Enhanced Physical Characteristics: Dazai has been shown to have exceptional reflexes, durability, speed, and strength.He is also immune to direct ability attacks because of this. It allows him to nullify any special ability by touching either the bearer of the ability or the ability itself. No Longer Human (In Japanese: 人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku): Dazai's special ability.That's what lead him to join the Armed Detective Agency and eventually redeem himself. Oda's dying wish was that Dazai would become a better person. In a conflict with an enemy organization known as Mimic, Oda was killed and Ango Sakaguchi had been revealed to be a double agent.

He had developed a friendship with Ango Sakaguchi and Oda Sakunosuke through the Port Mafia towards the end of his reign. He trained Akutagawa Ryuunosuke extremely harshly, making him an exceptionally powerful executive. He had participated in the locking up of Yumeno Kyusaku that had resulted in mass casualties for the mafia. He had become a partner with Chuuya Nakahara and they took out an entire enemy organization overnight. He was also skilled at using torture methods to get information out of anyone.ĭazai had extensive adventures during his reign as an executive. Ougai Mori stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Dazai killed him and took his position with how manipulative Dazai was being. He had the most successful missions out of anyone in the mafia at the time. During his time, he had become a legend for the mafia. He had been much more dangerous than Ougai had thought.ĭazai had worked his way to becoming an executive of the Mafia. Dazai had developed to be much more than Ougai had expected, intimidating Ougai. Ougai had taken Dazai in as his ward and they developed a casual relationship. Ougai told Dazai to cover his murder by saying the leader had died of natural causes and his final wish was for Ougai to succeed him. The same night he took him in, Ougai had killed the leader with Dazai as the only witness. Coincidentally, Ougai was planning to kill the current leader of the Port Mafia and take the role himself due to the leader's late-life mental illness that was leading to the mafia to ruin. Ougai Mori, being an underground doctor working for the mafia, had taken him in as a patient after his suicide attempt. He had attempted suicide as far back as age 14. His suicidal tendencies are usually played for comedy.ĭazai, for some reason, possibly his hysteria, grew up away from society. This unreadability has given him an edge over his enemies in intrigue battles.ĭespite all this, Dazai is often the main source of comic relief in the series. His true motives are almost impossible to figure out in any given situation, and he's generally very mysterious. His unique outlook results in him being exceptionally hard to understand. He has also killed countless people and doesn't feel particularly remorseful because of it (at least not apparently). He shot an already downed corpse a few more times because of his demented personality. He is almost maniacally homicidal at times.

His dream would be to commit double suicide (shinjū) with a beautiful woman. He's attempted suicide countless times, to the point where no one that knows him takes it seriously. He sees death as an escape from the world he doesn't feel fits him. He is also maniacally suicidal, likely a cause of his nihilism. He only 'redeemed' himself because of the wishes of his late friend, Oda. Dazai will often switch between his playful, offbeat display and his stoic, pragmatic side. He feels lonely and in the dark at all times. Because of this, Dazai has a deep loyalty to Oda, even after his death.ĭazai is revealed to have an exceptionally negative, potentially nihilistic, view of reality. Oda has come the closest anyone has come to fully understanding Dazai. The closest friend Dazai has had was Sakunosuke Oda, a low-level mafia grunt. His screwy behavior will often, but not always, be a part of a larger scheme. He is exceptionally intelligent and manipulative. His intelligence is quickly revealed from behind his masquerade of stupidity, however. On the surface, Dazai is an irresponsible, insouciant detective. He is voiced by Mamoru Miyano in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English. He is a former Port Mafia member, and during his time serving the Port Mafia, he could be attributed to half the profits the mafia made. He plays a hero's part the vast majority of the time but in the spinoff novel Dazai and the Dark Era, he was a villain. Osamu Dazai (in Japanese: 太宰治, Dazai Osamu) is a major character in Bungou Stray Dogs.

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