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theres a lot of room for improvement but I'm still happy with it !! i wish they had more wholesome interactions in canon together that wasn't just angst 💔

Btw hello from Ukraine

gaslighting myself into believing that i know how to replicate the bsd artstyle

I think I’ll be posting my bsd art more on here and instagram because why not ^^

After watching the first ep of the Wan season 2 I have so many ideas to draw and merch ideas

I wanted to come on here and express my feelings on the ending to part 1. I have been a fan of BSD after I discovered it in 2019, and I remember picking up the manga up to date that same year (when volume 13 came out in english). Since then I have been a huge fan of the series and it was quite frankly one of my favorites to fixate on at the time. Since the start of the vampire arc, I have been seeing how the series has been and the direction it went, and I know I may be in the majority of people but I do feel like these past 5 years of the manga it felt very drawn out with all the conflicts and fake out deaths happening one after another.

When the anime came around and adapted the final episode of season 5, I was excited to see where we would go next. Only to see that we had to wait from August 2023 to March/April 2024 for the continuation of the airport end scene. And thats when Fyodor was revealed to be the real villain all along, orchestrating everything during the DOA's actions. I felt pretty peeved at this revelation and i felt like alot of people, including myself were waiting for Fyodor to just be rid of as a villain so we can finally move on from the conflict. Mind you, had it not been for Fyodor's secret reveal as a villain, the arc had a good way to wrap up the vampire arc and move on much like how the guild arc and cannibalism arc. You have to realize that the entire conflict began in volume 14's Perfect crime arc, which kickstarted the exhausting series of events all the way till volume 25. Had it done that, I would have been on board to see what would happen next.

But it did not.

Instead we had fyodor being the final boss of the exhuasting 15 volumes of this saga where neither the cast or the reader could catch a break with how much shit was going on one after another. Sure you can say it was split between the hunting dog arc and DOA arc but overall, the story had zero breathing room other than reunion and meetings after volume 20 transitioning into volume 21. Because of this, I was getting tired of how long the series has been going when it came to wanting the conflict to end so both the cast and reader can have breathing room. Then we finally got it in the last recent chapters, sure Fyodor died in the most unclimatic way, yes there are so many unresolved mysteries in the narrative between characters fate and the order of the clock tower. But I am glad its finally over.

What really made me want to come to a realization that I want to see BSD volume 28 as the final of the series is when it was announced that it was the end of part 1. Yes, you read that right, 10 light novels, 28 volumes of manga, from 2013 to 2026 was all of Part 1. This was the final nail in the coffin for me. I don't know how others feel about this, and I am sure so many people may agree but I find it ridiculous that all those events was just part 1. So many other manga series end around the 20s and 30s of volumes and some are great and some have a dip of quality due to time. And BSD is a series I just wanted to see end so I can just enjoy the series from beginning to end without needing to wait for an ending years down the line. And thats why I feel like volume 28 in my opinion will be the end point for my journey with this amazing series. Yes I know part 2 may bring in some amazing new story ideas and i am glad people are happy and excited for the series to continue, may it be long time fans or newcomers. But coming from someone who has been following the series for years, I am glad to stop my journey with it and am glad Asagiri ended part 1 with how it was ended. Alot of series in fiction end with open ended mysteries and what ifs, and thats what I want it to do for me as someone who loves this series.

Thank you for reading.

This is unfinished sketch of my OC Isana Oguchi. Here's information about her:

- She appears in Dark Era.

- First created in character ai as persona in 2023 then decided to finalize details about her, changing design her almost multiple times

- Has (normal?) relationship with Dazai in DE (not romantic)

- Works as Comp. Scientist

- Has left mafia before Oda's death and Dazai's departure

- Currently works as as kindergarten educator

- Has Asperger Syndrome

- Has joined PM at 18 and has been there for 2 years

- Originally planned romantic relationship between PM Dazai and Isa, however very soon I changed their relationship into something but not romantic.

- Was inspired by one yumeship fanart from Pinterest

You can ask questions about my OC!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uhufJOHCsPDwIgD2lJYGu0CsGJarE2oY

I translated the first chapter of the new The Day I Took In Dazai manga adaptation into English! First 20 pages are in the carousel here, and the remaining ones can be found in my original thread here: https://x.com/yoshiko_png/status/2072977909220868411?s=20

Edit: now also available on tumblr! https://www.tumblr.com/yoshiko-txt/821207164913942528/the-day-i-took-in-dazai-manga-chapter-1-english

I have quite a bit of BSD art that is thought I’d share on here!
This piece took a long time to make especially the clothes rendering lol, I think I’ll also make this as a print to sell too :3