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Dazai Mayoi

Indigno de ser humano

«Por lo general, las personas no muestran lo terribles que son. Pero son como una vaca pastando tranquila que, de repente, levanta la cola y descarga un latigazo sobre el tábano. Basta que se dé la ocasión para que muestren su horrenda naturaleza. Recuerdo que se me llegaba a erizar el cabello de terror al pensar en que este carácter innato es una condición esencial para que el ser humano sobreviva. Al pensarlo, perdía cualquier esperanza sobre la humanidad». Publicada por primera vez en 1948, «Indigno de ser humano» es una de las novelas más célebres de la literatura japonesa contemporánea. Su polémico y brillante autor, Osamu Dazai, incorporó numerosos episodios de su turbulenta vida a los tres cuadernos que conforman esta novela y que narran, en primera persona y de forma descarnada, el progresivo declive como ser humano de Yozo, joven estudiante de provincias que lleva una vida disoluta en Tokio. Repudiado por su familia tras un intento de suicidio e incapaz de vivir en armonía con sus hipócritas semejantes, Yozo malvive como dibujante de historietas y subsiste gracias a la ayuda de mujeres que se enamoran de él pese a su alcoholismo y adicción a la morfina. Sin embargo, tras el despiadado retrato que Yozo hace de su vida, Dazai cambia repentinamente de punto de vista y nos muestra, mediante la voz de una de las mujeres con las que Yozo convivió, una semblanza muy distinta del trágico protagonista de esta perturbadora historia. «Indigno de ser humano» se ha convertido, con el paso de los años, en una de las obras más populares de la literatura japonesa, superando los diez millones de ejemplares vendidos desde su primera publicación en 1948.
DaoistbabK6k · 11.9K Views

Journeymen: Wandering Summons in the Apocalypse (Discontinued)

"The Empire doesn't need you! Begone!" Rejected by their respective summoning cities, seven heroes form Journeymen, a whimsical society which aims to traverse across the land in search of the elusive Ice Emperor. * * * * The story begins with the Journeymen's scribe, Seikishi Murasakibara─an impulsive vampire who turns suicidal after reading Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human. Before being summoned and hailed the hero of Grandise Kingdom, he thinks his life is bland to the death: he feels imperfect that the only cause he comes up with is the "lack of adventure" in his rather peaceful world. "If I die, would I be reincarnated as a human?" As a test, he walks out into the summer sun and when the world grants his unconscious and destructive wish, he suddenly realizes how the world is unkind towards all lives and that he must once again evaporate under the sun. The hindrance to this plan is─the whole world is frozen and the sun has never peeked for years in resignation to the Snow Emperor's reign or terror. He must defeat the supervillain in order to die again, but he's unable to accept the ideologies of the kingdom: he rebels against his benefactors to the point he is branded a traitor. Then having underestimated the military might of Grandise Kingdom, he runs for his life across the frigid lands... by some strange coincidence, he is found by the seven Journeymen whose on their way to take the Snow Emperor's head. * * * * JOURNEYMEN: WANDERING SUMMONS IN THE APOCALYPSE Written by Screaming Coffee
coffeescreameclair · 8.6K Views

The Campus Heartbreakers

Andi is a feminist and environment leader. As young as 17, she promised not to fall in love since men only bring tears and pain to a woman and she thinks women don’t need men. Plus, men cause too much heartbreak that if you multiply all the wasted tissues, it accounts to million if not billion of trees around the world. When she became the Student Council President, one rule is for every ended relationship, both parties must plant 20 trees in total, or they wouldn’t be able to finish their clearance for that semester. Brilliant, isn’t she? She only date guys for the sole purpose of having fun. When things get serious, she leaves them, and repeat. In that case, no heartbreak, no planting of trees. ----- As cliché it may sound, Zach was caught at love at first sight when he saw the most beautiful girl driving in her red sportscar and eating a sandwich on one hand. He so wanted to lick off that mayo and mustard from the corner of her lips. And when she licked the dressing from her finger, that made him hard. He vowed to capture her heart but learned that she hates men. He did everything just to get her attention, however, only misfortune happen between them and the relationship they only have is being enemies. He was so attracted to her, that he dated all the girls in the campus and break their hearts just to pissed off Andi. He did not just defy her rule of planting trees, but he caused too much environmental degradation for those girls he made cry. Will Andi be able to teach Zach a lesson, or she would surrender to his charms? Will Zach give up, or will he pursue the crazy girl that made his heart flutter? Follow the story of Andi and Zach and their campus life.
ErasmusTerra · 41.8K Views
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