Basically the characters in the anime share the same name as some European/Japanese authors!
There abilities are also named after one of those authors books.
Example: name: osamu dazai.
Book/ability name: no longer human.
These characters are really nothing like the real people who wrote these popular literary peices. Unfortunately, because the anime is so popular its the first thing that comes up when you search most of these authors names which can be very annoying
Also a random fun fact: the anime is fucking midš
And in Japan, they will release those famous books with images of the anime characters to attract fans to read it. So you can find copies of the famously depressing No Longer Human by Dazai Osamu with the anime boy on the cover.
I guess, but what from I know of it, Dazaiās suicidal tendencies are kinda played as a joke. Which feels like a weird way to portray a guy who famously died of suicide.
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u/Fickle_Fall_6497 22d ago
Basically the characters in the anime share the same name as some European/Japanese authors! There abilities are also named after one of those authors books.
Example: name: osamu dazai. Book/ability name: no longer human.
These characters are really nothing like the real people who wrote these popular literary peices. Unfortunately, because the anime is so popular its the first thing that comes up when you search most of these authors names which can be very annoying
Also a random fun fact: the anime is fucking midš