Chain No. 23: Comedy
Comedy mangaka
Previous chapter:>>282946220
>>282981436COMEDY MANGAKA
>>282981531Fuck off Dazai I'm not buying your book
>>282981577I wonder why
>>282981549>"I think I prefer Mishima"
Done. I wonder if this chapter was basically Ito's personal words towards Dazai. Is your son ugly?See you tomorrow! Only one chapter left.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JnCWT-_O8
>>282981615Feels bizarrely honest for Yozo
>>282981655What a weird sequence this whole thing is
>>282981790Absolute fucking glow up
>>282981790What a terrible thing Yozo does to women
>>282982069She turned into Tomie.
>>282981814Yozo sure aged for how young that boy seems
>>282981996I mean Dazai isn't a woman so Yozo has no subconscious interest in fucking and then ruining him
>>282981905Rude
>>282982106The dude is an alcoholic/heroin addict. Hell he probably has a few undiagnosed STDs of course he looks like shit
>>282981954At least he's taking responsibility Although it'll probably end disastrously again
>>282981832>even back then, you were already a cuck?
>>282981970Thanks OPMy 2D sons are all wonderful
>>282981970Interesting. I assumed the boys appearance would change at the end.
>>282981970Isn't the following chapter the last one?
>>282982326Yes, hence>Only one chapter left.
>>282982446He meant the chapter following the next one, I believe
>>282982519As far as I know, there are 24 chapters.
>chapter named Comedy>it's tragic
>>282981531no I haven't and do not plan on doing so
>>282981531>Read it. It'll give you a laugh, clear your mind.Me reading Ito.
>>282981491Hirako's father doesn't count.
>>282981905woah
>>282981970Thanks.
>>282981695What is this chapter
>>282981905I clapped
where's my nigga mo?
>>282981970Thanks OP.>See you tomorrow! Only one chapter left.Huh
>>282981905BRAVORAVO
>>282983212In rehab
>>282981832>He despised me.No, I don't think he did. Not until you lied and said that girl was interested in him.
>>282981790No fucking way
>>282981918DILLONYOU SON OF A BITCH
>>282983212Taken by the spiral
>>282981436We're finally here...Comedy mangaka...
>>282981790...!>>282981814I never expected this asspull.
>>282982114>My own clone! Neither of us were virgins, but it wouldn't hurt, right?
>>282981615All of the shit that happened in his life, and he points to NTR as the worst?
>>282983295Leave it to Yozo to ruin his woman in a single chapter.
>>282984724You might've missed it, but he's beyond self-centred
>>282981905Ah! Ah! He said it!
>>282982204Yeah, if he really wanted what was best for them, he'd abandon them.
>>282983212Mount Dora
New Eko Eko!New Eko Eko!
>>282986282So soon!
>>282981615>The crushing feeling of NTR
>>282981918Give yourself a hand
>>282984724He probably would've screwed it up eventually but he was doing a lot better at that point and her cheating was the catalyst that caused him to start going downhill again. It would be a monumental turning point in his mind.
>>282981970Thanks, OP. More like Sex-suko
>>282981549Do Japanese books really waste this much whitespace?
>>282986956It's not like western ones don't have line breaks
>>282981790Welcome back best cousin
>>282986282>>282987090>>282987090>>282987090
>>282983874Takeichi hated people in general
>>282981845>If you look more closely, perhaps he's a lovely child.I don't know about that
>>282981939Not a shred of faith in YozoCan't blame him
>>282984733I mean she already murdered her sister
>>282981970You know I wanted to make a joke about how wouldn't it be funny if that reoccurring kid wasn't a hallucination or anything and it was actually his kid grown up, but now here we are. I suppose I should've been faster about it.I'm sure we can assume everything else Yozo saw was also actually real and not a hallucination. Commies can fly around with their magics, and Papa Oba can astrally project to mooch off his failson from his deathbed miles away.>Is your son ugly?I'm sure he'd be a handsome young lad, but I suppose we'll never know.
>>282983020He actually died of preexisting conditions mere moment before the fire.
>>282987778>Papa Oba can astrally project to mooch off his failson from his deathbed miles awayYoshiko interacted with him too
>>282981634I'm surprised he hasn't fucked himself already.
>>282982288Me, too. Would've been better if it had to me.
>>282981905Heh >>282981970Thanks anonReally cool take by ito>Is your son ugly?I don't have a wife or children
>>282981905!!!!!!
>>282989045Missed opportunity
>>282981970Thanks OP>Is your son ugly?I will never have one
>>282990068That you know of
>>282981905>I've decided on a title>Billy and the Cloneasaurus
>>282990185You made me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks. God bless you and The Simpsons
>>282981655>I was saved by my authorNot sure how he get the salvation in the original, since this plot was made up by Ito himself, as anon mentioned last thread
>>282981954I can tell how disgusted the flatfish felt towards him.
