This review also contains spoilers Introducing Dazai Osamu:ĭazai Osamu was the pen name of Terushima Yuuji, a widely respected Japanese literary figure. Trigger Warning: mentions / depictions of suicide and suicidal thoughts, reader’s descretion is advised Reflecting on Yozo’s contrary figure that slowly emerges from the shadows of the novel, the reader is forced to ask the question: What makes humans, human? As No Longer Human is widely considered to be a fictionalised depiction of the author’s life, a brief background of Dazai Osamu would be helpful in understanding the novel and subsequent analysis. As we read the novel, we track the progress of a tragic yet beautiful figure, Yozo Oba, as he offers melancholic yet comic facets of his perceived inadequacy as a human being. The second best selling novel of all time in Japan after Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro, No longer human is a poignant, heart-wrenching tale of alienation, sorrow and the human condition.
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