Manga like Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica

What is Peleliu: Rakuen no Guernica about?

Status: Finished

Peleliu - Rakuen no Guernica follows the daily lives of Japanese soldiers taking part in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II: a high-casualty, months-long campaign. The main character, Tamaru, dreams of returning home to become a mangaka, and sees their island outpost as a wild paradise that can one day be used as a setting for one of his stories. Most of his comrades, however, are prepared for the more realistic scenario -- that they will not be leaving Peleliu alive.

Note: Nominated to the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Gore , Body Horror , Tragedy , Historical , War , Drawing , Disability , Seinen

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Souin Gyokusai seyo!

Also known as Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths is his first book to be translated into English and is a semiautobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War II. The soldiers are told that they must go into battle and die for the honor of their country, with certain execution facing them if they return alive. Mizuki was a soldier himself (he was severely injured and lost an arm) and uses his experiences to convey the devastating consequences and moral depravity of the war.

Note: Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material at the Eisner Awards in 2012.

Tags: Military , Historical , War , Autobiographical , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Seinen , Guns , Suicide

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Sayonara Tama-chan

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Tama-chan is an affectionate way to say "testicle". But despite the name seems a gag, the story is sad, exciting and motivational, about the disease that attacked the author himself and made him lose his testicle. Much more than a history of disease, it is a story about overcoming.

Tags: Autobiographical , Seinen , Medicine , Disability

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