![]() ![]() He casts off his jacket as he goes (remember that for later) and he kneels, cupping Oda’s head in his lap. The shot cuts to a wider angle, so we can see Dazai full on sprinting toward Oda’s body. Dazai agrees but he goes anyway, because Odasaku is his friend and he can’t let him die.īut Dazai comes too late. Mori calls him out on it, too, reminding him that there’s no logical reason for Dazai to try and save Oda. This is Dazai, for the first time, doing something incredibly out of character. Oda gives Dazai agency as a character, something to fight for other than himself.īut we learn the most about these two at the climax, when Oda is fighting Gide and the anime cuts between epic gun fight and Dazai talking to Mori. Until that scene, as they stand by the wreckage of the van, when he reaches out and actually tries to physically stop Odasaku from throwing his life away. By this point, it isn’t something he fights against. I knew this from the beginning…anything I never want to lose is lost.ĭazai is, at his core, utterly resigned to losing what’s important to him over and over again. He even states this outright later on, saying that:Īngo. But instead of trying to salvage the situation, he accepts that he’s going to lose someone he clearly values. He notices from the beginning that Ango is lying about going to a deal, right after seeing his bag, and figures he’s a traitor. Something I noticed about Dark Era Dazai is that he’s a really passive character. But this time, he reaches out to grasp his shoulder, yells his name, does the Dazai equivalent of begging him not to go after them because he knows he’s walking to his death. After Oda’s kids are brutally murdered by Mimic, Dazai again tells Oda not to go. Yet, something important to note here is that Dazai doesn’t actually stop him. ![]() After Oda gets poisoned and immediately decides to go rescue Akutagawa, Dazai seems reluctant to let him leave. That says that Dazai would have gone to help him regardless. He says, “don’t push yourself too hard until I get there” when Oda phones him about the Mimic sniper, and he brushed off Oda’s remark about having the Silver Oracle. Numerous times, Dazai is concerned for Oda’s safety. He holds Oda in such a high regard that he talks about how Aku could never defeat him in a hundred years. However, Dazai does have an immense amount of respect for him. Oda was, IMO, Dazai’s only true friend. Despite the age difference, Dazai doesn’t see him as a mentor. To start, let’s break down the relationship between Oda and Dazai. How much did Oda inspire and influence Dazai, and how much did he change? It’s currently 10:42 where I live and, because I refuse to sleep, here’s a post inspired by ‘s comment on my “The Cycle of Abuse in BSD” post. Buckle up, y’all, it’s going to be an extremely long one. ![]()
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