I never really read any manga that
where this heavy and I am really shocked seeing it through this artists
perspective. Growing up post WWII must have been an insanely bleak and
difficult time for the children growing up. I though the color was a good
choice to add to the book because it shows in full detail what the artist
witnessed as a kid, and the use of color assisted to how graphic it was. The thing
that was inspiring to me was the fact that he took his hardships and world
perspective and turned it into his passion and career to share his perspective
and create a dialogue on the topic. Its one of the most important times in
human history and people need to know how horrible and traumatic nuclear war
and fallout is.
Class Questions:
I am surprised there wasn’t really
any reflective commentary on the war or the US, Wouldn’t there be things like resentment,
hate, despair, towards the US? things to the extreme being expressed by the
characters in the story for such an extreme topic?
Did he not have a say in how his
mother would be taken care of after she passed away? It felt almost like he
related it to the atomic bomb dropping because he didn’t have a say on behalf
of his family’s traditions or wills.
Was this super close to the authors
personal experience? When was the first time the author fully realized why and
what happened that day, and how it fully impacted the globe. As a child during
that instance, I could imagine it must have been something out of his
comprehension and needed to reflect on it as he got older.
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