Issue Description

Volume three follows Gen, his mother and baby brother as they search for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath. Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have - and can share - self-respect, hope, and inner strength. Volume four, resumes nine days after the bomb, as Gen and his mother continue to struggle for food, shelter and water amid chaos and vast human suffering. Though confronted with the most despicable aspects of humankind, Gen acts with love and compassion.

Barefoot Gen (2004)

Publisher

Last Gasp

Volume Description

A 10 part-series that is loosely based on Keiji Nakazawa's own experience as a Hiroshima survivor of the atom bomb. The series is about a six-year-old boy named Gen Nakaoka living with his family in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. After Hiroshima is destroyed by the bomb, Gen and other survivors are left to deal with the aftermath.

English translation of the Japanese manga Barefoot Gen.

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