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“Manga artist Furuya discovers and illustrates the tragic online diary of a 25-year-old misanthrope named Youzou Ooba.”
No Longer Human
人間失格
7.97
904 rank · 42,434 readers · 808 favorites
Seinen
Historical
Psychological
Drama
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Synopsis
Manga artist Furuya discovers and illustrates the tragic online diary of a 25-year-old misanthrope named Youzou Ooba.
While working on a shounen manga, manga artist Usamaru Furuya comes across a website titled No Longer Human, an online diary created by a man named Youzou Ooba. Youzou describes his own life as one full of shame, particularly detailing his descent from a popular and high-ranking high school student to a slovenly-looking man with white hair despite only being 25 years old. Astonished and captivated by this rabbit hole of misanthropy, disconnection, and lust, Furuya decides to continue reading and eventually uses his artistic talents to chronicle the troubled man's autobiography.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 17 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 17 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.65
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.65 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.82
Running avg · Apr 2013 → Jul 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “There are very few manga which leave me speechless fortunately No Longer Human ranks as one of those and as my favourite manga. There have been cases for example Berserk, Gantz and 20th Century...”
- 10 “I did not enjoy "No Longer Human". Why am I giving it a 10? I didn't find a flaw for it. It was perfect. The reason as to why I disliked it is because I have a pretty faint heart. This series is...”
- 10 “Wow, I have been reading manga for 8 years and no manga has shaken me to this extent other than Gantz. I have read the original novel, Osamu Dazai's novel was great but this adaptation is...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 47%
Long · 24%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Feb 2009 – Apr 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M8828 catalog