Akutagawa is a cold traumatized boy, all he wanted was Dazai’s approval at the port mafia but Dazai kept abusing him. He was an orphan just like Atsushi but he doesn’t like thinking about that because it makes him feel weak. When he first heard from Dazai that he has a new apprentice that is stronger than him he immediately went to search for him, when he met Atsushi he thought, if i beat him, i might get Dazai’s approval. But like Dazai said, Atsushi always overpowers him. Akutagawa hates that.