ɪn hɪz tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn ɹᵻvjˈuː ʌv nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ hjˈuːmən, wˈɪljəm bɹˈædbɛɹi ʌvðə dʒəpˈæn tˈaɪmz kˈɔːld ɪɾ ɐ tˈaɪmləs nˈɑːvəl, sˈeɪɪŋ ðætðə "stɹˈʌɡəl ʌvðɪ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl tə fˈɪt ˌɪntʊ ɐ nˈoːɹməlˌaɪzɪŋ səsˈaɪəɾi ɹᵻmˈeɪnz dʒˈʌst æz ɹˈɛlᵻvənt tədˈeɪ æz ɪt wʌz æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌv ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ."
In his 2014 review of No Longer Human, William Bradbury of The Japan Times called it a timeless novel, saying that the "struggle of the individual to fit into a normalizing society remains just as relevant today as it was at the time of writing."