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VOLUME ONE
&'
All
New Translation
Bomb
Introduction by Art
Spiegelman
Gen haunts me. The first time read it was in the late 1970s,
I'd begun working on Maus, my own extended comicbook chronicle of the twentieth century's other central cataclysm.
had the flu at the time and read
while high on fever. Gen
burned its way into my heated brain with all the intensity of a
fever-dream. I've found myself remembering images and events
from the Gen books with a clarity that made them seem like memories from my own life, rather than Nakazawa's. will never forget
I
shortly after
it
own melted
through the
girl's
city,
the
ruined face.
fire
galloping
Gen
odd
in
com-
autobiographical
Hiroshima
for
ly
the
marker
life,
is
It
easily perceive
as criminal
affection that
intended.
is
The sequence
of
Gen
fingers off
is
{forgive
me,
when compared
weapon on a
civilian
to
popula-
tion.
The physiognomy of the characters often leans to the cloyingcute, with special emphasis on Disney-like oversized
Caucasian eyes and generally neotenic faces. Nakazawa is hardthe worst offender, though his cartoon style derives from that
His draftsmanship is somewhat graceless, even homely
ly
tradition.
ly, and without much nuance, but it gets the job done. It is clear
and efficient, and it performs the essential magic U\ck of all good
narrative
art:
the characters
come
is its
to living, breathing
life.
The
Its
the unbelievable
in
happen
in
Hiroshima.
It
is
Although the strangeness of the unfamiliar idioms and conventions of Japanese comics language may set up a hurdle for the
Western reader first confronted with this bool<, it also offers one
of
its
Nakazawa is an exceptionally skillful stowho knows how to keep his reader's attention in order to
Grim Things That Must Be Told. He effortlessly communi-
central pleasures.
ryteller
tell
the
mass
reality of
in
life
is
wartime
in
down
a paradox inherent
in
the tratalking
ings exclusively
in
itself
are
all intrinsi-
the evils of
power-jockeying,
improved
Gen
is
Gen
Nakazawa
effect, that
its
believes
mankind can be
own genuine
self-interest.
is
a plucky
little
hero,
is
he
to survive into
another century.
A Note
Keiji
Nakazawa
concrete wall.
been burned
Instead,
etched
in
My
mother, Kimiyo,
The
the
blast
first,
flat.
The second
floor collapsed
onto
trapping
Susumu under
it.
instantly.
My mother
and
frantically tried to
it
nobody would.
help, but
own
survival; they
My mother tried
else.
The
fires that
quickly enveloped
ing;
my
in
flame.
It
was
would stay and die with them. But our next-door neighbor found
my mother just
in
my mother
the voices of her husband and son, crying out for her to save
my mother
into tabor,
birth to
later
we
malnutrition,
didn't
know.
my mother
we sat and
watched the scenes of hell unfolding around us.
My father had been a painter of lacquer work and traditionalstyle Japanese painting. He was also a member of an anti-war
theater group that performed plays like Gorky's "The Lower
After escaping the flames near the school,
found
in
my
My
father
was
half.
me
that
and turned
into a
that
to
say that
me
wouldn't
in
to
gratefully
1972.
Japanese.
It
"elemental"
in
"source" of
vitality
is
just like
based on what
my
really
Gen
happened
to
me
is
in
my
alter ego,
Barefoot
Gen
and
are
or to other people
in
Hiroshima.
Human
beings are foolish. Thanks to bigotry, religious fanaticism, and the greed of those who traffic in war, the Earth is never
'-^K
^vget home
Oty
quick!
irf^^^^A^ah^
K^^^^^^5^5v
bombed!
That's right!
Shoot those
)A
^M
'y\A
^5"'^!
'<^):2j
Lr^ ''^^^^^^^1
<ft^^
^^^
'^P-^--
'tfU
Cb
W^^M
>4J^^^H
^^vV^/''^^HE
D-don
say such
things,
dear...
Sign;
Destroy America
ani
Nouy
Akira
stop'
will
be safe from
all
^?^^^^
Out
^[^HH
Jj^^^^
persimmons and
chestnuts... I wish I
could go tool
So why
isn't
Eiko going?
s in the
fifth grade!
She
fji^o
,sni
/strong
I
enough.
"
Reallylj
Lp^ khovc
'of
a whole bowl
f^
\
<Ul
TT
cr::^
;!';//^t i^v.-^
1'.'
