#buichirou shirase

[buichiroushirase]

Understanding Shirase is all about understanding the raw meat thing. Because the point, I think, is that he's someone who's always operating on the need to get ahead of what might leave him starving. Quite literally because he's been an orphan in the slums without any power or influence outside of what he can leech off of other since he was seven. He's easy to take at face value, because he's presented predominantly as a comedic character in storm bringer (and IMO one of the funniest parts of that novel), but you don't get a seven year old who was hiding under a bridge to get drunk, living in the sewer with a network of kids protecting each other from trafficking without a little tragedy.

I see a lot of people take him as just an annoying blowhard, which is of course anyone's prerogative, but I think all of his boasting and posturing actually reveals so much about him as a character.

For all of his grandiosity, "I'm the next king''-ing, and claims that he's the smartest and strongest in the Sheep, I don't think he actually believes any of it. To me, he comes across as someone who has constructed their personality around justifying to himself (and to anyone he meets) that he has a right to exist. He has to do this or he wouldn't survive under the conditions he grew up in. I think what's behind the mask is very apparent in these moments:

He's self conscious. Terrified. Deeply aware of exactly how vulnerable and useless he is in the world he inhabits. So he has to put on a show either be overstating his own importance, or throwing a tantrum and shoving indebtedness back in everyone's face. The moment that brings this best into focus is of course the little bit of his POV we get in Storm Bringer.

I think his whole worldview is kind of put on display here. He believes he became so useless that he was left behind and abandoned. He would after all. We know that because that was essentially his approach to Chuuya. And I must emphasize, not because of callousness but because that was the way of the world he grew up in: eating the raw meat before the person sitting next to you can get to it first.

He basically says it himself. That's the only way he survived so long:

I don't think any of that excuses his actions or his mistreatment of Chuuya, but I think it puts his character into perspective and adds depth to him. He's not your toxic friend who cheated off your math homework in middle school, he's a deeply traumatized child desperately trying to survive.

Tangential note to tack onto the end to this, just because I'm probably not gonna write a separate analysis on him, but I often see people interpreting his "I'm the next king" shit in Storm Bringer as evidence that he always thought that, but I'm not so sure of that.

I interpret it more in that he genuinely felt betrayed by Chuuya. In 15, even though he flies off the handle in the arcade scene, he's generally a little bit more composed. I think he genuinely took a big hit from the loss of the sheep. That line when we first meet him again in the factory and he thinks "no one visits me anymore. no one." honestly breaks my heart a little bit. He lost his whole family, and while at that stage we the readers know that he sewed the seeds of his own destruction, it looks to him as though he was just right to be suspicious of and turn on Chuuya. In 15 he acknowledges the Sheep's council structure, and seems to respect it, so I think this line is very genuine. His rational isn't "I was always king" it's more "you were our king and I feel like you failed us so I'm going to be better" however misguided that may be.

#this isn't good analysis I don't think I just wanted to ramble about my pookie #bungou stray dogs #chuuya nakahara #buichirou shirase #shirase bsd #anyway he has so much narcissistic personality disorder

[xaiilophone]

I think Shirase in a world where yuan wouldn’t already have purple eyes would fully believe in alexandria's genesis and would tell new sheep Chuuya all about it and would be crushed when he finds out it’s not real in Stormbringer when Chuuya tells him.

#shirase #shirachuu #shiraseee so beautiful i die #yuan #the sheep #sheep bsd #bungou stray dogs manga #bsd #bungou stray dogs #chuuya #15 chuuya #dazai chuuya age 15 #stormbringer #bsd manga #bungo stray dogs #shirase buichirou #buichirou shirase

[si1v3rtr33s]

i'm watching the stormbringer stage play and...

i've been pronouncing "shirase" wrong this whole time (i'm manga-only, so i haven't heard his name being said before)

this is gin all over again

his name isn't SHIR-ase, it's shira-SAY

i'm a fool

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #buichirou shirase #gods i'm dumb #on a lighter note #ANDROID JOKE #every time adam says it i say it too #i think it might become a vocal stim #bsd stormbringer #stormbringer stage play #bsd stage play

[baikenzzz]

I think yuan was chuuya’s first kiss

#bsd #bsd fanart #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs fanart #chuuya nakahara #nakahara chūya #yuan bsd #shirase buichirou #bsd fifteen #doodle #my art

[twilicidity]

More school au sillies

#bungou stray dogs #bungou #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #dazai osamu #bsd skk #soukoku #bsd dazai #dazai x chuuya #skk #bsd yuan #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou

[evermorethecrow]

'That feeling I can't quite name,

come and cover me in it

till alone I no longer exist.'

