Akutagawa's Weird Life After His Tool-Person Days Ended

An ordinary cosplayer was about to be in a car accident when, just minutes beforehand, the System whisked him off to the world of Bungo Stray Dogs to serve as a stand-in. These stand-ins merely take the place of someone who accidentally ended up in another world for a certain period of time, and the rewards are generous...

Akutagawa: I'm not the original. Don't pin those things on me.

He's just an ordinary cosplayer who, by a twist of fate, had a whole string of interesting adventures in other worlds.

When the job was over, his time as a stand-in became a thing of the past. He began a new life and even made a good buddy. Sure, he was always plagued by inexplicable memories and things like golden fingers that seemed desperate to smack him in the face, and his life could be called the very picture of a domineering protagonist... maybe.

...Oh, right. His good buddy's real name is Long Aotian.

But that has nothing to do with me, either. I'm just an ordinary Akutagawa who has a new life and wants to live quietly. I'm not Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

He's perfectly clear-eyed about his stand-in experiences and the connections he formed while wearing a stand-in's face. I'm not the original, so don't pin those things on me. I was only a stand-in for a while, filling in so that my disappearance wouldn't leave me with no way home and throw the world's fates and fortunes into chaos. I don't know the specifics, and they're too complicated to explain. Suffice it to say, it would have affected the world.

Everyone, please keep a clear head.

Back when he had spent some time raising the siblings Akutagawa Ryunosuke in girls' clothes, they had seemed so sweet and delicate in his memories of them. He never expected that after another bout of transmigration, the two of them would turn into ferocious fiends, brutal to their enemies and more villainous than the villains.

Akutagawa: [Bunny shocked.jpg]

Even the grown-up Akutagawa from back then wasn't this vicious. What happened to them while they were growing up? Was Dazai Osamu behind it again?

An innocent Dazai, caught in the crossfire: [Innocent cat caught in the crossfire.jpg] Meow meow meow? Is that any way to talk to me?

Then, thanks to his muddled memories, he sometimes mistakes young Akutagawa for the adult version.

"Who exactly are you looking at?" The two Akutagawa Ryunosukes glare fiercely at him.

Akutagawa: Ah, well...

He tries to back away, but the two Akutagawa Ryunosukes press close around him, one in front and one behind, radiating heat.

On either side, two humanoid [Rashomon] hold his hands, making inexplicable, flirtatious remarks as their fingers trace his palms until they itch. The whole atmosphere is just... Help!

And then there's that little tiger he used to feed...

"Raaawr..."

Don't act cute. A tiger that huge would be terrifying to ordinary people, okay? You've grown up. Do you really think you're cute? All right, you are pretty cute.

Akutagawa gives in to those pitiful eyes.

"Um, could you let go of me for a second? You're squeezing my waist so hard it hurts."

He fed him candy and pastries when he was little and taught him a few things, so the boy remembered him.

This time, his transmigration is bound to help make up for a few small regrets.

Akutagawa: I'm just an ordinary person, not the real original. Don't make up all kinds of ridiculous plotlines in your head, or I'll knock your head crooked. ┑(￣Д ￣)┍

His childhood friend Long Aotian, who is still trying to pry open the world barrier, arrives only to find someone inexplicably trying to steal his childhood friend. Hello, hello! Do I not get to make an entrance?

Whether or not that is actually the case doesn't matter at all.

Reader's guide: 1. The author has read so much fanfiction and kept wavering over whether to write this. So many people love Chuuya and Dazai Osamu, and I thought I'd write something about this. I was going to watch the anime first, then write... The characters may be OOC.

2. Think of it as an enhanced version of Bunny Heart Thief after three lifetimes of reincarnation.

3. No identity reveals. There's a second-personality trope and descriptions of the kinds of love that moved me.

4. The author's strange inspirations include Little Red Riding Hood Akutagawa, Diao Chan Akutagawa, gender-swapped Akutagawa, golden-finger grandpa Akutagawa, Akutagawa who transmigrates into a character's childhood by mistake and becomes their mommy, and Mother of Monsters Akutagawa, among others.

5. I always get muddled about Bungo Stray Dogs, so there will be some original elements. It's a sweet story, a sweet story. The author has decided to stop acting like a person. I'm going to do things Green won't let me do: sandwich relationships, personified abilities, and so on.

[That moonlight wasn't mine, but whenever I look back on it, I feel a fleeting joy that gives me the courage to keep going.]

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