apologies in advance if this isn't the kind of post meant for this channel, but I figured it to be a good enough place to ask.

I'm starting to read No Longer Human, and have made it to the 'second notebook' as it were, and stumbled upon this section:

–––

Is this just part of his personality, a way to reflect his alienation from society and etiquette in discussing and perceiving women, or is this maybe a reflection of the society that Dazai grew up in and experienced? I just find it hard to work out, especially since to me it felt like such a scattershot moment, not particularly connected to the feelings that (so far) Yozo has internally described feeling.