Why Are All The Main Characters Of BSD Trauma Children?? Ive Been Given Too Much To Work With

Why are all the main characters of BSD trauma children?? I’ve been given too much to work with

Let’s talk about the Atsushi cannibalism theory (it’s 1 am and I’m not sorry)

So there are two parts to this theory; and let’s start with the easiest one as it has actual relevance to the source material.

Atsushi Nakajima ate people when he was unaware of his ability. First I want to point out that this is probably canon and just ignored by all of the characters. When Atsushi first met Kunikida and Dazai, during the restaurant scene both in the anime and in the manga, they say they’re looking for a *man eating tiger*. Which, let’s be honest while a starving tiger would eat people, probably means it wasn’t just hysteria and Atsushi had confirmed deaths. He was considered a dangerous beast by the military, and would be killed on sight, not subdued.

So at the very least, even when he attacks Dazai, and they scold him for being reckless, we know there are probably confirmed deaths to his ability. Most likely as a starving tiger he ate these people or tore parts of them off so badly they died without help in the middle of the night. He’s kept unaware of this for his own mental health (we saw how the Dead Apple event affected him), and for plot convenience. Now that he has control and never uses a full tiger form again, he’s not just going out and eating people. But the ADA knows he’s killed people, they have to right??

Second, a theory with little to no evidence that’s a fan theory that I personally find fascinating is the “what did Atsushi’s parents do to him before the orphanage?” We get the line from Fitzgerald (I can’t find which season it’s from) “After breaking your ribs, he had these choice words; ‘after every thing your parents did to you when you were just an infant, this doesn’t even count as abuse’.”

We never get real confirmation or hints as to what exactly Atsushi’s parents did to him. There are fan theories I’ve seen (I don’t know the origin) where Atsushi’s birth parents may have eaten parts of him out of poverty and desperation, because he could regenerate with his ability. We know his ability has been active since early childhood, hence the being locked up and other forms of abuse at the orphanage.

Though there’s no hints or solid evidence, I’m fond of this theory because of the irony that his parents ate him, only for him to eat other people. Had the tiger or Atsushi not been starved would this have happened? Would the tiger continue to eat people out of instinct, or a form of familiarity and comfort?

It’s a wild theory and it’s absurd, but it’s one that sticks in my mind often

Ignore the other message- not letting you hide this (shh I didn’t use the wrong blog)

I love codependent freakish iwaoi so much… give me the toxic!! give me the insane!! give me the relationship that ruins the life of everybody else around them and ultimately may get them killed!! please!!!

And by this point, not only is Mori aware that Dazai’s been there, he doesn’t tell anyone else! The favoritism is just that strong, because if Dazai can waltz around as he likes, maybe he’ll come back!

That and Chuuya both is angry he didn’t say anything, not even a measly hello, and wants to beat his ass for it. Yet at the same time, happy he didn’t see him making a fool of himself because god, that brings back memories doesn’t it?

You know how Dazai infiltrated the Port Mafia with this masterful disguise that absolutely would never fool anyone but still did:

Makes me wonder how long he could go pretending to be undercover while walking around the Port Mafia until someone figured it out. Since it's been a few years since he defected from the organization and we don't ever truly know the turnover rate for lower-ranking agents, it's possible a lot don't know who Dazai is or at least what he looks like (obviously except for the executives and others who were around during Dazai's time in there).

Because I can imagine him bumping into Hirotsu, and he has to do a double-take to make sure it was Dazai he was actually seeing and that he wasn't imagining it, but also that Dazai just has the audacity to go walking around like that while he was wanted for being a traitor. Hirotsu doesn't process it until Dazai's already long gone, then he bumps into Chuuya, and Chuuya's wondering what the spooked looks is on Hirotsu's face and they have the most normal conversation ever:

Hirotsu: I...Think I just walked by Dazai-kun.

Chuuya: Excuse me? You what?

Then the reports come in about some unknown bandaged dude wandering around who looks totally out-of-place not wearing a black suit like the rest of the Port Mafia, but Dazai's already left the building.

Since getting into Bungo Stray Dogs and it becoming my special interest, I’ve learned a lot of things about the characters and books they come from.

This whole blog may suddenly be character analysis and I’m not ashamed of that in any way. I’m happy to take criticism (as long as it’s polite) on my takes and head cannons.

And as I found some of my things beginning to get more than two like I figured I’d take the time to explain a few things and introduce myself as a whole.

Hi!

We’re the Camilla Collective!

A traumagenic DID system (yes we have a formal diagnosis) with autism and a big special interest in this silly little show.

I’m not going to list ever alter we have, but you can tell by the emote sign off. I may leave names and not descriptions; but feel free to ask questions [politely].

Some of our head cannons to the show do relate to the fact that we have many fictives and interjects related to bsd.

We have a lot of things to say and are happy to see them going further than before.

I’m not letting this hide. Y’all are wild.

I think one of the saddest things people tend to overlook (at least in what content I’ve seen) about Yosano’s past is what happens after the war.

Yosano says that the war was one of the worst parts, she was actively traumatized by Mori, and exposed to things no child should see. She was attacks, hated, used and manipulated emotionally. Not only is that horrible and horrific and she lost her only friend in the military to suicide, and that’s a huge amount of trauma for an eleven year old to go through.

To me the saddest part of when she says; “Even after the war they kept me in isolation in a mental facility. I don’t imagine I would have left, even if the door was left open.”

It really shows that Yosano didn’t just leap over her trauma, the war started when she was 11 and the show and manga starts when she’s 24, it’s been years of living with Fukuzawa and Ranpo learning to deal with her trauma in a healthy way. A lot of situations, even if not as severe as Yosano’s deal with the victims feeling the same way!

As if they wouldn’t be able to leave, even if the door was wide open and freedom was right there staring them in the face. The emotional and mental manipulation can even make freedom be scary, it’s new and not routine and not, sad as it is, comforting or familiar.