Impulsively Driven Dumpster Fire

BUT

also how many times has he saved the city by now? If there’s a character in the whole story that would pass the ADA’s exam without even trying it’s him. People tend to forget that he is not a violence oriented person, not really (not saying that he doesn’t enjoy a good fight because he obviously does but that’s not even close to be the main point of his character) thing is, he is fundamentally a protection oriented person, he will do shit that NO SANE person would be able to do to protect the people important to him. He is so prone to autosacrificing all the time. The kid literally sacrificed the ONLY thing he has ever wanted trying to protect the city and the mafia. So can we really say that all of chuuya’s actions are bad? Man, the city is literally standing because of him. And he is doing it because he /cares/.

Dazai on the other hand is trying to be better even when he doesn’t have a particularly good motive for it. Does that mean that because of this his efforts trying to protect the city are worthless? Of course not. Does this make him automatically a morally good character? Uh no. Dazai doesn’t even care about good or bad. He is fundamentally a results oriented kind of person, either the action produces results or not. Bad or good, it doesn’t really matter. He “changed” because in order to work in the ADA it was necessary but from all the things that Dazai has changed in the ADA, I don’t consider this one to be in the top, not by a long shot. He is saving people, that’s great. He also refuses to acknowledge Akutagawa and keeps being purposefully cruel to him because that produces the best results, the whole sskk thing was possible because of that, he planned the car crash knowing that Ango was going to get hurt and counting with that to manipulate him. So can we really say that all of Dazai’s actions are good? Akutagawa is a walking bleeding wound because of him. He is in that prison moving people like they were chess pieces. I’m not saying he doesn’t care, I’m not saying he is not doing it to save the city but fact is that he is still manipulating people.

I think people forget that Chuuya is one of the very few people who know Dazai. Like, actually know him past his masks. That Dazai isn't the only one who can hurt Chuuya, that Chuuya can hurt Dazai just as much. Because Chuuya knows Dazai. Knows what makes him angry and what makes him act in certain ways to some extent and can understand his plans with no words sometimes

People focus on Dazai hurting Chuuya. But nobody thinks Chuuya can strike back just as hard. You really think Chuuya didn't at some point absolutely made Dazai feel like shit to the point it made his mind spin for nights? You really think Chuuya hasn't made Dazai feel guilty at least once?

I headcanon that when Chuuya is so pissed he becomes serious his words are pure poison. I headcanon that Chuuya can hurt Dazai more than anyone else could think. I headcanon that Chuuya even has said some very hurtful things to Dazai from time to time and has regretted them terribly. That there were points when Chuuya broke Dazai right back.

Soukoku are equals in ways not many would think. They are soulmates. I'm pretty sure if there's someone who could hurt Dazai for real, it isn't even Mori, but Chuuya.

I bet they struggled at some points to understand when their bickering was okay and when it actually came too far and one or both got genuinely hurt.