#no longer human by dazai osamu

[ringsofsaturnnnn]

“people talk of "social outcasts." the words apparently denote the miserable losers of the world, the vicious ones, but i feel as though i have been a "social outcast" from the moment i was born. if ever i meet someone society has designated as an outcast, i invariably feel affection for him, an emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness.”

— no longer human, osamu dazai

#[🪐] — saturn’s book quotes #no longer human by dazai osamu #no longer human #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #book quotes

[shininas-ideals]

So if I understand Fyodor's ability correctly-

#bungou stray dogs #bsd #fyodor dostoevsky #dazai osamu #bungou stray dogs chapter 114 spoilers #fanart #digital art #idk how hes supposed to posses Dazais since #y'know #no longer human; but I'll let asagiri cook some more

[homoesia]

soukoku dance (insp by episode 507)

#soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai #chuuya #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #bsd fanart #my art #bungou gay dogs #yes basically i watched the dazai and sigma dance scene and i what if dazai and vampire chuuya danceded #after dazai finishes bullying chuuya (first pic) he no longer humans him back to normal (second pic) #and then they look at each other like in the movie #bungou stray dogs spoilers #also chuuya is wearing a crop top #idk if he was actually wearing a crop top in the 7 seconds he was on screen i didnt check #oh yes also click for BIG very BIG resolution

[saaraofthesand]

I am deeply suspicious of Dazai’s character because like, he isn’t the protagonist. At all. Atsushi is the protagonist of the main manga and Dead Apple, Akutagawa is the protagonist of BEAST, Kunikida of Dazai’s entrance exam, Oda of the Dark Era, Chuuya of Fifteen and Storm Bringer. And yet, Dazai still sits at the center of all those stories. By all logic, he should not be as important to the story as he is. But here he is, absolutely fundamental to every part of BSD. He moves the plot forward. He is the puppet master, the hidden hand, the author of the narrative. I need to examine this in detail but like, isn’t that a bit weird?

#don’t even get me started on No Longer Human #it has the potential to be a singularity #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #osamu dazai

[strangemonochromes]

No Longer Human (人間失格) // Osamu Dazai & Junji Ito

#no longer human #manga cap #junji ito #osamu dazai

[philzokman]

NO FUCKING SHOT PENGUIN CLASSICS MENTIONED AND I QUOTE 'HIT ANIME SERIES BUNGO STRAY DOGS' IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR UPCOMING TRANSLATION OF NO LONGER HUMAN NONE OF US ARE SEEING HEAVEN

#IM LAUGHING SO FUCKING HARD RN #PENGUINE MOTHERFUKCING CLASSICS #therye so real as they should AS THEY SHOULD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #out of 5 lines 2 of htem are dedicated to the HIT ANIME SERIES bungo stray dogs #lea.txt #bsd #bungo stray dogs #sobbing violently #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs dazai #osamu dazai #dazai osamu #no longer human

[nixnephili]

No Longer Human colored sketches

From the Ability Personification A.U.

honestly, one of my favorite designs

One of...

Thoughts on him~? would you like to tell him or ask him something?~

-Nix🌙

#nixnephili #bungou stray dogs #bsd season 4 #bsd fanart #bsd headcanons #decay of angels #bungou stray dogs fanart #dazai bsd #bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai osamu #ability #bsd abilities #no longer human

[zukkaoru]

can't stop thinking about ranpo being the one person dazai is close to who he can touch without worrying about nlh., with everyone else, every touch is paired with the sensation of his ability cancelling out theirs but with ranpo it's just. normal touch. and it's so strange and almost eerie at first because casual touch is always so much. dazai's touch is meant to be used as a weapon, and he's forcibly reminded of that every time he pats atsushi's head or pokes kunikida's cheek or brushes up against kenji. gentle, casual, touch is not what dazai is meant for.

but then he touches ranpo and there's nothing. there's just the surface-level feeling of his hair pinched between dazai's fingers. he touches ranpo, and it's only skin-deep. ranpo touches him, and never once flinches at the sensation of no longer human. and dazai starts to think maybe his touch doesn't have to be a weapon all the time, maybe just this once, it can be skin-deep and gentle. maybe with ranpo, he can learn how touch is supposed to feel.

#i'm normal about them i'm soooo normal about them i'mn guys GUSY you have to believe me--- #souheki #daran #ranzai #super longer human or whatever you want to call them idk #dazai osamu #ranpo edogawa #hello grace here

[h0rifix]

"ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔟𝔶 𝔊𝔬𝔡. ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫 ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢, 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱."

- 𝐎𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮 𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐢. (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟖). ‘no longer human’

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[dailykafka]

While we are at it, want to see one of the funniest reviews I found on goodreads?

#i treasure this one its a rare find #no longer human #osamu dazai #goodreads #🏷️

[allbuthuman]

Some thoughts on Dazai & emotions

I think Dazai treats his own emotions in a way similar to how most people treat physical discomfort.

