#I wish ppl talked about it more like they're so wholesome asdhjfa

[ampheenix]

Death Note au for BSD?? yes please >:))

Younger Dazai as Light- Odasaku died a year ago, robbing his life of any colour it had, and he puts on a bubbly facade around his classmates and friends (the ADA) but in reality struggles to feel anything. One day he comes across the death note, and is stunned as he realizes its powers.

Oda had told him before he died to ‘be on the side that saves people’ (same as canon) and Dazai realises that the death note is his chance to fix the world, becoming Kira to get rid of criminals who (in his mind) killed his best friend.

(An older, less immature Dazai like in the series might have made a different choice, but in this au he’s more like 15-yr-old PM Dazai- except still traumatized from Oda)

Mori as Ryuk, who explains the power of the shinigami to him, amused with Dazai's decision to kill criminals using the notebook (He'd look even more terrifying than Ryuk as a shinigami tbh, less monstrous and more human-like but that makes him all the more eerie).

Akutagawa as Misa, holder of the second death note and puts Kira up on a pedestal, revering him for murdering the criminal who killed his family. Dazai uses him to further his goals, feeling nothing towards him although the younger boy borderline worships him (pretty similar to canon).

Chuuya as L, along with the rest of the PM as the police force. In this au Chuuya still has a hot temper but it’s more of a controlled, and efficient rage- he might be amiable in company but as soon as the door slams shut he’s gritting his teeth, kicking his chair back as he takes his anger out on a new case.

(At first I thought Chuuya as L might not fit due to the differences in intelligence, but really Chuuya is far smarter than he lets on- he's a tad gullible though)

Kouyou as Watari, who discovered 8-year-old Chuuya and brought him to an orphanage for intellectually gifted children (Wammy’s House), and being the most intelligent he became almost like an uncrowned king. Aka a parallel with the king of the sheep, if you will.)

#lol I was shocked to find no one had done this yet #could've sworn the death note to bsd pipeline was real #idk the shows just have so much in common in my opinion #maybe that's just me lmao #this au is also more angsty since the ADA all consider Dazai a friend but he feels close to nothing towards any of them #chuuya feels like the first friend he's ever had and vice versa #also I love the older sister vibe kouyou has w/ chuuya #I wish ppl talked about it more like they're so wholesome asdhjfa #so ofc I'm making it a thing in this au #kouyou rescued chuuya and he feels he's never been able to pay back that debt #and although he technically employs her in this au they still have that same dynamic as canon lol #she def lightly ribs him for being gay for dazai #and he just rolls his eyes bc the bitch is so wrong its unfunny- there's no way he'd fall for that shitty dazai... #right? #ykw on second thought I'm so tempted to write this myself if no one else has💀 #I've been meaning to write bsd for ages but haven't gotten to it lol #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bungou stray dogs #bsd anime #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #bsd #college au #university au #light yagami #l lawliet #l death note #shin soukoku #bungou gay dogs