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No Longer Human by Junji Ito

46 reviews

brina_sch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A painful truth, that the cycle of addiction is abusive it is a daily choice you have to make to be better, and is made up of all your smaller choices/actions. You can be better or the same it’s up to you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

headanshulders's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

hoosiercreek'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kelseysveen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

jasmin_awoodun's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This was the first manga I read by Junji Ito, my favourite mangaka of all time, and on the third reread it's as powerful as ever. No Longer Human delves into the darkest parts of the human psyche, charting the unfortunate life of Yozo Oba, a damaged and deeply flawed individual who digs himself into a hole so deep it seems impossible to get out. Junji Ito's art style compliments the narrative beautifully, with some truly nightmare-inducing imagery. The manga also touches on the life of original author Osamu Dazai, with Oba and Dazai coming into contact at a crucial point in both their lives, and then again shortly before the end of Dazai's. A gripping story where just when you think things couldn't possibly get worse, they always do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, and Death of parent

somethinelse's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality

keyisbored's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I think the visuals add to the story in a horrific, beautiful way. Junji Ito captured something great. I haven't read the original novel and people say it's better, but I feel people love to say that about anything and everything. Ito incorporates aspects of the life of the original author, Osamu Dazai, and it's clear he truly understands the theme of the story and Dazai's legacy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Death of parent

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

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

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