#why you should read rkdd

[seekers-who-are-lovers]

10 reasons (and then some) you should read Akira Amano’s Deranged Detective (especially if you love or used to love Sherlock BBC, but basically love Doyle’s SH, not spoiler-free)

1) if you have a penchant for the height difference trope between the protagonist and the deuteragonist; with the lanky one as the private detective and the smaller a keeper of his adventures. Ron Kamonohashi sports black hair that hides the eyes. Reminiscent of Cumberbatch’s iconic SH dark curls. Police detective Totomaru “Toto” Isshiki is a blonde-/light brown-haired guy that gives off MF’s John Watson vibe.

The two met during the depressing phases of their lives. Ron lost his detective license shut out to the world for years with part memory loss and a flaw. Toto experienced a major slump at work, tied to do office tasks instead of investigating like a proper detective. Okay, Toto wasn’t a military doctor here.

2) Fine. There has never been a Turkish bath scene on Sherlock BBC, but on Doyle’s original writings SH and JW have fondness for Turkish baths and have visited there together several times. Ron and Toto went to an onsen already with them wearing yukata in their early days of acquaintance (Chapter 3).

3) Ron is a descendant of Sherlock Holmes by referencing a famous passage from “A Study in Scarlet.” And then Akira Amano confirming it in the succeeding chapters. Ms Amano took that premise when Sherlock Holmes was framed for a crime that he didn’t commit. She ran away with this idea that has become the focal point of her plot. This feels like an alternate universe.

But there’s a catch. There lies a difference among the three works. His scar that looks like “96” has a meaning. (If you scour the tags, you’ll find more super spoilers!)

4) Ron used to have a passion for the architect Le Corbusier that only a few people close to him know about. He told a “friend” that if he left England, “he’d build a vacation home in a country with one of Le Corbusier’s buildings.” An obvious nod to Sherlock BBC’s SH’s ubiquitous Le Corbusier black leather armchair.

5) Ron’s classmates at the prestigious Blue Academy in the UK nicknamed him“the freak” with negative connotation.

6) Ron might not be taking a recreational drug, but him consuming brown sugar is his addiction.

7) Toto supporting and protecting Ron has become his ethos. But there’s a major if. Some readers deduce that there’s something more than meets the eye. Is Toto a friend or a foe? Once again, an homage to season one’s “The Great Game” where SH initially thought JW was James Moriarty.

8) Ron’s eyes light up and makes a grin whenever he reaches an epiphany, as in he’s solved the mystery.

9) Moriarty. Of course. But who are they? And how many?

10) Toto’s “jealousy” every time Ron’s attention is not on him. (Elmer Stingray is the Victor Trevor.) Likewise the glances Ron gives Toto whenever the latter does or says something that pleases or amazes him. They have become each other’s world, won’t exist when they aren’t together.

And so many other things. Choice of phrases, words. (“The curtain rises… “Because you are an idiot.” ) The gestures. They give me a nostalgic kick because they remind me of Sherlock BBC. Naturally, these are the reasons that draw me to the manga.

Ps: there’s no Toby neither Gladstone here, but a cat that slumbers like dead.

(In case you’d love to know more, @clouds-of-peach )

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[akutasoda]

I was waiting so long for you to open req but been sleeping on for days 😭 you so deserve this 1k 🌷😭🎉

So, that's for 1k event, bsd, oneshot, fluff/crack, Atsushi x F!Reader.

Readers ability is like Ron Kamonohashis (tldr if you didn't watched: his detective and his ability literally guilt trips criminals to kill themself, but its absolutely out of control when his working, doesn't matter whu did what and why, and the only way for him to do his job is to haw a "sock puppet" person that would do "judging" for him). Previously Dazai helped her (Readers personality is a lot like Dazai (he adopted her basically), so they get along well + she likes working), but when Atsushi roled in, he saw opportunity (to do less work) to give him more "mundane" experience.

