Isekai Shikkaku (異世界失格, Another world disqualification / Disqualification in the World / No Longer Human...In Another World) is a Japanese manga written by Hiroshi Noda and drawn by Takuhiro Wakamatsu. It has been serialized on Shogakukan's manga website "Yawaraka Spirits" since October 2, 2019. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in July 2024.
Synopsis[]
An adventure in another world with cute girls by your side and video game-like powers--sounds like an anime fan's dream, right? Not so for melancholic author Osamu Dazai, who would quite literally prefer to drop dead. Video games haven't even been invented yet when he gets yanked into another world in 1948. Really, all the fantastical adventure he keeps running into is just getting in the way of his poetic dream of finding the perfect place to die. But no matter how much he risks his hide, everything seems to keep turning out okay. Follow a miserable hero like no other in this cheerfully bleak Isekai comedy!
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Summary[]
The book was published by Shincho Bunko after World War II and has accumulated more than 6 million copies so far, surpassing the cumulative circulation of Soseki Natsume's Heart.
The book "Another world disqualification/Disqualification in the World" is written in the tone of a certain writer. "I" (the writer) met the proprietress of the bar in Funabashi after World War II. Later, the proprietress handed over three notebooks and three photos sent by Oba Yezang (the protagonist) to "I" in the story. It is "First Handbook", "Second Handbook", and "Third Handbook" (the third handbook is divided into two parts). "I" inscribed "Foreword" and "Afterword" for it, and presented the three manuscripts intact.
The author of these three notebooks, Oba Yezang, wrote about how he grew up in a powerful family from adolescence to middle age, his relationship with his father, his interactions with classmates, his alcoholism, indulging in women's pornography, participating in "illegal" left-wing groups, getting married, Many negative life experiences such as marriage change, affair, attempted suicide, etc. The protagonist claims that he is very afraid of "human beings " and can only act in front of him at the risk of being exposed.
"Another world disqualification/Disqualification in the World" is Osamu Dazai who skillfully expresses his life and thoughts through the life experiences of the protagonist. "Another world disqualification/Disqualification in the World" can also be regarded as the autobiography of Osamu Dazai himself.
Published books[]
Written by Hiroshi Noda and illustrated by Takahiro Wakamatsu, No Longer Allowed in Another World started on Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits website on October 2, 2019. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 10, 2020. As of November 10, 2022, eight volumes have been released.
The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. The first volume was released in January 2023
| No. | Release date | Original ISBN | Release Date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | April 10, 2020 | 978-4-09-860560-6 | December 27, 2022 | 978-1-63858-585-5 |
| 2 | July 10, 2020 | 978-4-09-860650-4 | March 28, 2023 | 978-1-63858-745-3 |
| 3 | October 12, 2020 | 978-4-09-860747-1 | July 11, 2023 | 978-1-63858-913-6 |
| 4 | February 12, 2021 | 978-4-09-860847-8 | November 7, 2023 | 978-1-68579-605-1 |
| 5 | July 12, 2021 | 978-4-09-861104-1 | March 12, 2024 | 979-8-88843-330-0 |
| 6 | January 12, 2022 | 978-4-09-861274-1 | July 16, 2024 | 979-8-88843-479-6 |
| 7 | July 12, 2022 | 978-4-09-861377-9 | ─ | ─ |
| 8 | November 10, 2022 | 978-4-09-861534-6 | ─ | ─ |
| 9 | June 12, 2023 | 978-4-09-861832-3 | ─ | ─ |
| 10 | February 9, 2024 | 978-4-09-862743-1 | ─ | ─ |
| 11 | June 28, 2024 | 978-4-09-862884-1 | ─ | ─ |
The first volume of the single book was released on the same day as the first volume of "Ningyohime no Gomen ne Gohan" and "Love After Word Domination" created by Noda Hiroshi and Wakamatsu Takuhiro.
Character[]
On June 13th 1948, author Osamu Dazai was about to commit suicide with Shizuko Oota, but was then summoned into another world instead. Now he wants to find the reincarnation of his lover, so he can commit suicide with her. His occupation is a writer, he wears a kimono overcoat, and his eyes and complexion are pale. He is dissatisfied that he was transported to another world just before committing suicide with his lover. He journeys to find his lover, who must have been transported to another world like himself, and redo his heart.
As a teleporter, his status is unusually low, and he doesn't have any special skills. He is always poisoned because he often takes poisonous substances such as sleeping pills. He has a gloomy personality and tries to commit suicide at every opportunity, but for some reason, he has a personality that attracts women. The suicide applicant who lost sight of the meaning of traveling due to the farewell to the fateful woman, Sacchan, arrived at the forbidden land, Orange. What is the test that the fairy king Ovelis gave him there? And now, a new battle between Sensei and his friends begins again in the new continent, the Kingdom of Blau.
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Abilities[]
"People like you, who go around loudly preaching their own righteousness ── I absolutely detest..."
― Osamu Dazai
Dazai has the raw talent to observe and understand human beings, and their personal feelings, story, motivation, and also their ambitions. This is the raw talent from being a writer to observing and understanding human beings. It is not only limited to observing people, as he can even hypothesize their livelihoods, their likes, and the lifestyles of people whose names he doesn't know. To support this talent, something resembling eidetic memory is required. While Dazai is a pessimist, the basis of that pessimism is not rejection but understanding.
Deadly Poison (Calmotin)
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Unlike most otherworlders, Dazai possesses no fighting skills or combat-applicable divine gifts, not to mention lacking innate survival instincts. Instead, his party does all the fighting while Dazai observes and delegates. The closest he ever gets to fighting is when he poisons any monster that tries to kill him.
