[ As far as drowning goes, it's not the most unpleasant experience (the water tastes better than the ocean right outside his old shipping crate, after all), but it's not exactly the quick and painless death that Dazai generally goes for--

which is why when he hits the tree, Dazai simply scuttles onto it like a shrimp, and then lays on it, defeated, radiating all the energy of a wet cat.

Then: he sneezes. ]

I want to stress that I would wait until summer to try and jump into a river to die, if the river hadn't been calling to me. This is terrible! [ He's wet! And cold! And WET! ]