#the flower of buffoonery

[reijixia13]

SOOOO I have the urge to make fanfics for my wattpad books that I'll be trying to update within 2-3 week prior

I have 5 drafts waiting for my KnY lovers🥰

My new book has 2 parts already but I'm making Chapter 2 currently

My lovies that loves Ouran High School Host Club like muah I have 1 draft for y'all 🤌✨

My sweets that have been waiting for our Pucca!Reader for the next adventure!

And finally

Another various, I may make 2 parts cause there's manhwa made from 2 years ago

I screenshotted this first thing in the morning before going to the market🥲

[gstoabn]

i made this for a literary magazine, do you like it ?

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

- Dazai Osamu, The Flowers of Buffoonery

[marsssss]

whoops seems like i've lost my mind

[kryptonian-in-winterfell]

Dazai’s Ability might be named after No Longer Human, but his entire character is based off The Flowers of Buffoonery

It’s in the way the book is a comedy despite being about suicide.

In the way the main character (Yozo Oba) and his friends are constantly joking around despite Yozo being a sanatorium for a failed double suicide with a beautiful woman.

In the way the author is constantly cutting in with funny commentary and lying to the audience at almost every step.

In the way I’m lulled into a false sense of everything being alright, into believing Yozo is actually okay, despite knowing that there’s something wrong.

There’s even a story about crabs.

If you want to understand BSD Dazai, read The Flowers of Buffoonery. It’s very insightful.

[doctorforks]

blessed a random soul today and recommended them crime and punishment + no longer human

[s0lace-1n-s0l1tude]

Probably visible but I've read them all

I think The Setting Sun might be my favorite of these four

And I also really liked Self-Portraits because I always like to learn about the authors

As for No Longer Human,I've already posted some sort of review

Anyways,all of them are great

And idk,I just like Dazai's little interventions in Flowers of Buffoonery

Like,hell yeah bro,yap to me,I am reading allat

10/10 will read again

[godzilla-reads]

🌺 The Flowers of Buffoonery by Osamu Dazai (trans. Sam Bett)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A prequel of sorts, this book follows the narrator of Dazai’s other book, “No Longer Human”- Yozo Oba- as he is admitted into a seaside sanitarium after a failed suicide attempt. Dazai has been praised for delving into the darkest corners of human consciousness while simultaneously poking fun at these emotions of youth, love, self-hatred, and depression.

I really enjoyed reading “No Longer Human”, but this novella felt lacking. It was written comically and lightly, so it didn’t have that much of an effect on me. I thought it could’ve been better if it wasn’t so self-deprecating.

[whitered-rose1]

𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐈 𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 ༘

"𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴."

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"T𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵"

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"𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯."

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"𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯�� 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴: 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺."

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"𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨."

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"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 “𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺."

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"𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴"

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"𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥."

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"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵."

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"𝘐 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴."

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"𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵."

[elizais]

people who have read no longer human HAVE to read the flowers of buffoonery, even if u weren't really a fan of nlh pleaseeee read fob i think it is so good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reijixia13]

The Flower of Buffoonery

Made by reiji13

-༻✦༺-༻✧༺-༻✦༺- -in which a girl with incredible power, ambitious brother and a goal for a peaceful death without suffering joins a heroic class with trouble magnets on their toes. -༻✦༺-༻✧༺-༻✦༺- "Oh wonderful belladona! Join me!" "The fuck?" "Fuck is a Vulgar word, but enough for a peaceful death!" -༻✦༺-༻✧༺-༻✦༺- such a scenery to see, a suicidal sister of a suicidal maniac and a detective mind with full of soon to be heroes. BNHA×BSD!reader

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P r o l o g u e

Mission

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A boy with silver hair had been kneeling down near a river, a grumble as he felt hungry.

Atsushi didn't want this.

He doesn't even have a clue why he was suddenly kicked out of his home, an orphanage he grew into. He wasn't ready for this, he wasn't ready to die.

From person to person that passed by he wanted to go after to ask for help, he didn't have the guts, so witnessing a person who was floating upside down was really concerining for him.  With 50/50 choice, he dive in and save this mysterious person.

"Damn"

?!

"I saved you and all you say is 'Damn'?!"

After a talk with crazy guy Atsushi, he introduced himselt as Dazai Osamu, he happens to feel hungry and offer the boy a meal with him using someone 'Kunikida-kun' person's money, Atsushi didn't really care aslong as he can eat to his content.

"Oi! Dazai!"

Off to the other side stood a blonde guy, beside him was another female waving excitedly at them.

"Onii-San!! Did you die yet?"

Judging by the way she called Dazai, and how they similarly look alike, they're sibling. And even with how they interact, just how crazy are these two?!

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Such thoughts.

I guess that's just how things are.

With (Y/N) things can be weird, but it's even weirder if she's with her brother. But sometimes, behind those dark shade of brown eyes, those pair are hiding something darker, maybe a past, something that should've been forgotten, something that should stay hidden.

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"Oh wonderful belladona! Join me!"

"The fuck?"

