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The most-sold japanese novel of all time. Some of those feelings Dazai shares, about his childhood, about his disconnect with the world in general, i found to be incredibly on point. The whole thing is sort of pseudo-autobiographical, much like Mishima's 仮面の告白, so he uses a different name, twists his own life around a bit, but it's still about him of course. And i've probably never read a more personally relatable book than this one. Not even so much regarding the greater context of his life, but the many small details that i have never seen anyone else express as accurately as Dazai.
Language wise Dazai tends to be easier than Mishima or Akutagawa, but there is a bunch of poetry later on that is pretty tricky.