Rei Comic 1

Don't Get a Stomachache to Gain a Friend. (友を得るに胃痛なる勿れ,) is the first comic in the first anthology, Rei.

Summary
Dazai is saying that it's perfect weather for suicide and wishes he could go kill himself. Kunikida responds to Dazai and says "go ahead" to him. After hearing Kunikida's response, Dazai happily rushes outside to which Atsushi asks if it's okay to let Dazai go like that. Kunikida replies that it's fine since he's doing something.

Kunikida then says that it's his fault for entertaining Dazai's suicide all year. Due to that, he notices a certain change to himself which is that he developed a stomach ulcer from the stress. Yosano then appears and tells Kunikida that he should have told her and she would quickly heal him up to which Kunikida replies that it's all healed up. Kunikida then says that Dazai is so annoying and his body was at the limit of exhaustion but he cannot take a time off and right then, he discovered a book.

Kunikida then shows Atsushi a book titled "How to Get Along with Troublesome People" and tells him that according to the books, it is best not to pay attention to the people who only want attention. Atsushi then tells Kunikida that he seems the type to never rely on someone to which Kunikida agrees. Kunikida then tells Atsushi that despite him suffering from illness, he notices that it's okay to relax and trust someone other than himself for a while, followed by saying that it's what God told him.

Atsushi then makes Kunikida snap out of his hallucinations. Kunikida's hallucinations continue. Dazai returns to the office from his attempted suicide and tells that he gave up on suicide. Dazai tells Kunikida that he can't believe Kunikida worried himself. Kunikida then asks Dazai if he was worried about him. Dazai then proposes that together they can determine the cause of Kunikida's stress to which Kunikida points out that it is Dazai. Dazai is shocked and walks out of the office with a sulky mood. Atushi then panics and asks again if it's okay to let Dazai go and worries that he might really kill himself this time.

Atsushi then shouts a line from the book which is "but attention seekers want attention because they trust the person". Kunikida then realizes that he'd been blind to see what's really important and decides to stop Dazai suicide. Just as he going to stop Dazai, Dazai falls on Kunikida's head. Atsushi then asks Kenji how's Kunikida's condition to which hre replies that he developed yet another stomach ulcer and Dazai also. Kenji says that he really can't tell whether Kunikida and Dazai go along or not.

Trivia

 * The title is a reference to one of Doppo Kunikida's work "Don't rush to get friends".