Barefoot Gen Comments

  • Gretchen 2022-10-24 11:38:20

    People who say that the barefoot boy is not well-known should turn their attention to Japan and Europe and the United States. The earliest I knew about this work was Amway from the American Comics Forum. The barefoot boy has a very high status in the European and American world, no less than the shell and the sash male wolf. It's a pity that I didn't collect the comic version due to ignorance. Although the animated version is left-leaning, it is undoubtedly a masterpiece. Kazuo Oga is an early...

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Barefoot Gen quotes

  • Daikichi Nakaoka: Take a good look around, little one. Look closely, you see? This is the war that killed your father. Remember it.

  • Gen Nakaoka: [after the bomb] It's raining. Stop it, stop it! What? That's not right. Mother, have you ever seen rain that's black like this?