FUNNIEST FRAME IN THE WHOLE BSD

Something i really like about these panels, is the fact that both Atsushi and Akutagawa show emotions, we've not seen before. (i think)

It's the first time we see Akutagawa be gentle and the first time we see Atsushi be for a lack of a better word smug af.

While being both of their last moments.

dont kill yourself! Shin soukoku

A random drawing of Akutagawa inspired by the latest Aku art from chapter 120.5

The scar I drew on his neck is well...from you know what. Also the rose in his bleeding eye socket is a silver rose because silver roses represent protection and he's Atsushi's knight/protecter

sskk reunion hug but now atsushi knows that by embracing akutagawa he's also embracing HIM

So like

Akutagawa is in love with Atsushi

If you took this out of context this would genuinely look like an enemies to lovers romance manga scene 🙏

Also Harukawa wrote an illustrator's note (I think it's at the end of volume 5?) about how she draws eyes, and how she portrays the character's current growth, personality and aspect on the world through their eyes

Akutagawa's eyes have almost always been dark, the representation for how dark his life and character is

But Atsushi brings light to them

In chapter 121.5 where Akutagawa's eyes grow wide as he sees Atsushi die, it's not just a show of how shocked Akutagawa is, it shows how Atsushi lightens Akutagawa's eyes, how much he's affected him for the greater good. Atsushi brings out a new side to Akutagawa

His eyes are incredibly light as he recalls his memories and gets hit by Atsushi's death that wasn't even just a death, but a death to save him. To protect him

Because Atsushi thinks Akutagawa is worth protecting

So just, like, I really love how chapter 122 not only shows Atsushi finally seeing Akutagawa's past and fully understanding Akutagawa's trauma and even relating to him, but it also shows how Akutagawa truly feels about Atsushi (although the "and then..." definitely left us on a cliffhanger)

I love them

Why they so pretty.

I like the idea of SSKK always running into each other when they're going places, only to start arguing and fighting, forgetting what they were doing in the first place, and then somehow hanging out together. It's like suddenly no one knows how it happened. They go to the bakery, buy some sweets, and have a soft argument about which one they should get. The baker, of course, is eyeing them because what the heck, those two look like they were fighting. And I'm talking FIGHTING, ripped clothes, messy hair, and bruises... and they were, in fact, fighting