The wait is over! With great pleasure, we will be running Soukoku Week again, this time from September 8-14 2019!
For this year, we have three sets of prompts for each day. Feel free to be as liberal with the given prompts as you wish; there are no wrong interpretations!
Day 1 (09/08) – peace | trial and error | "baby, then it's only you can pull me from the waves" – pull me from the waves, AFSHeeN
Day 2 (09/09) – worship | divine comedy | "I'd be the dreadful need in the devotee" – talk, hozier
Day 3 (09/10) – monochromatic | reaching out | "I'm lonely because the snow changed into rain" — slow motion, sakanaction
Day 4 (09/11) – price | debt and repayment | "take a good swing at me and everything is even" – gun, CHVRCHES
Day 5 (09/12) – consequence | big fish | "when the spiral down feels as good as the flight" — pretty little birds, SZA
Day 6 (09/13) – goodbye | the setting sun | "more so than I myself thought, I was in love with you" — lemon, yonezu kenshi
Day 7 (09/14) – FREE DAY
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Dazai Osamu & Nakahara Chuuya: Someone to Entrust your Life to*
BSD Dead Apple Guidebook, p. 54-55
Submitting as an entry for @soukokuweek because when is a better time to celebrate these two’s partnership, rivalry, friendship, romantic relationship, whatever you want it. This is the canon foundation of Double Black.
Day 7: Free Day
Anyway, this is a faithful objective translation. I keep my shipping senses away from my translations, okay. I reserve those for separate posts. Also, this is definitely not the best, as I tend to make rough literal translations.
Under the cut for Dead Apple spoilers (with pictures!)
As “Former Partners” having that Reluctant Absolute Trust
In the Port Mafia which rules over Yokohama, an existence that was even referred to as the “underworld’s most vicious duo” by the boss Mori Ougai - that is Dazai and Chuuya. This two left a history of annihilating an enemy organization of Ability users in one night.
With Dazai’s betrayal of the organization and affiliation with the rival Armed Detective Agency, the former “Double Black” fell apart. Though they are always at each other’s throats, they were partners involved in various battles, with the days they spent now a distant past. In the present, though they belong to rival organizations and their positions may have changed, some things still remained - that is their strong consistent will to protect Yokohama. And then in the face of danger, to carry out what each of them has to do, without the exchange of words. The “absolute trust” these two have on each other’s abilities may still be present up to now.
This is actually because they met each other when they were young that they were able to establish this trust. To Dazai, who is highly skilled in grasping people’s hearts and strategically driving them into a corner, Chuuya is an earnest person who carries out his missions without fail. As for Chuuya, though it is irritating for him to be wielded by Dazai’s unbelievable acts, he has resolved to trust Dazai in using Corruption.
Without trust, Chuuya would not have used Corruption, which cannot be stopped until he dies, under the situation that Dazai has already been eliminated. Likewise, Dazai expected that Chuuya will come to punch him so he put the antidote pill on his mouth. That is precisely because he believed in Chuuya’s ability. After Mukurotoride (Shibusawa’s base) crumbled down, Dazai kept contact with Chuuya, who already lost any strength to move, to prevent his Ability from separating as the mist has not yet disappeared. These two may be total opposites, but in the midst of a battle, they can leave their life in the other’s hands. Because of this, they may be the underworld’s most vicious “former partners.” (*)
Because it’s that Person’s Absurd Antics
With the Dragon’s appearance, even without knowing if it can be beaten even with Corruption’s power, Chuuya did not falter. Despite hearing that Dazai has most likely been already eliminated, he may be thinking that there is no way that Dazai will die that easily. For the sake of giving Dazai a punch, who is inside the dragon, Chuuya boldly activated Corruption. If Dazai actually already died, he would have continued rampaging until he dies, in such a situation…
The Face of that Hated Person
After finishing off the Dragon, Chuuya, even in his unconscious, rampaging state, aimed for Dazai’s face and punched him. Thanks to that, Dazai was brought back to life (**). When Dazai called Shibusawa to Yokohama, or even before that, Dazai may have predicted that he would die of poison…
After the Defeat of the Dragon of Chaos
Because of Corruption, Chuuya had injuries all over and was not even able to move a bit. However, Shibusawa’s mist has not yet disappeared. In the midst of the mist, his Ability would separate from him, but if Dazai touches him it could be countered. Dazai drew Chuuya towards him and dealt with it calmly. Until Atsushi defeated Shibusawa and the mist cleared up, these two might have watched over the battle in that place.
Comments I can’t resist to say:
(*) - “former partners” or in Yenpress’ official translation, “ex-bestfriends” LOLOLOL
They have a new title, “Yokohama’s most vicious former partners/ex-bestfriends.” How’s that? 😊😊
(**) - Can I just say that Chuuya is literally a god for raising Dazai from the dead???!!!
*A more accurate literal translation of the title would be: “A person you can leave your life to”
