Manga like Eien no Zero

Genres: Action Drama

What is Eien no Zero about?

Status: Finished

Kentaro, 26 years, is a NEET. At the request of his sister Keiko, the young man plunges into his family past. Kyuzo Miyabe, his grandfather, was a fighter pilot of the Japanese imperial navy who had fought at the commands of the mythical Japanese fighter aircraftt: "Zero". But at the end of the war he die in kamikaze attack. Was he the hero whom everybody claims? Or rather a terrorist? A coward?



Tags: Military , Seinen , Historical , Aviation , War
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Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sports

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Shiden Kai 343

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