A lot of people seem to think that what disconnects him from humanity is that he doesn't experience emotions in the way most humans do. Even though that's true to an extent, because severe mental illness does do that, it's also clear that Dazai does have emotions, but most likely struggles to recognise them, and when he does, he doesn't really take them into account. His intellect runs so far ahead, that he must see his own emotions in the way that most people see disruptive physical sensations - something so far below our default "level of operation" that, even if we do undoubtedly experience it, it's not relevant to our self-definition. Sure, your leg can hurt while you walk, or you might occasionally get headaches, but you'd most likely consider it a nuisance rather than something that characterises your person. We can only assume this has been the case for a long time, probably ever since his mind first outsmarted his heart, so possibly his entire life. In Stormbringer, it's even stated that "nothing can survive his gaze, not even his own emotions".

Now, remember Dazai's self-admitted aversion to physical pain. We know that he hates pain, but this doesn't stop him from putting himself in physical peril, and even using himself as bait, if that's gonna help move his plans forward. When he does get hurt, he barely reacts at all, and at most just states that he is in pain. Pain is a nuisance he ignores, and we can assume that most of his emotions, if he was able to properly admit and experience them, would only cause him more pain, because his emotions are those of a severely depressed person, and even when he can feel some semblance of a positive emotion, he interprets is as something he'll inevitably lose. In any case, when it comes to either emotional or physical pain, the direct connection between the stimulus and his response seems to be missing - stating that one is in pain isn't the same as naturally responding to it. It's probably been missing for so long, that he doesn't even have to try much not to respond anymore, much like it wouldn't take much effort for a stomachache not to show on your face, if you kept getting stomachaches while having to work 12 hour shifts.

His time in the mafia, where he was encouraged to be rational at all times and lost his friend the one time he wasn't, could have only maximised this tendency of his. Even though he chose emotion over intellect when confronting Mori in Dark Era, he did lose Oda, and he doesn't want to have to go through that again. Plus, in the present, in order for the ADA to survive, he has to ignore anything other than his intellect, if he wants any chance at outsmarting Fyodor. There is no room for emotion right now, even if he wanted to be emotional, which he doesn't.

So, what seems to be the case is that Dazai is apathetic to his own emotions. They're in there somewhere, but remain unacknowledged, barely ever taken into account, unable to survive his brain.

#this started as an entirely different post about no longer human the book #and dazai being unrelatable mentally but to many relatable emotionally #i'll write that soon but i got sidetracked are we surprised #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd dazai #dazai osamu #bsd analysis

[kvmorii1]

#art #fanart #illustration #anime and manga #bsd #bsd art #bsd fanart #dazai fanart #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai osamu #dazai #no longer human #digital fanart #digital artwork #redraw

[judaskuromi]

half of soukoku.

#my art #illust #anime #digital art #fanart #animated gif #bsd #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #dazai #chuuya nakahara #soukoku #bungou gay dogs #oda sakunosuke #no longer human

[newvision]

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

#I love queue. I'm glad I exist #no longer human #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #japanese literature #literature #poetry #books #litblr #book excerpt #goodreads #reading #book quotes #bookblr #books and reading

[saaraofthesand]

Oda Didn’t Understand Dazai: An Opinion By Me

@catboychuuuya wanted me to elaborate on that bit in my Soukoku post about Odasaku not really understanding Dazai. I aim to please, so here I am.

Let’s begin

Part A: Buraiha Trio

Oda wasn’t necessarily a bad friend. He just didn’t really know what to do with Dazai. I actually think Ango was both a better friend toward, and had a better understanding of, Dazai (Oda pushed Dazai toward the light, but Ango was the reason he got to stay there).

Oda decided that Dazai should live in the light, but I think Ango always thought he belonged there. Like he knew that Dazai had the potential to be good.

In the prologue of the Dark Era light novel, Ango is the one truly bothered by Dazai’s apathy and suicidal tendencies. Oda has very mild reactions to all of it. Dazai is basically crying out for help, and Oda’s reactions are very indulgent (kind of “that’s nice, sweetie”).

"'Oh yeah, I created a new hot-pot recipe. Would you guys be up to trying it next time we hang out? I call it the 'superhuman stamina pot.' You can run for hours without getting tired after eating it. It’s a dream of a—'

'Not in a million years,' Ango sternly declined.

'If it keeps you from getting tired, then it might be pretty useful before a hard day's work,' I added.

'…Odasaku, that's exactly the problem right there. You're enabling Dazai. You don't speak up, and that's why he goes off the rails.'

I see. So this was what Ango meant by 'enabling' him. You learn something new every day."

Now, again, Oda was not a bad person or friend. It’s normal to joke around with your friends. But also, I think it’s pretty clear (Particularly in Storm Bringer and the Dark Era) that Dazai was genuinely struggling in the mafia. He was extremely unhappy.

Another problem with Oda is that he put Dazai on a pedestal like almost everyone else in the mafia (exceptions are Chuuya and Ango for sure).

"No matter what he did, Dazai seemed to reach heights that normal people couldn’t."

The difference between Odasaku and the rest of the mafia is that Dazai greatly admired Odasaku. He admired his belief system and resolve. That’s why I think it’s so sad that Oda didn’t really understand Dazai, because Dazai took Oda’s word as gospel.

