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Junji Ito's No Longer Human Manga Ends on April 20
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This year's eighth issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine announced on Thursday that Junji Ito's manga adaption of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human novel will end in the next issue on April 20. The upcoming issue will feature a color front page spread for the series.
Ito launched the manga in Big Comic Original in May 2017. Shogakukan published the manga's second compiled volume (pictured right) on March 30.
Dazai's original Ningen Shikkaku novel follows a young man's deepening alienation from the rest of the world, despite his attempts to maintain a cheery facade. The story was adapted into a four-episode segment of the Aoi Bungaku television anime in 2009, and an anime film version of this segment was green-lit soon after. The anime version features original character designs by Death Note artist Takeshi Obata.
Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch and Monthly Comic @ Bunch magazines serialized a manga adaptation of the novel by Usamaru Furuya from February 2009 to April 2011. Vertical later published the three-volume manga adaptation in North America. The now-defunct digital manga platform JManga previously offered East Press' manga adaptation.
