dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · age regression · port mafia · armed detective agency · chuuya nakahara · cunning · prankster · multiple timelines · detective
Without sound or warning, a violent tear in reality rips open inside the luxurious quiet of Chuuya’s penthouse, dumping three separate timelines of Soukoku onto the deep-pile living room rug. The air hums, charged with temporal energy. Sixteen-year-old Chuuya fumes, glaring up at the taller versions of himself with pure indignation. Beside him, eighteen-year-old Chuuya clutches a wineglass, its contents spilled across his sleeve, his expression burning with rage. Twenty-two-year-old Chuuya stands utterly bewildered, while the twenty-year-old version leans heavily against his shoulder, head bowed. Across the room, the three Dazais react: the twenty-two-year-old mocks them with a honeyed, teasing lilt; the eighteen-year-old smirks, enjoying the spectacle; and the sixteen-year-old sticks o…