>>282981970Thanks OPHe should be handsome like me, if I ever had one I won't
>>282981970thanks op.>>282982288same.
>>282986989NTA but the width/height ratio for books makes vertical breaks produce much more whitespace.
Hmm
>>282981479>>282981491Dude, just let it go already.>>282981790>welp
>>282981774>>282981790>>282981814so wait a minute, the women he fucked and had a child with is coincidentally at the same rehab facility at the exat same time as him, and I guess the kid is just hanging out infront of her window? Who takes care of the kids? And why is he carrying a broken kite?
>>282987095Thanks OP!
>>282990164>That you know ofyou think a woman broke into my home, raped me in my sleep and then ran off without leaving a trace of her break in?
>>282994712yeah and she also fed you some weird meat sludge
>>282983212Where Tomie fears to look
What stories are left after this? I don't want the ride to end :(
How is the animated version of this story?
>>282981970that kid really was carrying a ripped up kite on his back the whole time
>>282995177Sensor, and Liminal Zone, I think.
>>282995257They animated THIS?
>>282995257>>282997125I think if you took this adaptation, and had it animated in the style and quality of the worst of the Uzamaki anime, you would reach levels of comedy hitherto unseen in the medium ever before. Imagine the scene where he comes back to see his wife getting fucked but it's two rigid cutouts bumping against each other.
>>282997125There's a short anime adaptation of the original novel, it's like 4 episodes in a longer 'japanese literature classics' anime.Ito's version hasn't been animated.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoi_Bungaku
>>282997426With some of the textures from the flooring bleeding in to the walls
>>282997447it's pretty funny that the same dude wrote No Longer Human and Run, Melos. they couldn't be more different.
>>282981905Dropped
>>282946585Who cares?youtu.be/9DgM6VrxNE4
>>282981436LET'S GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>282981531I refuse.
>>282981615Yozo not being a despicable two-faced piece of shit? What's going on?
>>282981695HUH?!
>>282981790Well then.
>>282993973can someone explain this to me or did I miss something obvious? I seriously don't get it
>>282981905HE SAID THE THING
>>282981954The brother just accepts it at this point.
>>282983212In the place Oshikiri is too short to reach.
>>282981970Thanks OP.>Is your son ugly?Wouldn't know since I don't have one.
>>282981970Thank you for posting.
Will I become irresistible to women by jestermaxxing or do you also need to be a Norwood 0 young millionaire?
>>283002986being a broke-ass bum is clearly no obstacle
>>283002986Yozo did have a wealthy background but he wasn't wealthy himself most of the story, just good looking and outwardly confident
>>283002986Ye
>>283002986Being a clown is hard, needs a very sophisticated feel for social situations, joking is often about testing the bounds of social acceptability without completely breaking them. When an autist that does not understand that at all tries to do it they just make everyone uncomfortable. You're better off trying something else.
>>283004674Comedy is a talent but also a skill and people underestimate how much experience it takes to hone. It's a theme amongst professional comedians that they didn't have much going for them other than being funny in their youth. They used it as a crutch to make friends, stay out of trouble and snag opportunities. In other words, they were practicing their entire lives.
Where the FUCK is OP
Chain No. 24: Everything Passes
>>283006895Opwijk
>>283007132>"It's the peak of Dazai literature"Yep, nothing but downhill from here...
>>283007174Oba, you've changed
>>283007081Yozo's looking old
>>283007283You have no idea
>>283007283merely cosplaying Santa
>>283007097>prologue was about Dazai all along KINO
>>283007306Yep, and soon Tomie shall claim him
>>283007257>>283007270Tomie? Where did your mole go?
>>283007331Mo took it
>>283007334well at least I finally get to see Setchan's tittieshell yeah
>>283007286>>283007303How old is that kid now?If it's been 12 years since the asylum, shouldn't he be an adult by now?
>>283007334>>283007348>you did it on purpose
>>283007334Are we supposed to feel bad for him?
>>283007313>>283007327>Meeting Yozo a final time, Danzai loses the will to live.Gotta keep that body count up till the very end.
>>283007361>The wheelchair just rolls in to the sea...
>>283007279He deserves this life
>>283007334Literal succubus.
>>283007390>Not mentioning that the "war widow" was called TomieOne fucking job Itou!
