![]() ![]() And yet the human instinct endures, seeing through the absurdity of such a rigid and outdated command structure with gallows humor. Indeed, commanding officers prove even more ferocious than the wild unknown of Papua New Guinea. Mizuki’s fanciful characters must make do against a photo-realistic backdrop teeming with tropical life that remains inhospitable. ![]() The desperation and moral depravity on display is devastating. This deeply personal and landmark anti-war work could only have been made by a pacifist. 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. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking world ![]()
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