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[Thoughts on trust and betrayal]

“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemy.”

The revolving topic of trust and betrayal in BSD is something we all can relate to. Trust is a highly discussed topic in different branches of research. Trust counted to

basic human emotions until a couple of years ago. But, in fact, trust is a complex neural process that includes emotions.
Trust is a basic human need, because we are born to be bonded to others in order to create a healthy social relationship.

Babies depend on developing a basicsense of trust, which demands fulfilling their basic needs by a caretaker. Does one take care of me when I feel hungry or when I feel scared?

Negative outcomes at this stage of development can have a detrimental impact on how a child continues to develop. Children who develop a basic sense of mistrust tend to experience anxiety, depression, poor relationships later in their lives more likely.

When we first encounter a new person in our life our brain is a priori set on “mistrust”. The more we made bad interpersonal experiences, the more we struggle to trust another person. Does this person bring me pain or pleasure?

And we all know that “trust” is something highly risky – we make ourselves vulnerable, we giveup on control, relying on our faith in others.

But the wish to be trusted by people we feel gravitated to is a basic instinct after all as well.

Together we are stronger and we can accomplish goals on another level as if we were able to do alone.
And that’s what Asagiri-sensei captures within his series so goddamn amazingly.

"Come at me one by one and I'll kill you one by one."

Because despite what we may have experienced before, we are able to develop the ability to trust by making new, positive experiences.

We as the readers see those small acts on which mutual trust is built on, like when Atsushi was surprised that Akutagawa kept his promise of not killing people for six months.

If we experience betrayal by someone we trusted deeply, all our neural networks and brain regions associated with trust and affection disengages and shut down. They get covered by animosity, suspicion and resentment. Therefore, it’s not possible to trust a person again in the

same way you did before.

It’s like you would crumple a piece of paper and open it up again. The paper may still be intact, but the traces will always be seen.

We know that Dazai actually sees Ango as a traitor on both him and Odasaku, being involved in his death. He didn’t kill his former friend back then, because he knows Odasaku wouldn’t want him to do that and he was their friend after all. But their relationship changed

dramatically at this point of the story.

It makes me even more curious about the emotional effects for the Black Lizards after being betrayed by Tachihara and how this will affect their development in the main story.

That’s also the reason why I always HCed that Chuuya sees Dazai as traitor on the mafia, but /not/ on himself. I always wanted to think that Chuuya may have been upset, but he just knew that Dazai wouldn’t have let him down in case he needed him.

If he would have truly felt betrayed by Dazai, he wouldn’t have been able to trust him the way he does after their reunion with 22, that he still cared about him.

I think Chuuya knew that Dazai would have died sooner or later if he had stayed in the mafia and the he actually

saw his partner making choices for himself for the first time of his life. It’s like he trusted Dazai enough to know, that he wouldn’t make these choices without any reason.

Asagiri shows us his characters basically dancing with their demons until they no longer haunt them. We see people, who experienced the similar kinds of suffering, encouraging each other in moving forward. Even though it takes our beloved characters so much courage to trust in

another, they are taking the risk.
They take each other's hand, leaving the darkness behind together.

They prevent other's from making the same bad experiences as they did.

That's why I also love BSD's focus on hand aesthetics, since our hands are our tools to create our lives. We decide what we are going to do with our hands: build up or break down.

The goal of experiencing a feeling of security in a affectionate relationship is what I wish them as a happy ending so much.

The goal of experiencing a feeling of security in a affectionate relationship is what I wish them as a happy ending so much.

(Bonus fact for nerds: The hormone oxytocin is called the “trust molecule” since it plays a key role in social attachment and pair bonding. The higher your oxytocin level, the more you are capable of trust in others. +

It’s naturally emitted in your body when you touch or when you get touched by another person. I’m sure Chuuya’s oxytocin level is overwhelmingly high

)

It’s naturally emitted in your body when you touch or when you get touched by another person. I’m sure Chuuya’s oxytocin level is overwhelmingly high )

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