The people who accept Dazai for who he is and why those relationships work
I'm not talking strictly romantically but all his relationships he's made throughout the show. I've been seeing discourse of Dazai hate and how he's such a disturbed individual, to be with him and or to be in his life is inherently abusive. But I believe his change to light has changed him to use his nature for the greater good.
Dazai has always been manipulative and the type of person to always work with his end goal in mind. And in his dark era we can see how this can play out for the worse with soul crushing methods of devaluation, staking the life's of those around him to get his desired outcomes. But after his time with oda, and his untimely death, oda leaves him with the goal to turn to the light saying if it doesn't matter either way why not work for good.
But as it has been pointed out old habits are hard to kill and it would be crazy to say he's still not as manipulative as he used to be. But being in the ADA his tactics of manipulation include the best interest of the people he's surrounded himself by and for Yokohama as whole.
I believe with his change to the light he's found more peace in being accepted for who he is. That being manipulative, cold, and someone that looks for results no matter the consequence. But now, everyone around him knows that and doesn't fear him for it, if anything they freely allow them to be his pawns trusting in his goal to be one that is more aligned with the light.
Moments I want to bring that reflect this is in dead apple and in his on going battle with fyodor. In dead apple he defects from ADA to join Shibusawa without so much as a word to anyone on any side (government, ADA, Port Mafia). But the people in his life choose to trust him and his motives and the way he chose to go about it. In the end their trust in him ends the conflict with Atsushi, akutagawa, and Kyoka fighting on the front lines against the shibusawa and Chuuya using corruption to defeat the amalgamation of all the abilities Shibusawa stole, trusting Dazai had a plan to stop him from going too far despite the report saying that Dazai was already dead. Both parties I just listed ultimately so kept fighting trusting that Dazai chose to play a role that would work out if they kept fighting like he'd expect from them.
With his battle with fyodor he has alot more direct control of the people in his life, placing all of them in dangerous situations that he trusts they have the strength to overcome. This piece to me shows the trust he's grown to have for all of them. Trusting in their strength and resolve to work for the greater good with him. Particularly evident in the relationship between shin soukoku, dazai knows how at odds they are but also believes that they can work together and build a trust that makes them a force greater than soukoku. And in the end, the result of the mutual trust between the ADA, Port Mafia that Dazai has been working for ends up landing fyodor, someone that poses the biggest threat to everything he holds dear in his life, in jail.
So all this rambling to say. No, Dazai is obviously no saint, he uses people for his benefit and the goals he has but since joining the ADA having a team of good people to work with. The things that he wants are for good, he makes plans taking into account what would be best for everyone. Yes he's still using the people around him but the people around him know and place their full trust in the fact that it's for the purpose of a greater good that Dazai has chosen to work towards.
Tldr; Dazai uses people and the people he uses accepts him for that nature and trusts he's using them for the greater good. He has changed to be a better person accepting the ugly of who he really is and makes use of that with the support of the people around him.
All that being said this was a quick rant off the top of my head and would love to hear the opinions of ppl who don't agree with me on this and see where you're coming from.
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