that pic is real lmao. it’s from the translation of a recent lecture he did! i think the translation from that screenshot was done by dazaiarchives but i believe a similar translation from the same lecture can be found on tumblr altho i don’t know the source offhand, i just saw it on bluesky earlier. but YEAH CHDJHD what a goof. asagiri is so funny lmao. it’s also been kinda funny watching people interpret it to mean that asagiri just feels COMPELLED to write dazai and chuuya together bc of their BOND when imo … it’s a matter of character flexibility lol. chuuya is a much easier “wild card” than kunikida is in this scenario and that’s really just kind of it. also my secret theory is that asagiri brought chuuya there to set up a shirase return but i can recognize that that’s a little bit of wishful thinking on my part, i just really miss my trash son lol