>>283007286God he's so fucking ugly
>>283007420thank god it's over
>>283007303Is he actually in hell
Done. Now that was an interpretation of No Longer Human. I quite liked the manga, though not as much as the book. I feel like the daily format isn't really the best for this one, too. Still, totally worth it to see Ito's take, his choices, additions, and removals. I wonder what he truly thinks of Dazai?Did you like the manga? Favorite chapter? Favorite character? What could it have done better? What did you love and what did you hate? Any lingering thoughts?Next manga will be Sensor. See you tomorrow!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWV4pFV5nX4
>>283007465Thanks. Didn't care for it. Not saying it was bad, just not for me.
Also, here is the epilogue of the actual book, spoilered in case someone wants to actually read it. I never personally met the madman who wrote these notebooks. However,I have a bare acquaintance with the woman who, as far as I can judge, figuresin these notebooks as the madam of a bar in Kyobashi. She is a slightly-built,rather sickly-looking woman, with narrow, tilted eyes and a prominent nose.Something hard about her gives you the impression less of a beautiful womanthan of a handsome young man. The events described in the notebooks seemto relate mainly to the Tokyo of 1930 or so, but it was not until about 1935,when the Japanese military clique was first beginning to rampage in the open,that friends took me to the bar. I drank highballs there two or three times. Iwas never able therefore to have the pleasure of meeting the man who wrotethe notebooks.However, this February I visited a friend who was evacuated during thewar to Funahashi in Chiba Prefecture. He is an acquaintance from universitydays, and now teaches at a woman’s college. My purpose in visiting him wasto ask his help in arranging the marriage of one of my relatives, but I thoughtwhile I was at it, I might buy some fresh sea food to take home to the family. Iset off for Funahashi with a rucksack on my back.Funahashi is a fairly large town facing a muddy bay. My friend had notlived there long, and even though I asked for his house by the street andnumber, nobody seemed able to tell me the way. It was cold, and the rucksackhurt my shoulders. Attracted by the sound of a record of violin music beingplayed inside a coffee shop, I pushed open the door.I vaguely remembered having seen the madam. I asked her about herself,and discovered she was in fact the madam of the bar in Kyobashi I had visitedten years before. When this was established, she professed to remember mealso. We expressed exaggerated surprise and laughed a great deal.
>>283007334oh no how horrible. thank god i'm not getting raped by a beautiful sexy do-S milf. i truly pity the main character.
There were many things to discuss even without resorting, as people always did in thosedays, to questions about each other’s experiences during the air raids.I said, “You haven’t changed a bit.”“No, I’m an old woman already. I creak at the joints. You’re the one whoreally looks young.”“Don’t be silly. I’ve got three children now. I’ve come today to buy themsome sea food.”We exchanged these and other greetings appropriate to long-separatedfriends and asked for news of mutual acquaintances. The madam suddenlybroke off to ask, in a rather different tone, if by chance I had ever knownYozo. I answered that I never had, whereupon she went inside and broughtout three notebooks and three photographs which she handed to me. She said,“Maybe they’ll make good material for a novel.”I can never write anything when people force material on me, and I wasabout to return the lot to her without even examining it. The photographs,however, fascinated me, and I decided after all to accept the notebooks. Ipromised to stop by again on the way back, and asked her if she happened toknow where my friend lived. As a fellow newcomer, she knew him.Sometimes, in fact, he even patronized her shop. His house was just a fewsteps away.That night after drinking for a while with my friend I decided to spend thenight. I became so immersed in reading the notebooks that I didn’t sleep awink till morning.The events described took place years ago, but I felt sure that peopletoday would still be quite interested in them. I thought that it would makemore sense if I asked some magazine to publish the whole thing as it was,rather than attempt any clumsy improvements.The only souvenirs of the town I could get for my children were somedried fish. I left my friend’s house with my rucksack still half-empty, andstopped by the coffee shop.I came to the point at once. “I wonder if I could borrow these notebooksfor a while.”“Yes, of course.”
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“Is the man who wrote them still alive?”“I haven’t any idea. About ten years ago somebody sent me a parcelcontaining the notebooks and the photographs to my place in Kyobashi. I’msure it was Yozo who sent it, but he didn’t write his address or even his nameon the parcel. It got mixed up with other things during the air raids, butmiraculously enough the notebooks were saved. Just the other day I readthrough them for the first time.”“Did you cry?”“No. I didn’t cry ... I just kept thinking that when human beings get thatway, they’re no good for anything.”“It’s been ten years. I suppose he may be dead already. He must have sentthe notebooks to you by way of thanks. Some parts are rather exaggerated Ican tell, but you obviously suffered a hell of a lot at his hands. If everythingwritten in these notebooks is true, I probably would have wanted to put him inan insane asylum myself if I were his friend.”“It’s his father’s fault,” she said unemotionally. “The Yozo we knew wasso easy-going and amusing, and if only he hadn’t drunk—no, even though hedid drink—he was a good boy, an angel.”
