Bungou Stray Dogs - Ch. 122 - That Which Pushes Us Forward

[MangaDex]

 

[swordmaster2551]

me: ok

 

[RacistDith]

Maybe the director could redeem himself. Just Maybe

 

[gonn92]

wait who is Q?

 

[yarrayora]

in the end that headmaster is part of atsushi's imagination, he's not the real one. so him helping atsushi, apologizing to him, is more about what kind of person atsushi is and not what kind of person the headmaster was

also akutagawa acting like a jilted lover lmaaaooooo. "dazai-san's new boy"

 

[darkblade210]

Oooooo a director call back. Let's goooo

 

[Mopro]

wait who is Q?

Don’t remember too much since it’s been a long time, but I think It’s the guy from the rich European guy arc. Who wrapped himself with thorns and would purposely bump into you which caused him pain. This activated his ability where anyone who harms him start seeing negative hallucinations which caused those affected to be more aggressive towards their overall surroundings. During the end of that arc Q was forcefully tied up and assimilated/had his senses shared with a giant tree root network under the entire city causing anyone who brushed up on any of the trees or stepped in their roots to cause Q pain and therefore fall victim to the hallucinations, basically triggering a city wide mass hallucination incident of violent people and it was finally stopped when Atsushi gave something (forgot what it was maybe a doll of sorts) related to Q’s ability to Dazai so that the ability could be cancelled. I don’t think Q has made any notable appearances since. It seems as though in this chapter Atsushi is justifying the appearance of the Director on Q’s ability probably because he seems to hate the idea that the Director in his mind is more than just a hallucination.

 

[fyodorsSoggyHat]

Atsushi is finding out Aku and Dazai's relationship in the mafia!1! And the director coming back and not being a a$$hole fr once : D

 

[DIO_DA]

Who is the director? And who is Q???

 

[FuyuMao10]

Augh Akutagawaaa

 

[ikkunzip]

i’m crying at the fact akutagawa thought dazai replaced him w atsushi 💔

 

[Mopro]

Who is the director? And who is Q???

It’s the orphanage director that abused Atsushi. The mini flashback of the crying kid being told that he was useless because he couldn’t save anyone was probably the director and Atsushi. If I remember correctly, the Director allegedly dies from a car accident when he goes to the Detective Agency to congratulate Atsushi when Atsushi showed up on the newspaper after the touch European dude’s arc. The Director death was initially a case that Rampo was supposed to go solve, but he told Atsushi to go instead (probably to understand who died and why). Atsushi wants to deny that the Director was on his way to the Detective Agency to congratulate him and that the trip there was the cause of the Director’s death. He also hates the Director because of the abuse he faced back in the orphanage. Also I explained who Q was in a comment above.

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Kurovah]

So he imagined himself a better father-figure

 

[maxiusagi]

i see so that's how the fourth dimension works

 

[Hitomi_Higurashi]

Don’t remember too much since it’s been a long time, but I think It’s the guy from the rich European guy arc. Who wrapped himself with thorns and would purposely bump into you which caused him pain. This activated his ability where anyone who harms him start seeing negative hallucinations which caused those affected to be more aggressive towards their overall surroundings. During the end of that arc Q was forcefully tied up and assimilated/had his senses shared with a giant tree root network under the entire city causing anyone who brushed up on any of the trees or stepped in their roots to cause Q pain and therefore fall victim to the hallucinations, basically triggering a city wide mass hallucination incident of violent people and it was finally stopped when Atsushi gave something (forgot what it was maybe a doll of sorts) related to Q’s ability to Dazai so that the ability could be cancelled. I don’t think Q has made any notable appearances since. It seems as though in this chapter Atsushi is justifying the appearance of the Director on Q’s ability probably because he seems to hate the idea that the Director in his mind is more than just a hallucination.

Oh that's an interesting thought!

Great to have a good Atsushi chapter after long!

 

[RubiaExplosiba]

I was like..."oh what if Atsushi's visions of Dazai is actually Beast Dazai, coming back to this dimension to help this version, since its stated he can switched dimension. So maybe he went to this 4th dimension to help Atsushi since he knows what's supposed to happen in future events and is helping this dimension not go to doom, that's why he knows everything! Maybe beast is real!"...Then it hit me with the orphanage director...I liked my theory..why'd you do that

 

[Rena_Andou]

Who is the director? And who is Q???

Q is Yumeno Quusaku from far back then.
And illusion ability user

 

[onurcukur]

I just want to see my boi Ranpo already... Please author, people are pretty confused at this point. Just wrap this arc nicely and give us a good ending that Ranpo ends up with Akiko to become the happiest couple. Is it too much to ask?

 

[birbdechi]

Can you... give me a reason to live?