The Thing Is Fyodor Could’ve Had Atsushi In His Grasp Before The Series Even Began.

The thing is Fyodor could’ve had Atsushi in his grasp before the series even began.

That’s without question no one else knew who or where Atsushi was until he showed up in Yokohama at 18 years old. While Fyodor has known about Atsushi, his ability and his location at minimum since he was 12. Because that’s when Fyodor sends Shibusawa to him.

And even when Fyodor is actively having Atsushi hunted down for through things like his bounty and the Guild’s incineration plot, it feels more like a test that anything else. It’s like he’s continuing where Shibusawa left off, setting these events and observing how Atsushi will fare through them.

Ironically in a way similar to a cat playing with it’s pray.

Like I don’t think for 5 minutes that Nathaniel Hawthorne showing up on the sky casino was supposed to be a legitimate threat. Especially knowing Lucy was there and allowing himself to get caught without even fighting back.

But I don’t think he was just randomly there, he had a purpose and it was to tie a string of blood to Atsushi. In order to keep a track of him.

A moment that stands out to me is during the Hunting dogs arc when Nikolai’s fighting Atsushi and tells him ‘you’re not one of the murder targets." Because it implies to me that Atsushi’s role is different to everyone else’s. He should be with the Agency, getting framed and then going on the run but he’s not. Atsushi is down underground fighting Nikolai who just leaves him there.

And yeah Kyouka shows up to help him but the people who came to inspect that area weren’t guards or soilders but the forensics team. Meaning that Atsushi wasn’t in any real danger and for a plot like this where the Agency should have nowhere safe left to go to that is rather odd.

The only exception to this I feel is the stuff with Fukuchi because he did originally plan to kill Atsushi. The only reason he didn’t was because Akutugawa showed up but even then he tried to have him kill Atsushi. Only reason Fukuchi didn’t go after Atsushi after was because it would’ve complicated the timeline.

Feels like an outlier because all Fyodor’s plans have involved trying to capture Atsushi. Even the Guild incineration plot had them keep him safe as a prisoner. And well, Fyodor kinda needs Atsushi alive for his plans.

Hell Fyodor was in the alleyway Atsushi was walking into in the Cannablism arc. You see him turn around at hearing Atsushi’s voice and he leaves to let Atsushi discover Dazai’s body. He just leaves him alone and carries on with his plan.

All of this just reads as "I need you but not yet." There’s a plan for Atsushi alright, there’s been one going for a long time but it hasn’t come to fruition yet. Much like how the book has specific parameters of when it can be used and its conditions, Fyodor is waiting until everything is put in place to enact his grand plan.

One in which Atsushi will be the centrepiece.

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i stocked up on posts like this for desert duo

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Atsushi my sassy king

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okaoxo

2 months ago

Orange Cat Atsushi

Aka Atsushi is part orange tiger and thus exhibits orange cat behaviours.

Dazai: I know Atsushi I’m sure Kenji will be back soon.

Tiger Atsushi is curled up in a ball on the road and growls sadly.

Dazai: Oh I think I see him.

Tiger Atsushi perks up.

Chuuya: What the hell are you doing out here?!

Dazai: Oh never mind it’s just Chuuya. You know he’s so easy to mistake for a small child.

Chuyya: Why you!

Tiger Atsushi growls sadly.

Dazai: Wow Chuuya I hope you’re happy now you just made Atsushi sad.

Chuuya: I didn’t do shit. What’s wrong with him anyway?

Dazai: Atsushi wants to be carried.

Chuuya: You’re kidding me.

Dazai: Nope and while we could if he was in human form he refuses to turn back. And when I was gonna turn him back he hissed at me.

Chuuya: Oh boo hoo.

Dazai: Exactly, so now we have to wait for Kenji to come back from his case. But he ran into trouble so this is gonna be take a while.

Chuuya: What kind of giant rampaging tiger wants uppies?

Dazai: This one.

Chuuya thinks it over and sighs before looking at Atsushi.

Chuuya: So werebrat you wanna be carried?

Tiger Atsushi nods gravely.

Chuuya shakes his head and then lightly boops him on the nose and activates his ability.

Tiger Atsushi floats up in the air and spins around happily.

Dazai: Oh look you have uses after all.

Chuuya: I’m not doing this for you.

Dazai: Good because asking you for a favour might just kill me.

Chuuya: On that we agree:

Dazai: He looks so happy.

Chuuya: Yeah…why does he keep trying to crash into that building?

Dazai: When it comes to Atsushi one can never truly know.

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okaoxo

4 months ago

Did I ever tell you about my head cannon that byako is a female tiger because the animators never animated the shef that irl male Tigers have.

So if Atsushi takes on byakos attributes during his partial transformation dose that mean he has a vagina in is weretiger form?

OK, so that's interesting. As far as I'm aware, Byakko doesn’t have a confirmed gender (I've seen people stating that Byakko is female in canon, but I couldn’t find any sources supporting that in canon at all; some people just treat it as such). I’ve also seen people say Atsushi refers to Byakko as male, but I didn’t find proof of that either. So, either the animators and the mangaka overlooked that detail, or they did so on purpose, either to keep the gender ambiguous or to hint that Byakko is actually a female tiger. Either way, your interpretation is totally valid.

If we go with the idea that Byakko is female, then it raises the question of how far Atsushi’s transformation actually goes. Does he take on all of Byakko’s physical attributes—not just the claws, fur, and fangs? If so, it’s possible his anatomy could shift to match hers. But since he’s never shown to fully transform (always keeping some human traits, except in episode 1), it’s hard to say if the transformation would extend that far.

So, I guess the real question is whether Atsushi just turns into any tiger or if he actually pulls from Byakko’s “DNA” and straight-up takes on Byakko’s body. But assuming that is the case... ENBY ATSUSHI!?

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okaoxo

4 months ago

What if Atsushi met Chuuya instead of Dazai??

Atsushi: *he finds a particular red head mumbling to themself and wiping a motorcycle clean* he excuse me ma'am or sir...

Chuuya: *he looks over at Atsushi* .... Is there something you need?

Atsushi: *panics* do you need help?

Chuuya: ..... Help would be appreciated

Atsushi helps Chuuya clean the motorcycle

Chuuya: I need to pay you back somehow... You hungry?

Atsushi: *slowly nods*

Chuuya: great let's go

They get some tea on rice, chazuke?

Atsushi: thank you Mr..?

Chuuya: Nakahara, Chuuya Nakahara

Atsushi oh I'm Atsushi Nakajima and thank you Mr. Nakahara

And Atsushi unintentionally followed Chuuya to the Mafia HC to which when he turned into a tiger alone with Chuuya, Chuuya treated him with the respect he ever rarely got when he was younger and now Chuuya just has a "pet" tiger and was just accepted as a respected member of the mafia

The mafia recognizes that they should not do anything to the tiger or Atsushi

Atsushi and Chuuya become close and at some point Atsushi meets Kenji and they become friends as well

Atsushi thought at some point it was okay to introduce Kenji to Chuuya

And thus forming a friendship circle of three people lol

Kenji: so Atsushi is my friend and your friend...

Chuuya: yea??

Kenji: We shall be friends!!

Chuuya: *smiles* then we shall kiddo

Atsushi: *smiles*

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okaoxo

1 year ago