I adored this novella and was shocked by how well Dazai was able to portray what it feels like to be a teenage girl. I was tearing up in parts and saw myself in the main character. Truly an incredible read, I highly recommend this book.

this novella follows an eponymous schoolgirl, documenting an ordinary day in her life.

filled with self-hatred, self-deprecation, reflections on life and society and what is "normal" (and yes, also the occasional misogynistic comment), it is unmistakably an osamu dazai book.
beautiful as much as it is strange and truthful; thoughts scattered everywhere; lots of morbid topics – death and death and more death.
the schoolgirl's a "heroine" that is, as osamu dazai's characters tend to be, not quite likable, but relatable, laying bare the ugly and ponderous sides of being human. 

there's something to his books, always, that makes me want to come back.

this was really good and honestly pretty relatable minus the random bouts of misogyny, which is to be expected when you’re reading dazai’s books. I’m really surprised that he was able to capture the experience of being a teenage girl in a way that I could relate to. This is the second book by osamu dazai I’ve read and honestly I think this may be a little more relatable than no longer human and easier to get into, so I’d recommend it to people who are looking to get into him :) the main reason this is only 3.75 stars is because the misogyny at one specific point of the book took me out of the experience, but overall it isn’t too bad since overall it’s limited to a few paragraphs. The main character would loveee mitski’s lush album she’s so real.