Reviews tagging 'Death'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

85 reviews

weirdow's review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not a big fan of the story or characters, but Ito did a good job bringing his style of horror and art to the story in a way that complimented the original (a lot of changes to the story too)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

clary0402's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Incest, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

charlottevarela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

kylesafgt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

petjapremru's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Incest, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

petitemass15's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

val_812's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

deadratsinthesewer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

No longer human explores some incredibly dark and disturbing subjects, I find that Junkies Ito’s equally dark and disturbing art style complements this really well. The visualisation of this adaptation is more than I could’ve ever imagined, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the artwork. It is certainly not for everyone, it was a painful read (in a positive way), definitely a story would revisit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

dishwaterpossum's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a ride. A horror story of the tragedy of life. Far less supernatural than some of his other graphic novels, which makes the horror that more real. A very good read, but heavy material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

wannabesenpai's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This rating is in recognition of Junji Ito's mastery as an artist and a storyteller. He captures the grotesque, and the darkness of human psyche in ways that are sickening (yet hard to turn away from) and linger long after you've finished reading. There were parts I didn't fully understand which perhaps is a cultural gap in my own understanding or I need to read it again. Though I can't read this again any time soon, it was gripping from start to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, and Suicide