Episode 1 — Aoi Bungaku

Masato Sakai voices the lead, Yozo Oba. Plot Summary

Character designs for this arc were created by Takeshi Obata , the artist of Death Note . Aoi Bungaku Episode 1

The first episode of the Aoi Bungaku Series (2009) is titled . It is the first of four episodes adapting Osamu Dazai's semi-autobiographical masterpiece, No Longer Human ( Ningen Shikkaku ). Episode 1: Overview Original Story: No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. Director: Morio Asaka (who directed episodes 1–4). Masato Sakai voices the lead, Yozo Oba

The episode follows , a young man who feels profoundly alienated from society and the very concept of being "human". Masato Sakai voices the lead