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A review by rachels1127
Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Vol. 4 by Kafka Asagiri
dark
emotional
sad
5.0
(this for 3&4 cause I read them back to back)
-Didn't get feralTwinkizaki Tanizaki in action but he was definitely saying some offhand shit; a win is a win 🙏🏼
-The ONLY qualm I have with this is the big fight between Atsushi and Aktugawa, I was glazing over all those pages fr, hard to decipher what was happening, but overall I loved the artstyle and hwo well it fit the vibe of the AU. OK and maybe the lack of Chuuya was disappointing.
-Now, for the Oda and Dazai content,how many times and in how many different ways will Asagiri hurt me with them 😭 First off, the way Dazai got sooo excited and happy and adorable, looking 16 again when he met up with Oda?? "Odasaku!!! 💖😊 Wanna hear a funny story?...And I wanted to tell you about it so much! 🥰 " BRUH his ass KNOWS this Oda doesn't even know him at all, doesn't recognize him or the nickname, and he STILL acted like this 😭 but of course he did. how could he not? that's the only person who's ever loved, cared for, and understood him I-and then to immediately get hit with AU Oda's response to this, which is to draw a gun on Dazai? Dazai's expression here had me on the floor he was in so much pain
"I invited you here...to say my final farewell. If you have someone you need to say good-bye to, you've lived a good life. And a good-bye that makes you lament from the bottom of your heart...is more than you could ever ask for." ASAGIRI FIX IT RN. And was that chapter start artwork Oda with Dazai's BANDAGES whipping around in the wind as he looks forlornly at where they're tangled around his hand?!?! I mean, this image alone is enough to push a bitch off the deep end. But Asagiri isn't done here <3. There's some more heavy hitters such as "Don't call me Odasaku," "It truly was difficult for me," Dazai's expression when Oda points a gun at him (pt. 2), "Please don't shoot me in this bar" with his world's 16 yo him and Ango as phantoms in the background, & the "Goodbye...Odasaku" full page spread...
And finally, as if there wasn't enough tearjerking, we arrive Dazai revealing his whole plan (in which he suffered), why this particular AU stood out from the others...was because "...this is the only world where he's alive and writing a novel. I can't let that world be wiped away...But I do have one regret, Odasaku. I won't be able to read that novel you'll complete one day. That's the one thing that vexes me a little." I'm sorry? You about to kill yourself and that's the one thing!?!? the only world where Oda is alive and writing his book is one where Dazai is a stranger, an antagonistic force to him? this is truly the most painful way this could've turned out. why. Asagiri what happened to you that you would even conceive this.
In conclusion. I'll have to re-read Side B of "The Day I Picked Up Dazai" now that I've got the background, for maximum suffering!! I love Oda and Dazai, and hey, at least Side A exists. I hate that it seems Dazai has to grieve in silence (I mean, he lost Ango too, just in a different way.), even if Oda haunting the narrative always gets me. Them >>>
-Didn't get feral
-The ONLY qualm I have with this is the big fight between Atsushi and Aktugawa, I was glazing over all those pages fr, hard to decipher what was happening, but overall I loved the artstyle and hwo well it fit the vibe of the AU. OK and maybe the lack of Chuuya was disappointing.
-Now, for the Oda and Dazai content,
"I invited you here...to say my final farewell. If you have someone you need to say good-bye to, you've lived a good life. And a good-bye that makes you lament from the bottom of your heart...is more than you could ever ask for." ASAGIRI FIX IT RN. And was that chapter start artwork Oda with Dazai's BANDAGES whipping around in the wind as he looks forlornly at where they're tangled around his hand?!?! I mean, this image alone is enough to push a bitch off the deep end. But Asagiri isn't done here <3. There's some more heavy hitters such as "Don't call me Odasaku," "It truly was difficult for me," Dazai's expression when Oda points a gun at him (pt. 2), "Please don't shoot me in this bar" with his world's 16 yo him and Ango as phantoms in the background, & the "Goodbye...Odasaku" full page spread...
And finally, as if there wasn't enough tearjerking, we arrive Dazai revealing his whole plan (in which he suffered), why this particular AU stood out from the others...was because "...this is the only world where he's alive and writing a novel. I can't let that world be wiped away...But I do have one regret, Odasaku. I won't be able to read that novel you'll complete one day. That's the one thing that vexes me a little." I'm sorry? You about to kill yourself and that's the one thing!?!? the only world where Oda is alive and writing his book is one where Dazai is a stranger, an antagonistic force to him? this is truly the most painful way this could've turned out. why. Asagiri what happened to you that you would even conceive this.
In conclusion. I'll have to re-read Side B of "The Day I Picked Up Dazai" now that I've got the background, for maximum suffering!! I love Oda and Dazai, and hey, at least Side A exists. I hate that it seems Dazai has to grieve in silence (I mean, he lost Ango too, just in a different way.), even if Oda haunting the narrative always gets me. Them >>>