>>283007491lol
>>283007491fast
>>283007420Aw he's smiling :)
>>283007506>fastthe dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural
>>283007418I think it says Tomie's name (山崎富栄) here, but the quality is pretty poor.Either way, I think Ito used the actual newspaper from Dazai's death, which probably didn't highlight her name.
>>283007327And they lived happily ever after
>>283007334One last bit of porn from the master
>>283007420
>>283007465In the end, I can't tell if he was never human from the start or if circumstances, a lot of them due to his bad choices, made him no longer human.
>>283007420At last he can LIVE
Man, Yozo actually tries to do the right thing for once and it blew up in his face spectacularly. Hellish.
>>283007609Kek.
>>283007465Thanks OP I enjoyed it, but I haven't read the book so my opinion isn't really worth much. Fuck Yozo. I liked his cousin and if it were me I could've made it work, somehow
I started this back during Soichi and agonised over not being able to draw Michina's braids well for so many months I never posted it, so take it now that we're almost at the end
>>283007465Having never read the book, I wonder if Yozo was/became such an insufferable cunt in that version as well. I could kinda feel bad for him in the beginning (not being able to truly connect to other people), but as the story goes on, he kinda self-sabotages himself and others way too actively to really feel sympathy for him.But I guess it's an example of how fucked up humans can become/act. I'd say the title is kinda false, Yozo is a real human bean after all, just one showing the worse quality of traits humans can have
>>283007497>“The Yozo we knew was so easy-going and amusing, and if only he hadn’t drunk—no, even though he did drink—he was a good boy, an angel.”lollmao
>>283007669I wouldn't even have noticed the braids if you hadn't mentioned it.
>>283007806The book is framed as Yozo's notebooks that Dazai found and published. Yozo is extremely self-deprecating throughout the book.
>>283007241grim
>>283007348Takeichi likes to watch
>>283007361The years have been extremely kind to Setchan
>>283007920Man she was pretty
>>283007988Yozo might have descendants in Takeichi managed to reproduce.
>>283008063Seems to me more like she's been sapping his life force
>>283007230Wait did he take 12 fucking years to write the first chapter?
>>283008149Dazai's a huge piece of shit
>>283007420so what's the moral of the story?
>>283008312Mo.
>>283008327where is my nigga mo-ral of the story?
>>283007465How close are we to the end of the whole daily?
>>283007420this smug mother fucker
>>283007465I hated most of it but I kekked a few times at Yozo's refusal to learn anything.
>>283007420He deserved worse desu
>>283008648Like 2-3 weeks.
>>283008648The ride never ends
>>283008648The last Ito story should be posted just before Halloween. The daily as a whole? Until I get bored, I guess.
>>283007465I really would've liked an Ito afterword for this. Did he add the supernatural elements due to boredom or were they planned?
>>283007230But does it have NTR?
>>283007465Thanks OP>Did you like the manga?Kinda>Favorite chapter?The NTR one>Favorite character?That other writer>What could it have done better?He should have suffered more>What did you love and what did you hate?I liked the girls and hated him>Any lingering thoughts?Was this tragic or comedy?
>>283007257Why my dick hard?! Fuuuck...
>>283007279>>283007286>>283007303>abusive yandere cousin-wifeThe man got exactly what he deserved. I'm glad this manga had a happy ending.>>283007465>Did you like the manga?No. It was just so whiny. I felt like I was listening to some emo teenager. I stuck with it because it was like watching a dumpster fire.>What did you love?Ito's dark sense of humor. Anons like to joke about le "comedy mangaka", but the daily Ito threads really drove home the idea that comedy and horror are opposite sides of the same coin.>What did you hateYozo Oba. Absolutely everything about him. I'm kinda disappointed that he didn't kill himself in the end, but he is probably suffering more from just being alive.>spoiled rich kid>drug addict>alcoholic>communist>probably has bpd>whiny little bitch>can't hold down a job and just leeches off of peopleIt's almost like you are supposed to hate him. Only nice thing I have to say about him is that he eventually takes responsibility for his bastard kid that he had with his cousin... years later.
I'm free OP. Thank you for the wild ride. I don't know how I feel about this manga. I can say it was very interesting. I also wish Ito would secretly release some hentai doujinshi of cute anime girls and milfs. That is all.