There’s one last quote from the prologue that I want to talk about:

"We had a saying in the Port Mafia: 'The greatest misfortune for Dazai’s enemies is that they are Dazai’s enemies.' If he wanted to, he could even have a picnic in the middle of a firefight. Dazai was practically born to be in the Mafia."

This is the first case where I think it’s clear that Oda has a fundamental misunderstanding of Dazai.

Dazai was not born to be in the mafia. He was groomed to be in mafia by Mori. Mori picked him because he was an extremely intelligent, yet directionless child. I think we all spend so much time thinking of Dazai as a puppet master that we forget that he is also capable of being manipulated himself.

Dazai is eighteen during the Dark Era. Eighteen. He’s a teenager. He’s not a mastermind. He’s a lost kid in desperate need of guidance. He spent four incredibly formative years of his life suffering under Mori’s thumb (One before officially joining the mafia, three after). Odasaku was Dazai’s hope, someone he could look to instead of Mori. He wanted to be like him so badly.

Part B: Something to Live For

“Odasaku…,” Dazai said softly. “Forgive me for the absurd wording, but—don’t go. Find something to rely on. Expect good things to happen from here on out. There’s gotta be something…”

Yeah, you read that right. Dazai just presented an optimistic outlook on life.

He’s speaking to someone who has just lost his main purpose in being in the mafia, taking care of those orphans. Yet, he’s begging him to find a new reason to live anyway.

Part C: Last Words

That brings me to Odasaku’s final moments.

“‘You won’t find it,’ Odasaku said in almost a whisper. Dazai stared at him. ‘You should know that. Whether you’re on the side that takes lives or the side that saves them, nothing beyond your own expectations will happen. Nothing in this world can fill the hole that is your loneliness. You will wander the darkness for eternity.’”

Okay, so, Odasaku is right that Dazai won’t find purpose in the darkness, but he’s wrong about why. Dazai is not an empty person incapable of happiness. Even though Dazai thinks this means that Odasaku understood him well, we can’t forget that Dazai doesn’t really understand himself. His feelings. His mind. Dazai genuinely believes that nothing can make him happy, but he’s wrong and the consequences to Oda’s words are huge.

Now, Dazai thinks he’s a villain pretending to be hero. He thinks he’s inherently empty. WHICH IS WRONG.

Think about why Dazai went to Oda’s side in the first place. Because Oda was his friend. Dazai put his personal feelings first in that situation, and he does that more often than people tend to notice. He’s actually motivated by emotions a lot.

During Storm Bringer, Dazai basically moves Heaven and Earth to stop Verlaine and keep Chuuya in the mafia.

“‘I joined the Mafia because of an expectation I had. I thought if I was close to death and violence—close to people giving in to their urges and desires, then I would be able to see the inner nature of humankind up close. I thought if I did that…’ Dazai paused before continuing, ‘…I would be able to find something—a reason to live.’”

We have to remember who prompted Dazai to think that, Chuuya. An idea born from Dazai’s relationship to another person, not the idea itself, was what made him join the mafia.

Ranpo is definitely autistic coded, but so is Dazai. Since No Longer Human was extremely influential on BSD, and that novel has a lot of autobiographical elements in it, it makes sense that Dazai seems autistic. After reading No Longer Human myself, I really do think that Osamu Dazai (the author) was autistic. Yōzō’s (the protagonist of No Longer Human) behavior is very autistic. I mean, at one point, he describes masking verbatim.

I’m mentioning this because I think that what Dazai hopes to understand is not a reason to live itself, but other people’s motivation to live. It’s an extension of the very autistic feeling of alienation from other people. Dazai thinks there’s something wrong with him because despite caring about other people a lot, he has trouble understanding their illogical behavior. He also struggles to understand his own illogical behavior.

I also think this is why Oda struggles to understand Dazai. Because people who aren’t autistic usually struggle to understand autism. Autistic people often get profiled as ‘sociopaths’ (an outdated term that refers to Antisocial Personality Disorder) and are seen as emotionless monsters.

Dazai distances himself from other people as a defense mechanism. In his own words, “I always lose the things I don’t want to lose the most. That’s why I don’t feel anything anymore. The moment you get your hands on something worth going after, you lose it. That’s just how things are. There is nothing worth pursuing at the cost of prolonging a life of suffering.” I think that indicates that he cares very much about the people in his life, but that he also lives in constant fear of losing them.

Conclusion

I don’t know how well I articulated any of this (I’m neurodivergent, can you tell?), but my point is that Odasaku took a lot about Dazai at face value, instead of trying to peel back the layers and understand him as a person. He ended up dehumanizing Dazai a bit in the process.

Dazai is far from perfect, but he’s also not inhuman.

I think about this quote from Atsushi a lot, “People need to be told they’re worthy of being alive by someone else or they can’t go on.” Like, what would have happened if someone told Dazai his life was worth living even without some grand purpose?

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #no longer human #sakunosuke oda #oda sakunosuke #the dark era

[strangemonochromes]

No Longer Human (人間失格) // Osamu Dazai & Junji Ito

#no longer human #manga cap #osamu dazai #junji ito