Lucas Blogs About Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Yes, in certain lighting conditions the title and author's name are difficult to read. So what's this book's de–Oh, hey! It's one of those mangaka you mentioned in our discussion of manga . So it is. And it's one of the manga that he's best known for in America. Anway, Shigeru Mizuki's Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths is about a company in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II and is based on Mizuki's own experiences as a soldier in the Pacific theater. This isn't one some kind of right-wing apologia about the conduct of the Imperial Army in the period leading up to and including World War II? No, it is explicitly not that. In fact, it's pretty much just about one company in the army over the course of a few months. The manga itself is episodic with each chapter following a couple of members of the Baien Battalion as they go through the drudgery of daily life in the army. We see new recruits being beaten by their commanding office...