Bungo Stray Dogs Volume 1 Postscript:

Dazai: So for some reason, we’re at the postscript.

Atsushi: Eh……EH? Are we covering it? I thought this is where the author talks?
Dazai: Well, the original author Asagiri ran away, see. Said postscripts are conspicuous places and
embarrassing and I’ll die, let me go back to the space under a rock where it’s dark and narrow! ‘cos
that person is basically a bug.
Atsushi: To do that even though they’re the original author……so, what should we talk about?
Dazai: We received the cue cards for the questions, now we just have to put them in the form of a comedy
skit. Okay, Atsushi-kun, you act the fool. I’ll do the retorts*.
Atsushi: Ehhhh!? I’ll act the fool!? No matter how I think of it, in terms of character Dazai-san is more
suita –
Dazai: Hm?
Atsushi: ……nothing, I humbly request to be allowed to act the fool. So, what should we begin with?
Dazai: It’s fine for Atsushi-kun to decide.
Atsushi: Then, how about what gave rise to this story? It’s appropriate for a postscript, isn’t it?
Dazai: Let’s see……ah, it’s here. Because we were saying wouldn’t it look great if we make the literary
masters handsome people and make them fight with special abilities? And my editor and I got more
and more excited about it……is what they said.
Atsushi: …………we suddenly got a really believable answer.
Dazai: Yeah…honestly, I wasn’t expecting to go in this direction…
Atsushi: Let’s try something more pleasant and cheerful!
Dazai: That’s good. Speaking of which, Atsushi-kun.
Atsushi: Yes?
Dazai: Not yet acting the fool?
Atsushi: ……eh?
Dazai: It’s been about twenty lines since we decided our roles, but you’re still not acting the fool. I want
to hurry up and get to say my retorts.
Atsushi: Ehh!? I see……mmm……ah, how about this? Please see here, I now have an apple on my hand.
Dazai: Mmhmm.
Atsushi: Nah! There’s no apple! There’s only the word “apple”!
Dazai: Atsushi-kun………………do you know what it means to act the fool?
Atsushi: I’m sorry, I don’t know.
Dazai: That can’t be helped. Well, simply put, all you have to do is act like the most idiotic person you
have met until now. Easy, right?
Atsushi: I see. So that’s what it means.
Dazai: Well, hurry up and try it, then.
Atsushi: Ahhh……isn’t there a painless, quick way to commit suicide that anyone can do? Even better if
it costs nothing.
Dazai: …………
Atsushi: …………
Dazai: Atsushi-kun……
Atsushi: Yes……?
Dazai: ……that was a little interesting.
Atsushi: Eh!?