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No Longer Human by Junji Ito

18 reviews

veggiecats's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Really intense, but really well done. As a book, I mean its masterful and raw. In terms of Junji Ito's rendition of it, I think the illustrations definitely help with certain themes, such as a

Takeichi being "reborn" as Yoichi. And also the delusions and envisioning different people inhabiting one person.

I think this is wonderfully done and really resonated with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Abortion, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Gore

I would not recommend reading this if you are actively struggling with feelings of hopelessness and suicidal ideations, symptoms of psychosis and extreme paranoia, or are sensitive to themes of sexual assault and rape.

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.75

As always Junji Ito's art is astonishing! I doubt I would have been able to read this otherwise.

A person you come to hate pretty fast going through a never ending spiral of momentary content quickly followed by self-imposed dispare that almost always leads to  death of a mostly innocent party. Even being haunted by those he wronged he never acknowledged his part in it and instead justifies everything in his own mind, blames the victims and just women in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Bullying, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

musicalchikaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Murder, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Death of parent, Suicide, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Incest, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical content, Gore, and Emotional abuse

celbl8o's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Definitely an important book, and definitely one that will sit with me for a long time. Will I likely recommend this to anyone? No. It’s a deeply triggering book, and definitely not one everyone should read. Still, a masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

saving_n's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

mrclintdavis's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

marsredwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

farzaan's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Death of parent

youngserfs's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Junji Ito is the right person to illustrate this story. I recommend reading the novel by Osamu Dazai on it's own first, but this is a great way to revisit No Longer Human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Rape

mogekolove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Suicide