The BROKEN POWER of No Longer Human: Exploring the Depths of Dazai's Ability

[@otakueve117]

No longer human is the first non-offensive power that I wanted to have. Like the power to nullify any ability just through touch alone with no exception to that rule? It’s so freaking basass

[@redefinedliving5974]

boring tbh

[@themaestro9683]

Kinda feels like another version of Imagine Breaker tbh

[@riusomokin]

FRRRR THANK YOU MY GUY

[@fritzcartagena5431]

There IS one exception

[@sivermoon]

@@fritzcartagena5431I think we all agreed that that itchy guild guy was never human to begin with with all his tentacles and all that shat

[@otakueve117]

1:50 completely untrue on that part. As shown in the light novel “Dazai and Chuuya, Fifteen,” during a eight, Dazai used a cloth that was attached to chuuya that nullified the enemy’s ability, protecting chuuya from the attacks. So as long as Dazai is touching that cloth or it’s touching him, his ability will flow through that cloth/clothing.

[@dilya5097]

Thank you! I was also thinking that

[@gabyuwu693]

i thought of that same part too

[@benjaminnebenjamin6033]

yeah and i guess this confirms Dazai casually tapping Steinback’s clothed back nullified. and i also think it’s the same logic with the anime making them hold hands through Rimbaud’s ability as well- except that they took the shortcut solution than have skk struggle together as they develop their ‘teamwork’ 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Dontstart1]

That’s so cool

[@oioio-yb9dw]

​@benjaminnebenjamin6033 Then if he touches the ground he can nullify abilities? If he touches air he can nullify of skills at the same time. I think I need to ask for a more in detail analysis.

[@rinnzu]

So glad that Bungou stray dogs are getting more attention lately plus season 4 is airing at the moment and plus it’s probably gonna be the best season so far with more characters and new character designs AND super excited to see the Hunting Dogs arc and Decay of Angels arc

[@PugLife.]

Hii- so I'm in india andd I don't have access to season 3, 4 But I recently used a vpn and connected to Japan and its not giving me English dub on Netflix, so can you recommend me a place to watch with English dub?

[@dailykidsshow4062]

Hi I’m on the same boat as you I’m planning to buy the manga or the subscription to crunchyroll

[@miat1329]

In my opinion Dazai's character represents humanity. His time in the PM represents the dark and cynical behaviors/emotions humans can have while his time in the DA represents the positive of humanity also the ability to change into something good. Ironically considering Dazai didn't think of himself as human for the longest time (so far). While Chuuya throughout his life fights for his humanity bc of his past and how he came to be.

[@everestmendoza8164]

Upon the tantied sarrow is the strongest ability of bsd The creators of the show even said that they have to be creatve to keep chuuya out of fights

[@Nicki12ization]

But in the light novel 55 minutes the Agency has a special plan to counteract No Longer Human. The ability is no longer active after death, as long as oxygen is pumped into the brain Thou shall not die will work since he is actually dead

[@ylimehS]

But he said that in the video, he explained exactly how it was shown to us in 55 minutes

[@kaddy0306]

Sadly, i have to correct you. In the light novel, Dazai and Chuuya nullify Randou with just a piece of cloth that is connected over 3 or 4 meters to Dazai, so direkt NEAR skin contact isnt needed, he just needs to touch the thing to connect it whole to his ability. But dont worry, there are few moments were the anime producer didnt properly thought about his ability and the anime version. Maybe even the autors themselves. I found about 5 or 6 abolutly unlogical scenes that could have never happened realistic when it comes to his ability. But i will stick more to the original source material then the anime version. But: Great video ! Was a good summary of Dazais whole self, not just his ability.

[@karentapia8868]

I think anyone have right answers for the real use of “no longer human”, nor even Asagiri

[@babadoudidadouda]

Speaking of his fight with Chuuya, while I agree that ultimately Chuuya is most likely the better fighter, I don't think Dazai was going all out in this fights (I wonder if he let Chuuya hit him at times) due to the fact he already planned to talk to/corner Chuuya to protect himself. And yes, he's not physically the strongest, but he's far from being physically weak and he has pretty good moves and reflexes (most notably during his fight with the ex-mafia boss). So, in the end, I agree that there're stronger and better fighters than him in the manga/anime, but I still think he's actually a strong (as in capable) fighter and not in the low tier at all.

