Odazai week 2022
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As the legend goes, Tanabata, the Star Festival, is the only day of the year when two yearning lovers can be reunited again.
This particular year, the two of them will remain separated. And, somehow, it hurts Dazai more than he will ever let on.
Day 1: Tanabata
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- Part 1 of Odazai week 2022
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Some people can die of broken hearts.
Dazai is one of them.
Day 2: “It’s a tragedy, the way he loves you. It is a tragedy, that star crossed lovers will read about a hundred years later, and weep over blood not yet spilt. Because if you two could not make it; no one will.”
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- Part 2 of Odazai week 2022
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Two times Oda tries to step into Dazai’s loneliness impolitely, and one time he finally succeeds.
Day 3: “You are allowed / to watch the sun swallow him whole and burn him up / to stain your fingers to the bone holding him together / to count the constellations in his eyes as they blink out / You are not allowed / to save him.”
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- Part 3 of Odazai week 2022
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“Why do you seem to trust me so much?” Oda whispers right into his ear, the words easily dissipating through the violin notes, only if it wasn’t for his breath colliding with Dazai’s skin.
What an absurd thing to ask.
“I trusted you even when you had a gun pressed against my forehead.”
Day 4: Late nights
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- Part 4 of Odazai week 2022
- Part 1 of Loving you to death won’t kill me
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Rumor says that, in the stone castle up the hill, an unapproachable, dangerous man resides, covering himself in bandages and spending his existence in loneliness. His only joy is taking care of his flowers…
Until a young stranger with red hair starts stealing from his garden each night.
Day 5: Infatuation/Yearning
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- Part 5 of Odazai week 2022
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For most things in life, regrets only come when nothing can ever be redeemed again.
Or: Oda pays a visit to Dazai Osamu’s grave.
Day 6: Realization
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- Part 6 of Odazai week 2022
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“Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who’s the fairest of them all?”It’s Dazai, it will always be Dazai. Odasaku makes sure to remind him of that every single day.
Day 7: Free day
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- Part 7 of Odazai week 2022