#bsd ch 113

[kyouka-supremacy]

113 // 129.5

[kyouka-supremacy]

Any predictions on what is going to happen in and after this arc?

I don't think I'm very good at predictions (╥﹏╥) I really can't guess what's Dostoyevsky's deal, but if else, that makes following the current manga events all the more exciting! Again, by the looks of it we're going to find out the backstory of a character that was first introduced in 2013, so reading the last chapter was a real “whoa” moment for me. As for the guesses I can take, it really doesn't go much further than:

Whatever is going on in the last chapter between Dostoyevsky and Bram is probably going to lead to Bram's demise as it was shown in chapter 102.

I think there's likely some connection between the scars (?) on Bram's face and the way medieval Dostoyevsky displayed an analogous one in the last chapter, because they're too similar to be put there randomly.

Something I haven't seen being brought up is the possibility of Dostoyevsky being able to time travel rather than be eternal, which even though doesn't feel like the most convincing explanation, I feel like it's too soon to fully exclude either?

Jokes aside, I don't think Akutagawa has any real chance to play a role in this, because it's evidently something that's happened in the past. And though the author looves time traveling shenanigans, that feels a bit of a stretch. Although the last attire we saw Akutagawa in did resemble a medieval aesthetic, so who knows if he doesn't have some other kind of connection to the events…

But I DO feel like the change in appearance must be telling of some new alliance. Likely something from Europe. We know the author is probably going to move the focus to European authors next, they already seemed to suggest so in an interview, and if God allows it it's finally going to be time for Agatha and the Order of the Clock Tower.

I. Idk. Have been growing an underlying suspicion that the 2-hours-later sskk scene is going to be a spinoff movie to come some time in the future. It's going to feature time traveling shenanigans (see the very limited timeframe skip) and Fukuchi coming back in a new weird form and sskk getting their rematch with him I have been saying they narratively deserve. Overall it's something that won't be covered by the manga à la Dead Apple, standalone and that can be skipped past. It does make sense marketing wise because it'll be years before the manga will have released enough content for another anime season, and given that the bsd franchise is comparatively very popular right now, I highly doubt they'll let the hype slowly die– that's also why I'm waiting for the announcement of a new Wan anime season any day now. I've said before it doesn't look like we're getting the cool sskk scene in the manga soon, and that it most likely solved the purpose of a teaser for the next arc for various reasons; the last chapter seemingly skipping past it seems now to confirm that. The very high quality of the animation of that scene in the anime might be a further hint in the movie direction, to be honest. (I'm only now realizing that if that's true, it means that we are not getting that scene in Harukawa's art style, and am suddenly hating everything and not want it to become true). That said, a Stormbringer movie seems likely too, so who knows.

Back to chapter 113. The jokes about Dazai not being included in the ada family picture are hilarious, and I do personally believe Dazai is more distant to the rest of the ada than other members; that said, I doubt it has anything to do with the panel itself, and as of now I don't think it's that deep ahah. In general, I find it very hard to believe that Dazai is the one that's going to be transferred to the pm: that feels to me a quite lazy direction to take storytelling wise. We already saw what it's like to have Dazai in the pm, no need to relapse to that. That's why, regretfully, I doubt Atsushi is going to be taken in either, because we already know what pm Atsushi is like (VERY very regretfully for me. Because I'd love more Atsushi screentime and because my brain quite automatically makes a jump from “Atsushi joins the pm” to “sskk canonly live together”. Also all the “sskk are Double Black 2.0” that has been tormenting sskk shippers since the start of time, might as well make them the New Double Black for real this time.). Tanizaki sounds like a good bet to be honest: because, on top of being the only ada member with a completely unexplored backstory, we already saw him interact with the pm a lot over the course of the whole manga, which can be taken as a slow build-up for the moment he ends up joining their ranks; from the pm perspective, since he showed to be a challenge for them in more than one occasion (he even intruded the boss' chambers once), it would make sense to try and get him on their side. And Tanizaki having already volunteered to join them in chapter 65. Honestly, everything seems to point in that direction right now.

I hope the following chapters also explain why taking the sword off Bram didn't kill him as previously established because as of now the seemingly plot hole is bothering me a lot.

That's all that comes to my mind right now, excited to see what the manga will be up to next!

[wereballs69]

Honestly, this completely breaks my heart. Having Aya be the witness to the death of Fukuchi is so much rougher than having Atsushi be there.

Aya is literally the embodiment of who Fukuzawa has done this for: a child, a vulnerable little girl, humanity intact. She's also a very virtuous person, following her ideals and even ready to sacrifice herself for a chance to preventing the end of the world.

And here she is: congratulating Fukuzawa. Elated. The monster is banished in her eyes.

Fukuzawa is supposed to move forward; the threat has been conquered, the world is safe. At the expense of his closest companion's life, a man he genuinly thought of as virtuous as well, a man that wanted to prevent another war. And this man will be remembered as nothing but a monster, a traitor, by the very people he tried to save.