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #chuuya #bungo stray dogs manga #i love him #bungou stray dogs #chuuyabsd #bsd art #my corrupt art #chuuya bsd #bsd chuuya #bsd au #chuuya au #cryptid chuuya au #cryptid chuuya #silly art #shirase bsd #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #shirachuu #shirase x chuuya #sheep bsd #bsd sheep

[petitesmafia]

stormbringer gang 4ever (inspired by this tweet)

#enartchive #bsd #nakahara chuuya #bsd chuuya #bungo stray dogs #bungou sd #bsd stormbringer #adam frankenstein #shirase buichirou #dazai osamu #too lazy to colour this ahaha #also don’t ask me shit about shirase’s hair #that was a NIGHTMARE #Adam’s mouth took me so long to draw too #so I just said fuck it #also I didn’t realize Dazai’s sign was so small LOL #no spatial awareness when u finger draw on ur phone fr

[rosalinesurvived]

Shirase giving Chuuya bread and water when Chuuya didn’t know what it was, even when the other Sheep were on edge

Fukuzawa paying for all those bowls of food for Ranpo after meeting him for the first time.

Oda and Dazai eating Oda’s favourite curry together

Dazai deciding to take Atsushi for food after meeting him on the streets. Kunikida paying for all those bowls though he didn’t want to

Kunikida stating that he’ll cook Dazai healthy meals just to stop him from eating nothing but crab

The Agency all collectively making sure Ranpo has enough sweets and snacks

Atsushi buying crepes and tofu for Kyouka with his own money

The Agency throwing a party with tables full of food for Kyouka joining.

Beast!Atsushi being unable to buy Beast!Kyouka crepes because he has a panic attack

Beast!Akutagawa being given food by an old lady just because he looked too skinny

Beast!Oda taking Beast!Akutagawa for his favourite spicy curry

Beast!Atsushi and Beast!Akutagawa bonding together in the cafe over their drinks, their sugar cubes, their past poverty and lack of anything

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #izumi kyouka #atsushi nakajima #fukuzawa yukichi #chuuya nakahara #dazai osamu #kunikida doppo #oda sakunosuke #bsd beast #akutagawa ryuunosuke #ranpo edogawa #shirase buichirou

[frostlineprince]

sharing my gallery full of BSD live actions images (part 19)

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd headcanons #bsd stage play #chuuya nakahara #chuuya bsd #bsd chuuya #bungou stray dogs chuuya #bsd chuuya nakahara #bsd nakahara chuuya #bungo stray dogs chuuya #bsd storm bringer #bsd stormbringer #bungou stray dogs stormbringer #bsd adam #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #bsd osamu dazai #ougai mori #mori ougai #bsd paul verlaine #paul verlaine #bsd sheep #bsd flags #bsd albatross

[the-port-mafia]

𝓣𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮, 𝓢𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓮.

#bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd stormbringer #bsd stage play #bsdedit #bsdstageedit #nakahara chuuya #shirase buichirou #mine

[buichiroushirase]

Chuuya scaring the shit out of Shirase complication <3

#bungou stray dogs #chuuya nakahara #buichirou shirase #ueda keisuke #ryujiro izaki

[xaiilophone]

Dude are you also a Shirase fan? I know this is so random and we've never interacted but like SHIRASE FANS STICK TOGETHER

YES YES I AM HES MY FAVORITE EVRR IM SO GLAD HES STARTING TO BECOME LESS HATED IN RECENT TIMES . I actively defend and cosplay him even though it’s def been too long since last time..

#shirase buichirou #shirase #sobs so loud. the sheep my specials shirase is actually still guilty to this day 10 years later trust #buichirou shirase #bsd

[squidsandthings]

Did a shirase doodle for @koi0boi!

#bsd #bsd fanart #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #bsd art #bungo stray dogs #squoodles

[aka-s-sheep]

do you howl at the moon like a wolf

Yes. How did you know

#🐺 #bsd roleplay #bsd rp #shirase buichirou rp #bsd rp acc #(he likes the “im the alpha im the leader im the one to trust” song)

[twilicidity]

He jelly

School au

#bungou stray dogs #chuuya nakahara #bungou #bsd chuuya #dazai osamu #bsd skk #skk #soukoku #bsd dazai #dazai x chuuya #bsd atsushi #bsd akutagawa #akutagawa ryuunosuke #atsushi nakajima #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #Bsd Yuan

[frenchonionsoop]

Made myself a youtube channel yippeee! Here's the YT link to the animatic I posted a couple hours ago

Going to be putting any bsd animations/animatics i make in future on here so stay tuned >:D Also the yt algorithm is awful so any interactions are highly appreciated 🙏

#sorry for basically spam reposting the animation i have no self control #i noticed that videos dont seem to do too well here on tumblr so yt channel it is #for animations and animatics at least i am still here for art #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd animatic #bsd chuuya #chuuya nakahara #chuuya fanart #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #bsd dazai #dazai fanart #bsd shirase #shirase buichirou #soukoku #bsd memes #my art #Youtube