[@karentapia8868]

But he is good predicting Chuuyas movements because of their history (and all the background and trust), but idk if he is so good doing this with other people, in this moment I dont remember an example. (Sorry my broken english 😭)

[@strqwbriiii]

If u want to know more of this authors or their work or just about Dazai Osamu. There is also an anime that can be references to this namely, Bungo to Alchemist. In the last ep, the anime show a short anime-like about No longer human.

[@fezay8000]

Even though the video is cool, I expected more from it. Dazai is a very complex person, so it is even more difficult to analyze him. Since the title of the video is only about the ability, I will not mention Mori and the rest. I would like to hear about the singularity of the ability, that Dаzai's ability contradicts itself, which is why it destroys its owner (his soul). There's a lot more to talk about, but I won't go into more details. There's a lot more to BSD than anime and manga.

[@sheepsong5681]

Can you tell me about the singularity of Dazai’s ability you’re taking about? That sounds really interesting!

[@fezay8000]

@@sheepsong5681 I just wrote a whole book here but accidentally closed KZbin ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ Hi. English is not my first language but I'll try my best. We all know that there are ranobes (novels) from Kafka Asagiri, the creator of BSD. One of them is stormbringer. There we have a character talking about abilities. He tells about a paradox, which is created because of Dazai's and other's abilities. Bur not any ability is controversial. The point is that Dazai's ability cancels itself. And I can not give you a detail explanation, mostly because I've read it long ago. But there Is also theory and conclusions from novel about Dazai's ability destroying his soul and it being a possible reason of creation of singularity and Dazai's death. I highly recommend reading stormbringer to understand everything better. Kafka is a Genius. I'd like to mention BSD community from my country because It's them, who thought me and others about all of this. And no joke there is A LOT MORE. Sometimes I wonder how those people live among us. Bye Be comfortable with asking something you didn't catch

[@sheepsong5681]

@@fezay8000 woah, I never thought about how Dazai's ability to cancel out other abilities is a paradox itself. So, his ability to cancel out other abilities is working on itself. And that's how there are theories that this singularity is destroying Dazai and that's why he wants to die? Stormbringer sounds amazing, can you read it anywhere online? Thanks for your explanation, it was great!!

[@fezay8000]

​@@sheepsong5681 You basically got everything right. Ecept Dazai's wish to die. We don't know his past, so I am not going to say something about *the* reason. bsd.fandom.com says this is the link for official translation yenpress.com/9781975343309/bungo-stray-dogs-vol-8-light-novel/ I've found this persom on tumbler. Idk if they have all chapters(reddit says they do) yanase-gr.tumblr.com/bsdstormbringer-english I've read the novel in my native language, that is why I don't really know eng sites

[@Phillia_crochet]

The AU BEAST version Dazai did use his ability to create a singularity that allowing him to get the memory of the original timeline Dazai. BEAST Dazai then formulate a plan to keep Oda alive and writing novels as Oda wanted. BEAST Dazai said that the BEAST AU is the only AU/ world in which Oda is alive and writing novels. This indicates that BEAST Dazai has searched all possible AUs he could before BEAST, making it thousand times more traumatizing for him.

[@silvercat9043]

Are you going to make Videos for All the other abilties? That'd be pretty cool

[@414Anime]

I’d definitely like to cover some more 👍

[@ghalyaalmaadheed7609]

@@414Anime yes please

[@elatedmyth9480]

Dazai will live because true dreams never come true

[@414Anime]

Ain’t it just!

[@pleasedonotperceiveme]

i wrote down an entire tangent once about the potential of no longer human as an ability compared to and against the others abilities in the show (sadly i've lost the book i wrote it in, but i still vaguely remember the details) for example, could he nullify and destroy the moby dick just by stepping foot inside it or by touching one of the walls? nullify the great fitzgerald's power back down to zero? if he touched kaiji and then a lemon bomb exploded nearby them would kaiji be hurt by it because dazai's negating his immunity ability? if he ever touched natsume while in cat form would natsume immediately turn back into a human (imagine dazai trying to pet cat natsume only to end up holding an adult man's shoulder lmao)? would an item that once belonged to dazai also be immune to ango's psychometry ability because of no longer human? is he immune to any and all status effecting abilities, like fukuzawa's all men are equal, or odasaku's flawless, or even fyodor's crime and punishment instakill ability? yeah i had a passion for this series back then 😅 (and yeah i edited this a little to add some more questions i just remembered)

[@ellainearcilla2902]

Sorry but question, do you still feel the passion for this series?

