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Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream - Personality Chart
Feel free to save and share around. This is just a simple cheat sheet to get the personality you want fast. I made this based on the European localisation btw, the US one should take the same inputs but the descriptions for the personalities might be different. I unno. Enjoy
a lot of people seem to say that claude is just bad at hiding the fact that he's almyran. which, yeah, he's not the world's leading expert on hiding an identity, but he's not terrible. however i would like to argue that he doesn't want to keep it a secret. part of him wants so badly to share himself with others, to be open, and not be afraid of the consequences.
he only hides parts of himself out of necessity in the first place. he's not doing it out of malicious intent or anything crazy like that. and the slip ups that he does make throughout the game? i'd bet those are just little indications of him wanting to stop hiding.
there's his supports with hilda, primarily their A support with the story about the camel. while it doesn't necessarily have to been an obviously almyran story, he still chooses to specify it's from a "foreign land". i've also talked about how he makes that comment about "claude" being a common name to use as a fake name and how dumb that was to say. and yeah it was a dumb comment to make in front of the people he did, but clearly it turned out fine. my point there though is that he says things that he probably shouldn't be saying. i think that's clear. but claude also isn't the type of person to accidentally say stuff like that.
mainly i've always got the impression that claude just really wants to be himself, and rightly so. if you're attacked for your very identity your whole life, i think it's reasonable enough to be desperate enough to want to express it any way you can. even if the people around you don't realize. that's what i think claude is doing.
could he have been smarter with what he said? sure, maybe, but a grand total of two people canonically know and only one of them actually figures it out. that would be balthus, who's in a semi-similar situation anyway. byleth was just told because duh, but no one else figures it out and brings it up. sure i think linhardt totally would but intsys hates us. so they didn't give us that. but anyways. claude just wants to be himself and that's great and it's terrible that he feels like he can't.
IRIS HOW ARE U FEELING ABT THE NEW CHAPTER (me personally I’m. Not doing well.)
Honestly? I'm pretty chill?
(I accidentally read a few comments pertaining to the chapter as people were reading it before the translation came out, and it made me worry a lot. But honestly, it's not half bad?)
Extensive breakdown on my thoughts on chapter 129.5 under the cut
First off, the lack of Dazai:
(sorry. He's my special little guy so I have to start with him)
I assume that Dazai is either 1) locked up because they did convict him of his crimes and he added prison break to those charges or 2) hiding somewhere underground, nursing his injuries and potentially taking care of Sigma.
In general, I'm mostly worried about Dazai dying and I don't think Asagiri-sensei would do that off-screen. As long as he isn't dead, we can fix things. Trust.
Also especially with the agency disbanding (and I bet Dazai knows about this somehow), there really was no point for him to come back, bring trouble to their doorstep, and then immediately leave
Alternative third scenario, Dazai's working some sort of plea deal with the Europeans. I assume that some powers will believe that he is responsible for taking out Dostoevsky (anyone working with Ango and the Special Divisions, in particular [spoiler] from the end of Gaiden, who I really really want to see in the main manga).
Honestly I doubt he's locked up, simply because I doubt Chuuya and Mori would go through a prison break scenario only to let Dazai get captured. I trust in my mafiosos.
It's still an option that Dazai is with the mafia now, but I think from a meta perspective they would have shown that for shock and cliffhanger value. And I think Dazai would not come quietly, even if they helped.
But yeah. The tldr is I trust everyone involved and therefore I trust that Dazai is fine. Not seeing him in pain or whatever is a good sign, to me.
I would have liked to see him for a send-off to part 1 of course. But if I can't see him, he can appear to surprise me later :) I'm sure he's up to no good.
The temporary disbanding of the agency
Honestly, I like this a lot as a narrative consequence
(And I'm a sucker for consequences)
It sucks for everyone involved because some of these people have no real life skills talents that do not shine in a normal job
But I think it's a nice break and gives the characters room to breathe individually. I'm kinda hoping for a bit of a time skip where we then learn what they have been up to to get some character development for characters such as Kenji etc.
Also, they can then later pull an "avengers, assemble" move, and appear randomly from the crowd in whatever sort of outfits their new jobs require them to wear. Give me fast food manager Kunikida etc etc.
I doubt they won't stay in contact; Katai will see to it, trust. It will be fine.
(Granted, you must know that I grew up with One Piece where group separation + time skip + training arc is a thing that happens. So my background here tells me not to worry about this too much.)