>>283009275I haven't watched it yet, so let's hope it's good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPIJC45RG8>>283009275
>>283007609Lel
>>283009744Also:https://www.gamesradar.com/horror-manga-icon-junji-ito-on-life-death-and-using-reality-to-scare-you/>Newsarama: Junji, VIZ is releasing your adaptation of No Longer Human. What made the original prose novel interesting to you?>Junji Ito: No Longer Human is a story by Osamu Dazai, and the protagonist - Yozo Oba - is really quite modeled after Dazai, in a way. He's frightened of human beings, he has a phobia of people. My first kind of inclination was “That's very similar to myself.”>And in doing manga, that's also a way of expressing myself. And so, to have that character who was similar to me in that way, it really stimulated me creatively. >Newsarama: Was there anything you changed when exploring the story through your adaptation, since the novel was originally written in 1948?>Ito: Actually, no, I didn't do anything to modernize it. It's set in the exact same period as the original. So that would be the early Showa era, around 1925-ish. I actually did a lot of research on the kind of bars and nightlife of the time, what the shops look like. I looked at a lot of pictures and other things for the work.The rest of the interview is about other works.
>>283009823Also:https://animeushi.com/2020/07/crx19-junji-ito/>Q: Viz Media is going to release “No Longer Human” a novel by Osamu Dazai this fall. What peaked you interest in this particular novel?>ITO: For the “No Longer Human” manga, in Japan the company Shogankan released that manga. And for this kind of industry, what’s important is having connections with the editor and I have worked with this editor previously for younger readers magazine. And a lot of times, those editors kinda move to another department for older readers magazines in Japan. So that editor reached out to me about a new project. Most of the time I would do something for the much younger readers and like for the more Josei kind of audience also. A lot of females are reading my manga. This magazine was more towards middle-aged me who read this magazine. I was thinking maybe a story that’s like surreal won’t be as exciting to the readers. So the editor’s kind of approach was we would do classic literature from Japan and the editor listed many titles and looking at the list, the original “No Longer Human” of Ozamu Dazai kinda clicked with me. I hadn’t actually read it in the past so I read it and when I read it, I could feel sympathy. I could feel like the characters kinda similar to my stories so I sympathized with the main character. I feel like whenever you’re creating a manga or story, whenever you can feel that connection to those characters and that storm you can really make good work. That’s how we started that project.
>>283007609I wanna see Ito's adaptation of Weekend at Bernie's 2.
>>283007257Muzan?
>>283009855And there are a few ones in nip, too:https://book.asahi.com/article/11686609Google translation:>Congratulations on completing "No Longer Human." As a horror manga artist, why did you decide to adapt Dazai's work into a manga?>It all started when the person in charge at "Big Comic Original" suggested that I try something literary as a new venture. Since most of the readers of "Original" are adult men, I thought I should aim for a style that's different from horror aimed at girls. About eight years ago, I had the opportunity to draw a work called "Patriotic Rasputin," based on an original work by Sato Masaru, for "Big Comic," and this is a similar line to that.>Was it Ito's idea to have Dazai be the original author?>I recall that it was the editor-in-chief who originally came up with the idea for "No Longer Human," but Dazai was also an important author to my editor, who was a young literary man, so he was very enthusiastic about suggesting it. I only knew about Dazai's "Run, Melos," but when I read it, I found it interesting and thought I'd definitely like to try it. He also sent me recommendations for other works, such as Miyamoto Teru's "Kinshu" and Nakai Hideo's "Offering to Nothingness," but "No Longer Human" felt the most natural to me.>What was it about "No Longer Human" that struck a chord with you?>It's the character of the main character, Oba Yozo. Yozo has a fear of people, and hides his true feelings in front of others, acting like a clown. I related to him because I have a similar personality. I have a dark personality too (laughs). It was especially bad during my adolescence, when I would often tell jokes to make myself seem more cheerful. Looking back, it was obvious that I was forcing myself... I couldn't bear the scene when Yozo's classmate Takeichi saw through his true nature and pointed out that he was doing it "on purpose" (meaning "on purpose").
>>283007465honestly Ito did a horrible job, it's a pretty shitty adaptation overall.
>>283007206GET FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED
>>283009972>Yozo is good at drawing, and after moving to Tokyo he earns a living as a manga artist. Was that also something you could relate to?>That's right. In the original work, paintings by Van Gogh and Modigliani appear as "ghost paintings," and there's also a passage that says that the more easily frightened a person is, the more they want to see terrifying monsters, and I thought that was so true. Even though I was easily scared, I used to draw a lot of ghosts when I was a child. The manga version includes a ghost painting said to have been drawn by Yozo, which was inspired by an oil painting by Dazai. It's quite a surreal, eerie painting.>While following the original story that depicts half of Yozo's life, the film is filled with horror-like episodes, such as bloody murders and the appearance of ghosts.>As a horror manga artist, I want to meet the expectations of my readers. That said, there's no point in straying too far from the original work, so I'm carefully treading the fine line between the two. Basically, I expanded on the human drama of the original work and added horror elements. I was inspired by the rakugo stories of San'yutei Encho (1839-1900) when creating the story. He was a Meiji era rakugo performer known as a master of ghost stories, but even though he tells ghost stories, the main focus is on human dramas such as revenge, with ghost stories intertwined within.>I see, it was Encho. The episode in which a baby is born that looks just like the classmate he killed is a typical ghost story.>Yes. That part is based on the famous novel "Shinkei Tsurugafuchi." To be honest, I haven't written many horror stories with ghosts up until now, but I couldn't include zombies or monsters in a literary work, so it's a story of "human drama + ghosts."
