I love you, you explained this so well hope you have a nice day love<3

What I think is the most wonderful thing about literary analysis is that there is no "the correct" or "the incorrect", no keywords that you have to involve in it. It's up to you from which perspective you look at the work; you can come to your own conclusions based on the content. And you can argue your point and disagree and learn and help learn. There's so much room for growth!

I love how you combine both critical thinking materials with bsd stuff :v

I'm a history major headed into my freshman year and I needed this to refresh my English skills because all everyone tells me is that I'm gonna be reading and writing all the time

Fyodor spoiler :3 The entire decay of angels also has some white in their hair besides fyodor! Not sure what it means but maybe the fact he's probably older than the dinosaurs ☠️ Maybe it's supposed to symbolize js a pitch black hole in the way he's percieved because nobody knows shit about him / he's js scary Maybe it could be something like him being ""tainted""???? From having lived and seen that long (does that make sense?? I feel like nobody's gonna know what I mean) Or it's supposed to symbolize death and him js carrying it around with him at all times I think sigma's purple hair is like him being "created" unlike the rest of the characters, because his past only started 3 years ago and he's missing a chunk of his life (the white part being his life in the doa and the purple being his missing life)

And, No Longer Human is semi-autobiographical, some even say that it's a su¡c¡de letter, which makes everything worse. If Oba Yozo is in a way IRL Dazai Osamu then the fictional Dazai is also in a way the real one.

I'm loving this series! I'm literally taking notes and all. Thank you so much <3

I think that chuuyas choker symbolises his constraint.he can never be free or just be himself he can just use his abilities to the fullest or even have the freedom to express himself.

this manga… is so corny?

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Everything you shared was so eloquent and well spoken. I would love to hear you share your thoughts on all of the other characters; such as Chuuya and Nikolai. Great video.

I'm an English major and we have this course. It's called Literary Criticism. ❤ You and my teacher explained it very well.

Thank you so much for this, Moon! 🥰🥰🥰

The Mori & Fukuzawa pairing has been called zenku soukoku, or old twin dark! Thought I'd add that for reference :)

I love how you used bsd here! Probably the only anime I loved.

thank you SO MUCH!! I've been to improve on this and your video taught me so much!!

Thank you I'm cramming my paper right now and you made me understand née criticism better than my prof😭

me, an english major watching this

such a cool video! i've been also meaning to start doing literary analysis as a way for me to enjoy my favorite pieces of media, but just couldn't figure out *how* to start. really love edward btw

Thank you for this!

It was 5 months ago, but congratulations 👏🎉❤

thank you so much for this video, it was truly insightful and well spoken! one thing about literary analysis that always made me think was whether authors/writers actually thought through the entirety of their work (the small details readers notice, the plot points to connect, etc.) i had always assumed everything was on purpose until i wrote my own works. as a writer (amateur), it turns out many of these interesting connection and details often materialized sub/unconsciously! of course some things remain thought-through and on purpose, but it’s so fascinating how our minds can plant these little details and connections.

I LOVED EDWARD THE EMU WHEN I WAS IN PRIMARY!!!

thanks for the video i have used most of the analysis you mentioned but i didnt know i was doing it or learn abought analysis as skill so it always felt like its all over the place

Informative and fullfiling

Thanks so much for this video : ) I have whole notes on what you shared today! Please please please continue to these type of videos : ) great prep for grad school in English studies < 3

I would highly recommend reading Dazai's other works. While I do think that No Longer Human no doubt has so much to Dazai's character, but I also feel that Dazai's other works have a say as well. Because the fact of the matter is that before that novel, the RL Dazai tried his best to write more positive and uplifting stories during a difficult time in history. He retold old Japanese fairytales and he related a lot of random stories of people interacting on the everyday in Japan despite the lead up to and midst and aftermath of a devastating war. I feel like THAT, more than anything, is why BSD Dazai tries so hard to be a better man. Yes, Oda influenced him, but I feel like Dazai (of any iteration) tries(d) very hard to put good out into the world. It's just that for one Dazai, historically speaking, his troubles and possibly worse nature (not to mention mental health and probably some identity crisis in the way of gender or even sexuality) dragged himself and others down. It's a tragedy. But I feel like it's important to see the sides that desperately tried to fight against that tragedy. THAT ALL SAID, loooovely video. Loved the analysis. And love how you approached everything in this with understanding and sensitivity. <3

Thanks for doing all the digging and reading! This is exactly what I wanted to know about Dazai and No longer human

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opened this video just to refresh myself abt critical analysis since i'm going into uni as a literature major and i get welcomed by bungo stray dogs?!?!? i love this already and i know it's already gonna be helpful!!

I wish I had this video when I was in school. Very informative and concise. My country's education system is so behind and outdated. It's designed to make the student feel stupid. You can excel only if you're a rich or middle class kid whose parents afford to pay for additional private classes

came here to learn about literary analysis, stayed for the bsd references (great video tho, so informative, easy and helpful)

great video , never thought i needed this , but yes good

i love this content, subscribed

Dazai having giving Atsushi the belt is funny to me, because it shows Atsushi’s emotions light-heartedly when the belt acts like a tail, just how Dazai can sometimes be a comedic menace. 😆

I did a lotta research on a bunch of the authors mentioned in bsd and I couldn’t help but smile when Dazai commented on that painting! At first, I was confused why the painting was there, but I do love these tiny little details!

When I rewatched BSD for the first time (I’ve watched it so many times since then-) I immediately noticed that Dazai had his hands in his pockets! I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s thought about this, haha!

Im so glad the algorithm showed me your content because honestly i only got into classic literature and analysis because of you! I love to hear about your bsd theories!

This was so helpful tysmmm

This was an absolute gem of a video. Thank you for including definitions and an example at the end. You have me incredibly in building a presentation on paraphrases, summaries, and literary analyses. Thank you!