What If Ranpoe Was In Madoka Magica? (I Started Rewatching Recently If You Couldn’t Tell)

BSD PSA - Chuuya’s Hat

I’ve been reading a lot of BSD fanfiction these past couple weeks and I need to get something off my chest. I see it a lot…in just about every fanfic I read, and it’s starting to wear me down. I have yet to read a fanfic that correctly identifies Chuuya’s hat. So here is the PSA:

Chuuya does not wear a fedora. I repeat, Chuuya’s hat is NOT a fedora.

Fedora’s are notable for the indentation on their crown, as shown in this image, with said indentation circled in red for educational purposes.

This indentation is not just notable on a fedora, it is a DEFINING characteristic. So when we look at a picture of Chuuya from BSD and see that the top of his hat is not indented, if anything, it is slightly convex (protruding up), we can say with certainty, that this is NOT a fedora:

If we look at the picture of IRL Chuuya Nakahara, from which BSD Chuuya’s hat is inspired, grainy as it is, we can also see here that the crown of the hat is similarly convex (hence, why illustrated Chuuya’s hat is designed that way). Once again, NOT a fedora.

So…what kind of hat does Chuuya wear you may wonder, dear fanfic writers that consistently miss-ID this iconic head wear, and other people reading this rant post? 

It is called a pork pie. 

Yes, you read that right, at this point in time, there are literally tens of thousands of BSD fanfics in existence that have missed the opportunity to have Dazai tease Chuuya for wearing a pork pie on his head. This particular hat is also iconic to this character shown below, which the interwebs tells me is named Walter White, because I am one of the 0.01% of the world that has not watched Breaking Bad.

Note the convex shape of the crown (fun fact: this is referred to as telescoping), as opposed to the fedora’s characteristic concave indentation shown in the first image. 

Why is this important? Well..it can be argued that it’s not. But if you are trying to be a good writer then good writer’s do their research in an effort to put forth the most realistic and accurate story. And if you are trying to characterize Chuuya in your fanfic as a hat aficionado, but he can’t tell the difference between a fedora and a pork pie…for readers that can…let’s just say, it’s irritating.

In conclusion, if you love Chuuya, please, please, please stop calling his hat a fedora. It is NOT A FEDORA. It is a pork pie.

Read more about the pork pie on the Wikipedia article here **Note that Chuuya’s pork pie is styled in the 1930s-1940s iteration of the hat**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_pie_hat 

Thank you for reading. This has been a completely unnecessary and unasked for BSD PSA about Chuuya’s Hat. Happy fanfic writing/reading!

kaboom :)

(need to stop procrastinating ghhh but i'm so overwhelmed)

just found out that Shou has a curly hair......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERU!!! (I forgot to draw anything so here’s some pictures from my camera roll)

I’m sorry man🙏 dazai anon is just so funny

https://x.com/otakuhottgirl/status/1820384669604454404?s=46&t=kB0x1BZYNz181H7OQFZK-g

You’re an ugly jealous cunt, don’t be mad at dazai ur ugly ass irrelevant faves are irrelevant

OVER AGREEING TO SOMEONE ELSES JOKE POST? 😭😭 dazai fans are feral omgg.... anyways i'll stay disliking him 😭🤞 come off ur spam and dm me like a true hater

Because a lot of you seem to be conflating intelligence to mean a single thing im going to spell it out for you

DAZAI!

quick on his feet. He reads body language pretty well. he knows what to expect. His disadvantage is that he tends to project his own expectations onto others and this clouds his judgement. He is "intelligent" in the way that he has a great capacity to improvise in tricky situations. He doesn't know everything he just always makes sure to have a plan B C D E F and G. Thats it

RANPO!

he knows all the facts about any given situation. His biggest disadvantages are that his judgement is shoddy at best and he doesn't always know what to do with the information he has. He is used to disregarding information for the sake of peace (like dazai is a killer, or kyoka is a killer or yosano tortured thousands) but that often means he ends up too close to the wrong people. He forgives EVERYONE because for as much as he sees the bad in a person he sees the good. He will always plan for the opposing team to do the right thing even when it isnt likely. He is unreliable and inconsistent. The good thing about him is that as soon as he realizes his mistake he never makes it again.

POE!