It would have been nice if they had more time together after the ordeal that they just went through; but I think it makes sense for them to split up, and I want to see where they go with this.
Also, it is a really funny way to get out of the "an Agency member has to transfer to the PM". If the agency does not exist, nobody will have to transfer, right?
Tbh, I doubt Mori would accept that so easily (if nobody else, Fukuzawa is the core of the agency, so at the very least he should transfer, if his word is worth anything), but with the losses the mafia sustained, I wonder if Mori can bite back, or whether he will take the slight and remember it (and try to poach any desperate agency members).
Unrelated to that issue, I've seen people worry about Kyouka's and Atsushi's control of their power, if the agency disbands.
I'm not sure how exactly Fukuzawa's power works. I personally can't imagine it reads "only active members of the organisation known as the armed detective agency" - so I am unsure whether disbanding even affects people's control of their powers
My headcanon until proven otherwise (and I kinda want to be proven otherwise, it would be fun to see them struggle) is that Fukuzawa is basically the leader of a wolf pack and anyone he deems as worthy and his, is under his protection aka the effects of his ability. This doesn't change just because there is no official label for them. Unless I forgot about contrary information.
So I'm not worried about Atsushi and Kyouka. (That aside, they both went through their arcs of accepting themselves more, and I think that should help them control their abilities)
But yeah. As a whole, I am okay with this, and intrigued what Asagiri-sensei will do with it.
The mafia's losses + the vampire remnants
Chuuya looks like a very pretty widow in this chapter but can we stop making him suffer already, please-
Jokes aside, Liv has raised the lovelock theory to me, and it sure looks like he cut his hair again. It's giving Storm Bringer and DHC, and I hope this is an omen for the things to come (but this is part of a later section).
Other than that, there's a couple notable mafioso missing from the church, notably those who were bitten by vampires, I think?
Here too, I can't imagine they would just die off-screen (considering this includes the likes of Akutagawa, Higuchi and Gin).
However, it is unclear to me what happened? Bram is dead, and so the source ability is dead? But we know from Gaiden, and probably other sources but that one is the one that is easiest for me to remember, that abilities can persist after the source of them died. Maybe they collapsed/or are rabid, now that there is no vampire overlord controlling their contagion. My current hypothesis is that they are currently being kept alive underground by Mori, until he can find a way to help them.
Other than that, it endears Mori to me every time that there is a funeral for mafiosos...
The hunting dogs
I am unsure whether to include Tachihara with the mafia or here, but decided on here, because I felt his absence during the final goodbye for Fukuchi.
I am glad they got to say goodbye, and it was quite heartbreaking on all fronts. Between Teruko wanting to kill or join Fukuchi and being denied both, and Tecchou wanting to run towards them, and being stopped by Jouno. I'm glad they got to be there in the end. Even though their leader betrayed them in a way, he did it for what he thought was right, and they believed in him. They still care for him now that he is dying in front of them.
I really do wish Tachihara would have been here with them, and no, I don't care how that would have needed to be explained. If he really is dead, then I would have liked to see a funeral for him (and the other vampire victims tbh). Yes, there seem to be more actual character deaths now, but the fake out deaths are still fresh in my mind. So until someone is confirmed dead, I will squint at them with suspicion.
Anyways. I have said it before, and I'll say it again, I need a hunting dogs light novel on my desk yesterday.
The aborted love confession
I honestly don't really have an opinion on this. I only learned like, last week, that Atsushi is 18 and Kyouka is 14; with the way they have been written previously, they always seemed closer in age to me. But either way; she aborted the confession and both of them seemed fine with that, so I think it's fine?
Let her have feelings. I think it could be interesting (aka is she experiencing actual positive feelings as she comes out of her shell, or is this some sort of bond because he saved her and promised to protect her, etc?) and I am open to seeing where it goes.
It's not like anything will come of it soon, seeing as Atsushi disappears immediately after.
England
Now this has me hyped. As a European I am incredibly biased. I want to see more of the Transcendants, I want to see Adam, I want to see Shirase, I want to see Agatha Christie, I want to see Wells!! There's that post about this chapter being a win for Light Novel readers and I want to stay winning.
Give me the characters already introduced and give me many more :)
(I personally want to see Goethe. Please.)
I think it's interesting that Atsushi is truly by himself for the first time, on the other side of the globe (and it's unclear to me whether he is even in the same year - we know from 55 minutes that fuckery with time is definitely possible, and Atushi being the bookmark could add to shenanigans here.)
