#bsd sleep schedule analysis

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you know what, screw it. Here's a list of my headcanons on ADA members' sleep schedules:

-Dazai: probably makes himself sleep deprived as a form of self sabotage. Stays up until 5-6 a.m. regularly, only sleeps for more than 5 hours whenever he passes out from being drunk. Frequently oversleeps in the morning, shows up at the ADA at a different time every day because of how erratic his sleeping is. Has a headache nearly 24/7 and permanent brain fog, can't concentrate on work ever because even just thinking takes so much effort. Probably thinks that the "has trouble thinking" thing is a good thing because then his brain is too exhausted to throw overly negative thoughts at him. Used to pull all-nighters all the time in the PM because he mostly worked at night, so now he's just used to not sleeping at night and doesn't see why he should fix it. No one trusts him with sleep meds like melatonin, so they begrudgingly let him be Like This as long as he isn't too much of a threat to himself

-Kunikida: has precisely 8 hours of sleep per day written out in his Ideals, and tries to stick to it whenever he can. But his workaholicism frequently conflict with this, and so he often ends up staying up until 3-4, writing reports and the like, and then feels extremely guilty in the morning and buries himself in more work. In college he would go for days without sleeping because he wanted to always turn in all of his work on time, then eventually dropped out because he realized that he could not let himself do this any longer, and his previous position as TA was good enough already. Definitely has revenge bedtime procrastination but will never let himself admit it

-Atsushi: usually gets enough sleep, but will often have nightmares in the form of flashbacks, so he wakes up tired anyway. Has trouble falling asleep for this reason too. Kyouka silently gives him things to help him sleep on bad days, and makes sure he's getting at least 6 hours every night. Having the tiger in him helps him deal with exhaustion and gives him a little more energy

-Kyouka: because of her past as an assassin, she isn't used to sleeping during the day. Stays up very late because she can't make herself fall asleep any earlier. Sleeps very lightly because she's used to having to jump up and fight at any moment. Thinks that getting 5 hours of sleep is enough. Is very tired all the time, but doesn't let anyone really see it. Has some mild brain fog. Atsushi helps her sleeping issues just like she helps him with his

-Kenji: hello daytime drowsiness! Gets enough sleep at night, but still frequently finds himself falling asleep during the day due to his ability. Yosano tried introducing him to caffeine to help him stay awake, but then he started bouncing off the walls and accidentally broke almost everything he touched because of how much energy he had, so now he's banned from caffeine and the rest of the ADA makes sure he has his naps whenever he needs to

-Yosano: knows the effect of sleep deprivation very well. Gets 7 hours often, but is always ready to stay up late helping people. "Caffeine addiction" is an understatement, and there are empty energy drink cans littering her entire workspace. Sleeps pretty lightly, and is ready to get to work at any moment because she's a doctor, and sometimes people need help at night, whether it's from injuries or if they just need someone to talk to. Will often stay up very late on weekends because she also has revenge bedtime procrastination, but, unlike Kunikida, she calls it exactly what it is. The third Friday of each month is dedicated to a late-night drinking session with Dazai where they talk about all of their problems. Ranpo often accompanies them, but eats candy instead of drinking because Ranpo and alcohol are a terrible combination. Kunikida was roped into the gathering a few times as well, but only Ranpo has any memories of what happened during those times

-Ranpo: pretty burned out most of the time, but doesn't know why. Executive dysfunction makes it so that he can't make himself work during the day, and then the guilt sticks with him for the rest of the day. Often overthinks at night. But he still gets 9 hours of sleep regularly. Crashes pretty early in the night (compared to other ADA members, at least), but will stay up all night when given the chance to binge something like a show or a new mystery novel, typically one of Poe's. Stays up late with Yosano, but mostly on weekends

-Tanizaki: is probably still recovering from the sleep schedule most students have, but is doing very well with sleeping otherwise. Naomi often forces him to sleep enough. Thought his sleep schedule was just okay, but then looked at the rest of the ADA and realized that he was doing a lot better than almost all of them

-Naomi: gets about as much sleep as you'd expect from a student with a part-timer in a detective agency. But she still tries her best to get enough, and on the days where she barely slept she'll stay home and rest. Overall, she seems like she'd be pretty responsible

-Fukuzawa: tired all the time. Running an agency takes a lot of energy, and he has a huge workload. Will often pull all-nighters at the office and then slide in and out of microsleeping the day after. His office is separate from the rest of the ADA, so he zones out in there a lot. Drinks tea as a source of caffeine. Dreams about becoming a cat and getting to sleep for 18 hours a day. Fukuzawa is used to working alone, and so often refuses help from people. He sees himself in Kyouka, and notices the fatigue she tries so hard to hide simply because he did the same. He has explained to her how long the recovery process from the nocturnal lifestyle will be, and tries to help her whenever he can. He helps all of the members, really. He lets Kenji sleeps when he needs to, allows Dazai and Ranpo to slack off, will often try to redistribute Kunikida's workload, worries about Atsushi, and helps Naomi with homework during breaks. He really, really wants to be a cat sometimes

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd headcanons #armed detective agency #bsd dazai #bsd atsushi #bsd kunikida #bsd kenji #bsd kyouka #bsd fukuzawa #bsd ranpo #bsd yosano #bsd tanizaki #bsd naomi #character analysis #yeah pretty much all of them are sleep deprived #and tired #bsd sleep schedule analysis #making that a tag because i plan on doing a post for the pm later

