Details

Subject(s)

• Soldiers—Japan—Comic books, strips, etc [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—New Guinea—Comic books, strips, etc [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Japan—Comic books, strips, etc [Browse]
• Comic books, strips, etc—Japan—Translations into English [Browse]
• Graphic novels [Browse]

Publisher

Drawn & Quarterly (Firm) [Browse]

Translator

Allen, Jocelyne, 1974- [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Graphic novels [Browse]
• Comics (Graphic works) [Browse]
• Manga [Browse]
• Historical comics [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• graphic novels [Browse]
• comic books [Browse]
• comic strips [Browse]
• manga (comic books) [Browse]

Summary note

"[A] semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War Two. The soldiers are instructed that they must go into battle and die for the honor of their country, with certain execution facing them if they return alive" --Publisher's web site.

Notes

"Originally published as Soin gyokusai seyo! in 1973."

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Language note

Translated from the Japanese.

Contents

• Introduction / Frederik L. Schodt
• Characters
• Kokopo, New Britain
• Rain in Baien
• Hard labour and a few slaps
• Little finger
• New year's
• The enemy arrives
• Special attack unit
• HQ's near destruction
• The death of Sergeant Honda
• Noble death
• That night
• Cape St. George
• Emissary of death
• Cape massacre.

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ISBN

• 9781770460416 ((pbk.))
• 1770460411 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2010680993

OCLC

682894288

Other standard number

99958407714

RCP

H - S

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