Also I initially thought that was supposed to be Natsume-sensei greeting him, and that sure would have been something. Alas.
I'm really curious where this will go!
Roundup
I think as a whole, those are my main takeaways from the chapter? I am interested in a lot of things it is doing; I would not have expected them, but they are not bad, to me.
There's a couple of loose threads (Dazai, Sigma, Nikolai, the vampire victims, etc) that I want to see followed up on later, but I'm not mad that they aren't wrapped up now, since it's only the end of Part 1.
I see a lot of potential with what is being set up here; and I'm really curious to see where it will go from here :)
Ok now that I've had time to sit with the new chapter...
Tsujimura fans stay winning. I hope this means we'll get more of her in the main manga.
The thing that surprised me most about this chapter was that Fukuchi was still kicking. I thought he died when Amenogozen was defeated.
We got Dazai and Kunikida appearing in the new chapter, not interacting unfortunately but I'll take what I can get
Ok now about Fyodor's death
As much as I agree it does feel a little anti-climactic for a character who has been pulling the strings as the main threat for like 100 chapters now... I also kinda love it?
Ever since his ability was revealed I've seen people theorize that Dazai would be the one to kill him because his reincarnation wouldn't work with No Longer Human. For a while I agreed with this bc it made sense plus it felt like a fitting conclusion to their rivalry. It would've made for a very satisfying end to Fyodor's character.
While what we got wasn't perfect I think its good in its own way.
1: While I think this case is the exception, relying on Dazai as the answer to ability related problems can kinda feel like a copout. I appreciate how they took advantage of an actual loophole in Fyodor's ability to kill him. Its reminds me of how Francis was defeated at the end of the Guild Arc, his ability relies on him spending money? If he runs out of money he wont be able to use his ability anymore. Fyodor takes over the body of whoever kills him? He cant do that if the body he takes over dies before his ability kicks in.
Appreciate Dazai still being involved in Fyodor's defeat even if he didn't kill him directly, he figured out his weakness and helped Fukuchi get just one step ahead of Fyodor.
2: I wasn't sure about Fukuchi being the one to defeat Fyodor at first. But I like it more the more I think about it. Fyodor has been using Fukuchi as his pawn for like 60+ chapters. Fyodor weaponized Fukuchi's trauma from war against him by lying about a future war to get him to do what he wants, including using his hidden resentment towards Fukuzawa to drive them further apart, and sending the Hunting Dogs after the Agency when they were framed for terrosim. Then after all that Fyodor continued to use him as Amenogozen.
Fukuchi has been under Fyodor's control since he was introduced, even until his "end" before becoming Amenogozen he was still believing Fyodor's lie of a future war. Yet he's the one thing Fyodor didn't account for because Fukuchi likely should've been dead. To have the one character who Fyodor has used the most be the one to end him is poetic.
I like that fukuchi got an actual ending. He did horrible horrible things blindly following fyodor. He assumed he was doing it all to prevent some future war, he didn't know that was a lie. He should have known, maybe he did know but couldn't risk it being true. So when all the spirits were released from gozens realm, I knew he would be back. And we finally got the parallels between the two of them. Fyodor, this unfeeling hateful man who claimed to love humanity. Fukuchi, the truly deeply emotional man who killed thousands to save humanity. They're both very smart people, but love and good triumph in this story. Fukuchi is ending fyodor and paying for his own crimes as well. I bet we'll get one more dying panel of him saying this is for the best next chapter I can just sense it. But the point is THEMATIC DOUBLE SUICIDE!!! Andnit wasn't even dazai.... i love seeing two main villains FINALLY interact on screen and show how even fyodor, the fyodor we all feared, has a simple foil. A simple death.
Besides the funny weirdness, you know what kind of vibe it's very important to me they retranscribe in the new Tomodachi Life?
This one:
This... Slightly creepy, eerie vibe when you play that game at night? In SOME of the dreams, but also in the miis standing outside with no music, just night noises, and not the pretty ones but the wind in the distance that feels slightly threatening, and the "erasing face" thing also...
If feels both scary but also cozy. Like there's mysteries and existential dreads looming somewhere, but no immediate danger.
There was something similar in acnl that acnh could hardly imitate ; notably the weirder dialogues at night, the club...
Maybe a lot of it comes with the weirdness of pixilated screen that is hard to replicate in smoother designs? But still, there's all these details they could at least put an effort in.