Fukuzawa has to brave a world were he'll be celebrated for killing Fukuchi. Just imagine that. Imagine being forced into his position: of having to kill, of having to use One Order. I'm both excited and terrefied of how Harukawa will handle his breakdown.

[kyouka-supremacy]

why is teruko sexist? I don't see it

(*On why the Teruko scene is sexist, not Teruko herself)

Imagine being a female character in a seinen manga.

You've got near zero character elaboration or growth or expansion. Readers literally know nothing about you. You don't have a backstory. Your only role so far has seemed to be moving the plot forward. And now there's just been two intensely homoerotic chapters between two main male characters, and at the resolution of those, you're required to enter the stage. However, it's not of your own volition; it's to solve the command of what one of the two male characters had previously ordered you. The command, specifically, is to kill him. That brings you immense pain, because apparently your love for him was deep and true (and not an ignorable irrelevant side gag as some readers hoped). By the way, you're killing him to spare that PRECISE feeling of pain born from having to kill a loved one to the other male character, because of course your commander wouldn't put him through that, but making you suffer the same is fine apparently.

So now you've killed him, right? I mean you impaled the man with your own hands, and yeah maybe he ordered you to do that so it wasn't your decision and you don't have free will or freedom of choice and never will in this franchise, and yeah maybe you're being used again as nothing but a plot device, and yeah maybe you're only making nothing more than a four pages appearance again despite the last two chapters having been nothing but male spotlight, and yeah maybe you were once again delegated to the role of love interest to a man who doesn't requite your feelings– but at least you can claim to have done that, right? You can say you killed him! Maybe, if the author feels merciful, they'll even spare a few panels to elaborate on how doing that effected you.

Wrong. You didn't kill him. The cool action doesn't belong to you. You can't own it. The honour of doing that, the courage, the pain, the determination and moral conflict it required, it's not yours to retain, to posses, to show off. You're now submitting your sword – your sword!! The symbol of your role and of your power and a great motif for your character! – to the other male character. You're screaming, “You killed him! You are the one who cut down the captain! Any other story, and I'll make you regret it!”. That is the story. The story is his, it's theirs, not yours. There was no space for you in it since the beginning. There's tears in your eyes.

Imagine being a female character in a seinen manga.

[kyouka-supremacy]

hello, kyouka supremacy! ☺️🙋

if you don't mind, may I hear your thoughts and the latest chapter? (and don't be afraid to go all out btw!) I'd love to see you rant over the fukuchi and the teruko thing. (and other stuff if there are too!)

I'm just curious to read your thoughtss 👀

#nopressureaskbtw! 💗

Tried to answer this ask. Realized 90% of the ask had turned into political theory analysis unrelated to the last chapter with only a small side of actual thoughts on it. Deleted that. Regarding the rest of the chapter:

I think it was a cool chapter, I'm glad to see the plot moving forward again!! When reading this chapter, specifically, I felt a lot of “I can't tell if it's intentionally that deep or the author is just doing all of it unintentionally”, but overlooking that, it's been fun ahah. I feel like I don't have very high expectations for bsd, and the main manga is nothing more of a pastime while I wait for new ss/kk interactions, so it's hard for me to be let down, I'm just trying to have a good time.

I've said already that so far we really know too little about Dostoyevsky's backstory for me to judge whether I like its direction or not, but it sure made for such an exciting turn of the plot!! It's a character that was introduced 10 years ago and we're finally going to learn what's his deal, I can't help but be enthusiast!!!

Chuuya's redundant comment on Dostoyevsky being dead persuaded me that he's alive more than one hundred detailed analysis lol. I'm not very thrilled at the perspective: I LOVE Dostoyevsky, I loved this whole doa arc and believe it's the strongest in the manga so far, but also,,,, it's been dragging on for SO long, I just want to get this over with and move over to something new ahah. The Order of the Clock Tower. Akutagawa's cool outfit. The cool ss/kk fight against Fukuchi / not Fukuchi. The ada-pm deal. The ss/kk six months fight,,,,,, I love Dostoyevsky, but at this point I just want to be done with this arc and move to the next one ahah.

I've been asked by a few more people about the Teruko thing, so please check out the following asks if you'd like!!

[chuua5158]

Chapter 113 of BSD dropped revealing that Fyodor is actually old as shit and now everyone is shipping Jesus and Fyodor

[deathbedtime-story]

the cannibalism virus was wrongly blamed on pushkin, it was actually an undocumented virus from pre-historic times, from back when fyodor was in the club with prokaryotes (bro was the first eukaryote). yeah he just has it on him, it's a regular dazai-type miracle he managed to survive touching fyodor's ushanka.

[thefateofopheliaaaaa]

Since Bram is actually Bram Stoker, who's supposed to be Dracula, as in Vlad the Impaler, and the Castle is Bran Castle, that means the timeline is around 1448 and 1476. Vlad actually started living in the fortress since 1448. Also there were some crusades happening in the 15th century...