A Self Indulgent Koala Redesign :)

it was a little funny how quickly my friend figured out that these were warmups for drawing the au versions of them

If we adopted children into the mafia would that be fucked up or what

want me to tell you why I was keeping my hands tucked away until now? I thought that if I ever felt like I was about to lose, that feeling might give me a reason to be fond of my humanity.

happy birthday nakahara chūya | 04.29

Asagiri reminds us of Akutagawa, Atsushi and Dazai's past and expects us to be fine after that??

Happy Birthday Fukuzawa Yukichi-sensei!

To celebrate Fukuzawa Yukichi’s birthday here are his top three quotes from my blog:

Quote #3:

Men are neither devils nor serpents. They are not out to harm you. Let us receive people in a natural way, with true and open minds.

- Fukuzawa Yukichi, An Encouragement of Learning

Quote #2:

Being educated does not mean knowing strange words or reading ancient and difficult literature or enjoying poetry and writing verse and other such accomplishments which are of no practical use in this world. These accomplishments do give much pleasure to the human mind, and they have their own values, but they are not to be esteemed and worshiped as much as the usual run of scholars have tried to make them out to be…. Therefore, this kind of learning without real use should be left for another day, and one’s best efforts should be given to an education that is relevant to everyday use.

- Fukuzawa Yukichi, “Encouragement of Learning I” from Fukuzawa Yukichi on Education

Quote #1:

It is easy to find fault with and complain about all things in society, but it is very difficult to find remedies for these faults.

- Fukuzawa Yukichi, “Methods of Bookkeeping” from Fukuzawa Yukichi on Education

small art for aku bday :>

perhaps controversial but i think fukuzawa could save everyone if he gave amenogozen a little kiss. it's fukuchi's body. surely the home of a god is not immune to worship it once knew?

It’s kind of a strange thing—Dazai, Akutagawa, and Kyouka all dislike dogs. At first, I figured it was just a Port Mafia thing. Maybe something to do with their situation pre-mafia (that's probably true, too). But since bsd loves its symbolism, I thought of something else.

Dogs stand for hope, loyalty, and unconditional love—everything these three have been taught to reject. To them, trust gets you hurt, devotion is a trap (except towards the mafia), and love is just another weapon in someone else’s hands. Their walls weren’t built by choice; they were built by the people who came before them.

Dazai taught Akutagawa, and Akutagawa taught Kyouka. A cycle of cruelty, passed down like a rule. Maybe their mentors convinced them that "dog-like" traits were impossible for people like them. Or worse—that kindness was a weakness they couldn’t afford.

And the irony? Back when Dazai still had Oda and Ango, before everything fell apart, his toast was "to the stray dogs." Poor Dazai. The only place he ever felt love was the one he could never return to.

from the digital sketchbook

i feel like some people are missing the point of these "deaths" a little. like i know the previous arc's death baits don't help my point but i really don't think anyone is suppose to read the ADA deaths as permanent .. especially since fyodor and atsushi don't even do that. they both acknowledge the page and how to can undo everything. the point isn't for this to be the end of these characters stories but to use them show how 1) atsushi handles the intense trauma and stress of watching his family die in front of him and the pressure on him to get the page and undo it and 2) see how atsushi handles this situation since this is one of the few times he is completely on his own with no assistance, no plans and no fall back options.

now obviously i know akutagawa will likely get back into the fight too because of the s5 ending but id still say a lot of this is very reliant on atsushi since this isn't the same akutagawa he knows.

i mean, fukuzawa literally says this

i know many people aren't enjoying this arc, they want skk back, they want back smaller scale conflicts, they want the ADA dynamics back, but people have also wanted atsushi to take back his place as the MC and this is setting up such a perfect opportunity to show atsushi's strength.