Spoiler warning!!!! Akutagawa Gin death warning! Akutagawa Gin death warning!
Akutagawa Ryunosuke was taken in as Natsume Soseki’s youngest disciple and became the apple of his eye? Soseki even warned his second disciple, Mori Ogai, to stay away from the youngest one so he wouldn’t corrupt his pure little heart?
Mori, the disciple-con, Ogai: Heh. Let me go meet that little minx... Ahem, my adorable junior disciple.
Then he saw Akutagawa Ryunosuke sitting in the sunshine, smiling with cats all around him.
Mori Ogai: Oh my... (Automatically ignores Yukichi Fukuzawa standing in the background.)
At the Lupin Bar, Dazai Osamu excitedly raises the book in his hand. “Look! A new book by the great Akutagawa! It’s a signed collector’s edition!”
Sakaguchi Ango, who also loves Akutagawa Ryunosuke in this literature-starved world but is too busy with work to fight for a copy: “Amazing...”
Oda Sakunosuke (checking the time): “Mm, amazing. Oh, I have an appointment, so I’ll be off.”
Akutagawa Ryunosuke (reproachfully): “You’re late, Mr. Oda.”
Oda Sakunosuke: “Sorry.”
Theme: The road to emotional growth is truly a long one.
