Sarki

atsushi: sorry i cant hang out; akutagawa's sleeping on my shoulder

junichiro: dont u hate that guy? he tried to kill u the other day

atsushi: yeah :/ but u know, he's sleeping so

junichiro:

atsushi: if i wake him up, he'll never fall asleep on my shoulder again, or well until he forgets

junichiro:

/

akutagawa: u foolish jinko, i am leaving

atsushi, yawning, and leaning into him to go to sleep:

akutagawa:

Akutagawa started their whole thing by trying to kill Atsushi, not thinking much about it until Dazai started to rub Atsushi in his face. Of course Akutagawa eventually came to somewhat like/appreciate Atsushi I’d say mainly through his influence on Kyouka, but still Akutagawa doesn’t particularly care that much about making an impact on Atsushi. He didn’t want to that much nor did he try.

And then we have Atsushi who has been clinging onto every single word this man has said to him since they met. It is actually insane how much Atsushi cares about Akutagawa’s opinions. At first it was because he sort of reminded him of the headmaster and Akutagawa took the tormentor role in Atsushi’s life and then I’d say it was the guild arc when Akutagawa became something separate and since then Atsushi looks for Akutagawa in pretty much everything he does. That man has an OBSESSION with Akutagawa’s character.

It was already there before Akutagawa’s sacrifice but then that happened and it got even worse. Now he’s clinging onto the dead man who never had a single actual positive moment with(beyond Atsushi’s own mind in which he started to sort of view Akutagawa as a comfort or grounding person) and questioning literally everything about their relationship.

Then Atsushi literally SACRIFICES HIMSELF for Akutagawa and TURNS BACK TIME WHEN HE LEARNS THAT HE DIED AGAIN.

Seriously that move cannot be explained to be for literally anyone else since Akutagawa was the only one who actually died by Ame-no-gozen.

Akutagawa did NOT mean to be this important in Atsushi’s life to the point WHERE HE TIME TRAVELS FOR HIM.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL MAN.

Such a perfect depiction of how someone 'aggressive in nature' can be kind and how someone with a 'gentel soul' could be just as cruel as the worst of them.