Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Paperback)

from sarahlh

Do not expect any sort of happy ending, some kind of moral satisfaction, at the end of this book. It is first and foremost a story about war, and the men made to fight in them. It is violent, vulgar, bloody, and unforgiving. You will probably walk away from ONWARDS TOWARDS OUR NOBLE DEATHS with a...

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A beautifully drawn testament of Japanese soldiers' lives in WWII. The raw emotion captured in the sharp contrast between hyper-realistic and cartoon-ish panels makes Mizuki's story more sympathetic. It's easy as a Westerner to sometimes forget that the opposing sides are fought by real people wh...

from sarahlh

Do not expect any sort of happy ending, some kind of moral satisfaction, at the end of this book. It is first and foremost a story about war, and the men made to fight in them. It is violent, vulgar, bloody, and unforgiving. You will probably walk away from ONWARDS TOWARDS OUR NOBLE DEATHS with a...

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A beautifully drawn testament of Japanese soldiers' lives in WWII. The raw emotion captured in the sharp contrast between hyper-realistic and cartoon-ish panels makes Mizuki's story more sympathetic. It's easy as a Westerner to sometimes forget that the opposing sides are fought by real people wh...