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kitaabworm 's review for:
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
Ōba Yōzō was a boy who, in my opinion, had emotionally matured very early. He was too aware of both himself and others. Others would laugh at things that weren’t funny, but he couldn’t understand why. Unfortunately in Japan, not laughing when everyone else is laughing is considered disrespectful and so Oba had to learn to how to fake almost any type of physical emotion in order to fit in. Among other things, that idea of faking reactions and trying to be someone you’re not eventually led him downhill into a life full of alcoholism, abuse, poverty, and eventually to suicide.