"Fuck is a Vulgar word, but enough for a peaceful death!"

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"A mission?" A questionable mark as the female tilts her head, her hair falling to the side slightly as she looks at her boss.

"Yes, I think you're better fit for these, cases in Musutafu having some kind of conflicts with some underground organization. I need you to find out what's the cause of these." The older male nodded along as he explained the situation, he had handed her a folder having the files needed inside for the case.

"Yare, yare~! Maybe dying in Musutafu could be a thought!" The girl devilishly thought, thinking of many ways to die without suffering the consequences.

"You are not gonna die there, you still need to return-" The older male was cut off, by yet another male exactly how the female looks.

"Dear sister of mine, my donna to my bella don't die without me..!" The male said so, even if it doesn't make sense at all, do they even have to if they have the same braincells? Absolutely not.

Oh my 👹 why are these two such a pain?

Could be the thought of the boss, but really it's just Kunikida and Atsushi's thoughts.

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Talking about dying peacefully, a thought can be deceived, but hanging upside down with a cloth wrapped around you is absolutely annoying to do so.

"You're too young, and how could we trust you?"

I mean look at Ranpo is also young but his already smart, and everyone trust him (Not really -Police in Yokohama)

"We'll you can believe or not, but can you please struggle me with these beautiful clothes?"

"..."

"..?!"

"No-"

"🥺🙏"

"Child-"

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Yeah things are hectic.

But it's more hectic with having to stay at a school with a suicidal maniac, with boys having head over heels like boys with a 'step on me please' sign.

But such adventure, worth exploring.

Maybe finding out more of the Hero and Villain things more so finding more about this girl's purpose in life.

Such belladona, with a Beauty enchanting like the berry, but deadly as it is called, a plan torn.

Just as they said, A flower of Buffoonery, can make you laugh, but maybe these laugh are the one's that makes this flower amusing, maybe she was ment to be silly person in their serious life. That's what makes the girl intriguing, a magnet of trouble but someone who can solve a murder case in minutes.

Nothing can hurt when you're a little amusing.

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"If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them from but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair!"

"Something beautiful happens when a human being surrenders."

-Dazai Osamu ; The Flower of Buffoonery

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Welcome to an enchanting but poisonous love of a Flower, a Flower of Buffoonery, amusing as it sounds, the adventure can take to path. A love, an angst and the blooming anticipation of characters intrigued by an ability user, a detective with high intelligence but have the goal of dying peacefully with where can get a partner to double-sucide with her.

A master's piece, had run away from perfection to take an imperfect life.

A mere, Buffoonery.

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"Things really are amusing.., aren't they so?"

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[moonofiron]

“But in my softness I find peace, however fleeting.”

- Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

[butchdazai]

Books I finished in June

Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Ranpo

This was an interesting short story collection, some stories better than others as tends to be the case. I enjoyed reading this as Ranpo was the first writer of his kind in Japan, specifically the first to write detective stories, plus it’s interesting to think about the Western stories that inspired him to write horror and detective stories in the first place.

Memorias del águila y del jaguar por Isabel Allende

Hacía varios años que no había leído un libro dentro del género “YA” pero esta trilogía está interesante. No es la mejor trilogía del mundo pero te entretiene. Se me hace un buen libro para los adolescentes.

The Flowers of Buffoonery by Dazai Osamu

A good read after reading No Longer Human by Dazai. It provides another perspective on Yozo. Plus, I enjoyed the fourth-wall breaking employed by Dazai in this book. It’s a short, quick read. Sad but also funny.

[womanovertheedge]

Existence is suffering. It's even to the point where stories are considered boring when no suffering is involved. "Beautiful feelings make bad literature."

And yet, not everything has a happy ending like such stories suggest. I know I won't. I never have.

But maybe, it won't be as bad as it sometimes is. Maybe she'll be there. And she'll give me a kiss on the forehead and call me pretty. Maybe.

...Maybe.

[the-portrait-of-seraph]

It's been a while, here's what I've been up to:

So, two words, college applications. I've been preparing for applications next semester, which means I have to take allll my APs and other things, as well as prepare for my school play. I know I should be managing my time better, but hey, it is what it is.

They dropped a new Dazai translation to the set and I couldn't resist buying it. Very very excited to start it, I'll try to finish and give a review by the end of this week! The translator isn't Keene, but I have my expectations hehe

The Dazai Set is now complete??? I don't know if New Directions will add more, but if there are others to collect, just know I will have already bought them haha

Hope all of you have been doing well!

[flowers-of-buffoonery]

cackling FLOWERS OF BUFFOONERY i think its my favorite dazai work

it's my favourite of his too! while I thoroughly enjoyed the setting sun and no longer human, I loved the narration in flowers – dazai's voice and the main character's voice weaved together, the self-criticism, the irony... a good book.

I'm still hoping I'll manage to get my hands on a physical copy of dazai's a new hamlet at some point as I have a feeling I might like that even more than flowers, but right now flowers remains my favourite work of his.

I'm glad there's at least two of us! have a lovely day!