Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

85 reviews

linxed's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

The art style is fantastic and the drawings are amazing. The story itself is one that's boring and redone a million times. X male gets addicted, fucks women and ends up with a string of dead ghosts haunting him. Halfway through the misogyny and overall grotesque treatment of literally every female character almost made me put the book down. I didn't out of spite and thanks to the actual art which is why I wanted to give this an actual rating as the art is fantastic but the story is not worth it imo. The main themes are essentially torture porn & the CSA scenes at the beginning were definitely too much and whilst yes they're an integral part of the MC's character, as someone else mentioned, alluding to CSA would've been more than enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

arobo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

No Longer Human was a conflicting experience, though I ultimately enjoyed it and view it in high esteem. 

I firmly believe the gratuitous sex is unnecessary. Though I understand

it is a key element of Yozo's addictive and dissociative personality, the child rape and incest is too far, and could've been implied

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The nuances of Yozo Oba's personality and its progression is a compelling journey to partake on. The themes represented in the story are handled well and in detail, often leaving me uneasy and disturbed.

While the final pages depicted a fitting ending,

the meta inclusion of Dazai was very clunky. The insert immediately felt jarring, and caused confusion, even if intended by Ito. Readers who weren't aware of Osamu Dazai in reality would be left out of the loop, potentially ruining the ending for them.

No Longer Human is a flawed masterpiece. The positive aspects are incredible and genre-defining, while the negative aspects truly weighed down Ito's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Blood

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

cesargaglioni's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Dementia, and Death of parent

miajakobsen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

An extremely visceral, uncomfortable, and devastating story. It has interesting reflections on the feeling of performing your life and being uncomfortable in your body. It is also an extremely raw story of an abusive, terrible, unlikeable man who ruins every woman he meets. The art style – which can sometimes be too much – definitely complements the disturbing story. 

I think that understanding the history of Osamu Dazai's life and the context of this book being basically autobiographical is crucial to "enjoying" this book. The actual story itself is quite tough, but the manga is very impactful and compelling. I definitely want to read the actual novel by Dazai now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

theskyefull's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

bloodflood's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

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