Dazai says to Mori that he was afraid Dazai would kill him and take his place just like he did to his predecessor.
Because evil expects evil.
And I wonder if that same line of thinking is why Dazai’s able to fool and outsmart Fyodor.
Because Fyodor expects Dazai to act in the same manner as him. He expects Dazai to play his game as Fyodor would.
And Dazai plays into that but it’s only on the surface.
Mori didn’t expect Dazai to leave because of Odasuku. Fyodor didn’t expect Dazai and Chuuya to be working together.
A bond they believed to be shallow turned out to be the driving force for all Dazai’s actions.
Everything Dazai does is in service to help his friends, to help the Agency. He knows how to play the role his enemies expect of him.
And every time he proves that they’re not the same.
Interesting to note too is that both Mori and Fyodor have been referred too as a Demons while Dazai’s always been the Demon Prodigy.
But when Dazai's around...
DAZAI-SAN DAZAI-SAN DAZAI-SAN DAZAI-SAN
Akutagawa
I recently discovered that if you initially draw a picture in a sketchbook, and then finish it from a computer, it turns out quite well.
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Smol
Crack concept: When Atsushi got cut in half part of him remained in the airport and just grows into another Atsushi.
Akutugawa’s just staring in disbelief and Fyodor’s completely losing his cool because you’re supposed to be dead!
And Atsushi 2.0 is just like man you tried to kill my partner and won’t give me shoes? Rude.
Atsushi the original stands in the 4th dimension missing half his body like well that’s inconvenient.
Something about Dazai leaving the Port Mafia remembering Odasuku’s shattered dream to be a writer.
And then becoming partners with Kunikida whose ability revolves around writing things down in a notebook.
Odasuku who thought he lost the right to write if he took lives.
Kunikida who only lets himself use his ability, characterised by his notebook, to protect the innocent.