Aoi Bungaku
No Longer Human
Dazai Osamu, the author of "No Longer Human,"
Navigator Sakai Masato
said he couldn't get along with other humans.
Couldn't get along with humans
There are stories about this.
Once, Ibuse Masuji, the writer whom Dazai viewed as his teacher, invited Dazai over.
Ibuse Masuji
He waited, but Dazai did not show up.
Ibuse went outside to see what was happening.
There stood a person who was unable to decide whether or not to go in.
Photo: Tamura Shigeru
It was Dazai, fluttering helplessly outside Ibuse's house.
Here's another story.
Dazai invited his junior over, in an effort to be sociable.
Dazai reached out to him but then couldn't figure out what to say.
While waiting for his junior to arrive, he started drinking on his own,
and became totally drunk.
Dazai, who couldn't get along with other humans.
What did he fear about other people?
Afraid of humans
They are evergreen because they are masterpieces
They are evergreen because they are masterpieces.
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7th
year
of
Showa (1932)
Winter
Mom!
You're late.
I'm sorry.
Horiki-san held me up at work.
I had to wait all this time until he finished.
I see.
A Japanese monk has been murdered in Shanghai,
and this has triggered multiple conflicts between the Japanese and Chinese there.
In order to protect its citizens, the Japanese government
has decided to send warships to Shanghai.
You don't have to do anything.
I can't just sit by.
Dad, you're really good at that.
Dad, huh?
That's why I said it.
Well, it's not like that—
Your dad is cute.
Is he taking time off from work?
Yes, he's always with me.
Is this how humans live?
It's not worth anything.
Father, I...
was drawing the real me.
Who is going to pay to see your true form?
But this is real art—
If you draw pictures that have no value, how will you survive?
You've reached this age, yet you can't make money.
You don't qualify as a human being!
What's wrong?
I want to earn money on my own.
It's okay. Don't force yourself.
My father once said
that people who can't earn money aren't human.
My pictures are much better than Horiki's.
It's true. You're good at drawing manga.
Manga?
No
Longer
Human
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Society
That woman-killer drew this?
Stop calling him that.
Be careful that you don't get killed.
However, this is good.
Really?
We can use it.
But there's a condition.
Please do not reveal his identify.
Well, it's okay.
Thank you very much.
There it is.
Here. It's only a pittance, though.
I can't believe something like that would sell.
Even the editors enjoyed it.
Are there actually people who like that stuff?
What do you mean?
It doesn't feel bad, does it?
Yeah, I can make money.
All right, let's go to a hot spring or something.
I'll treat you.
Don't go overboard.
I'm happy too.
Draw some more.
Hey, don't come out here.
I'm not going to draw you anymore...
because I've become a normal person.
Hey.
What is it, Dad?
It's nothing.
Here you are, after all.
I've been looking for you.
Good day, little girl.
Who is that?
It's okay.
He's an acquaintance of Dad's.
Dad, huh?
So you're trying again with a woman?
Society won't forgive you for doing something like this.
Society?
What do you mean by society?
Hey, don't get cocky just because your manga is popular.
Society is society.
Oh, that's right.
My reporter friend is looking for you.
He said he wants an interview.
The woman-killer has started living with a woman.
And with a young girl, too, this time.
He'll probably be happy if he hears about this.
Hey, you have money, right?
I haven't told him anything yet.
I hate that man.
Society.
These people have nothing to do with how I try to live my life.
This is society.
I've wanted to meet you, lady-killer.
Here's the latest payment.
I added a bit more.
Don't you want to make more money?
Huh?
You're good at drawing.
Why not draw the truth about that incident?
"That incident," you say...
You know, three years ago at Kamakura.
I think that people in society would really like to see that.
Society...
No, it's okay.
When the time's right.
Bar Lupin
Whiskey.
Why do you drink like that?
Even though you've got a cute face.
I'm curious.
Don't say that.
I'm an ugly ghost.
Although... I try to live like a normal person,
society wants to turn me into a ghost.
I don't really understand.
Another.
The American government announced that the number of unemployed has exceeded nine million.
Demonstrations by unemployed job-seekers are continuing.
The government is trying to regulate the...
I'm...
the worst.
Golden Bat.
Yes.
You smell like booze.
Have you been drinking since this morning?
Are you worried about me?
It's bad for the ambiance, and a nuisance as well.
Excuse me.
Dad?
Dad!
Shigeko.
Dad, where were you?
I'm sorry, Shigeko.
Where's Mom?
Working.
I see.
You're my one and only goddess.
Dad, you're hurting me.
I'm sorry.
Are you hungry?
Let's go eat something, my goddess.
I'm not a goddess.
Gods live in the sky.
That's right.
Is it true that if you pray to the gods, all your wishes will come true?
Probably.
I want my real dad.
Dad, did you kill a woman?
The ladies in the neighborhood are saying that.
Dad!
This is society.
Bar Lupin
Horiki.
Hey, coming home in the morning?
I haven't seen you for a while. Have you grown old?
What do you want?
It's not "What do you want?" this time.
Your father has collapsed.
Hirame gave me a letter. Your brother in Tsugaru sent it.
He wants you to go back right away.
You have to hurry and get ready.
I can't go back now.
I can't go back until I've become an artist who would surprise my father.
What are you talking about? All you do is draw lousy manga.
Hey, let's go drinking sometime.
I know a bar that's open.
Is this okay?
You should go back to Tsugaru!
You should see your father.
Are you running away?
You're the one who said I'm fine the way I am.
But...
Then, see you later.
Hey, why does Dad drink so much?
Your dad doesn't drink because he likes to.
It's because he's a decent person.
Are you running away again?
Shizuko...
Father...
and...
everyone...
It's my fault, because I'm weak.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry... that I was born.
You are...
It's you.
You've been drinking a lot.
Were you crying?
No.
Do you know who I am?
A drunkard, maybe?
I'm a ghost.
You don't seem like one.
Will you listen to my story?
Four years ago, I let a woman die.
I'm... a person who doesn't deserve to live.
You're lying.
Huh?
You don't seem that way.
It's true.
I... pushed the woman off a cliff...
If I am reborn...
I want to be more human.
You should follow soon.
Yeah.
Hurry and push me.
I'd feel lonely if I went after you.
I vomited the drugs out.
That's why they didn't work.
So only I survived.
I'm pathetic.
You made that story up, right?
Or if not, then it's some sort of mistake.
You can't fool me like that.
The owner at my shop said that you're a manga artist,
and that you're very good at making up stories.
Everyone in society says that I killed that woman.
Society?
Society is just a collection of individuals, right?
A collection of... individuals?
There are also people who don't believe that story.
In any case, if you stay here forever, you'll catch a cold.
Don't drink so much.
Good night.
Bar Lupin
What's wrong?
I came here to say goodbye.
Do you want to use the second floor?
Why are all the women so nice to me?
Because the world isn't nice to women.
TOBACCO
Here.
No, no.
bokutachi wa nanika wo sagashite mitsukedasu tame ni
In order to find something,
osoku okita asa demo
we open our eyes every day,
mainichi me wo samasu da
even if we wake up late.
it's not too late
It's not too late.
we say hello
We say hello.
chotto demo waratte
Smile, even for just a bit,
itsudatte konosekai wa anataga hitsuyou dakara
because this world will always need you.
it's not too late
It's not too late.
we say hello we say hello
We say hello. We say hello.
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