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

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.