I hope I did it right, congrats again!

synopsis - when he's offered a 'more exciting' job he didn't know what to expect, but it definitely wasn't this

includes - atsushi ft dazai

warnings - fem!reader (no pronouns mentioned), fluff, slight crack, slight angst, wc - 1k

a/n: im sorry i kept you waiting! but thank you!! I actually read rkdd near when it first came out but barely remember any of it :')

you're life hadn't exactly been a cake walk, atleast not since you ability formed. a vile ability that you had absolutely no control over it or even when it activated and it sure made your life more difficult than it should have been. it had outcasted you from your first employment and made it extremely difficult to find a new job that would take you on - and it wasn't even you're fault really.

you had sought out a brief part time apprenticeship in a small precinct as soon as you you could apply and found yourself helping with interrogations. it seemed perfect to you but you hadn't quite grasped you're ability yet, you knew you had one you just didn't know how to activate it. unfortunately, you were tossed from your apprenticeship very abruptly one day - you're only memories being going to an interrogation with your supervisor and walking out the room to be swiftly fired.

not too long after, the agency found you. more specifically dazai who was assigned to investigate you're ability as a nullifier when the president was approached to do so by your employer. you were to be given a second chance if you joined the detective agency, of course they couldn't let anyone join just like that but if you passed the entrance exam you would be promised a place of work that could help to figure out and control your ability, not be outcasted because of it.

that was one of the main reasons dazai was assigned to look over you, you had no control over your ability and barely knew what triggered it so it was for the best that dazai could be on hand to help. he was quite surprised himself that he began finding himself helping you more than what he was asked to, maybe he just saw you as a way to prove to himself he could be a better person or maybe he just genuinely wanted to help you.

you're ability wasn't exactly the prettiest nor was it the safest - the idea that you could easily and unknowingly pressure a murderer into ending their of life wasn't exactly the nicest thought. however with dazai's help you both could start finding tell tale signs that you're ability had activated, more difficult than he originally thought because you did have no control over when it activated. a few obvious signs were how your eyes and the victim's eyes would become layered with colourful glaze and the fact you became much more decisive and insistent on berating that person - if dazai saw any of these he wouldn't hesitate to nullify your ability.

eventually, dazai started falling into a role where he helped control when you're ability activated. it took a while but eventually the agency figured out that if somebody acted as a middle man for you and your ability and made the 'judge' the person for you, you could actually perform a much more successful interrogation and therefore do your job. turns out, you were much more efficient when you could complete all aspects of your job effectively.

when atsushi first walked into the agency you knew who he was, dazai had previously talked you're ear off about the new task he had been assigned. when atsushi passed his entrace exam you saw an opportunity, one to 'take him under your wing' - totally not forcing him to do some of your work. dazai even went along with your idea claiming that atsushi could do with the experience in interrogation by acting as the middle man - he also thought he'd find it rather entertaining letting his student attempt to help an old one.

of course if atsushi was going to become a new helper fo your cause, he had to be briefed on your ability. atsushi didn't know who he found worse, you or dazai because to him you both seemed the same especially when you both seemed to practically share braincells. however at the end of the day he could see the importance behind what he was being asked to do and as much as your ability slightly terrified him, he knew dazai wouldn't encourage you to pick him to help if you both didn't believe he could do it.

when you first asked him if he wanted to have a bit less of a 'mundane' common task, he wouldn't have assumed you were talking about helping making judgements in an interrogation. while he did know that dazai was right outside of the room ready to step in if anything went awry, it didn't make him any less nervous about messing up.

atsushi didn't really like the idea of being the reason this 'alleged murderer' would be killed at the indirect hands of your ability. however his worries could be set aside when he actually watched you interrogate the suspect - he had to admit you were very efficient and he wondered if he could do this as well as you. it was admirable really but he still froze up when you looked to him for help in the judgement after failing to weasel a confession out.

dazai would compliment atsushi afterwards, providing him that reassurance that he successfully performed this role. although, dazai really couldn't help but slightly add on the fact that he thought that atsushi and you would make quite a formidable team if you both kept working together like this. atsushi couldn't believe him at the time but he does now.

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