No Longer Human 📖

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai
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literary fiction psychological drama past tense first POV ~143 pp

Vibe

melancholic alienated existential

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count35,678
Page count~143 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst