#aya bsd

[philzokman]

omg guys i just realised aya's the first child asagiri hasnt brutally murdered !! 🥺

#lea.txt #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #sobbing violently #aya bsd #bsd aya

[sillyfishies]

They are the ONLY father - daughter duo

#bungou gay dogs #bsd #bungou sd #bsd fanart #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #digital art #bsd art #bungo stray dogs fanart #artists on tumblr #bram stoker #bsd bram #aya bsd #anime #small artist

[neo--queen--serenity]

Bram, after spending under 2 hours with Aya:

#aya: but i already have a dad #bram: irrelevant. i am your dad now #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bram stoker #aya kouda #aya koda #kouda aya #koda aya #bsd spoilers #bsd season 5 #bsd season five #bsd s5 #bsd s5 ep10 #neo queen serenity’s memes #bungo stray dogs #bungou gay dogs #bsd bram stoker #bsd bram #aya bsd #bsd aya #bram stoker bsd #bram bsd #bsd memes

[karmicpunishment]

basically me after this chapter

#part of me is !!!! because of sskk #the other part is !!! about aya #very different feelings #also !!! about the fucking bomb thats heading to kill 30 mill people ??????????????? AH #this chapter is crazy #bsd 110 #bsd ch 110 #bsd chapter 110 #bsd manga #bsd manga spoilers #bsd spoilers #bsd #bungou stray dogs #atsushi bsd #akutagawa bsd #sskk #shin soukoku #aya koda #aya bsd

[nureon]

Kunibram is a rare pair but I will die on that hill.

Just let them both adopt Aya and being matchmade by her and the ADA.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Fanfic for Part 3

#kunibram #kunikida x bram #kunikida doppo #bram stoker #kunikida bsd #bram bsd #aya bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bungou sd #bsd fanart #my art #just dads being dads #they marry just to adopt aya and fall in love after my honor #kunikida doesnt need a wife he needs a hot vampire

[kyoukamybeloved]

she’s an icon, the girlboss of all time, she’s single-handedly holding the fate of the world in her hands, she’s an ally of justice, she’s a legend, I mean come on now

#i believe in aya chan supremacy #bsd #bungo stray dogs #izzie posts #bsd aya koda #aya bsd #bungo stray dogs aya #bsd aya #bsd s5 #bsd manga #bungo stray dogs s5 #bsd memes #bsd funny #bsd bram #bram bsd #bsd bram stoker #bsd kunikida

[bramfangs]

///// BSD 106 SPOILERS /////

what if...

... he can still remember his promise that he made to atsushi. even as a vampire.

i am so done with sskk and their gay antics.

#asagiri can't keep doing this to me #i am slowly losing my sanity #what if it was my last straw #this makes me wonder if other vampire can remember things from their 'human' thoughts? #in that case what would chuuya and jouno not forget #meursault pov two chapters straight? #this is a miracle! #sskk #shin soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #akutagawa #atsushi #akutagawa ryuunosuke #atsushi nakajima #aya bsd #bram bsd #bsd 106

[jounosparticles]

new tweet + art from abe!!

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd official art #bsd bram #bsd aya #bram bsd #aya bsd #bram stoker #bsd s5

[fintensifies]

to all 3 people that are gonna see this

#bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #chuuya nakahara #edgar allen poe #dazai osamu #kenji miyazawa #atsushi nakajima #fyodor dostoyevsky #bram stoker #aya bsd #ranpo edogawa #i just wanna know #fin.post

[sorcerersandskillusers]

I NEED THEM TO REUNITE SO BAD!

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd kunikida #kunikida doppo #doppo kunikida #kunikidad #bsd aya #aya koda #aya bsd

[consultingdemiwitch]

Bram is not a very good backpack

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd fanart #BSD art #art #digital art #comic #BSD AU #bungo stray dogs AU #Bram BSD #BSD Bram #Bram stoker BSD #BSD Bram stoker #BSD Aya #Aya BSD #Aya koda BSD #BSD Aya koda #alternate universe #fanart #BSD comic

[xielianslver]

Sometimes I forget the fact that Kunibram and Aya don't live together in Kunikida's apartment, where Bram does all the cooking and cleaning and drops Aya off at school every morning. And where Kunikida makes the money, picks Aya up from school and comes home to Bram making food that is at least more edible than what Dazai makes. Where Bram thinks Kunikida looks like his dead wife and will mention it once a couple of days. And Kunikida who usually doesn't like change much starts wearing his hair down more often totally not because Bram said his wife always had her hair down. Where Kunikida will 'forget' something at home and Bram will come by at lunch time to drop it off. Where Kunikida will subconsciously tuck his hair behind his ear like a school girl when around Bram. Where people mistake them as in a romantic relationship and after a while they just gave up on denying it (to strangers. Kunikida has to constantly remind Dazai that he is "straight and isn't in a relationship with Bram".)

Oh and that they never met in canon. I forget that one as well.

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd kunikida #doppo kunikida #aya bsd #bsd bram #bram stoker #kunibram #domestic fluff #malewife bram #rarepair #dazai #they never met before #🎻 | < . vince's drabbles #🌑 | < . bungo stray dogs

[soupthatistohot]

BSD 110: An Absurdist Analysis

The fate of Aya Kōda

Since my post analyzing BSD 109 in accordance with Asagiri's absurdist storytelling got so much love, I've decided to continue analyzing the chapters thru an absurdist lens when I deem it relevant, and making predictions accordingly. I think that not only is it an effective way of reading BSD, it gives us readers a bit more hope that things will turn out okay when the plot is... like it is right now (lol).

I recommend checking out my BSD 109 post if you haven't already this since I explain the philosophy of the absurd in depth there :)

BSD 110 spoilers below!! Obviously! Also TW for discussion of suicide.

