Dazai

Dazai is a mysterious person, his true intentions are never revealed unless he reveals them. The person who got closest to the truth of his personality, as acknowledged by Dazai himself, was his friend Sakunosuke Oda, who recognized that Dazai shall linger in the darkness forever, as there was nearly nothing that can surpass his mind. Regardless whether he is on the side of killing people or saving them, Oda knew that no place in the world could fill Dazai's loneliness, which Oda thought Dazai knew in himself.

Dazai as the youngest executive in Mafia history. In addition, Dazai kept an enigmatic and dark façade, whose endeavors in the Mafia were unrivaled and eventually earned him the status as the youngest leader in the history of the Mafia (歴れき代だい最さい年ねん少しょう幹かん部ぶ, reki daisainenshō kanbu?).[3] Because of his aptitude despite his youth, Dazai contributed to about half the Mafia's profits for at least two years. Eventually, Dazai's ledger became tainted; Ichiyō Higuchi describes his blood to be "dark as the Mafia itself".[1] Even in his adulthood when he becomes an Agency member, when Kyōka Izumi showed remorse over having killed 35 people, Dazai remarked with a sinister face that such number is nothing. As a saying in the Mafia went, "The greatest misfortune for Dazai's enemies is that they are Dazai'senemies", for Dazai was aptly described to be "practically born to be in the Mafia". He was extremely confident and was a terrific planner, coming up with long-run strategies to subdue his enemies. For instance, he was able to lure Mimic operatives, who were previously trained soldiers, to fall under his trap.[11] Dazai is quite skilled in persuasion notably through his words, which he appeared to utilize in interrogations that broke targets who did not divulge anything under Kōyō Ozaki's torture squad.

Behind this grim persona, Dazai admitted that he joined the Mafia to be exposed to death, violence, and people giving in to their urges and desires, expecting that—in this way—he would be able to see the inner nature of humankind firsthand in hopes of finding a reason to live.[11] Following Oda's demise, Dazai defected from the Mafia and went underground in order to heed Oda's final request for him to "be on the side that saves people". Admittedly, he reckoned that people change over time[1] where potential surfaces,[15] which apparently seems to apply to himself as well. Upon joining the Agency, Dazai is usually called lazy, with Doppo Kunikida always scolding him for being unproductive and slacking off. Despite that, he has shown a sharp wit, deducing all the unlikely situations that led Atsushi Nakajima to believe he was being stalked by a tiger when he was the tiger in question. He has complete confidence no matter what type of situation he is dealing with, be it combat or simply bad situations he formulated in the first place.

In most occasions, Dazai is overly dramatic. He takes most of his actions as a joke, and, although they are very well-thought plans, he does not credit himself for most of what he has done. Dazai likes to tease anyone and everyone, especially if it means that he can get a laugh out of it. As a suicide maniac, he often attempts to commit suicide in comical manners, but he oftentimes fails or gives up on it when such methods are painful.

Dazai, in particular, wishes to commit double suicide with a beautiful woman; though he admits that he "likes all types of women", he possibly prefers the type who would die with him if he asked to. Kunikida once wondered why Dazai is quite popular with women and called him a menace to women,[21] a sentiment Chūya Nakahara once used when he threatened to leak Dazai's address to every woman he ever made cry, which Dazai soon asked him not to do.[2] Dazai also once had a run-in with a bomb threat instigated by a woman whom Dazai figured was obsessed with him. While his suicidal tendencies are initially comedic, they reveal a truly dark deep hole that Dazai has. Even as a teenage boy, Dazai questioned whether there was any value in life.[9] Thus, he soon tried to fill this hole and find a reason worth living for, choosing to live a life surrounded by bloodshed and war, but his friend Oda with his dying breath convinced him to choose the good side. He understood that even though good and evil mean little to Dazai, he may become a slightly better person if he were to choose well.

In the past, while he was still suicidal, it was shown to be far less comedic. He even described the death as a way to free himself from the oxidizing world, but, strangely enough, he could not die no matter how hard he tried. Additionally, he was extremely brutal and methodical, setting up traps to catch captives alive to torture them for information, and he would often beat his then apprentice Ryūnosuke Akutagawa for disobeying orders and to push him to the limits to improve his abilities.