>>283010022>Having a weak heart, Yozo attracts women and forms fleeting relationships with them. It's also fun to see the appearance of lovely heroines one after another.>Yozo is extremely popular with the ladies. That's the only big difference between us (laughs). It was great to be able to draw various types of heroines, but because it's set in the early Showa era, there were restrictions on the variety of hairstyles and clothing, which made it difficult. I like long hair, but it feels strange to put it in this world. My favorite character is a certain female character who reappears in volume 3 and torments Yozo. From a horror perspective, it's more interesting to draw a villain who drives men crazy than an innocent heroine. It would be awful to have a girl like that close to you, though.>After attempting suicide in volume 2, Yozo is tormented by a terrifying hallucination of falling into hell. This hallucination scene, which isn't in the original work, is the climax in the middle of the story.>I think I did a good job portraying this tour of hell. There's a passage in the original that says there are ten lumps of misfortune buried inside Yozo, and I checked it out because I thought it might be something I could use. The things that bind Yozo's life spill out of his mouth one after another, and in the end all that's left is his relationship with his father. I think his relationship with his father played a big role in the character he has. Apparently, when Dazai Osamu was a child, he often looked at paintings of hell that were in a local temple, so I tried to incorporate that imagery into the story.
>>283010063>The third and final volume will be released on July 30th. It contains a surprising twist in which Yozo, who has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, meets Dazai Osamu himself.>I wanted Yozo to have an encounter at the psychiatric hospital that would change his life. I thought about it a lot, but I thought that Dazai himself would be the only person who could do it. I remember that during a meeting, my editor and I said at almost the same time, "Let's make it Dazai." Since it's a development that doesn't appear in the original work, I was worried that Dazai fans would be angry, but the editorial department supported me, saying, "If it's interesting, go ahead and do it," so I felt reassured.>I think this is a wonderful comic adaptation that maintains the theme and atmosphere of the original while also being enjoyable as a horror manga.>I'm happy to hear you say that. I personally tried to preserve the flavor of the original work, so I'd be happy if people who know "No Longer Human" and those who don't pick up the book. The other day I went to Dazai's grave and bowed my head, saying, "I'm sorry for drawing it however I wanted.">(laughs) Now that the serialization has finished, what kind of person do you think Oba Yozo is?>I think he's someone who is terrified of the gazes of others, and as a result, he tells lies and makes those around him unhappy. He's overwhelmed with his own concerns, and in a sense, he's very self-centered. An editor who has known him for a long time laughed and said, "Ito, who can sympathize with Yozo, is probably selfish as well," but I think that everyone who is drawn to "No Longer Human" has that kind of side hidden inside them.
>>283010090>In recent years, Ito's circle of fans has expanded all over the world, with exhibitions being held overseas. It seems that director Guillermo del Toro, who won an Academy Award for the film "The Shape of Water," is also a big fan of Ito's horror films.>I also have people from all over the world following me on Twitter saying they're my fans, which is a bit strange. The manga I draw conveys a sense of horror and imagery in an instant through visuals, so it seems people can enjoy it regardless of language barriers. Nearly 20 years ago, Director Del Toro contacted me through an acquaintance of mine, asking if we could meet because he was visiting Japan. I was busy at the time so I declined, but I think he's a truly amazing person to have been checking out Japanese horror manga even back then.>What are your plans for your next work?>For "Original," I'm planning to try my hand at adapting literary works into manga again, and I'm currently selecting the original story. I also plan to release a collection of horror manga masterpieces by the end of the year, which will be a compilation of the short stories I've published in Shogakukan's manga magazines so far. Many of the works will be published in book form for the first time, so please look forward to it!
