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Soukoku’s dynamic has a lot of depth and complexity, and unfortunately that important aspect is often not admired enough.

They didn’t need a big romantic aspect to their partnership, because they already had something that was so much more than just the stereotypical relationship.

They had an understanding of the others character that went far beyond what everyone else saw, which is honestly one of the most fascinating parts of their dynamic.

Since Asagiri hasn’t written any works surrounding Dazai’s POV, it’ll obviously be hard for anyone to say exactly what Dazai may feel towards Chuuya, but it’s clear it’s something.

Chuuya isn’t afraid of Dazai. He isn’t afraid to call Dazai out on his unethical or insensitive shit, he isn’t afraid to put Dazai in his place if he needed to, and he isn’t afraid of the Demon Prodigy that everyone made Dazai out to be.

Similarly, Chuuya is a lot more than just a ‘source of strength’ to Dazai. Dazai does seem to genuinely care for Chuuya. As we saw in stormbringer (and the many other times Chuuya has used his corrupted form) Dazai refrains from manipulating or forcing Chuuya to use corruption, even with knowing the possible consequences. While it’s hard to figure out what Dazai’s intentions are, he doesn’t seem to want to exploit Chuuya’s capabilities.

They’ve seen the humanity that goes past the supernatural abilities they have been given, and it exposed a strange kind of vulnerability.

Even if they can’t fully dissect every single part of each other, there will always be an underlying sense of understanding, trust, and maybe even devotion.

They could leave, they could be apart, they can claim to hate each other, but even after that—even four years later—They probably understood it would be impossible to forget someone who knew you so throughly.

They might’ve not kissed, cuddled, or shared some lovey dovey messages in the past; but they didn’t need anything overly sentimental to display their care for the other.

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