[@yuhin4694]

Let me try and answer your questions since I've been following me his manga since the first chapter came out. 1) He can't nullify or dismantle Moby Dick because it had been mechanically barricaded and transformed many times so most of the original Moby Dick was lost, and instead there was this big mechanical flying whale. 2) He can nullify Great Fitzgerald power back to zero and by continued physical touch, he can make sure it doesn't even activate again. 3) If he touches Kaji and a lemon bomb explodes nearby then they both will be dead lmao. 4) I feel like Natsume's ability is not just turning into a cat. Because that's so boring for an OP character. Prolly the full extent of his ability isn't revealed yet. Also, Dazai did touch Natusume in his cat form without triggering a form reversal. 5) Ango's ability will still work on any item previously owned by Dazai because Dazai has to be in physical contact with either Ango or that item to render Daraku-ron ability useless. 6) He is immune to Fukuzawa's ability that's why the Agency doesn't have a perfect countermeasure for his ability. As for Oda's ability, it doesn't affect Dazai directly but if he touches Oda, then Oda can't predict the future. 7) Fyodor's insta kill is also useless against him since it won't even activate in the first place if Dazai touches him. I think Dazai can activate his ability when he wants. It's not like it's activated 24/7. So he can touch people without cancelling their abilities (if he wants). Also, he doesn't need to touch the person directly, he can also cancel their ability by touching anything that their ability manifests (eg. any guns, grenades etc created from Lone Poet won't work on him).

[@dazaimaru5799]

​@@yuhin4694Awesome!! I definitely agree

[@dazaimaru5799]

​@@yuhin4694Do you think Dazai could be influenced by a power like Q's or Bram Stoker's if he isn't touching the original source?

[@yuhin4694]

@@dazaimaru5799 Q and Bram's ability are very similar. Mind control. For Q, it triggers when the doll is damaged. But as shown in the manga & anime, when Dazai touches the doll, he completely nullifies the doll. Similarly for Bram's, even if he bites Dazai, it won't work. Dazai's ability isn't just cancelling other abilities. When there is a clash between his ability and another ability, if Dazai is in contact with the user or any part of the ability manifestation, his ability always exerts it affects first, regardless of how quick the other person's ability is. This is something most people miss. So the other ability doesn't even get a chance to activate and affect him. But there was still a flaw in the anime. By the logic I mentioned above, Nikolai's ability shouldn't have worked on him. But alas, for the sake of plot, Nikolai was magically able to use his ability against Dazai 😂

[@aerweyna5715]

I'm loving all the Bungo videos that are rising lately 😭🤌

[@414Anime]

Thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying them 🤟

[@nineplustentwentyone26]

I am so happy to see more Bungo Stray Dogs content appearing on my feed!

[@ItsShaz1]

Loved the video my friend

[@414Anime]

Thank you so much!

[@silvercrow4450]

@@414Anime what are your top 3 favorite Ability’s

[@Gailethegremlin]

Dazai did let himself get caught by Chuuya lmaoooo

[@xLotusAngel626x]

Thank you for talking about one of my fav series!!

[@sammaisey3629]

6:39 that aged well...

[@4anky]

💀

[@MOnDAzai]

any ability around Dazai will be nullified as well, His ability range is quite wide, You can't touch him nor his coat + it's not just thinking ahead, he anticipation people, their thinking method & their moved & so. also, I hope you don't think that his intelligence is an ability, it's part of him like Rampo who has no ability but He's intelligence & observate. And the light novel ( Dazai's can control his heart beat so that's the only reason Yosano was able to use her ability on him). ay, Ty for the video ♥️

[@Phillia_crochet]

Dazai was able to fake death to scare Atsushi. Somehow it reminded me of an opossum. In that LN Dazai was already dying so the ADA has to use Yosano' s ability with their Dazai's resuscitation plan. This resuscitation didn't have anything to do with Dazai's faking death by controlling his heart beat.

