“Junji Ito adapts Dazai's semi-autobiographical novel about Yozo Oba's tragic descent into despair and alienation.”
No Longer Human
人間失格
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Synopsis
Junji Ito adapts Dazai's semi-autobiographical novel about Yozo Oba's tragic descent into despair and alienation.
"Mine has been a life of much shame." "I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being." Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazai's immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo's mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche. (Source: VIZ Media)
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What 14 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.74 · split reception
6.6 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 1.7
↑ 0.29
Running avg · Sep 2019 → Dec 2025
- 7 “The manga's brilliance lies in its unflinching portrayal of the myriad dark facets of human life. It is a raw and visceral journey through the experiences that constitute the more somber sides of...”
- 9 “+interesting story +beautiful artwork +good ending -a little too long for its own good -kinda repetitive at times No longer human is a episodic series of fairly simple and short story-arcs through...”
- 9 “A manga adaptation by Junji Itou of the novel by the same name written by Dazai. I have some conflicting emotions regarding this one. While I love Itou's style and tales his stories are plot...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published May 2017 – Apr 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M44189 catalog