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Hadashi no Gen

Also known as Barefoot Gen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

1945, Japan. Gen Nakaoka is a spirited six-year-old boy who lives with his poor yet loving family in wartime Hiroshima. As the second World War rages on, Gen's father Daikichi stands among the few outspoken who are opposed to the emperor and stand for the innocent civilians bearing the brunt of the war. However, in a society with nothing but feverous support for their nation, Gen and his family are ostracized as traitors. Unbeknownst to them, a terrible fate awaits the people of Hiroshima...

One quiet morning, the US forces drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In an instant, the city is completely destroyed, leaving thousands dead and many more exposed to radiation. Though Gen manages to survive the blast, he finds his life irreversibly changed. Regrouping with what's left of his family, Gen must now grapple with starvation, destitution, and an unsympathetic public who see survivors as little more than disease-ridden beggars.

Based on author Keiji Nakazawa's real-life experiences, Hadashi no Gen follows Gen and his fellow survivors in their struggle to survive in post-war Hiroshima. Gen resolves to soldier on with unwavering determination, while never forgiving those who caused the atrocity, never forgetting the pain of the bomb, and never letting his spirit be broken by the tragedy.

Tags: Tragedy , Historical , Delinquents , War , Found Family , Autobiographical , Gore , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Coming of Age , Shounen , Crime

COCOON

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.

Tags: War , Tragedy , Historical , Survival , Female Protagonist , Josei , Suicide , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , Crossdressing , Primarily Teen Cast , Medicine

Umarekawattemo Mata, Watashi to Kekkon Shitekuremasu ka

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Toranosuke fell in love with his servant Kaoru. For twenty years, they slowly developed their love for each other, thus a Showa couple of clumsy husband and muscle brained wife was born. They spend a lot of time together, and they begin to talk in a nostalgic manner in Toranosuke's hospital room. Gentle memories of a deeply in love husband and wife.

Note: The chapter count includes 3 bonus chapters.

Tags: Tragedy , War , Family Life , Achronological Order , Found Family , Historical , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Slapstick , Suicide , Parenthood , Disability , Pregnancy

Neko ga Nishi Mukya

Also known as When a Cat Faces West.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Flow—the phenomenon that occurs when matter falls out of balance and changes form. Flow creates oddities big and small that can be disruptive or delightful in equal measure, and it's up to Flow Disposal departments and independent contractors to shepherd the Flow back to its natural form. For Chima Kondo, a 35-year-old woman stuck in the body of a 12-year-old thanks to the effects of Flow, understanding how Flow works and how to disperse it has become critical. But when she joins Flow Disposal contractors Hirota and Shacho of Hirota Flow Inc., she finds that there's more to Flow than she once knew, and plenty more to find out...



Tags: Iyashikei , Work , Age Regression , Episodic , Seinen , Animals

Shouwa Fanfare

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A young girl named Sayoko fascinates people with her brilliant singing voice in the early days of the Showa era. In an effort to make people recognize her, she starts wanting to sing in talkie films. It's then that she happens to meet a piano prodigy, Asami, who disregards her singing as bad!!

The curtains rise on the birth of the story of a songstress that glitters with the dreams and love of a young girl in this historical tale.



Tags: Josei , Historical , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age

Fuutarou Fuken Nikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The Showa writer, Kyutaro Yamada was a medical student- Yamada, a young man who never went to the battlefield, continued to write about the state and problems of Japan at that time, sometimes sharply and sometimes emotionally, despite the conflict. How was it in his eyes in 1945 when it became a turning point in Japan?

Tags: Historical , Seinen

Kyuusai no Hi

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological

Nishioka Kyoudai's anti-war epic, told in their signature surrealist style.

A man wakes up one morning to find the world outside of his house a wasteland. As he searches for signs of life, he finds a fetus in a ditch, which promptly latches onto his thumb and won't let go, and things only get stranger from there...

Tags: War , Philosophy , Denpa , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist

Gureumeul Nubineun Sonyeo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

A village like fairytale. A meeting of a sixteen-year-old boy and a girl.



Note: Chapter count includes a prologue.

Tags: Tragedy , War , Female Protagonist , Full Color