Reconstructing an Existential Written Narrative as Visual Horror; Junji Ito’s Manga Adaptation of Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human
This study examines the intermedial and generic transformation of Osamu Dazai’s novel No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku, 1948) in Junji Ito’s manga adaptation. It addresses the question of which narrative and generic interventions restructure an existential and confessional written work as a visual, sequential horror na...