Ryunosuke Akutagawa as early on as chapter four is introduced to us as a brutal dog of the mafia with seemingly no regard for life. His first action is to slaughter an entire police station and then blow up the witnesses without any remorse. He’s the oe responsible for instructing Kyouka to kill 35 people, and tries to prevent her from escaping a life of killing.
However, as the manga unfolds there is far more to Akutagawa’s character than what meets the eye, and rather than someone who has no value for life and therefore can kill without feeling anything, his views on life and death are far more complex. As contradictory as it is, by stepping over corpses and sinking himself into the blood soaked world of the mafia, Ryunosuke is actually seeking a meaning to life. Rather than seeing life as worth nothing, all of his actions are his own struggle to make life worth something.
Despite being a cold blooded killer, Akutagawa’s character thematically revolves around life, and saving lives just as Atsushi’s does, as shown in the connection to the real life author’s short stories(Rashomon, The Spider’s Thread) as explained under the cut. This meta will explain that Akutagawa’s path to eventual redemption lies on something as thin and as weak as a Spider’s Thread.
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hc that Verlaine struggles a lot to communicate with other people without sounding rude/unnecessary, because he struggles a lot with tone and emotions,even when he is trying to be nice
Verlaine (on a public transport): Here miss, you can take my sit. You look old.
Rimbaud: Paul! You can't say that!
Verlaine: Ow... even when it's true?
Rimbaud: sigh even when it's true.
cutie honey: re...igen
I believe in curly hair Shou supremacy. I actually made this drawing for a fic idea I had about Shou and Ritsu . Basically Shou has a book that can make things that happen in it happen in real life but he doesn’t know so he uses it as a journal/diary. It’s more complicated than that but it’s 2 am and I’m tired. Problem is I’ve never written much before so I’ll probably never go through with it but who know.
Funny side note, this was draw so tiny compared to the rest of the page. It made me giggle.
I remember this a few times in a day and just laugh.
Me: Damn I think my mob psycho 100 hyperfixation is ending
Also me: *rewatching mp100 for the tenth time*
just some stress relief
Shou doodles
I love drawing him like a little bug
I needed her skin ok. I put her there so I could figure out her fate. Should I turn her into a different character? Should I donate her to a thrift store? Now I’ve decided I need her skin for a project
She’s so happy. Just look at that smile.
hey buddy what the fuck is this
Oh um that’s just my friend. She’s just been chilling there for a year. She’s fine just a little crucified is all.
Guess who my favorite is
I swear I need to find a consistent art style. Anyway here’s the two losers trying (and failing) at trying to kiss for the first time lol
Day 3: firsts/love languages