TALKING ABOUT DAZAI AND CHUUYAS RELATIONSHIP
Bsd manga spoilers + Stormbringer + Dead Apple + Dazai, Chuuya Age 15
Asagiri confirmed yesterday that after Dazai left the Port Mafia, Chuuya thought he died after not being able to find him.
I saw people saying that Chuuya didn't care about it, after he thought Dazai died. The fandom has been saying since years that Chuuya doesn't care about Dazai.
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"Since he hadn't found Dazai, who was working as a detective in Yokohama, he probably thought Dazai was already dead. After all, Dazai always wanted to die, so Chuuya didn't expect much."
The truth is, Dazai and Chuuya dislike eachother, but they have a very strong bond and care about eachother in a different way. People can have complex feelings to eachother and care about the person.
They have know eachother since 7 years, they literally saw eachother grow up as adults. In the Port Mafia they were partners and even got their own partner name "Double Black / Soukoku", which shows what a great team they are. You also can see that through the manga chapters.
In the prison arc, Dazai immediately knew Chuuya was not a vampire. They could even communicate with each other without talking with their mouths. They created a plan in secret immediately. This is how good they understand each other.
How can someone look at them and say "Oh yeah, Chuuya didn't give a hell, when he thought Dazai died." Chuuya doesn't care about Dazai." Dazai doesn't care about Chuuya."
Obviously, they care about eachother, they just won't show it so completely well. I think you can even see 15!Dazai having fun with 15!Chuuya. And when they met again.
Maybe people say, "He only acted like that because the mission was on the line." Yes, it was, but you can't act like he didn't have a worried face. He genuinely thought Dazai was heavily injured. And he was super mad at Dazai when he was only joking and maybe slightly embarrassed after letting that side out of him.
In the Guild arc, when they fought against Lovecraft, Dazai got thrown into a tree, and Chuuya, who supposedly "doesn't give a shit about Dazai," looked like this.
In the same arc, Chuuya stated he celebrated with a Petrus 1889 after Dazai left. I'm actually surprised how many people believe that he genuinely was happy, maybe because the Anime ruined this scene and many Anime watchers saw it like that.
In the manga, his face expressing does NOT seemed pleased. He is looking down, no happiness seen anywhere. Chuuya felt betrayed when Dazai just vanished from the Port Mafia without a word to anyone. They were close to eachother, I think more than anyone in the Port Mafia.
In Dead Apple, you see Chuuya risking his life for Dazai to save him, when there was a possibility Dazai was already dead, but he trusted his gut.
Imagine seeing a person who you trust your life with, suddenly vanishing without a word, and not appearing for 4 years. Chuuya thought Dazai was dead and then he suddenly was found in the ADA.
Chuuya also seemed angry when Dazai was in that basement and seeing Chuuya for the first time in 4 years again.
Reminder that this was 2-3 years ago before Dazai left. Chuuya lost his Sheep friends, the Flags, the detective, and Adam. They all were close to him, even more than Dazai at that time. After that, Dazai was the closest person to Chuuya.
Lastly, I want to address Chuuya's old friends, his deceased ones, and the Sheep ones.
And then Dazai vanished, leaving Chuuya alone, just like his friends.