''I'l
'ff/'/''
In onticipation of the
final battle on our
mainland against the
American and British
devils, we will now
commence spear drill!
Banners: 100 million fiery spirits, charge! Destroy the Americon and British devi
si
r killed FORTY
Russians, not
38.
As Neighbor
hood Chairman,
you should
know that!
Otherwise, when
the flesh stiffens,
you won't be able to
remove the spear...
Got that?
Shut
up! I
won't be called
because I
a traitor just
farted!
You think we
can fight the
Americans with
bamboo
sticks?!
We'd be
mowed down
by machine
gun f
before v
close! ^
BAWWIIIhotcyou,
Elko!
Now Gen
my sweet
got
potato!
^C/aJ;
all
hove to suffer
like
Ow,
that
hurt!!
le
^^ \^^
rYI
:.;
wc could
them eat
wish
let
.r^j^H^^^
^\..
|P^~.^^
w^^
^^>*'^
""i^
^^m
1^
'^
rV^
You're growing
boys, ft's not
your fault you're
hungry...
All
nghtj^
gc<-
1
Oh,
it's
5:30
in
the
morningN
k^
cheap noodles
*#
Gen, arc we
really gonno
have rice
cokes?!
^^^^^
^"^^^^H
U>^
tell
you?
Now we
^..-^
^^s^n^ix*^
^^m
Heh heh! You'll never
forgive us, huh? Traitors
have no right to talk
ke that. C'mon, let's
strip her!
You'
piq!
^^^(i^eW.
B^^^^^^?^,
thesl
~^
traitors
V^^
^^i^^M^ MM,L"P'(:^^
'^^V^
\-^^PIJ_l^^
^^^^
^^^^^
He won't be
returning for quite
a while. Bring his
belongings to the
station later
""'J^iW"'"^-
s^
mm^
..
^ "j
lUfl
Jill
Tell us!
\m
fe
^:4|i|
]^^|ff''^HMii
WmZI
^^^W^
x.x^
Gen_^\\f"f
^2 ^^ quiet!!
4
I'M'
wKw\^j^%
5^
(TK
xH
V5^B
s
k.
4 ^^
Sign:
West
Police Station
^\M&"
shameiessV
traitor!
r^T^^'^^rm..
^^^PI^^^^j|
1^^^^
'^^^^
^^^P
yT<^m^^^^^^^111
32
My
us traitors?!
Shut
up!
That's
all
How
a
matter of
course for a
Japanese!
can poor
people like us
cooperate any
more than
this?!
The
my
^^
to death.
War
>-;"-
\^x y^f
v^
M^
S^:^
^^5$"
^^Y
m
^B
1j
^pltlilty
Papa!
y^ ^DeaH!
^^^L
&
^^^S
35
my
,\
n
Bastards
^
Stupid!
Our Papa's
He's
and
you forget it!
^ not a traitor!
a great man,
't
Nakaoka for a
long time.
What
J I 1^
W-whafsthis?ll
Aren't you
Nokooko's
boys?
What am I
Now we hove
going to do?
nothing to eat
tonight. The children ore
going to starve...
Sob... All
,,
because my r / What s
t^ie
husband
)
opposes
\ '"f''^';the war... ) VMoma?
My
father
says that
Japan must
not go to
war.
He also
says that
Now
41
write
again,
it
over
)
,
in^
If
1 \i
N-
no.
V3
S;
y-you disgusting
little
coward...
You're a disgrace
to this class!
K^!>^^
^^
As a
JJJ
^9/f/
^y^^
W^^^^
"
^^1
^^y
child of
the Emperor,
you should be
ashamed of
/""'self!
Hiiy
'^:^
(N^S
~>
! p
.J ^hiij
, the Emperor's!
^
^<0\^V
^^^krT-~^^-<<$^
^^^^^
\^^^^^^Mk\
Hurry up ond
confess!!
Don't
lay a
hand
L^
^
^
on her!!|M
%
^M
rj*>
W^ ww
&
l>
^"^
P(|||^
"TO
confess and
give back the
money,
^_J)^Ift>7^
^
J^H
I haven't
taken
'^W^
^'iS^
What! To treat on
innocent child like
a traitor... that's
inexcusable!
Mama, I'm
hungry.
When
is
supper
ready?
^
/
I
What
shall
I've asked
we do?
all
our
will
Korpotatoes...