So. I really don't think the ten year-old girl is going to die.

On top of Aya being "the last hope" (more on that later), suicide is one of those things that absurdists really frown upon.

Aya's plan as I understand it right now is to add her weight to the table in order to pull the sword from Bram's body, this is why she jumps. If this works, the sword will be dislodged and she, the sword and the table would fall to the ground, which is very far below -- she would likely die upon impact.

Absurdists really don't like suicide as a solution to hopeless situations, most absurdist storytellers have their characters commit suicide because they have "given up". It's submission, giving into the meaninglessness of our reality rather than rebelling against and embracing the absurd.

We see this with Oda in Dark Era, his suicide mission is framed as him giving up on life because the orphans were killed. Of course, it also served as catalyst for Dazai's character development, compelling him to escape a situation that would have likely ended up in his own eventual suicide. All this to say that even though Asagiri chose to make Oda go on a suicide mission, the overall narrative purpose still lent itself to absurdism through Dazai's decision to defect. It needed to happen for the story to move forward as it has (and as we know from BEAST, there literally cannot be a universe in which both Oda and Dazai are alive).

So, if Aya dies now, what message does this send? It's almost certain that the world will literally end if she does, meaning that everyone's efforts up until this point have all been for naught, which, as I explained in my BSD 109 post, is the opposite of the entire point of BSD as an absurdist text. Aya is really the "last hope" right now, with all our other main characters pretty much screwed or just not present.

"Nothing is impossible for a warrior of justice. We beat the bad guys and save the world, no matter what happens."

What Aya says right here is something I'd liken to the Dazai quote I brought up with my BSD 109 analysis: "The ones who actually make the world turn are those who scream within the storm of uncertainty and run with flowing blood." Both communicate the idea that there's never an acceptable point in time to give up (suicide), that there's always something more that you can do, even when things seem bleak. Those who "make the world turn" are one in the same with Aya's concept of "warriors of justice."

Aya may not succeed exactly the way we expect her to, but she absolutely is not dying like this. On top of the absurdist storytelling reasons, she's just a child. Of course, we know Asagiri isn't above killing kids, but Aya is a bit different than the other children we've met in BSD. Her character has been built up and developed, she has a fleshed-out backstory, and we've spent a lot of time with her. To kill off a little girl we've come to care about a lot would just be cruel, plus her death wouldn't really serve a narrative purpose right now.

So, what could happen?

One prediction is that Aya adding her weight to the table does dislodge the sword and she falls, but she is saved by another character. We know Kenji and Tecchou are out there right now, we haven't seen Yosano or Kyouka in ages, etc. etc.. Basically, there are definitely people out there that could come to her rescue.

But there's an option I like a lot better: Aya's ability manifests.

Aya Kōda was a 20th century Japanese novelist and essayist, and the namesake for the Aya we know in BSD. As far as we know, all the characters who are named after real-life authors possess an ability inspired by the life/work of said author. Aya doesn't have an ability yet, so logic follows that she will develop one by the end of the series.

I'm not sure where I read this, so take it with a grain of salt, but I believe that in BSD the character's abilities manifest because of trauma. Not only does Aya live in a somewhat emotionally abusive household, but she's literally been thrust into the middle of a conflict in which the world could literally end and has decided to jump off of a tall building to try to save the world -- I'd say that's pretty traumatizing!

I'm not familiar with the irl Aya Kōda's works enough to speculate about what her ability would actually do, but there's a decent chance that because of the current situation, her special ability will manifest in order to prevent her from dying and/or dislodge the sword from Bram. This would also fit absurdist storytelling very well, she's literally doing jumping off a building as a complete last ditch effort, it's a crazy plan that probably won't work -- but her other option is to just accept death, and that's not acceptable. If she were to manifest her ability in this moment, it would reinforce the idea that rebelling against the absurd has value, that even when things seem at their worst there's always something you can do.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts! Please feel free to add anything you find relevant, especially if you're familiar with Aya's irl counterpart! See you next month ;)

Here's the BSD 110 translation I pulled the panels from.

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd 110 #bsd 110 spoilers #bsd manga #aya bsd #aya koda #bsd absurdism analysis #soup rants #but seriously tho how narratively amazing would it be if aya manifested her ability rn #like when everything seems hopeless she attempts smth absurd and is rewarded for it basically #RAGHGHGHH #asagiri i wanna kill u and kiss ur brain simultaneously

[xskyre]

The powerful duo 🦅💥 (I love them)

#aya koda #aya #aya bsd #bram stoker #bram stoker bsd #bram bsd #bram #bsd bram #aya koda bsd #bsd aya #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd art #bsd fanart #fanart #artists on tumblr #art #skyrart

[karmicpunishment]

okay theres no way aya is dying okay

theres so many people still at the airport that we havent been seeing, not to mention the vampires who will turn back if it works, someones gonna catch that girl

it also reminds me a lot of kunikida 'sacrificing' himself with aya back in ch 40 where we first see her.

and they were fine then.

aya will be saved!! im manifesting!!

maybe its time for kenji and tecchou to wake up from their nap lol, one of them can catch her.

OR

she manifests her ability. c'mon she has to have one, she's named after an author for a reason.

this isn't even an analysis im just rambling

#look asagiri might have a thing for destroying kids #but i don't think aya's dying #shes gonna manifest her abilty #save the world #and live <33 #aya koda #aya bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd 110 #bsd ch 110 #bsd chapter 110 #bsd manga #bsd manga spoilers

[kyoukamybeloved]

give my girl a gun she deserves it

#she would’ve ended it in three seconds #like the queen she is #aya koda #aya bsd #bsd aya #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd memes #she’s carrying the world on her shoulders rn #pop off #bsd chapter 109 #bsd chap 109 #izzie posts