A review by beththebookdragon
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa

4.0

Powerful, as one might expect. The art has an incongruously goofy look as it's in a fairly early (1950s/60s) manga style. That somehow makes the story stronger, especially as events are seen through the eyes of elementary-school boys who don't quite grasp the seriousness of living in late-WWII Japan.

There are humorous bits, thank goodness. The family suffers more than most as the father is vocally anti-war (he scoffs at the gloriousness of sacrificing for the Emperor and Japan, saying the war was foolishly started by the rich and powerful.)