^T^^^pjlll
iu ^r^i<!
When
Papa
comes home,
I'll tell him
about those
Y
I
clearing,
The autumn
breeze blows...
M
V
II
ourselves up.
^^O^^WT.
Your Papa's
oil,
I
in
We've already
all we
borrowed
L !.,.'+
so
we can t
no money.
^^
^^
<^>,,
+u
won't give us
Sob...
home
it
a traitor...
<
time.
r think
N
y
we've
caught
enough.
Let's go
home
Irv
down
plones. Then
I'd take the soldiers'
some American
all
their
food!!
Hey Gen,
if
we
A ^1
y^
noWj^^^y^
|
/
of locusts, will we Lj
be able to fly?
fc
K
^^S ^^
^^^^^
"I
I'm
sorry...
Because
can't celebrate
your return
^ i
JMP'V
S?g ^
S^
j.
'jS^.
^^^
1^
^^ 5
properly...
ildren in Korea...
terrible
schools,
HOOE
It's
on air
raid!!
r don't
Sen,
want to 90 (."j;"."',
either.
t"^SLhot?!
PapoHK^
"&
^"*\P
JifJi"
^^K^^^
mMM
1
a
;^
^
^
"^
k^l
83
He
You remember your cousin
He joined the Navy,
and you know what he looked
like when he come back?
Gokichi?
his
arms and
proisednim as
war hero. Easy
for
them
to say...
The
When he
fool!
his
twenty
will
turns
draft notice
he'll have
come and
to go anyway. Why's he
in such a hurry to die?
his!
^^ ^i-m
v^ ^# V-c^-^
ft>\
llral
?,
That
idiot!
Does
he really think it
takes courage
to go to war?!
N-no!
Il tffi
know
nothing
about
Fine,
W^
if
that's
Al^
/))
it,
I?
we'll
the slow
do
it
way...
^Vt^ ^^
^i^
94
Nokaoka caused
the explosion!
make for
them...
Pq,
even my best
me the
friends gave
day's been
hell.
L-lct's go.
When
y
Vrvi
l^i^
Gen,
Shinji,
take care
of Papo
and Mama,
jflfiT^
M^
Ifc.
jf J j.^
you must
look after
Wk^ our
family.
"H
^T^r^^H ^^^-^
i)
Sen, tell
Papa that
M.
)
)
I'm sorry, j^
~~^ftL
iyO
Hurrah Va^
for
Koji! a_S
Banzai!
,^1^^S--v//
Vx'^k
C-^U^I^hI
(^
Vi-^)
J^
mW^
^-
.'S^^
i^^JaRHHc1
li^
'
A '
"
he^
mri
"JZjLi^Q^
U^'iflMA.^S^'
ll|IUUi""i
'^Vv
^>^s^
volunteered
for the Navy for the
sake of our family,
...So Koji
Let yourself be
called a coward,
a weakling! Just
You're a bloody
fool, Kojl!
You
hear mc?l
JAW
'
^1
'^^^M
P
1
fc
1>s
m
come bacK
olive!!
Nakaoka,
there's an oir
raid alert in
effect. Turn
your lights
What
will
become of
us?!
\p^^M
h^^
^Si
l^-^Po^
Nooo...!
An announcement from
the Navy Ministry- Before
daybreak today, the
Imperial Navy destroyed
ten enemy cruisers, five
heavy cruisers, and 120
enemy
.-
-.
IIU
aircraft.
spreading false
information through
their offices.
So what
if it's
a superstition.
do
you?
battle,
^jt.
TJ%
MlH
Jlli\^
Wm
Where
it?
ip^
^3
~^JfeN
Sniff.)
V'^fc^>^-
~~<'*^^
N?g^-
sfc ^S^^
Bp^ j^^^^ ^P A y^
^^^
gBfe^-j!^T-*--=:
H^^
^^91 ip^Bs^^^^ KSHLli^c Jl^b
120
123
Who
could
It
be?
li.
r<
Dummy!
There s
nothing
h^^ber? V
in
to rob!
^>T^
^H ^^W"^
krr&)^ l^/\^
1
ifflk/i?*)
125
Look!
The
(Teachers
teachers get
to eat
4 sure are
all
the rice
they want.
lucky...
"*
5
^*
^^
^f
-It:..
,^
Set
^P T
f
to
T
work! rr
'
f^
'
rV^!^Q
127
Remember, this
field is our food
supply. Work hard
so we con get a good
harvest, you hear?
