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dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Adapted from the novel No Longer Human, Junji Ito took a spin on No Longer Human and wrote it in such a way that still sticks to his style, with insights of goriness and adds such a wonderful somewhat companion to the novel. It was graphic, it was horrendous and it was very depressing, but yet, it was just as good.
Personal Ratings : 5🌟
If the novel was already good, the manga somewhat completed it and made it more wholesome and has an in depth insight of the horrendous nature of human beings. I love that Ito Sensei actually stick through the basis of the novel but emphasized more on the pain of others that Yozo had caused alongst with his pain. In the novel, most of Yozo's suffering was somewhat integrated so deeply with his thoughts that there are some parts like the sexual abuse that he had suffered can be undetected. Ito had took the spin of the suffering into his own usual style and added a more grotesque way in showing how it had affected his mind and the people around him.
This manga and this novel as a whole is bloody depressing, and its a comfort read for me whenever I have a relapse on my own. One of the biggest aspects that was included in the manga was the character of Dazai himself as an author to be portrayed in here, as somewhat like a mirror to Yozo. The fact that No Longer Human was somewhat a semi-autobiography made this manga so unique and I cried so much at the end as to a certain degree, it reflected Dazai's suffering as well, and it had translated into the novel that he was writing. Ito was smart in that sense and major respect that he had taken his own spin to include Dazai in the manga.
This manga and story as a whole is depressing. Its a life of a man that went through stages of clowning and hatred for the human kind, to a point that he had resulted to drugs and alcohol to escape his own mind. Was he a character that is likeable? Obviously not. But for what's worth, his suffering and trauma is something that cannot be changed. For those who relate to the story, I'm sincerely sending you the warmest hugs. As for me, this manga became a good companion in a moment of my own darkness.
May everyone find the light that they deserve in their lives.
Personal Ratings : 5🌟
If the novel was already good, the manga somewhat completed it and made it more wholesome and has an in depth insight of the horrendous nature of human beings. I love that Ito Sensei actually stick through the basis of the novel but emphasized more on the pain of others that Yozo had caused alongst with his pain. In the novel, most of Yozo's suffering was somewhat integrated so deeply with his thoughts that there are some parts like the sexual abuse that he had suffered can be undetected. Ito had took the spin of the suffering into his own usual style and added a more grotesque way in showing how it had affected his mind and the people around him.
This manga and this novel as a whole is bloody depressing, and its a comfort read for me whenever I have a relapse on my own. One of the biggest aspects that was included in the manga was the character of Dazai himself as an author to be portrayed in here, as somewhat like a mirror to Yozo. The fact that No Longer Human was somewhat a semi-autobiography made this manga so unique and I cried so much at the end as to a certain degree, it reflected Dazai's suffering as well, and it had translated into the novel that he was writing. Ito was smart in that sense and major respect that he had taken his own spin to include Dazai in the manga.
This manga and story as a whole is depressing. Its a life of a man that went through stages of clowning and hatred for the human kind, to a point that he had resulted to drugs and alcohol to escape his own mind. Was he a character that is likeable? Obviously not. But for what's worth, his suffering and trauma is something that cannot be changed. For those who relate to the story, I'm sincerely sending you the warmest hugs. As for me, this manga became a good companion in a moment of my own darkness.
May everyone find the light that they deserve in their lives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail