Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths Mizuki Shigeru
The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking worldKokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is death. The alternative is certain…
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The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking worldKokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is death. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. Inspired by Eisner Award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's own mandatory tour of duty as an active combatant in the Imperial Japanese Army, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths portrays a flailing infantry unit on its last legs near the end of the Second World War.This deeply personal and landmark anti-war work could only have been made by a pacifist. The desperation and moral depravity on display is devastating. Mizuki's fanciful characters must make do against a photo-realistic backdrop teeming with tropical life that remains inhospitable. Indeed, commanding officers prove even more ferocious than the wild unknown of Papua New
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