^
stupid!
II
"wF/
>^
<
catch you,
they
beat you!
So what? Our
tcochcrs cat a
L Yeah!
bnr.ks
\1^^^^
<j/
A^^^^^L
''
LetsVlk
O ^ ^B
//
\V^s^ti^
What
129
130
^^
Miss Osato
came and
^P ^
Tamura.
^^^
jPv^lg ^^^^p^yn
I,
You're
Waahh!
I'm sorry
Gen
forgive
Shinji!
I'm sorry!
I'Noc back to
the :ountry!
Papa, AAama
Please
me
j^
Z^J
^li^
\r^
'^TL^
-~nJR"
w 11
Where on earth
did those
two go? I told them Aktra
was leaving. They should
be here to see him off...
He'd
kill
usi
air^ ^(^^
Oh
no, an
raid! Hurry
Shinjj, let's
"y
J^^
r"/
W/^
^"^fM^
^^ Come
Ui.(
on,
Akiro!
\
j
^^
Goodbye
Ji
square
Tofu
is
^i
triangle,
like tofu!
white, white
like a rabbit!
rabbit hops.,.
air raids
is
Kagoshima?
142
I've already \
been ordered )
to report to \
the Air Corps
)
today.
t#4
.^^''
\^J
B^^^
Hic.j
Help!
^S^*iji~"
Somebody
y(-v/
l^^y \\^^|xWv '^-
help meli
Wli
ffj^J^L fee^C
145
Nakayamal^^a
Where's
the
/oh,
sake?^right...
Wt,
f)^fe'^
^.
146
%f/.
People are
supposed to die
of old oge, when
their time comes!
longer
us?!
We are
now
accepting
\
I
for The
Attack
-^-'1
S.\
^
^^
-_-^^^^^
'Mq:^
^^
^^^^L^:^^
m^WM
GUA^t
c^r"j/3^0^
fi/^
This
my
Mother, Natsuko...
forgive me. I want
live, but everyone
around me is
determined that I
to
should
die...
ISl
154
155
157
Lieutenant Kumai,
you're a disgrace
to the Air Corps!
You should be
ashamed!
How
come
by!
Your comrades
all
ii
As soon OS your
wounds hove healed,
you
will
attack the
enemy and
die!
Do
you understand,
Lieutenant Kumai?
all
my
fault.
159
I'll
go to
my death
sake of my father
and mother, and
Gen. Shinji, Eiko,
i^^^y
^^^^ /
^^^^J
^^^
A^^E*"'^
^^l
Sign:
smart seven-button
uniform.
To the
Koboyashis.
They're
'
friends of
in the
.country.
^ours
Stop talking
about
Some American
POWs
point,
^
^
It
asked for
ond when
was given to
them,..
164
^D\l
IS
Koji!
It's too
'
&\
\t^9
J /pyK
M
M
fff
i;^ S^
r-f
So now Japanese
people are imitating
them, painting a P on
their roofs so they'
each
other...
Great!
Usually
Y
\
you can
see your
Wowl
yl
,,T^
reflection,
it's so
vwatery...
-(^.
tv<
Sign: Public Dining Hall
167
168
169
Actually, I should
throw you
in jail
for
^'VwJt~" i^^p
172
"^'! -
^5"^
You think
you can
insult
off
eh?l
174
an
ll
5-stop, please!
Please excuse
their impudence...
Sob.,,
?/[ 1
Please,
sir, I
Y^^^]l
beg you./
V.^o^^^7^^
^^p
^
^^^
/^/_X,f>^
'"^
\M
^T|
p
^'
'
But
if
you
ever insult o
police officer
again, you will
suffer the
xonsequcnces!
175
^0M^!^M^;*,M^
Sob...
When we're
at home, we're
traitors!
When we
get potatoes in
the country,
we're traitors!
177
"^^
V
Hook your
ittle
~-
fingers
swear by,
A thousand
to
needles
you tell
if
lie!
\
)
&S?^^'
M
mi >^Bl^2
|l
^^^sS
'
ftjj^^jlw^iJ. 1
^^
1
Others
were
burnt to
death by
flame
.^^
throwers.:. ^V^
To protect the
Japanese mainland^
they fought the >
Americans like
madmen...
but all in vain.
