There's the logical reasons for it, but there's something else that goes unspoken.
Dazai already knows that he'll lose anything that he gains here. He knows that what he has now is nothing more than a candle in the wind; even if he can light it once more, it'll go out once more, and take along with it the light and warmth that it offered. That's why he can endure.
But as they speak of plans, Atsushi has already come and gone once. There will always be that uncertainty now, as long as Akutagawa stays here. ]
I have high expectations for them. Their talent is wasted here, so I have to shove them out the door and lock it behind them.
[ That's the logical reason, too, because they have greater things waiting for them.
But he trusts Oda; Dazai listens to him in a way that he doesn't anyone else, so he asks, ]
Do you think they would be happy here?
Come to think of it, we've been staying together for awhile now, haven't we? I don't mind it.
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Dazai is always right, after all.
There's the logical reasons for it, but there's something else that goes unspoken.
Dazai already knows that he'll lose anything that he gains here. He knows that what he has now is nothing more than a candle in the wind; even if he can light it once more, it'll go out once more, and take along with it the light and warmth that it offered. That's why he can endure.
But as they speak of plans, Atsushi has already come and gone once. There will always be that uncertainty now, as long as Akutagawa stays here. ]
I have high expectations for them. Their talent is wasted here, so I have to shove them out the door and lock it behind them.
[ That's the logical reason, too, because they have greater things waiting for them.
But he trusts Oda; Dazai listens to him in a way that he doesn't anyone else, so he asks, ]
Do you think they would be happy here?
Come to think of it, we've been staying together for awhile now, haven't we? I don't mind it.