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theartisangeek 's review for:
No Longer Human
by Junji Ito
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12/2/20
Did a video on Osamu Dazai, the novel and the manga adaptation :)
20/1/20
This manga was a great adaptation of the novel. It's clear that Ito took some risks here. Where Dazai was more elusive, Ito chose to be more explicit. I personally am not a fan of sexual depictions, but thankfully this wasn't the focus of the story - and keeping in mind his usual demographic and the one targeted with this adaptation I do get the choices he made. I was really pleased to see how this manga was able to keep the essence of the story and I enjoyed most of the creative liberties Ito took. No Longer Human is an incredibly story and I don't think it is suitable for everyone. If one does however, I would highly recommend reading the novel beforehand as well as reading up on Dazai (there are a lot of autobiographical elements in the novel). I did so and it definitely payed off - I don't think I would have appreciated this manga as much as I do now. I'm working on a video discussing No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai and this adaptation for my Youtube channel, so stay tuned for that :).
19/1/20
Just finished reading the novel and it was incredibly interesting to me. I'm so excited to start this manga, Junji Ito is one of my favourite mangakas. I watched the interview he did with Viz about this manga and that honestly excited me even more!
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12/2/20
Did a video on Osamu Dazai, the novel and the manga adaptation :)
20/1/20
This manga was a great adaptation of the novel. It's clear that Ito took some risks here. Where Dazai was more elusive, Ito chose to be more explicit. I personally am not a fan of sexual depictions, but thankfully this wasn't the focus of the story - and keeping in mind his usual demographic and the one targeted with this adaptation I do get the choices he made. I was really pleased to see how this manga was able to keep the essence of the story and I enjoyed most of the creative liberties Ito took. No Longer Human is an incredibly story and I don't think it is suitable for everyone. If one does however, I would highly recommend reading the novel beforehand as well as reading up on Dazai (there are a lot of autobiographical elements in the novel). I did so and it definitely payed off - I don't think I would have appreciated this manga as much as I do now. I'm working on a video discussing No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai and this adaptation for my Youtube channel, so stay tuned for that :).
19/1/20
Just finished reading the novel and it was incredibly interesting to me. I'm so excited to start this manga, Junji Ito is one of my favourite mangakas. I watched the interview he did with Viz about this manga and that honestly excited me even more!
You can find me on
Youtube | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Website