![]() ![]() To all appearances, Oba Yozo is a normal young man. ![]() Since it played such an important role in Mizuki Nomura's Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime, which I recently read and enjoyed, I figured it was about time I got around to it. ![]() I have been meaning to read No Longer Human for some time now. The story has received several adaptations, including a manga adaptation by Usamaru Furuya to be published in English by Vertical in 2011. It also remains one of the top bestselling books in Japan to this day. Along with The Setting Sun, No Longer Human is one of Dazai’s most well known novels. The novel was in the middle of serialization in Japan in 1948 at the time of Dazai’s death. Show More translation in a paperback edition in 1973. ![]()
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