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Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Paperback – Illustrated, September 1, 2004

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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.

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Keiji Nakazawa was six when the atomic bomb dropped on his city. His first published cartoon work appeared in 1963 and he has since has had over fifty book-length serials published. Now retired from cartooning, Nakazawa lives in Tokyo.

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A Note From the Author: The atomic bomb exploded 600 meters above my hometown of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 at 8:15 a.m. I was a little over a kilometer away from the epicenter, standing at the back gate of Kanzaki Primary School, when I was hit by a terrible blast of wind and searing heat. I was six years old. I owe my life to the school's concrete wall. If I hadn't been standing in its shadow, I would have been burned to death instantly by the 5,000degree heat flash. Instead, I found myself in a living hell, the details of which remain etched in my brain as if it happened yesterday.

My mother, Kimiyo, was eight months pregnant. She was on the second floor balcony of our house, had just finished hanging up the wash to dry, and was turning to go back inside when the bomb exploded. The blast blew the entire balcony, with my mother on it, into the alley behind our house. Miraculously, my mother survived without a scratch.

The blast blew our house flat. The second floor collapsed onto the first, trapping my father, my sister Eiko, and my brother Susumu under it. My brother had been sitting in the front doorway, playing with a toy ship. His head was caught under the rafter over the doorway. He frantically kicked his legs and cried out for my mother. My father, trapped inside the house, begged my mother to do something. ...

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Last Gasp; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0867196025
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0867196023
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8 inches

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Honest and powerful piece of art.

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023

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Came here for more after being moved by the animated film, and the book was incredible. I am so glad I got to read this story. Worth a look.

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Karl

Powerful and Violent. Important, but not for the faint of heart

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The book is well made, sturdy and arrived on time.

This powerful autobiographical graphic novel is not for the faint of heart. I feel like I am processing the author’s childhood as it is happening.

Watching this painful moment in Japan’s history play out in a way that holds nothing back, told from the perspective of a child is so affecting. I carried the weight and pain around with me for days after I finished the book.

The author goes into the political tensions and their effects of the poor and seemingly disconnected innocents of this war. This book gave them a face and showed a disconnected westerner a clear understanding of the suffering the war caused the Japanese people.

It is a visual and emotional portrayal of a child’s life of struggle caused by war. You follow our protagonist as his childlike focus on the day to day is constantly being confused and upset by things caused by forces beyond his control.

Highly recommend. Know it is a very graphic, violent, upsetting, and honest telling of the author’s perspective of Hiroshima in 1945 leading up to the nuclear bombing of the city.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022

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Very vivid accounts. At certain points, grousome. Great as a history lesson for all... Highly recommended...

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Ellis

Must read historical manga.

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022

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Title says it all. This manga is a piece of history, and should be read by all.

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I read in upper elementary/middle school, now my kids are too

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This book is so well done. I read it as a kid and it stuck with me. It is describes the horror of war in general, while focusing on the special horror of nuclear war from the author's first hand account as a child in Hiroshima when the bomb Little Boy was deployed. Vols 2-10 are a little heavy/gory for an upper elementary kid, but a middle schooler should be able to handle those. Vol 1 is ok for mature upper elementary kids.

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Manga on the Bombing of Hiroshima

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This is the first volume of the cartoonist who survived the bombing of the Hiroshima bomb. Parts of it is silly but that's the Japanese sense of humor and how they were disciplined. It wasn't called abusive even though in the book it looks like it. He shows that not all Japanese were warmongers during the war. In fact, those who were for peace where imprisoned or "gone." The suffering Gen and his family goes through was real. I can see it in our society in the U.S.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2015

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I have not read a graphic novel before. I bought the first 2 Barefoot Gen volumes for my father as a birthday gift because he was interested in Japan during WWII and had relatives in Hiroshima during the war. I read the books quickly before I gave them to my father to see if they were interesting. Since buying these books about a year ago, my father developed Alzheimers yet he still remembers reading these books. I bought him another volume and he has been reading this. My brother saw these books and borrowed them and his son in his late teens also became interested. The depiction of post bomb Japan from a childs point of view relates issues in a way that I've never read about before. As Gen's story tells how his life and relationships change, this is a compelling antiwar piece.

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Recommended for Everyone

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017

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I've previously read the original abridged 4-volume English edition, and I'm looking forward to reading the entire work. It's quite simply... powerful. This first volume primarily follows Gen and his family in Hiroshima for the month preceding the detonation of "Little Boy" above the city. This is part of the brilliance of the work in that you have time to become accustomed to the style, the culture, the war mentality that had been cultivated, and to care for the people involved. Their struggles become personal and the shock one feels as the incomprehensible horror begins is palpable.

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Must read for all ages. Can't wait to read ...

Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2016

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Must read for all ages. Can't wait to read the rest! Gen is gripping and sends chills down your spine.

Granpa

今読んでいるところです。

Reviewed in Japan on July 30, 2013

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英語での表現を学ぶつもりで買いました。読み終わればVol.2も買うつもりです。

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on April 23, 2017

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Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2017

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essential reading

沢田猛

英語版を読みたかった

Reviewed in Japan on August 25, 2013

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はだしのゲンの英語版を手に取って見たかった故。ＮＨＫテレビでゲンが２０か国語に翻訳されているのを知ったことが購入のきっかけ。保存状態も良かった。

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