>>283007279>>283007286>>283007303>>283007404>>283007420Burn in hell Yozo
>>283010063>My favorite character is a certain female character who reappears in volume 3 and torments Yozo. From a horror perspective, it's more interesting to draw a villain who drives men crazy than an innocent heroine. It would be awful to have a girl like that close to you, though.>haha
>>283009901That sounds fucking amazing
>>283010110Also:https://brutus.jp/itojyunji_interview/(Google translation):>"No Longer Human," currently being serialized in "Big Comic Original," is a comic adaptation of a well-known masterpiece of modern Japanese literature, but it also incorporates Ito's unique interpretations and new ideas.>The title suggestion, "Kaidan: No Longer Human," was rejected (laughs), but I did include incidents that aren't in the original work, the idea that the main character has a child, and borrowed details and images from other works by Dazai Osamu."This one barely has any info, but it has a cool Tomie illustration.
>>283009972>I thought I should aim for a style that's different from horror aimed at girls. this reminds me, half of Ito's works were serialized in shoujo demographic magazines.
>>283010278It seems he considers himself a shoujo mangaka.
>>283010164She's beautiful
>>283009706He's worse than a communist. He was a performative communist who sabotaged his own comrade
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>>283010381What a chad
>>283007465A lot of people seem to have hated this because the MC is very hateable, but I love pathetic scumbag protags personally.Also thanks a lot for all the extra material, OP!
>>283009972>a work called "Patriotic Rasputin," based on an original work by Sato MasaruNever heard of it
At which point did /a/ start turning on Yozo? I think most were sympathetic at the beginning.>TakeichiHe was still a child and didn't expect the lie to end up like that. Maybe Take also overreacted, but we don't know what else he was shouldering.>the sistersThey were older and he was a boy who couldn't say no. Considering he loved neither of them and they forced themselves on him, you can hardly call him a two-timing scum. They were crazy and Setchan very hot.>commiesWhat happened sucks but he wasn't the one who rat them out so it's fine if he saves his hide.>waitressHe genuinely tried to kill himself with the pills too but they didn't work on him. It's fine to have a change of heart after a failed attempt.>married MILFThat was the turning point. He regularly stole her stuff to pawn it and fund his drinking addiction. Thankfully he still had enough humanity to leave before ruining her.>Madam and YoshikoNot commendable to leave to marry another woman when you're already living with one, but it's not like they were engaged. Scummy to lie about fixing his drinking habits.>pharmacistNo comment. The last bit of his humanity was already gone by then when his wife's innocence got robbed.
>>283010381We love Ito here
He got away with everything
>>283010547It was everything with his cousins that made me realize he's a piece of shit. It's with the first murder/suicide that I realized he's irredeemable
>>283010353>He was a performative communist who sabotaged his own comradeThat is completely normal.Communists have a long history of killing other communists.
>>283007465>I wonder what he truly thinks of Dazai?Throughout this daily I always got the impression Ito thinks quite highly of the work. Some anons seem to think the way Yozo is depicted was meant to be some expression of scorn or scathing criticism of Dazai; but I think Ito's the sort of guy who depicts people like that with a sense of fondness and affection. Ito's had sex after all, of course he'd see "Yozo's" life differentlyAltogether it was an interesting enough read, some fun and memorable moments. I'm happy to be done with it and moving on though. I'd probably say I rate it higher than the Rasputin manga but I'm still far more partial to Pure Ito works.
>>283010547>At which point did /a/ start turning on Yozo?he stopped being a relatable character somewhere around the end of chapter 1 when the milf suddenly started having sex with him
>>283009972How many women's deaths is Ito responsible for?
>>283010547around herewise
>>283010547When he started two timing the sisters>they forced themselves on himHe could have said he wasn't interested but he didn't so it's his faultEven worse when he had already had sex with one of them and still said the other one was the one he truly loved just because he was too much of a coward to say how he truly feels
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>>282981970>Is your son ugly?son?i might never have one. if i ever do get rich i might just adopt or let my nephews inherit my stuff.>>283007465>I wonder what he truly thinks of Dazai?like watching Joker 2 the musical.>Did you like the manga? Favorite chapter? Favorite character? What could it have done better? What did you love and what did you hate? Any lingering thoughts?yes. all the cucking chapters. the pepe man..he's just like me! i think this manga is already better than most manga. love and hate are both sides of the same coin... the MC and his bitches.i thought no matter how bad the author/MC was, they already had it better than me and never appreciated it all.
>>283009972>Yozo has a fear of people, and hides his true feelings in front of others, acting like a clown.we live in society
Is Yozo the true sigma male?
>>283011806>sigma male?dudebro fake science didn't exist.
>>283007117That's a death sentence.
>>283007257I can fix her>>283007465Thanks anonI like ito's interpretation, ito's touch made it unpredictable, the whole dazai thing was cool.>Favorite character?I'm not sure I have a favorite character, maybe dazai
>>283007257She drained him dry.