I hope they recapture that essence better in Tomodachi Life than they did in acnh
So if BSD is going to conclude Part One with Ch.130, does that mean Fyodor's backstory will be revealed in the second part?? Will the Order of the Clock Tower make their debut?? Is Naomi's past going to be relevant later in the story?? Will we see Paul Verlaine more now that he is out of the basement?? Also who will get transferred to Port Mafia from ADA?? If Atsushi gets transferred, will it be Beast 2.0?? Will Chuuya and Atsushi finally interact??
I have so many questions. Atleast we are getting out of that fucking airport for now
Crossing my fingers that we finally see the PM transfer as a major component of part two's plot because AAAAA there's SO MANY directions it could take and I am *dying* to find out what Asagiri is cooking
Now I don't want to be dramatic or anything but if we aren't seeing Just The Two Of Us (reprise) in the 130 pages bsd part 1 finale you'll be seeing me on the news
what if Nikolai just noclipped while using his ability
That was basically the thought that inspired me to do that, but yeah. Im pretty proud with how it turned out as well as the new way of kinda blending digital and traditional art. Sure, the edges are choppy jn some places but that's entirely on me lol. Here's the un edited version
An artwork i actually take pride in! Huzzah! Please boost!
I apologise in advance for the person I will become when we get Kunikida’s backstory.
I am going to be insufferable. I am going to find every single person who’s ever said his only trauma is being a maths teacher and hunt them for sport.
“Oh but Star how do you know Kunikida has a tragic backstory?”
Have you fucking met the guy? No one that willing and ready to sacrifice himself at any given moment like he is doesn’t have issues.
Not to mention every conflict that Kunikida’s in revolves around psychologically breaking him.
And oh yeah this is Bungou Stray Dogs, the series where every one has a tragic backstory.
Even Chuuya’s fucking pink bike from the opening of Dead Apple that we saw for like a minute has a tragic backstory.
Be fucking for real this is the “people who struggle with living” series and you think Doppo “I had to be dragged out of a room filling with of poisonous gas because I put saving others over my own life” Kunikida of all people is the exception to that??
21.01: The Harukawa Sango Art Collection cover is revealed. Sskk are side by side looking very cuntful.
13.02: The bonus illustration by Harukawa for the anime season 3 blu-ray box is revealed. Sskk look majestic.
14.02: The 10,000th sskk work is posted on ao3.
04.03 | ch 121.5: Atsushi dies to save Akutagawa, and does so repeating the same words Akutagawa said to him. Akutagawa immediately regains his lost memories because of that. The world would have never been the same. Easily the gayest moment in bl history.
04.04 | ch 122: Atsushi digs into Akutagawa's most intimate memories. Explicitation that Atsushi is the only thought in Akutagawa's head. Vague “and then...” to describe Akutagawa's feelings for Atsushi, with distinctively romantic connotations to it.
29.04: New Beast sskk Hoshikawa illustration.
02.05 | ch 123: Atsushi is the only person filling Akutagawa's mind as he's about to die. Unable to accept Atsushi's death, Akutagawa demands that Atsushi is returned to him.
10/13.06: Harukawa illustrations of Atsushi and Akutagawa for a bsd event in Shanghai are released.
04.07 | ch 124: Atsushi defies space and time to save Akutagawa. He proceeds killing the Divine Being who dared threaten Akutagawa's life.
25.07: Wan! volume 14 cover illustration is revealed.
04.08 | ch 124.5: Atsushi insists that Akutagawa rides him.
04.08: New Akutagawa illustration by Harukawa is released, matching a previously released Atsushi one. Canonizes what sskk would wear on a date.
01.09: First look at the sskk "Look Up" figures side by side.
04.09 | ch 125: Akutagawa restrains and then punches Atsushi.
16.09: Karaoke Manekineko collab official art is released. Akutagawa spotted hugging a suspiciously tiger-striped cushion.
03.10 | ch 125.5: Akutagawa does not hide the disappointment for not getting to ride Atsushi. Atsushi and Akutagawa are addressed by others like they were a unit.
01.11: Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! anime season 2 first teaser visual is revealed, with sskk taking center stage.
04.11 | ch 126: Sskk, ready to fight side by side, moving perfectly in sync. Akutagawa saves Atsushi's life for the nth time.
04.12 | ch 127: Akutagawa once again proves himself to be the only person able to instill hope in Atsushi, as well as the person most fit to be by Atsushi's side.
And that's all! Here's to another year filled with sskk moments!! (ﾉ´ヮ)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ
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