Reviews

Barfuß Durch Hiroshima 01. Kinder Des Krieges by Keiji Nakazawa

yomna_amro44's review against another edition

dark sad

3.0

nukie19's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Suicide, Medical trauma, War, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Police brutality and Pregnancy

toloveisdestroy's review against another edition

3.0

An extremely graphic and heartfelt experience of what it was like living through the horrifying bombings in Hiroshima. I highly recommend this for 17+.

revarevareva's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

estherbismarck's review against another edition

5.0

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bluenicorn's review against another edition

3.0

I read this about 7 years ago, and thought it was 'alright.' Now I re-read it and almost cried. It's poignant and reads true. Not an easy read, but there are some moments of light-hearted humor; and for a work that shows the worst of humanity, it also shows the best.

aartzer's review against another edition

5.0

Wow this just breaks my heart. The scene where the bomb was dropped? So sad..

allyem_reads's review against another edition

I feel uncomfortable star rating this as it’s a autobiographical memoir of a tragic event in history. Like on one hand I really want to forget it happened and forget reading this graphic novel, but on the other hand this is something that needs to be taught so we can learn from our mistakes ya know? The art was gripping and amazing in that awful realistic way. Nakazawa was a truly incredible artist and storyteller, I wish I could have spoken with him before he passed.

interludelett's review against another edition

5.0

mudou minha vida.

ainiali's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars.

This graphic novel is far from perfect because of the "overacting" (is this the right word? idk) which in my opinion is very old style but it discussed a very dark and heavy yet important topic; the bombing of Hiroshima.

I'd say it was courageous of Mr Nakazawa to recalled & retold the story of his own experience in this masterpiece. To see the bombing and aftermath of the fateful event. While reading, I noticed that the author and I have similar opinion about the war. The one that truly responsible to whatever happened to the citizen, is the higher up and their propaganda is for their own benefit. The goal of the mangaka in creating this was only 1, which is to stop more nuclear energy development as a source of a weapon.

I'm hoping to get hold of the next volume soon! It's like a theme of my reading these days to read this kind of stuff.