Dazai's "A Tale for You (Storyteller)" is a special ability, where several characters have noted that it appears to be made specifically to fight otherworlders. It normally can't be seen on Dazai's status screen, unless he is in the presence of otherworlders that he has taken an interest in. Although the ability to write down someone's backstory doesn't seem impressive, it is apparently a requirement to perform a magic ritual that banishes an otherworlder back to their original world without fail. The same power can be used on natives to power them up by reviewing their history and revealing their Hidden Depths.
Part of "A Tale for You (Storyteller)" ability is how he acknowledges that otherworlders his power affects aren't the straight-up villains or losers they are initially made out to be, but rather broken people that can be mended (the Cowardly Man is braver than he thinks, that Yuriko isn't greedy, but wants to be acknowledged, etc) before tearing up the rough-draft, sending them back to live their old lives with renewed hope for their futures. It's depicted as an incredibly merciful act that allows them a true second chance at turning their lives around.
Writing: A TALE FOR YOU (Storyteller)
It is a Divine skill that is based on the unpolished manuscript of Osamu Dazai's autobiography for a certain person. It was, “the Almost Masterpiece of a Story". According to him, he once stated that "the majority of what I write are projections of other people's stories." It is a compilation that readapts their way of life, the author Dazai's other self in a way, as it is a manuscript with the saying, "For an author, all works are completed piece of that person, but unable be called a masterpiece" as its core. |
"Ahh... Yet again, I couldn't write a masterpiece. Dunno when they appear as the person who will incite my inspiration."
He begins by writing from the beginning to the end. After that, he must tear the book's paper, where the results would depend on how far he can progress with the manuscript. Completing some pages will result in only coincidences occurring around them, but completing all the pages and finishing the manuscript will allow for the person-centered in the story to be what they imagined themselves to be, unleashing a barrier that gathers around them, which is the magic ritual that transfers magic to an otherworlder so that they can to their original world. The book (19th-century books of Japan) is established as the greatest weapon, and he stated that his personal story of this world has been finished but his own story in his original world has yet to be finished.
Another part of this Divine Skill is that it can awaken the true potential of a person by searching their History in memory or a diary. The same method of unleashing the true story of a certain book or a person unleashes their true potential power [awaken] or boosts their parameter. It can also reset or heal any injury made towards the target.
| Type: | Anti-Unit / Awakened | Maximum number of targets: | 1-100 person | Range: | 2 - 10 meters |
Being an Otherworlder, he gained a unique trait of his ── HP [001 → -????-] & his stats [Parameter] begin to boost up ▲ when he feels like he is excited by a simple word or a wonderful memories. Dazai's personality perfectly fits this situation by giving the opponent a gaze that "he doesn't want to fight because he is crazy/Pervert" face. Lacking any fighting skills or experience (not to mention his suicidal tendencies), Dazai usually lets his opponents attack him without so much of a flinch.
That said, his perpetually poisoned status effect makes him a giant safety hazard, instantly poisoning any monster that tries to eat him to death. His dark disposition and sense of Personal Space also make for effective psychological warfare, managing to scare off three thug otherworlders who were perfectly willing to kill him by goading them into doing it.
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TV Anime[]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 11, 2022. It will be produced by Atelier Pontdarc and directed by Shigeki Kawai, with scripts written by Yasuhiro Nakanishi, characters designed by Tomoshige Inayoshi and Asako Inayoshi, monsters designed by Kenji Terao, and music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro. The series is set to premiere on July 9, 2024, on AT-X and other channels. The opening theme song is "Shura Nikki" performed by Kashitaro Ito, while the ending theme song is "Sayonara, Subarashiki Sekai yo" performed by Mayu Maeshima.
- Staff:
- Original Story - Hiroshi Noda, Takuhiro Wakamatsu
- Director: KAWAI Shigeki
- Series Composition/Screenplay - Yasuhiro Nakanishi
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Tomoshige Inayoshi, Asako Inayoshi
- Monster Design - Kenji Terao
- Prop Design - Goichi Iwahata, Noritaka Suzuki
- Design Works - Koretsawa Shigeyuki, Kodaka Michiru, Toumu, Inuise Aya
- Art DireProduction - “Isekai Shikkaku” Production Committeector - Masakazu Miyake
- Art Setup - Yuri Sanan
- Color Design - Izumi Sakamoto
- 2D Design: Toumu, Aya Inuise
- 3D Director - Yoshida. Miki
- Director of Photography - Hirooka Takeshi
- Editing - Hitomi Sudo
- Sound Director - Hitoshi MEIDAGAWA
- Music - SUEHIRO Kenichiro
- Music Production - KADOKAWA
- Music Producer - WAKABAYASHI Go
- Producers - Jotaro Ishigami, Fumi Miura, Akka Nishimae, Mao Azuma
- Animation Producer - Tsunaki Yoshikawa
- Animation Production: Atelier Pontdarc
- Production - “Isekai Shikkaku” Production Committee
Crunchyroll licensed the series.
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Reception[]
In 2020, the manga was one of the nominees for the 6th Next Manga Awards in the Web Manga category.
External Links[]
- No Longer Human...In Another World — Work information (Manga Official Website) | Yawaraka Spirits (in Japanese)
- TV Anime "No Longer Human...In Another World" Official Website (in Japanese)
- No Longer Human...In Another World — TV anime official (@isekaishikkaku) - Twitter
- No Longer Human...In Another World — Wikipedia JP
- No Longer Human...In Another World — Wikipedia EN
Trivia[]
- The main character is based on real-life Japanese rogue novelist Osamu Dazai WP, author of the novel No Longer Human, who died by lovers' suicide.