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Review: Junji Ito Adapts “No Longer Human” into a Masterpiece of Existential Horror
He also structured the story as a Kaidan, a traditional Japanese ghost story with commentary on the human condition. "I want people to know that this is a horror story." Well, he certainly succeeded.   Junji Ito's full-throttle adaptation of Osamu Dazai's novel No Longer Human is one of the major comics events of the year[...]