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[odasaku]

▶ PLAYER
HANDLE: tori
CONTACT: odasaku or tori#3410 at discord
OVER 18? yes
CHARACTERS IN-GAME: n/a



▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Sakunosuke Oda
CANON: Bungou Stray Dogs
CANON POINT: Right before dying
AGE: 23
BACKGROUND:

PERSONALITY:

Sakunosuke Oda, also known as Odasaku. A strange man out of the bunch in the Mafia, who’s mostly known for his ridiculous principle of not killing. He rarely speaks, barely cracking even so much as a smile towards most of his colleagues in the organization. As a rank-less member, he does not hold enough value to join even the lowest ranking squads. To most, he’s an unremarkable man who can be tossed aside without a second glance.

But, like most things, what they see in Odasaku is only the tip of the iceberg.

It’s not as if he has some strange, dual personality or a mask to hide his true intentions. It’s quite the opposite, in fact. To those that get to talk to Odasaku for more than three seconds can get to know just how straightforward he is. He’s a man of very few words, but they will always say what he feels, means, or intends to do. An honest man of his word, Oda will never have any hidden intentions. As Dazai, his friend, puts it: “Odasaku is a man with no hidden motives”. However, being so straightforward makes him nearly incapable of reading between the lines in others. Just how he gives full honesty to everyone around him, he innocently believes that everyone is being honest right back at him. It’s a dangerous mindset to have, especially in an organization so filled with darkness like the Mafia, but he seems to have no intention of changing it.

In fact, Odasaku is quite reluctant of change, whether it’s sudden or gradual. At the age of fourteen, he decided to leave his job as an assassin in order to pursuit a better life, to redeem himself. So where does he go? To the Mafia, of course. Added to his straightforwardness, he is also very stubborn, be it in situations, mindsets, etc.; once he has something in mind nothing will take it away. Even years after he stops killing, even after he adopts five orphans that were victims of gang violence, he continues to see himself as the same murderer that he used to be. It’s an unhealthy mindset, but it’s what he believes is so and no one is able to dissuade him from it—not even his friends.

So, with this mindset of pity and self-deprecation, Odasaku is, paradoxically, quite the doormat when it comes to those he considers ‘superior’. And who does he consider to be superior? Almost anyone. Due to his rank (or lack thereof) he believes to himself to be lower than the rest, even his two friends, and allows himself to be used by everyone around them. He may feel hurt or maybe even disagree—but he will never speak up about it. Because he considers himself unimportant and useless in comparison to the others, he feels that his opinion is the same. He feels that his existence is no more than a burden for those around him and, even though his friend is one of the strongest, most high-ranked members in the Mafia, he rarely seeks for other’s help. Odasaku does not wish to burden anyone else with his existence, so he shoulders every responsibility on his own, internalizing every opinion, emotion, or hope that he has. Though he has been friends with Dazai and Ango for years, the first person to learn about his dream of becoming a writer was actually the villain of the story, a mere stranger to Oda.

But internalizing everything takes a toll on someone, and even Odasaku is no exception to the rule. Though he is a pillar of patience and calmness, even that erodes away with time, usage, and abuse. And when those walls and pillars are broken down completely, then what’s left is anger. Oda’s anger is something to be feared, to the point that even Dazai makes a note to warn his subordinates against testing the man’s patience. His anger is not explosive, but rather burning at a bone-chilling temperature. He turns calculating, and ruthless, absolutely detaching himself from his emotions. He's able to murder dozens of soldiers without batting an eyelash, his expression unchanging from its usual deadpan. As a child, an assassin, Odasaku had one clear idea: “There are no pardons in this world. Only revenge for betrayals”. His anger is made solely out of a need for vengeance towards those who have wronged him and those he cares about. Even though he spent years repressing this side of himself, one thing managed to knock it all down: the death of his children.

But, there is one last thing about this very complex man: how kind he's able to be. Even though he does not see himself as such, he’s a kind man who can empathize with almost everyone including Dazai, whose heart is described as being shut and locked away from everyone else and Gide, the man that killed his children. Despite having no relation to him, he rescued five children and did his very best to raise them until the day they were killed. He may consider himself to be a terrible murderer but, in truth, he’s someone who simply wants to be on the side that helps and saves people.

POWERS/ABILITIES:

Flawless: Flawless is Oda's ability which lets him see five to six seconds into the future when his life is in danger. Its major drawbacks are that Oda cannot see the future again once he changes it and that, if the ability goes off after he set off a trap, there's nothing he can do to prevent it from happening. It's like seeing a vine of your death before it actually happens.

General Assassin Skills: Oda was an assassin for a long time and still retains these skills. He's acrobatic, amazing marksmanship, and excellent at fighting. Good enough to take out over 20 well-trained soldiers on his own.

INVENTORY: Two guns, a pack of cigarettes, and a box of matches

MOONBLESSING: Sanguis

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