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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness. Semi-autobiographical, No Longer Human is the final completed work of one of Japan's most important writers. It has come to "echo the sentiments of youth" (The Mainichi Daily News) from post-war Japan to the postmodern society of technology. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is a powerful exploration of an individual's alienation from society.
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I just finished No Longer Human, and this is easily one of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s not emotional in the usual sense. It’s disturbing. It’s uncomfortable. It feels like watching someone peel their own mind apart layer by layer.The way Dazai writes about loneliness, morality, deceit, sex, class, addiction, and the whole “acting normal for other people” thing is sharp and brutally honest. Yozo’s voice is messed up, confused, intelligent, self-aware, and completely lost, and that combination makes the whole book feel real in a way that’s hard to explain.The last section hit the hardest for me. The whole synonyms and antonyms part, the talk about crime and God, and everything that happens with his wife and society closing in was just brilliant. Not dramatic, not sentimental — just raw and frightening.This wasn’t a sad read for me. It was a horrifying one. Dark, honest, and uncomfortable in the best way. One of those books that stays in your head long after you close it.
O mangá se diferencia do livro em vários momentos, as vezes deixando explícitos cenas que antes eram implícitas e curtas, outras adicinando momentos que não tem.
Provavelmente foi misturado fatos da vida do autor com o livro, o autor também aparece como um personagem nos capítulos finais.
A arte do Junji Ito deixa transparencer ainda mais os momentos de sofrimento, depressão, ansiedade e tantos outros do personagem principal, Ohba Yozo, com a vida e sua desconexão com a mesma.
* Sugestão: Ler o mangá e a Livro um seguido do outro para evitar confusões sobre as partes adaptadas.