The Other One Was Taken

Ive also got it somewhat like that in the og universe, but instead it’s Lucy in Tanizaki’s position and Akutagawa in Atsushis.

Everyone isn’t being weird and rude when they call him that, it’s pretty much just what his role is. He does whatever his superiors tell him to do.

We can look at their hair as symbolism all we want but in universe they are the only who have two toned hair(- Sigma but he was born from the book so he doesn’t count) that are the same colours but opposite, colour palate but opposite, Rashōmon manipulates space and Beast beneath the moonlight can cut through time, they somehow influenced each other unnaturally fast, they’re opposites but the same in every way.

We can look at this as symbolism all we want BUT IN UNIVERSE THIS IS WEIRD AS HELL AND THERE HAS TO BE A CHARACTER AT SOME POINT WHO ACKNOWLEDGES THIS.

What that means is when he was with Fukuchi he already knew who Kamui was, he was just ignoring it. Or maybe his brain was blocking it off.

He really liked it when Atsushi got mad at him.

Plus this moment during the Kyouka event(does this arc have a name?)

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.

Predictably it’s Malice Mizer.

WHAT IS THIS??????

YOU MAKE ILLUSIONS MAN. PHYSICAL CONTACT IS NOT SOMETHING POSSIBLE???? How the HELL did he hit that thing??

NOW IVE GOTTA STUDY METAPHYSICS DUDE. I SHOULDNT NEED TO DO THAT!

Just a different type of garbage movie than Itadori, considering the movie they saw was one Itadori didn’t like.

I know he technically might not but with how we sometimes get dialogue from Gin worrying about if he’s eaten that day and the fact that we know he doesn’t eat more than is strictly necessary for his body to function, plus his weight I’d say pretty confidently Akutagawa has an eating disorder.

Plus Kenji and his literal skill.

This one thing nearly got me crying man.

THEY SPOKE TO EACH OTHER TO DISTRACT FROM THE LACK OF WARMTH THAT THEY SHOULD’VE EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB.