No Longer Human (ITOU Junji) cover

No Longer Human (ITOU Junji)

Authors
DAZAI Osamu, ITOU Junji
Type
Manga
Status
Complete
Year
2017
Genres and tags
Mature Psychological Seinen Tragedy Drama Horror Historical Philosophy Classic Literature Nudity Suicide Rape Biographical Family Life Primarily Adult Cast Drugs Body Horror Urban Fantasy

Description

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Itou. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Itou, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche.

Alternative titles

Chapters (24)

  1. CHAIN No. 24
  2. CHAIN No. 23
  3. CHAIN No. 22
  4. CHAIN No. 21
  5. CHAIN No. 20
  6. CHAIN No. 19
  7. CHAIN No. 18
  8. CHAIN No. 17
  9. CHAIN No. 16
  10. CHAIN No. 15
  11. CHAIN No. 14
  12. CHAIN No. 13
  13. CHAIN No. 12
  14. CHAIN No. 11
  15. CHAIN No. 10
  16. CHAIN No. 9
  17. CHAIN No. 8Vol. 1
  18. CHAIN No. 7Vol. 1
  19. CHAIN No. 6Vol. 1
  20. CHAIN No. 5Vol. 1
  21. CHAIN No. 4Vol. 1
  22. CHAIN No. 3Vol. 1
  23. CHAIN No. 2Vol. 1
  24. CHAIN No. 1Vol. 1

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