[@edenember6760]

dazai is like aizawa in mha...close enough at least

[@M1ru_25]

That’s what I thought 😭🔫

[@Ladykyra101]

Yep. Thinking same thing too. Aizawa's quirk is actually a little better since he doesn't need physical touch to activate its nullifying effects. 👌🏾

[@yatoosamu6190]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@414Anime]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Lecintel]

Dazai is so cool that he makes the really not so cool gift look powerful

[@creater-wj6cg]

Finally a bungo stray dogs video

[@WilliamWizer]

I haven't seen the anime so my information may be wrong but, from what I understand, no longer human needs contact with the source of the ability. this means that a healing ability that doesn't require touch would work. I don't know if there's somebody with that kind of ability and, I assume, nobody does. even if it's only for plot reasons.

[@Phillia_crochet]

I think the nullification works through Dazai's touch. It was shown that whenever an user, a medium or just the ability itself touches Dazai, that ability is nullified. The 55 minutes gave a detailed explanation on the only way to heal Dazai with Yosano's ability, as said in the video with a really low chance and effective time frame of like 0.5 sec. The ADA has use this only way to resuscitate Dazai and it worked, maybe thanks to the extended time frame due to a time slowing down ability user (introduced in that LN only).

[@isaidimnotgay]

Oh wow he was wearing a seatbelt. If Dazai is hurt or going to jail just know it's all part of his plan.

[@dr.aissam]

Yessir Great job 🙌

[@414Anime]

Thank you

[@Medinacrystalheart]

Funfact in the german version the ability is called als mensch disqualifiziert also disqualified as a human it really fits

[@magdakumik]

8:06 I belive that Asagiri said that abilty's trigger is one's soul, so that might be wrong. p.s sorry for bad english :(

[@suvanipoudyal648]

Could you do a review on 91 days? Its pretty underrated and not enough people talk about it. Anyways, great analysis!

[@deezidibbs9796]

Imagine Breaker in a nutshell:

[@danielhariss3519]

So basically dazai ability same like touma's imagine breaker

[@JillAlexander]

THIS is the BEST ‼️💯 Because no one loves him as much as I do 😱💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ My son literally tells me about him when I'm sick 🤢 and I start to feel better ‼️‼️‼️ By the way Stray dogs IS the BEST anime EVER ‼️💯❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹 OMGOSH please do more on this series. And Dazai is my HUSBAND 👀👀🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@artsplosion3810]

same I agree i am lovesick for this man

[@xLotusAngel626x]

I am curious what happens if someone uses their maybe Magnetic gift to increase the speed of a bullet they are shooting at Dazai with but since the are using an actual bullet/gun especially if it wasn't created from an Ability then what would happen with the bullet once it touches Dazai would it stop and not hurt him or would it somewhat slow down but still pierce through Dazai's body?

[@KurisuNo1]

The speed of the bullet might stop then. Idk im just assuming

[@flwrsofbffnry]

it would definitely slow down, but still pierce him. as seen in light novel one, any bullet made out of an ability (kunikida's ability, specifically) would not harm him. however, with regular guns/bullets, he is able to be harmed, shown through fyodor's assassin sniping him easily. a combination of an ability and a regular method would result as always: nullifying the ability and only taking damage from regular methods. i'm wondering, though, why would a bullet need to increase its speed anyway?

[@kiyostars]

@@flwrsofbffnry Perhaps in order to reach a further distance? It could be like an ability to say always hit it's target instead of a speed increase. Kinda interesting to think about

[@flwrsofbffnry]

@@kiyostars ahh yeah that's a valid point. that'd be a super cool ability to have :0 it'd be interesting to see the fighting tactics of someone with it, as well as the response of their opponent

[@freshcupofangst]

It'd probably still work, Dazai's ability wouldn't be able to nullify the momentum something like would build. It seemed to work like that in Fifteen with Chuuya, at least.

