Messaging People For The First Time Is So Hard. What Am I Supposed To Say? Like, "You Seem Really Odd

I will be honest with you, Akutagawa was very stressed and emotional last chapter just for him being all straight face no emotion "jinko" bs.

Can you share your thoughts on that?

Also where is the light in his eyes?! He had it last chapter too why did it disappear?!?!!??!

Saw someone on Twitter saying that maybe Dazai image shattering and becoming the headmaster was because Atsushi saw Dazai for who he really was and now the headmaster and him are in the same level.

Two abusers who stripped the humanity out of children for "their own good"

I'm literally throwing up rn don't talk to me

Akutagawa, that's kinda sus

remembered this line from Beast and now I have to kill myself

So like

Akutagawa is in love with Atsushi

If you took this out of context this would genuinely look like an enemies to lovers romance manga scene 🙏

Also Harukawa wrote an illustrator's note (I think it's at the end of volume 5?) about how she draws eyes, and how she portrays the character's current growth, personality and aspect on the world through their eyes

Akutagawa's eyes have almost always been dark, the representation for how dark his life and character is

But Atsushi brings light to them

In chapter 121.5 where Akutagawa's eyes grow wide as he sees Atsushi die, it's not just a show of how shocked Akutagawa is, it shows how Atsushi lightens Akutagawa's eyes, how much he's affected him for the greater good. Atsushi brings out a new side to Akutagawa

His eyes are incredibly light as he recalls his memories and gets hit by Atsushi's death that wasn't even just a death, but a death to save him. To protect him

Because Atsushi thinks Akutagawa is worth protecting

So just, like, I really love how chapter 122 not only shows Atsushi finally seeing Akutagawa's past and fully understanding Akutagawa's trauma and even relating to him, but it also shows how Akutagawa truly feels about Atsushi (although the "and then..." definitely left us on a cliffhanger)

I love them

Redraw of Dead Apple's second volume cover

Kyouka is adorable<3

Made a rushed fanart for Chuuya because it's his birthday :>

I did 16yo Chuuya so it could be his sweet sixteen lmao