Smth I’ve noticed about Yumeno, Elise, and Mori’s relationship. Ish. (BSD)

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So as I was re watching Bungo Stray Dogs with insight on every character, I’ve noticed something about Q.

As we all know, Q is one of the few children we see Mori abuse, which a something lot of people forget. And while Dazai is the one who locked them up in the basement, Mori was the one who taught Dazai. He was an indirect cause of Q’s trauma.

And now imma gonna say something that a lot of you are gonna hate, but I don’t think Mori is a pedo. Hate me all you want, idc.

Rather, I think Mori is someone who wanted to be a father but couldn’t bc of his loyalty to Yokohama. I also think he feels guilty about what he did to the 3 children he abused, which is quite literally fact bc BEAST Mori feels guilty about what he did to Dazai, which most likely means he feels bad for all the children he harmed. Bc why feel bad for one but not for the other two?

Now, take a look at Elise. A child that shows traits of all 3 children that he treats like a child to him. Elise is his answer to both of his problems.

Although, you might have noticed that I said 3 instead of 2. Here’s why. As we all know, Elise shows both Dazai and Yosano in herself, from being an 11 year old girl for Yosano and her wavy hair and attitude with Dazai. However, I also think you can see implications of Q in Elise’s color palette.

If you haven’t noticed already, Q’s outfit shows a lot of light and dark colors next to each other. Their brown and white hair, yellow and black eyes, and their blue shirt and light tan pants. Now look at Elsie. Her red and white dress, grey and black leggings, and Ik this is a bit of a stretch but her blue eyes and blond hair.

This is just my theory. I’m not forcing it on anyone. I’ve just been thinking about it for a while and haven’t seen anyone talk about it so I pointed it out.

Posted Sep 4, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC

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