It is crucial to differentiate between two uses of the phrase:

When you use this phrase against yourself, remember Dazai. The author felt so "indigno" that he killed himself immediately after finishing No Longer Human . His tragedy is a warning: The belief that you are unworthy is a lie whispered by trauma.

Indigno de ser humano.

: The tension between the public "mask" and the private, suffering self.

Yozo briefly finds a semblance of peace through marriage to , a girl whose absolute, naive trust anchors him. However, this hope is shattered when he witnesses her being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance; the fact that her pure trust led to her ruin destroys Yozo's last belief in humanity.

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