Dazai allows suspicions to surround and frame him in order to outmaneuver the Azure Apostle. While in the present he is more lighthearted and comical, he still retains some of his darker personality. He is still able and proficient at coming up with long-run strategies, though he doesn't inform his teammates what they are until the time is right. When he is able to see through the enemies' schemes, no matter how complex, Dazai would sometimes plot to run along with a charade if he deems it necessary, which he did during his entrance exam in order to let Kunikida's suspicions arouse over him as planted; in so doing, they were able to break free from their opponent's ruse and eventually catch the mastermindbehind. Dazai is also willing to use dirty means to achieve his goals, such as purposely deflating Ango Sakaguchi's car seat airbag when they crashed so Ango would get injured and force him to cooperate with Dazai for pardoning Kyōka in exchange for having his wounds healed.

Nonetheless, he does care for his teammates and watches out for them, especially Atsushi for whom he sees the greatest potential. Moreover, Dazai develops a sense of duty and utilizes his wit and intelligence to the Agency in their quest to help maintain Yokohama's peace and order. As part of his various plans and well-calculated strategies, he even devised for Atsushi and Akutagawa to collaborate at times to become a new generation of Twin Dark who could take on the brewing evil lurking within the city.

Unfortunately he can be extremely selfish if it involves good things happening to him. He can be sadistic, cruel, and condescending. If it’s a person he doesn’t like, he’ll be dehumanizing as hell. He’ll in fact dehumanize someone until they genuinely believe him. He’s a master manipulator who knows really damn well how to control people. Underneath that though, he’s a whiny, adorable sweetheart. He absolutely adores pet names (like pretty boy, handsome, sweetie, honey, baby, ect). Only when it’s his partner who does it to him though, anyone else he’ll just roll his eyes at and slap. He IS a sadist though, it’s literally in his nature. He’ll be utterly dehumanizing at times, but he does ask for consent on things (e.g touching, kissing, physical contact, sexual interaction, ect).

There were traumatic things that happened in his childhood that Mori did to him. Mori would dehumanize the shit out of him. Mori found Dazai at 5-7 years old, and here are some behaviors that stuck with him. He sleeps in a curled up ball to comfort himself, he’s incredibly lonely. When he was a kid, Mori used to force him to sit on the floor, and whenever Mori snaps and points to the floor, Dazai begrudgingly sits on the floor. He hates people touching his head unless it’s his partner. He’s very respectful to Mori. If he’s told not to do something, he doesn’t do it. He’s not stupid. He’s very unhealthily attached to Mori, and runs over to him when he’s scared. He’s extremely clingy to Mori, it’s a trauma-bond. He’ll sometimes just go to Mori’s office and lay on him, which Mori doesn’t mind and rubs his back.

My Dazai headcanons from Bungo Stray Dogs!!

