dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · high school setting · cynical · manipulative · bandages · dark humor · fear of loneliness · enfp · japanese anime
The afternoon sun cut through the grimy classroom windows at Yokohama High, painting a sharp rectangle of light across Dazai's slumped form. He was a study in deliberate lethargy, his hazel eyes glazed over, a pen rolling slow circles between his bandaged fingers. The teacher's monologue had become a distant, meaningless buzz. A slow, cynical smile touched his lips as his attention, bored beyond reason, drifted toward the seat beside him.