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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
No Longer Human is a well written book about a terrible man. Believed to be the original author's suicide note, I feel for him, but my god. What an awful person who took no accountability for his actions and continuously played victim. Despicable man.
Ito's art was amazing though, and helped guide me through this guy's awful life!
Ito's art was amazing though, and helped guide me through this guy's awful life!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship
There is a LOT of death! Constant. And always driven by our main character!
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A dark and disturbing epic brought to life by Ito’s magnificent illustrations.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ofc not junji itos original work so I cant really rate the story but its absolutely amazing, he's portrayed it in such a beautifal way you just get sucked into the miserable existence of yozo
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As always, the artwork is stunning. Some of Junji Ito's best, in my opinion. The storytelling is great too, although I haven't read the original novel. Yozo is simultaneously horrible and sympathetic.
Not necessarily bad, but definitely unexpected:Dazai, the original author, is a side character in this manga adaptation. Yozo meets him in an asylum while recovering from a morphine addiction, confesses to him his sins, and gives him permission to write a book about him. They reunite again twelve years later, after which Dazai kills himself, concluding the manga.
My problem with this is that, throughout the book, Yozo sees and interacts with phantoms of his past, like Takeichi or Setchan. Yozo thought he was seeing a doppelganger or some other vision of himself when he first saw Dazai, and that would have fully fit the story. The tonal dissonance of it ending up being Osamu Dazai is extremely jarring. As a result, it feels ham-fisted.
It's an interesting divergence from the source material and I respect the decision to engage with the book in hindsight instead of creating a one-to-one adaptation, but I wonder if there was another way to do it. That said, I don't exactly have any suggestions. Star rating subject to change.
Not necessarily bad, but definitely unexpected:
It's an interesting divergence from the source material and I respect the decision to engage with the book in hindsight instead of creating a one-to-one adaptation, but I wonder if there was another way to do it. That said, I don't exactly have any suggestions. Star rating subject to change.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lowkey harrowing but fuck it we ball
Juni Ito's incredible illustrations add just another layer of horror to Dazai's already dark tale and every page feels so visceral it's crazy
Juni Ito's incredible illustrations add just another layer of horror to Dazai's already dark tale and every page feels so visceral it's crazy
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes