No Longer Human

''' "The fallen buffoon." '''

A novella by Osamu Dazai featuring a guilt-ridden and self-conscious protagonist eventually led to ruin by his afflictions.

A month after its completion, Dazai committed suicide, drowning himself in the Tamagawa Aqueduct. “No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai is the first book unlocked by the player in the INQUIRY tab. It can also be found under Books Read as the first book on the first shelf located at the top-left hand corner.

Description
Under INQUIRY, "No Longer Human" icon appears to the player as Osamu Dazai himself or of the main character of the book, Ōba Yōzō. It is most likely to be Osamu Dazai since the icon appears to be modeled after a picture of him.

Details
Pulblished in 1948, "No Longer Human" (人間失格) tells the story of Ōba Yōzō (大庭葉蔵), a young self-destructive man who struggles with the feelings of alienation and isolation and with the inability to express himself to others. His life is chronicled into three "memorandums," from childhood to his late twenties.

The novel has several elements that mirror Dazai's own life, making "No Longer Human" semi autobiographical or autobiographical in nature. A month after its completion, Dazai committed suicide, drowning himself in the Tamagawa Aqueduct.