The Rules for Raising Dazai Dolls

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After dollmaker Aoki Shiomi received a package from a "good Samaritan," he made a doll.

The doll looked lifelike, with the same black hair and amber eyes as the person he had fallen in love with at first sight. The only difference was that the pure soul brought forth inside it had no shadow in its expression, only curiosity and obedience.

The dollmaker had been set on being the doll's doting father. When he saw the soul of the doll's real-life model appear inside it, he was overcome with guilt. After spending time together, he realized that he really had fallen for Dazai Osamu. The dollmaker, who had always treated the doll like a child, was struck hard by his conscience.

Aoki Shiomi had run to Yokohama to avoid trouble and opened a dessert shop, deliberately getting involved in the action. In the end, he decided he was done being a decent person.

He could solve the knot in his doll's heart and pursue the person he loved at the same time. Perfect!

He hoped the person he loved would always be happy.

This pure soul, sunk in the mire, did everything to diminish its own worth, yet was willing to become the pillar supporting everyone else.

To Aoki Shiomi, Dazai Osamu had always been the one who brought all the misfits back into the world.

How could anyone not be captivated by such a passionate, sensitive soul?

When Dazai was sixteen, he heard that the eccentric dollmaker had come to the Port Mafia as a guest at Mori Ougai's "invitation." He arranged a chance encounter, but soon lost interest. All he remembered was that the man seemed able to summon souls.

After the Mimic incident, Dazai Osamu searched frantically for the dollmaker, but never found him. Despondent, he took his dying friend's last wish as his reason to keep living.

After joining the Armed Detective Agency, an accident sent him into the doll's body. By the time he could control it, he realized that this body was much shorter than Little Slug.

Dazai was horrified: How could he be shorter than the slug? Not even by a centimeter! Aaaaaah!!!

When the dollmaker entered the room, he casually picked up the little doll for a hug. Then he suddenly realized that the soul inside had been replaced, and the person he had fallen for after one brief encounter was right in front of him! (Screaming.JPG)

Meanwhile, Dazai Osamu had fallen into the depths of emo hell: Ah, why did the dollmaker only show up after he had lost all hope and desire? I...

One familiar "Dazai" left the emo sufferer utterly stunned!

Reader's guide:

* The dollmaker genuinely likes Dazai, but at first he doesn't feel that way about the little doll. He only makes a move after the real person enters the doll. He won't act overly intimate with Dazai while he's in the doll's form.

* Mei, Gyutaro, Oda Sakunosuke, and Geto Suguru will appear. There may be some out-of-character moments, so please keep that in mind!!!

* Dollmaker setting: He crafts and polishes the dolls himself. There are two types: dolls that spontaneously develop pure souls, and dolls that have souls summoned into them. Awakened dolls instinctively feel at least seventy percent affection for the dollmaker who created them. Dazai is the exception: No Longer Human is being used in a very strange way.

A preview of another upcoming story:

Tachibana Kugatsu is a being with blood from the Cthulhu Mythos. A sleeper awakened by the world after the birth of the Six Eyes, he was on his way to find his destined (?), true love when he heard a confession from some unknown man (Ryomen Sukuna: ?). His expression remained blank

Yes, he was furious.

But the spiky-haired boy was exactly his type, so he stopped being angry. It seemed the boy had mistaken him for a cursed spirit, though, which made him very unhappy. He and cursed spirits were not even remotely comparable! (Proud~)

Fine, he admitted he had shown up at the wrong time, but Good Gojo would surely help him. After all, Gojo was the one who'd introduced them!

(Gojo rubs his faintly aching conscience. Oh, right, he doesn't have one, ehehe~~~)

Good Gojo said that if Kugatsu enrolled at Jujutsu High, he could stick close to Megumi-chan every day. So Kugatsu happily showed up to become a first-year student. Principal Yaga didn't seem too pleased, though. He even crushed the felt toy he'd been poking.

Ah, human thoughts are so hard to figure out, but Megumi-chan is so honest and cute!!!

Kugatsu decided he had to work hard and become Megumi-chan's pet as soon as possible!!!

His greatest enemy must be the Divine Dogs!!!

(Ryomen Sukuna: ??? I'm not even as good as a dog?)

Megumi thought his life was a complete mess. That included being targeted by Ryomen Sukuna, only to have an even more dangerous and evil being latch onto him.

Maybe taming Mahoraga sooner really was the right thing to do...

As Megumi thought this and prepared to blow himself up once again, his beloved teacher Gojo pointed at the terrifying person and said, "This is the partner I found for you, Megumi-chan~~"

Megumi: I'm shocked, but that's so like you, Gojo-sensei!

And so Princess Megumi (?) began a life of constant turmoil. With a tiger in front (Ryomen Sukuna: ?) and a wolf behind (Kugatsu: =v=), there was no escape!

Theme: A doll becomes a substitute for the real person.