforms, beer, and long-winded speeches). but still. reading this all actually had my jaw on the floor, because what do you mean that the events of the first half of chapter one of bungo stray dogs is an osamu dazai reference. like surely this is not all just coincidence.

in conclusion: asagiri is a madman. the literary references go crazy. what else am i missing. i need to read more

(i've put some excerpts of the story below the break! frankly the interactions between fictional dazai and this student are hilarious)

pages 8-9:

page 20:

the excerpts are all from the recent translation by sam bett!

[tasoiano]

『ロイド・フォージャー | Loid Forger

SPY × FAMILY MOVIE CODE: White』💥❄️

[kisakisaxo]

Something to note about the Spy x Family Code White movie...Loid didn't use the excuse of "Oh this is for the sake of the mission" when Yor was upset. In the past, he'd always relate her upset to the mission (ie 'I have to keep her happy so this doesn't affect the mission' vibes.)

But in the movie, when she was upset he didn't even go there. He said he could tell something was off, that she wasn't herself lately. He was worried about her and wanted to just cheer her up and make her happy, and so he bought the lipstick.

The way their relationship dynamic is slowly progressing is SO good.

[sophiamarieispinkbunny-chan]

SOULSOUP-SXF Fanart

Fanart inspired by the Lyrics of the Official Theme Song of Spy x Family: Code White, SOULSOUP by Official Hige Dandism

[blue-hail]

Just finished the Spyxfamily movie and can we talk about that fact that while Loid was fighting a big bad general they made Yor fight a CYBORG with GUNS FOR ARMS cuz it was the only POSSIBLE thing they could think of that could believably hold back yor and they STILL had to make a point that knifes didn’t work cuz otherwise she would have won immediately… my girl is really op and they know it

[sableeira]

here is how Adam Frankenstein can fix this situation and save the day, an essay:

[sableeira]

- he is my neat little guy and I believe soooo much in him and his ability to fix all wrongs

[shininas-ideals]

Immediately had to paint this page, this is one of my favorite pages ever now (thanks to @nineofscans for the scan and translation!)

[etrevil]

Chuuya you're japanese

[justplaggin]

[justplaggin]

@vero-niche

[nineofscans]

Bungo Stray Dogs, Chapter 114.5 "resurrectio, Part 2"

[originalaccountname]

I need Meursault to be representative of skk's dynamic as partners. Dazai being childish and annoying. Chuuya being unhelpful unless necessary. The both of them toeing the line between scarily efficient and absolutely useless. This is fantastic.

[nineofscans]

Bungo Stray Dogs, Chapter 114: ressurectio

Next chapter will release May 1st, at 11:00am EST! Follow us on Twitter for more updates :)

[lila-s-art]

Why are you so pretty

And... before I decided (wrongly) to color the background 😔