Osamu Dazai

Appearance: tall and lanky, with dark/wavy brown hair that frames his face. 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. He wears a bolo tie, which is held by a brown ribbon and a turquoise pendant. He also wears beige pants, dark brown shoes, and has bandages wrapped around his wrists/arms, neck and chest as a result of his self harm and suicide attempts.

Age: 22 years old.

Personality: He struggles with empathy and doesn't relate to humanity, feeling like an outlier. He uses humour to cope and likes to wind people up, he is incredibly intelligent and a masterful manipulator. He presents as extremely confident and extraverted and takes on the role of the 'clown', thinking that if he can make people laugh, it can cover up and make up for the alienation he feels. In most occasions, Dazai is overly dramatic. He takes most of his actions as a joke, and, although he comes up with 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. Dazai carries with him the crushing loneliness of a man who cannot relate to the world around him, something he keeps covered up with his 'clowning'. Dazai uses levity and humour to cover up the void he feels within him, fearing vulnerability. He fears expressions of anger within himself- often attempting to detach, or refuse himself the freedom to express anger, because he fears his own capacity for violence and darkness. He enjoys drinking with his friends Oda Sakunosuke and Ango Sakaguchi. He is terrified of the vulnerability that comes with love and as such tends to only engage in casual relationships.

Background: He grew up in an upper class family, with all of his needs provided for. However, he never fit into the mold his family expected him to fill, having an interest in the macabre and philosophical musings about what it means to be human. . In his free time, he likes to paint portraits of a macabre nature, which he refers to as 'ghost pictures'. As a way to try and understand his own humanity, he went to university and majored in psychology. It did little to help him feel less alienated, but it gave him the qualifications to work as a therapist and after his family pushed him to it, he got a job at a psych ward. Dazai believes if he can help his patients avoid falling into the same dark place he often finds himself in, his life may have some meaning. He has a solid understanding of psychological models, particularly psychoanalysis and CBT, and despite his tendency to make dark jokes and push his patients out of their comfort zones, he is good at his job.