one of my most favorite animes ever. it goes beyond the surface and i love it so much. i’m gonna talk about every characters’ dynamics and their lore. 1. Dazai i love how complex dazai is. he is a likeable character yet there are just some parts about him when it comes to his past that makes it seem unforgivable to like him as a person. i don’t know ever know how to think about what he has done to akutagawa, but then again he was young, it was done to him and it was all he has ever known. he passed down the knowledge given to him, the knowledge needed to survive, he believed that’s what akutagawa needed to be efficient for the port mafia. i love his whole character arc and just how complicated he can be, but one thing for sure is he kept his promise, and strives to fight for the good people even if the idea of morals isn’t all of that to him. he made a promise and that is enough. 2. Akutagawa i think his character arc is definitely one of the saddest ever. all he ever wanted to do was to prove himself to Dazai, yet white boy (Atsushi) did it in one week. HAHAHAHA but yeah.,. he is one my favorites ever, and you can tell how meeting atsushi has slowly changed him. the fact that he knows he is one of the strongest of the PM yet he doesn’t ever believe that he gets Dazai’s approval. that’s literally everything that matters to him and i hate how Dazai downplays his emotions because that’s whats needed to reach their goals. I know that Dazai did that because deep down he knew that Akutagawa would only be a driven force if he had his pressure onto him. Im guessing it was because he knew that Akutagawa wouldn’t keep on going since everyone in life needed some sort of purpose to thrive, and for Akutagawa it was Dazai’s approval. worst part of all is he has a lung disease yet that is his dying wish. i love how before he died, you can see that he did character development. i love him so much and i wholeheartedly believe he isn’t dead. trust. 3. Atsushi ykw the only downside of this anime is the fact they show his backstory every flippin 5 seconds boy we get it. ANYWAYS. i think he is such a good mc for this anime. and i found it absolutely heartbreaking during that one episode where the headmaster died looking for him. i do believe that if he wasn’t raised harshly like that, he wouldn’t be as heroic as he is right now. however, he is way too heroic to the point it’s absolutely suicidal. he is such a cutie ngl heh 4. Ranpo now im 10000% sure i kin this man. he is my most favorite character ever in bsd because of various reasons. he was forced to grow up too fast just because of how his brain worked, he constantly can’t function unless he gets praised for what he does, he has a mix of superior and inferiority complex, he believes that the world is filled wirh monsters that he doesn’t understand and yes im watching a tiktok regarding him bc im out of words. i loved his backstory and btw sobrang gwapo niya. 5. pause i continue tmr im so Tired.