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The Flowers Of Buffoonery - Blog Posts
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I've read the Flowers of Buffoonery, and can confirm that yes, his entire character is literally the book, a lot more than No Longer Human. The narrator flat-out admitting that he's lying with you, describing "the flowers of buffoonery" in sort of a coping mechanism, interrupting himself to be self-deprecating on his own writing while keeping up the whole light atmosphere despite it being a book about suicide...it's literally bsd Dazai and criminally under talked about in the fandom.
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.