JUSTTT as smart as Ranpo. He can GATHER as much information as Ranpo but it takes more effort. He has a lot of resources and technical know how. He knows technology, he knows politics, international law and most importantly people (arguably more than Dazai). His biggest advantage is that he knows exactly how to pressure people into doing what he wants. His mysteries are tailormade to each person and created so that people can only escape when they realize what he wants them to. It is becuase of this that he saw society as a farce. He knows reality and truth are malleable concepts. That's why Ranpo and him are such a good team. Ranpo can see everything immidiately and Poe knows what to do with it immidiately.

Louisa!!!

She can slow down time when she's focused THAT'S her ability. She is capable of thinking of every possibility and coming up with dependable statistics. She's smarter than Dazai but less of an asset because her analysis relies on what she is aware of (preexisting knowledge). In the world of BSD there is ALWAYS something no one is aware of. She isn't as capable of recovering as quickly from a miscalculation so she really only has one shot.

Chuuya!!!

He doesnt need to use his intelligence most of the time because he can pretty much brute force his way out of most things. His intellegence relies on instinct. He has GREAT instincts. He knows when a situation has gone sour. Of course he doesnt usually verbalize it because with Dazai he doesn't need to and when he's alone why would he announce it to an enemy. He knows when he's safe and when he isn't. His biggest disadvantage is that he doesn't always listen to those instincts. In terms of priorities he almost always puts himself last and that leads to a lot of problems.

NIKOLAI!!!

Nikolai is similar to Chuuya except a bit more extreme because no one's life is his priority. His motivations are unclear and he always goes for the most imoral option. He isn't concerned with a specific desired outcome it is the inconsistency of his own actions that drive him.

FYODOR!!!

Kinda like Poe, in that he knows how to work people, but to a lesser extent and a little like the chameleon that Dazai can be but to a greater extent. He knows what a person wants more than anything and he promises that to them.

His biggest advantage is that he is smart enough to ally himself with people who have nothing else to live for. Sigma, Nikolai, Bram (before Aya), Nathaniel and Fukuchi are all outsiders. They are alone but desperately want to feel like they belong. Fyodors biggest disadvantage is that if those people find belonging elsewhere then his influence on them shatters. He seems to be aware of that? Idk it's too soon to tell.

Mori!!!

He isn't crazy smart. He's just sadistic and cruel. He picks easy targets (children) and slowly takes away their agency. He undoes them until they have nothing to live for and they then become perfectly obedient adults. His biggest disadvantage is that he relies on the chain of abuse and that isn't sustainable as a dynamic for power. Chuuya and Akutagawa have no one above them to preassure them to listen to orders now that Dazai is gone. Also the extreme amounts of abuse he relies on is impossible to ditch out to EVERYONE. That's why he relied on the chain of abuse but that's failing. Mori isn't smart. He's a coward. He takes the shortest path no matter the resistance.

FUKUCHI!!

isn't smart either. He is just THE BEST chameleon. He hid in plain sight. He knows war and war tactics. He's a great spy and facilitating a strong bond with the target is a great spy strategy.

They are not all the same stop conflating their perspectives as "knows everything". It leads to a lot of misunderstandings and a lot of misinformation. DAZAI IS NOT RANPO! He doesnt know everything. He's just really good at pretending he does.

OH,,, SHIT!!!!!! HE'S GOING PSYCHO ON THE DIMPTAR™!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Redraw of my first ever fanart for this fandom bc it's its anniversary

(OG drawing below)

(Actually so ashamed of the proportions here like wth is going on with atsushi's neck)

i am nvr crawling out of the rimlaine rabbit hole am i 🥲🥲🥲

"opinion on the perfect crime trio?"

OHHHH I have so much to say about this Actuslly

I think their trio dynamic is so unique in bsd because all of them have personal histories regarding Something (mushi's is mystery novels, poe's is ranpo, and ranpo's is his ability) and they also have strengths which force each other face these traumas head-on. poe is a mystery novel writer, and he actively encouraged mushi to overcome his fear of writing. poe had been a social recluse for 6 years, and meeting ranpo again helped him to break out of his shell little by little and focus more on the things & people around him.

ranpo prides himself on his ultra deduction, and mushi is an "infallible detective killer" whose ability counteracts that. by humbling ranpo, he forced him to come to terms with the truth that he's not an ability user, but this also strengthened his resolve to beat mushi.

overall, this is basically why i think the perfect crime trio are so great for each other. their backgrounds fit with each other's like pieces of a puzzle, so they kind of neutralise each other in a way. so i think thats very neat