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edlin314's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.75
Rating something partly autobiographical always feels weird. Still, there’s something about this work that just doesn’t really resonate with me. It may be because this was my first manga and I’m just not used to the medium yet. Of course I still recognise the huge impact this work has and the power it holds.
braeden03's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
5.0
taradactyl's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Read for class- amazing yet horrifying look inside the dropping of the bomb in Hiroshima. Told from a survivor, this in depth look takes you on an emotional journey through the reality and terror of war.
borpotingis's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, War, and Death of parent
jbentley10's review against another edition
4.0
Somewhat strange art style at times and somewhat goofy, Barefoot Gen tells a deeply serious tale about the bombing of Hiroshima. By the end of this first volume, you have a small sense of the emotional toll the bomb took on families in the city. It's enjoyable and powerful at times, while also silly and lighthearted other times. While the art style isn't my favorite, I really enjoyed learning about the history of the time and appreciate the perspective shared on the tragedy.
jn0el's review against another edition
4.0
From Amazon: 'This harrowing story of Hiroshima was one of the original Japanese manga series. New and unabridged, this is an all-new translation of the author's first-person experiences of Hiroshima and its aftermath, is a reminder of the suffering war brings to innocent people. Its emotions and experiences speak to children and adults everywhere. Volume one of this ten-part series details the events leading up to and immediately following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.'
I read this book for a Japanese lit/culture class, and it was the first time I had studied the Pacific War (the Pacific Campaign of WWII) from a Japanese perspective. It blew me away. I had no idea how the Japanese were suffering at the hands of their own rulers. America justified dropping the bombs by pointing to this fact (much as we did when invading Iraq). It's a gripping, often gory tale of a young boy surviving during this awful period in our shared history, but it's even more powerful when reminded this is [a: Keiji Nakazawa|67379|Keiji Nakazawa|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377707592p2/67379.jpg]--the author's--truth, his life, his story.
I read this book for a Japanese lit/culture class, and it was the first time I had studied the Pacific War (the Pacific Campaign of WWII) from a Japanese perspective. It blew me away. I had no idea how the Japanese were suffering at the hands of their own rulers. America justified dropping the bombs by pointing to this fact (much as we did when invading Iraq). It's a gripping, often gory tale of a young boy surviving during this awful period in our shared history, but it's even more powerful when reminded this is [a: Keiji Nakazawa|67379|Keiji Nakazawa|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377707592p2/67379.jpg]--the author's--truth, his life, his story.
tashas_books's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't really like the main character, Gen (probably because he was an annoying, young boy), but I did feel for him and his family as they went through hardships and tragedy.
Don't know if I'll continue reading this.
Don't know if I'll continue reading this.
ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
5.0
The original 50-year-old Manga that dealt with the real-life story of Gen and his family coping with the second world war in the eve of the nuclear bombing of Japan. It is an intimate, sensitive and educational story about wartime imperial Japan.