![]() ![]() In fact, he’s even taken straight from the hospital to jail and charged with being an “accomplice to a suicide”-something that certainly doesn’t help with his feelings of depression and alienation, since this kind of treatment directly ostracizes and penalizes him for his mental health struggles. When he and Tsuneko both decide to die by suicide, Yozo survives and ends up facing the harsh stigmatization surrounding suicide. And though he does have people who technically support him in times of hardship, they still seem to look down on him for his apparent inability to live like everyone else. Almost everyone in Yozo’s life fails to show genuine sympathy about his depression. No Longer Human examines societal perceptions surrounding depression and the unfortunate stigma that is often attached to mental health struggles. ![]()
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