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Jul 6, 2023 · The Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai wrote, better than almost anyone, about the thin line between isolation and belonging. By Jane Yong Kim. Illustration by The Atlantic. July 6, 2023. A gloomy...
No Longer Human (Japanese: 人間失格, Hepburn: Ningen Shikkaku), also translated as A Shameful Life, is a 1948 novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai. It tells the story of a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who, instead, maintains a facade of hollow jocularity, later turning to a life of alcoholism and drug ...
Osamu DAZAI (native name: 太宰治, real name Shūji Tsushima) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan. With a semi-autobiographical ...
Dazai Osamu. Also Known As. For appellations, see Relationships. Namesake. Osamu Dazai (Japanese novelist) Personal Information. Status. Deceased. Gender. Male. Birthday. June 19 [1] Age. 22 (present) [1] 18 ( Dark Era) [2] 16 ( Dragon's Head Conflict) [3] 15 ( Fifteen) [4] 14 (Pre-Fifteen) [4] Height. 181 cm (5'11") [1]
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.
Age: 22. Birthday: June 19. Height: 181 cm. Weight: 67 kg. Blood type: AB. Likes: Suicide, sake, women, crabs, Ajinomoto (a Japanese brand of seasoning) Dislikes: Dogs, Nakahara Chuuya. Ability: No Longer Human; the ability to nullify other abilities through touch. Dazai Osamu is based on a Japanese author by same name.
While starving on a riverbank, Atsushi saves a rather eccentric man named Osamu Dazai from drowning. Whimsical suicide enthusiast and supernatural detective, Dazai has been investigating the same tiger that has been terrorizing the boy.