>>283007313Well, she seems reasonable at least.
>>283007404Has he achieved enlightenment?
Did you ever met Yozo-like man in your life?
>>283007465>I wonder what he truly thinks of Dazai?He seemingly was presented fairly positively. >Did you like the manga? It was entertaining in a different way than Ito's other works, but yeah. If it lasted any longer I probably would have gotten bored though. >Favorite chapter? Chapter 23. I liked how meta it was.>Favorite character?Yozo in the way where you love to hate him. >What could it have done better? Up his body count maybe?>What did you love and what did you hate? Yozo and his antics.>Any lingering thoughts?With recent chapters it's not really an adaptation anymore is it?
>>283007669Thank you for your contribution, anon.
So what happened if Arthur and Yozo swap their role
>>283012805Joker 1 and 2 will have more sex and no murder.
Was it really that easy to pull japanese women in that era?
>>283010547>they forced themselves on himHe seduced the hag.
>>282981634>Introduce me to your wife, and later kill me.Damn, Yozo.
>>283007313the true evil were women all along, sasuga ito-sama.
>>283007465thanks op. it was a good manga, i would pick the original version over it but ito's version is still worth the read. truth to be told i would cut off this last chapter, i liked the unexpected message of hope of the last one a lot more, but i suppose it was too sappy for our comedy mangaka.
We're finally off Yozo's wild ride...
>>283007358he's in his last year of highschool
>>283007420at last he truly was....no longer human
>>283008121I say good for her
I wonder how Setchan feels about her son looking like the ugly kid who was into her and committed suicide
>>283011422We live in a Showa era society
>>283007465Thanks for posting, OP!>Did you like the manga?I didn't not like it. It feels like it walked in circles a lot, but I'm glad I read it.>Favorite chapter?One of the early ones where Yozo is talking with the bulbous kid and trying to figure out what his deal is. >Favorite character?The guy who introduces Yozo to alcohol and prostitutes and communism. That guy was just a big sleazeball and funny. Fulfilled a similar place in my brain as the prosecutor from Rasputin.>What could it have done better? Yozo seeing all those ghosts over and over again got stale pretty fast.>What did you love and what did you hate? Yozo. What a clown!>Any lingering thoughts?I'm surprised Yozo didn't manage to fuck up his life any further after getting out of the mental hospital. Not that much, at least.
I'm glad this is finally over
>>283009972>>It's the character of the main character, Oba Yozo. Yozo has a fear of people, and hides his true feelings in front of others, acting like a clown. I related to him because I have a similar personality. I have a dark personality too (laughs). It was especially bad during my adolescence, when I would often tell jokes to make myself seem more cheerful. Looking back, it was obvious that I was forcing myself...the dark truth of the comedy mangaka...
>>283013003>easy to pull japanese women in that era?now why would deadbeat authors lie like that?
>>283007081Just like a fart, these are the days of Yozos life.
>>282981752It's all over. Even this separate world is poisoned.
>>283007290Can you believe they animated Sanda?
>>283007334So this is the funyarinpa.
>>283007600You sad thing.
>>283009706Is this your first time reading something where the protagonist is deliberately loathsome, or are you just stupid?
>>283007609Fucking bravo
>>283007465Thanks for the dump, it's been ages since I've read the book but I'm a sucker for seeing people play with or reinterpret established works. I liked Oba's shithead drinking buddy and the chapter where you first see lady-killer Oba. I hate how triggered some Anons get whenever something has bad people in it. All in all, it was fun.
>>283010913That chapter was pretty funny; reminded me of Flashman.
>>283018526>Flashman.was actually a good guy.
>>283007465Thanks, OP. I enjoyed reading it but I'm not sure if I liked it or not. I think my favorite character was probably Yoshiko before things went bad.
>>283019705Yoshiko didn't deserve this shitty world
>>283001006After everything he's done, would you really be shocked that he also fucked your cousin and knocked her up?
>>283010361>>283010381Does this make him the Lucas of Nipponland?
>>283007420>the face of getting another kill
>>283012805Lady Gaga as Tomie.
>>283020222Innocence is a sin.
>>283017598The fuck did I do
>>283007348>are ya winnin', dad?
>>283010348Stay away from my wife.
>>283021018Not really, but I'd still be disappointed.
>>283007390oh so the river suicide couple at the start of the manga was dazai not yozo
>>283026233She’s mine now. She told me I’m more handsome and richer than you.
>>283027726If Yozo is your brother, you probably feel a constant background noise of disappointment at all times.Something as minor as a bastard child would barely register as a blip.
Where is OP?Isn't it time for new manga?
>>283029519Don't be a faggot
