Ekedalia - Untitled

Aku after Atsushi comes back and the fight has "ended", immediately runs over to Atsushi to make he sure he's okay. And they meet eachother with a hug.

Atsushi: omg omg....I am back! I am alive!

Akutagawa: omg...you are back...you are okay

*squeezing eachother aggressively*

Atsushi: I thought I was dead...you were dead

Akutagawa: we are fine...we are fine...

*Atsushi pulls away*

Atsushi: wait, we are enemies! We are supposed to be on opposite sides not THIS!!!

Akutagawa, sighs: Weretiger, I didn't ask them to return you the ADA but to ME

Atsushi: oh...oh..

*meanwhile*

Aya: you aren't gonna stop this?

Fyodor: all these years I have learnt how important reunions can be.

Aya: so you're sentimental

Fyodor: ah to be young...

People say Atsushi talks about his past too much and I think he doesn’t talk about it enough.

We are not the same.

I want that lore.

Concept: Atsushi’s first transformation in the series is quite violent and that doesn’t change going forward.

Maybe it’s because of what Shibusawa did to him. Maybe it’s because he hasn’t accepted the tiger.

Whatever the case even with All Men are Equals in effect pain is the basis for Atsushi to transform.

A fact that doesn’t surprise him much.

Akutagawa looking down on Atsushi as this weakling and watching him writhe in agony. Because losing his leg was nowhere near as painful as gaining it back.

It even makes Akutagawa look away at the horrid sight. And while he’ll dismiss it here as time goes on he’ll think back on it.

How strong Atsushi must be to bare such a burden. How he’s seen people tortured fold quicker and yet Atsushi just picks himself up and keeps going.

Perhaps in sharing his ability Akutagawa hopes deep down that just for a little while that burden can be shared.

Kouyou watching in morbid fascination as this boy breaks himself apart just to save her Kyouka. All while Kyouka sees the lengths Atsushi will go for her, to save her.

Lucy’s cries that Atsushi’s more special die on her tongue seeing the agony that such a gift grants. How she would never want wish such a thing on anyone.

And the protectiveness she denies having when he goes off to fight once again.

The Agency as a whole try to use Atsushi’s ability as a last resort. No one likes seeing him in pain no matter how temporary it may be.

And no many times Atsushi reassures them it’s fine. Because really pain makes Atsushi who he is and he doesn’t get how to explain that.

If it means saving everyone he cares about and the city they hold dear then well it’s worth it.

Chuuya doesn't play favorites - until he does.

wait

A lot of people in bsd fandom say that only Dazai could actually kill Fyodor but I think that might be wrong

Hear me out here, we know Atsushi’s ability can slice through other abilities right? Well considering that current Fyodor isn’t actually Fyodor, it’s Bram, that would mean current Fyodor is a manifestation of his ability, which means Atsushi could slice through it, similarly to how he can slice through Rashōmon, which would mean the ability would have no effect on him, so Atsushi could probably also kill Fyodor, but the agency would probably stick with Dazai doing the killing just in case.

thanks for listening to (reading) my lil theory :3

What I think will happen in the next chapter

Shin Soukoku where it’s Atsushi seeing the best in others and Akutagawa berating him for being naive.

Simply because those others include him and Akutagawa can’t see what Atsushi’s sees in him.