「自分は完全に社会の落伍者(らくごしゃ)であり、人間に値しない」という自己嫌悪

Following the double suicide incident, although he escaped prosecution for assisting suicide, Yozo's downward spiral did not stop. Working as a cartoonist, he drifted from the houses of various women, leading an unhealthy, dependent life. As his addiction to alcohol and drugs progressed, he was ruled by an extreme self-loathing: 'I am a complete dropout from society, not even worthy of being human.'