Dazai was trying to find a reason to live in violence, bloodshed, and corruption, but he was unable to. It was hard for Oda to see his friend reek in agony, his true friend, only friend – Osamu Dazai. A whole new perspective was formed upon a meeting, and a new reformed man was born that day in the cafe, a man who just wanted to be happy in his own little world. These words changed Odasaku for good, and he stopped killing people because a murderer has no right to write about the lives of people. Before going, Natsume told Odasaku that “To write novels is to write about humans.” And therefore started a journey of Oda wanting to become a writer. He gives Oda the last volume of the book but with the final pages missing and says that he should write his ending, his own conclusion.

The man talking to Oda was none other than the author of the book himself, Natsume Soseki.

He sees a man standing in front of him he tells him not to read the last part as it’s an atrocious piece of work and wouldn’t quench his thirst. Upon completing both the parts, he sits there silently, listening to the sounds the ocean makes while a wind gushes through. The book was a three-part series, but he was only able to find the two of them. He salvaged it from one of his recent victim’s houses. Kokoro, a novel which had a bleak protagonist but a promising story. He remembers it vividly, the day when he read a book in the cafe. His calm blue eyes reminisced about his past self, an assassin on the loose. Existentialism is the cause, and the death of an ideology is the effect.Ī man who had no ulterior motive, he only wanted peace. The Dark Era Arc is all about finding oneself with the help of others. Osamu Dazai is the reflection of the ideals of his old friend – existing to help others, being on the side to save people, and trying to crawl away from the darkness which has been lurking in him for so long. Oda was fighting against himself in a world that has forsaken individualism long ago, all while helping a friend in need. With a pure soul, an innocent smile, and the calm blue eyes, he tried to envision a world where happiness was a choice, and peace was a necessity, just another man blinded with hope and the bright colors. A human being who just wanted to be on the right side, saving people and his friend, Dazai. Sakunusoke Oda, a man who was drowned in existentialism while seeking the meaning of something distant and unknown to the deeply chaotic society. A hysterical shriek can be heard, lurking in the dark alleys from the streets entangled with surrealism. “I realized because my throat hurt so much, that I was the one who was screaming.” Odasaku

At the brink of his death, he realized that the hope he clung onto was nothing but the chains of delusions. For Odasaku, it was compassion and a kind world he sought for, an innocent man in search of the unknown. In the walk of life, people often try to find a reason to continue living, to take a step forward every day, as if that very reason defines the meaning of our existence. People are bound to be strangled by the chains of untold lies and inscrutable truths. Complete freedom is an illusion, a belief held by a fanatic. Despite all of us being similar in one way or another, our souls tend to scream and beg in a different manner for the same things.

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