In 1953, Gen has become a talented artist and has fallen in love for the first time. In spite of the continuing heartbreak involved in living in post-bomb Hiroshima, Gen finds the inspiration to move to Tokyo to pursue his art.
Continues the autobiographical graphic novel, following the story of Gen, a boy who survived the bombing of Hiroshima, as he and his friends and family try to adjust to the arrival of American troops in the aftermath of the war.
Keiji Nakazawa draws on his own experiences as a young boy in Japan to recount the struggles of Gen Nakaoka as he tries to rebuild his life, reconnect with his friends, and cope with the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
A graphic novel account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, based on the experiences of the author who was six-years-old at the time of the attack. Covers events leading up to and immediately following the bombing.
