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Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After Paperback – September 10, 2004

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Barefoot Gen Volume Two ―"The Day After" ―tells the story of the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Gen Nakaoka. Gen, his mother, and his newborn sister face the horrors of the day after the bomb.

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September 10, 2004
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Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, and was six years old when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing, except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing. Compelled to tell his story in the memory of his family, Keiji Nakazawa is best known for his epic tragic history Barefoot Gen.

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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 10, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 086719619X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0867196191
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.25 inches

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Stephen

Great history lesson.

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Great history lesson. Very haunting.. Perfect as a teaching tool.

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haunting ... haunting

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I was born not many years after these events took place. I remember our civil defense drills at school, and the reports of people building backyard fallout shelters. I remember learning in history class that we had dropped two bombs on Japan, one at Hiroshima and one at Nagasaki, and being told that this was necessary to end the war. I remember going to class one morning during the Cuban Missile Crisis and wondering whether the world would still be there in the afternoon. In high school I remember reading John Hershey's Hiroshima and viewing the movie Fail Safe. In college I was introduced to the movie Hiroshima Mon Amour. In other words, like every one else in my generation, I grew up with The Bomb. It was one of those constants in our lives, that was always hovering somewhere in the background. But never ... never ... have I confronted such a vivid portrayal of the horror we actually inflicted upon the residents of these two Japanese cities as I have found in the first two volumes of this series. I am now just starting volume three. I am not big on the concept of "required reading," but if I were to make an exception, these volumes would probably be it. For all ages and education levels. If the images in these books are not haunting, I don't know how you would define the word.

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A Poignant Comic

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Just by glancing at its cover, Barefoot Gen appears to merely be a cheery Japanese comic book, or manga, as the medium is called in Japan. But the actual contents belie the surface of this exceptionally sad memoir. A story of the hard times war brings that culminates in the nuclear annihilation of Hiroshima, Barefoot Gen was written by an actual survivor of the bombing: Keiji Nakazawa.

This true story of a little boy in wartime Japan presents a view of what life was like for Japanese civilians at the height of World War II. It shows in great detail (a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes) the effect the war had on the Japanese: malnutrition, bombings of almost all cities, etcetera, while still keeping in mind that Japan was also guilty of war crimes. But the end of Barefoot Gen is a nightmarish vision of the worst war crime of all: the dropping of a weapon of mass destruction on a heavily populated, civilian town.

The images of injured, haggard victims of the atom bomb moaning and weeping that are shown in this comic are terrible, but far more terrible still is the knowledge that this isn't fiction, it's a memoir. This really happened to women, babies, children and all other unsuspecting civilians. Although Barefoot Gen is not widely known, it is still arguably one of the best anti-war books on the subject, and highly recommended reading. By Elizabeth DeAngelis for Daisy Alliance

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hiroshima...

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A moving story which touches the heart. Debate about whether the U.S. had to drop the bomb continues today. Having studied WWII, I think it had to be done. An invasion of the homeland would have cost many more lives as the war would have degenerated into a guerrilla combat. Yet, the sorrow caused is moving to anyone. This book well conveys that. Thank g-d it is not in color.

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LOVED THIS BOOK

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My professor in college told us to get these books so I did not do it by choice but WOW I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!! I really love the way it teaches history through comics - yet you do not even realize you are reading "comics" it feels like a story book. I can't wait for my niece to be old enough because I am keeping these for her. Vol 1 & Vol 2

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Stains

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It had stains on it so I had to order replacement

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Excellent. It will stay with you forever

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017

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This should be required reading for everyone on the planet. Excellent. It will stay with you forever.

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My comics as literature college course required this book and I am happy with the purchase. On time and in excellent shape.

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話題になったので

Reviewed in Japan on November 28, 2013

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英語ではどのように表現されているのか見てみたかったのと、英語の学習をかねました。

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Dr.Paul Heaton

but this little book shows how it's not all bad. Even in the grimmest circumstances (and they don't ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2014

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Man's inhumanity to man continues unabated today, but this little book shows how it's not all bad. Even in the grimmest circumstances (and they don't come much grimmer than in the aftermath of an atomic explosion in a fascistic and militarized nation) hope and kindness can survive.

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great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2014

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son has got the full set now some of these books are very difficult to get hold of fast delivery reasonable price not for children too young

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