180
-^^^
The Specter of
death was rapidly
approoching the
Japanese mainland,'/}
where Gen and
,,1^^"
Pant
'^^
^ mu
Pi ^^^
m,'':
'J
\j
^/
What's
the matter.
Kimie? You
\\
f
look pale.
^iiaj.
^^^Hj-T
I
\
^\
m imm
183
Hmm. She's
suffering from
both malnutrition
and overwork.
She's extremely
weak...
184
And with no
medicine
available, even
a doctor can't
do much.
nourishing for
you.
185
Take
this
Wb
Here> ou
^^oA\
-O^
.^^
\
are,
Mama Please
eat It all and
get we II quick!
\--^^
iJi^
^f^
K-~I^J,5li^
^^^^ra
T
^^^^^
'
'
^^^^^^^^^^^>if
'^
Vj 5~>^\ s^
ti*.*^*^^^
If^^elicious...!
y^iJ 5^
^&^
3.
yBha
-thank
:^ars^j^ 1 you
Eiko.
'\
^^*^
187
We
^fc^
i^lK"
I
^'
192
concludes our
f;^ jfSi
^SmTi
beggors. Soon
"S they get
<^k^k*^^''"^^^^'
Sniffle...
Boys, why
don't you
come home
with
im
SIX
yen
today!
throw this
over the
^^r^
195
You
little
brotsi
How
of a lonely
old woman!
in
199
200
For a brief
moment, there
was peace and
happiness
in
the Nakaoka
home...
202
But
At the top-secret
testing ground, the
countdown began.
It was 5:30 a.m.,
July 16, 1945.
203
205
Banner: Final battle for the homeland! Destroy the American ond British devils
The
U.S.
a pumpkin.
207
209
210
S ....pn\^iA
didn't any of
^M
^M
Why
''
1
<:
^li^^'^feiL
><
^R^(^Vl|f^
\
*tr
\ \ \
Form groups of
three and go look <J
for Hanada! Be sure <
you bring him back,
or else!!
_<^
^
P
Puff \
puff.,.
'
W.jg^
Where
the
He
hell
1.
y=
couldn't
have gotten
that far yet.
-^
hfh^^\y
Hanada?
/ ' ~S\
\
--
W;
TlT^Mv
/
\
>
^n^/f
iS^Ly'v
,=.
/^
No matter where
he went, the
military police
would've caught
him anyway.
214
call
become
Look,
%I
T-thankyou, Nakaoko.
You're the only one
here who treats me
fair...
217
we can't revive
the dead. Let's just
say Honada met with
an accident and died
honorably duri
Well,
training.
Forgive me...
Everyone understand?
Honada died
occidcntolly, an
W^-^lTT^
p H^D
ry^^WjBp
honorable death. He
yj^^sKKr
died happily for our
/m^^^^S^
country, for the
'^^"^^
(//
\ Emperor. Is that f>j
He
/(^^J/m
V"
clear?
^^^C^:^'^'^
""'-^^^^''^Tflw^ f
-1
t#l' T
J
^AM%k
^M
^yC:>^^M
^^iM
i^liW^
-Ot(
j^C
fi'y"
-IL.
Gik
Is this what
soldiers of the
Japanese Empire
are really like?
It's insane,
completely insane!
WWi^
(rl/
^N>Xn
r'^^^L
^
219
220
ActuollyV
sir,
your
death...
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me my
leg,
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with that boat.
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Gen.
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Remember
this,
my
little
one.
Gen
weapons, but
survivors
story,
er,
a feature-length animation
film,
The
first
effort to translate
Barefoot
Gen
it
in
"Project
Gen
in
Russia" to translate
Gen
into
with
umes 4
In
in
Gen
while translating a
The Kanazawa
volunteers,
Kanazawa group
formally established
a new Project Gen in Japan. Nine volunteers spent the next three
years translating all ten volumes of Gen into English. The translators are Kazuko Futakuchi, Michael Gordon, Kyoko Honda,
Yukari Kimura, Nobutoshi Kohara, Kiyoko Nishita, George
Stenson. Michiko Tanaka, and Kazuko Yamada.
In 2002, author Keiji Nakazawa put the Kanazawa team in contact with Alan Gleason, a member of the first Project Gen, who
Gasp
of
San Francisco,
publisher of the
book
is
one.
hope
the
nuclear
that
weapons before
Write to Project
Gen
921-8112, Japan
c/o
this
new
century
is
over.
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and remains
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work of the Project Gen
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