No Longer Human
Other titles · Ningen Shikkaku • 人間失格
- Also known as
- Ningen Shikkaku
- Also known as
- 人間失格
- Also known as
- Lo Squalificato
- Also known as
- Je ne suis pas un homme
- Also known as
- İnsanlığımı Yitirirken
- Also known as
- Крах людини
- Also known as
- Indigno de ser humano
by Usamaru Furuya
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Set in modern day Tokyo, Dazai's tale details the life of a young man originally from a well-off family from Japan's far north. Yozo Oba is a troubled soul incapable of revealing his true self to others. A weak constitution and the lingering trauma from some abuse administered by a relative forces him to uphold a facade of hollow jocularity since high school. The series is composed of three parts, referred to in the novel as "memorandums," which chronicle the life of Oba from his teens to late twenties. (Source: Kodansha USA) Adaptation of the original work of Dazai Osamu.