1. Mori found him at the ages 5-7, not 14-15.
2. He secretly loves physical affection
3. He runs away for days on end after being vulnerable.
4. He genuinely likes all women no matter what they look like.
5. He’s an alcoholic (which counts as self harm)
6. He hates Mori with a passion and wants to kill him after Mori killed Odasaku.
7. He’s like an older brother to Elise. A very annoying one.
8. He doesn’t like Chuuya that much. They trust eachother, it doesn’t mean they like each other.
9. He gets extremely jealous whenever Mori treats Chuuya or Elise well.
10. He doesn’t feel bad about what he did to Akutagawa at all.
11. He’s respectful of women and asks for consent. I don’t know why people sometimes hc that he doesn’t, he’s a nice guy.
12. He’s cis and bisexual.
13. He shows signs of disorders. No, that does not mean he has those disorders. It just means he shows symptoms of certain ones. Don’t be a reductionist.
14. He hugs his pillow while sleeping to act like it’s Odasaku. Sad, I know.
15. He’s not scared of Mori at all. He used to be when he was a kid, but he’s not anymore. He hates Mori with a passion.
16. He’s good around kids, unless they’re being annoying.
17. He doesn’t like physical contact unless he trusts you.
18. He shows genuine sadism and doesn’t care when he does.
19. He’s rude to others who are rude to him.
20. He’s an INCREDIBLY deep sleeper in the detective agency. In the Port Mafia? He’s the lightest sleeper known to mankind.
21. He’s extremely rude to others as a defense mechanism. If he genuinely gets entertained with an argument, he’ll start being ruder and ruder.
22. He can get extremely dehumanizing to Chuuya. He does it a lot lmao
23. He has some sort of hoarder disorder thingy? He keeps every single gift he was given. He has a pile for Chuuya, Ango, Oda, Q, Atsushi, Akutagawa, and even Mori.
24. He does in fact have a choking kink- :]
25. If he’s upset at Chuuya, he will hide behind Mori if he sees Chuuya in the hallway.
26. He always apologizes for crying on someone because he’s scared he ruined their clothes. Basically when he was little Mori got mad at Dazai for crying on him and hit him for ruining his clothes.
27. He ran away from home when he was little. He goes over to his mom’s house sometimes and stays there until he feels better or until Mori wants him to come back. He cries a lot when he’s alone because he misses his mom.
28. He blames himself for Oda’s death and it leads him to cut himself.
29. He frequently has manic depressive episodes.
30. He always acts cheerful in front of EVERYONE. It gets to the point where he can’t tell if he’s faking his own pain or sadness.
31. He’s faked his own death WAY too much ;-;
32. He will violently push people away. One time he pulled a gun on Chuuya and Kouyou had to settle it. That’s when she first started raping him was for a “punishment”.
33. He’s VERY persistent and stubborn with certain things. He’s also good at making people believe things.

HEADCANONS OF DAZAI (but sexual >:])

1. He’s INCREDIBLY soft and good in bed. He whimpers a LOT. Mori and Kouyou can confirm-
2. He has a praise kink. He gets extremely hard at being praised, especially “good boy” or “sweet, obedient boy”.
3. He’s a switch! Top some days, bottom some days.
4. Him and Chuuya are dating ^_^ Chuuya is rough and so is Dazai :3
5. Mori and Kouyou raped him but he didn’t mind as much when Kouyou did it. He’s still scared of women because of her though. He’s terrified of Mori touching him though, except for headpats, back rubs, or brief touches.
6. He’s hypersexual and has a lot of sex toys. He rarely uses them though. He uses them in the afternoon if he’s stressed, and he goes on porn websites a lot. He feels disgusting afterwards so he rubs himself raw in the shower.

Uhhh…that’s all I could think of rn so yea :>

Dazai is a young man with mildly wavy, short, dark brown hair and narrow dark brown eyes. His bangs frame his face, while some are gathered at the center of his forehead. He is quite tall and slim in terms of physique. For his attire, Dazai wears a long sand-colored trench coat, the belt of which he leaves untied. Under it is a black vest over a striped dress shirt that is light blue in hue. He wears a bolo tie, which is held by a brown ribbon and a turquoise pendant. He also dons beige pants, dark brown shoes, and has bandages wrapped around his entire body; only his face, hands, and feet are left uncovered. Back when he was in the Mafia, Dazai wore a black trench coat that reached under his knees. He also wore bandages over his right eye and his right arm is in a sling—presumably products of his suicidal pastimes. At some point, he was able to regain the use of his right arm. Underneath his sleeves he has multiple deep cuts. He has cuts on his right thigh and on his left arm due to self harm.

His clothes at home:

Hair: He has wavy, messy, and voluminous dark brown hair with long bangs that frame his face and fall over his eyes. Eyes: He possesses narrow, reddish-brown eyes.

Expression: His expression is solemn, wide-eyed, and blank at home most of the time.

Eye Patch: A large white medical bandage completely covers his right eye. Cheek Bandage: A white rectangular bandage strip is affixed across his left cheek. Neck Bandages: His neck is wrapped heavily in medical bandages, which are visible beneath his open collar.

Collar: He wears a high-collared white dress shirt. Scarf/Ascot: A white cloth scarf or band is loosely knotted around his neck, resting over his shoulders.Coat: A hint of a dark black coat is visible at his shoulders.