[@luzmontoya6037]

Dazai power is cool but if he faced someone like Fydor, with his Crime and Punishment... tat ability scared the heck out me... If the ability is long distance he gonna struggle somewhere... Dazai mostly better at his intelligence....Cuz his mind is more powerful than his ability...

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, 414Anime. You should definitely review Rosario + Vampire in a future video.

[@JillAlexander]

BTW season 4 of Bungo Stray Dogs is out‼️‼️‼️‼️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ well, the first 2 episodes.

[@414Anime]

Been really enjoying it so far 🔥

[@JillAlexander]

@@414Anime The back story is awesome ‼️💯✌️

[@sourfruit3240]

4

[@arc1990]

what is the music used after 8:21 ?

[@syndroz1516]

No longer human or imagine breaker who winning

[@toumakamijou4878]

It would end in a hand to hand combat fight.

[@luke6784]

I have no idea why you think dazai can turn off abilities at will once he's touched the person for the first time

[@fernandorios474]

I would have him as an ally which i would have a tab for his drinks & food

[@kermitatsubway9113]

But can he nullify fyodor ability? I’m on the anime only so ple no spoilers

[@casuals.3.19]

I don’t think it’s ever shown at all but I think so?

[@mayura7210]

Pretty sure he can, he said his ability doesn't have exceptions

[@danganpasta-chan2543]

@@miyu1424 I think Lovecraft may be some kind of a singularity, but I'm not sure. Because Arahabaki (Chuuya's Corruption form) is also a singularity and Osamu can turn it off. However, he couldn't nullify Givre in Storm Bringer and it ALSO was a singularity (just like the dragon in DEAD APPLE). Sooo...Yeah. Lovecraft may be a singularity, NOT an ability. That's maby why Dazai can't nullify it

[@danganpasta-chan2543]

No idea. Apart from killing by touch even Dazai has no idea what Fyodor's true ability is. We have to wait and see. But if killing by touch is his only ability then sure. I guess he can do it

[@Phillia_crochet]

About the Cannibalism ability, the ADA planned to capture Pushkin and have Dazai touch him to nullify the virus. Fyodor knew this and had Dazai shot before hand. I don't think Fyodor tried to kill Dazai though, as he explicitly said he commanded the snipper to not hit any of Dazai' s vitals. Fyodor was keeping Dazai away long enough for the Cannibalism plan to work out. Since both Dazai and Fyodor are pretty much on the same lv of planning ahead, Fyodor must have known that the ADA has a resuscitation plan specifically for Dazai that makes killing Dazai right away could turn out useless.

[@cadeanlee7370]

I'm still confused how kyouka can still activate her ability even though she was gripping dazai's sleeve at episode 8 😭😭 I think I missed something but can someone explain please?

[@otakueve117]

I think I can help. You know in that same episode where akutagawa used his power to try and choke Dazai? Well it only took at least a second for that power to be nullified so it could be the same thing with koyuka. But also remember this was season 1, so some things might be a little slow as the studio did some changes

[@cybersoon2493]

i’m pretty sure it doesn’t cancel unless he wants it to

[@daeron_padilla]

@@cybersoon2493remember that if someone touches him with an ability or he touches it would be nullified? which means even if he's unwilling to do so it'll trigger his nullification ability.

[@flwrsofbffnry]

@@daeron_padilla yep! that's the whole reason behind the special plan in 55 minutes (stated for the knowledge of those above your reply - you must already know this lol)

[@Phillia_crochet]

Dazai let himself be captured. The Demon Snow activation is just there for show: to hint that Kyoka is an ability user before her official reveal later, and for suspend. Dazai has a histort of knowing beforehand the plan of his opponent/ enemy and still go along with it until the right time. (Read Dazai's entrance exam LN for more details). An ability can still be activated then nullified right away (which is funny because if an ability isn't turned on then there's no need to turn it off. Like turning off a lamp that is already off is unnecessary and in a way, impossible).

[@Zaki_art-15]

I wouldn’t call it badass. Considering its contact based its quite easily countered with something like a gun.

[@hardyanpajero69]

👍😎🍺🍩,

[@414Anime]

🤟🤟

[@saesnaughtyprincess]

Dazai is very talented... his other ability is to talk and piss people off at the same time. Just ask cHuUYa and KuNiKiDaAA