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It's time for part 2 of my BSD sleep schedule analysis (Electric Boogaloo) (Port Mafia edition):

-Chuuya: sleep deprived, overworked, exhausted. Being the PM's strongest fighter and an exec, he's constantly being given more groups to fight, people to kill, and reports to write. Probably doesn't get many breaks either. He has a large salary and spends it on a lot of fancy things, but he really just doesn't have the time to admire them. He probably has all of his possessions spread across a lot of different apartments/safe houses and doesn't really have just one to call his home since he's always on the move. He probably only gets around 3 hours of sleep on average but never gets the chance to crash from exhaustion, and so just kinda has to live with the feeling of about-to-pass-out. On the occasion he does get an actual break that isn't a free hour or two to spend talking to colleagues at a bar he just collapses on a couch with some wine and sleeps for as long as he can, though Kouyou will drag him out for spa days every few weeks or so. Gravity manipulation seems very tiring as well, so he definitely has a lot of exhaustion-induced physical pain (from muscle sores and the like) on top of being mentally drained all the time. Add that to existential crises and never feeling human and you get a certified mess

-Akutagawa: give! him! a! break! too! Rather than having a huge workload, he probably gives himself extra things to do in order to avoid feeling weak and worthless. He's conditioned himself into believing that any moment not spent doing "useful things" makes him completely weak, so he forces himself to constantly fight. He's extremely sleep deprived and exhausted but refuses to receive help because he also views that as "succumbing to weakness". His physical health is already not great, so he probably ends up in the infirmary frequently because he just straight up collapsed during a mission after not sleeping for two days. He probably overthinks everything at night, so hello insomnia! leave him alone. Akutagawa also probably neglects things like eating and maintaining his health simply because he forgets from always fighting, and, if it weren't for Gin (and the other Black Lizard members) he'd not even be functioning. Probably only sleeps for like 5 hours a week and has permanent, chronic brain fog and fatigue from everything he does. Relies on Rashoumon to fight so much because he himself is too physically weak to fight. Probably also uses Rashoumon as a hidden support to keep himself upright. Tea is his main source of caffeine, but he will chug energy drinks if he deems it necessary. Overall, just,,, give him a break, forcefully (PS I actually have a fic on this exact thing if you want to read it)

-Kouyou: mildly sleep deprived, but mostly normal. Likes having me-time frequently, and so has most of her fatigue eased by things like spas. Gets around 6 hours of sleep most of the time, 8-11 on free days, but will pull an all-nighter or two whenever she needs to. I really don't know enough about her subordinates, but she probably trusts them to take care of things themselves and is rarely called into action

-Mori: being the PM Boss probably means he gets a lot of work and negotiations to sort through, but he generally takes care of it quickly enough. He prefers delegating the work to others rather than doing it himself, so he has a lot of time on his hands to just kinda...do whatever, I guess? I'd assume he gets like 5-8 hours of sleep generally, so he's probably fine for the most part

-Hirotsu: he is tired. Having to take care of so many unruly teenagers over the years couldn't have been healthy for him at all. Cigarettes ease the exhaustion a bit for him, but not by much. He drinks a lot of fine teas and coffee to stay functional. He frequently has to stop Black Lizard members from doing stupid things, like Higuchi recklessly pursuing Akutagawa, Gin trying to stab Tachihara, etc. Any time Tachihara calls him Gramps he ages 50 years. He just wants to go home

-Higuchi: one day she discovered caffeine and has never stopped drinking it since then. She's pretty much always hyped up on energy drinks or coffee in order to work as much as she can to prove that she isn't useless, and also to distract herself from negative thoughts. She got tired of spending so much time wallowing around in the dark of her bedroom so she decided to invest in tons of caffeine to the point where she's basically vibrating with energy at all times. She also needs a break, please give her a break

-Gin: most of her missions are at night, so she mostly sleeps during the day, or just whenever she can. Generally isn't as tired, but she lives with Akutagawa (who is a mess), so she received fatigue by osmosis. Really just fed up with how pointlessly self-destructive her brother is and is considering locking him inside a room with a bunch of pillows and nothing to do except for sleeping for two days straight. Frequently has nightmares when asleep. She's a mafioso, but the years of blood staining her hands keep her up with guilt

-Tachihara: I still haven't really read the manga so I don't even know what to put for this, but I'd assume he also has a caffeine addiction and sleeps for maybe 5 hours a day

-Q: no sleep, constant nightmares, afraid of closing their eyes and having to see what their mind throws at them. Most of their time is spent curled around their doll on the cold floor of the cage they're kept in. please,,,,just save them,,,,,,

-Kajii: thinks he invented super caffeine and convinced himself he doesn't need sleep to survive (he does). Will stay up for days on end making bombs or whatever it is he does and then abruptly collapse. Doesn't see anything wrong with this and believes that it's just a side effect of so much science (it isn't). He's both really smart and really stupid but everyone's too scared of being blown up to say anything to him

#bsd #bsd sleep schedule analysis #port mafia #bsd headcanons #all of them are sleep deprived but are we really surprised? #bsd chuuya #bsd akutagawa #bsd kouyou #bsd mori #bsd hirotsu #bsd higuchi #bsd gin #bsd tachihara #bsd q #bsd yumeno kyuusaku #bsd kajii #bungou stray dogs #character analysis

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someone remind me to write part 3 of my BSD sleep schedule analysis posts later. I was planning on writing it back in uh *checks notes* May, but then kinda just. forgot. and now I also finally have enough characters to do it with, maybe even enough for a part 4

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