Books by Shigeru Mizuki
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review 1: A parte piccoli dettagli narrativi che soggettivamente non mi sono piaciuti (ma appunto, molto soggettivi), questa graphic novel traspira Giappone da tutti i pori: quel Giappone antico, fatto di misteri e timori, di spiriti e fantasmi che non sempre spaventano perché basta saperl...
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review 1: I highly recommend this war story graphic novel about a detachment of the Japanese Imperial Army in WWII which is instructed to carry out a suicide mission against the enemy. Whether this mission is necessary or the amount of force justified is questionable - but not to be quest...
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review 1: It's a straight-up narration of Japanese history, told in graphical form. There isn't much else to say, really. The images are a combination of cartoony manga with what looks like woodblock prints of photographs. The art is plain enough to not take away from the focus, which is t...
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review 1: As an adult, I give it 2.5 stars; kids aged 6-10 might well give it more. A collection of short supernaturally-themed stories, but some storytelling shortcomings such as the writer having to explain 'how the protagonist did that' after the fact in a couple of cases, and occasiona...
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review 1: Wow this graphic novel came out 40 years ago, but it seems very fresh. It's about the most non glamorizing book about war I have ever read, and it wasn't achieved thru excessive use of gore. Just the simple story, as the author states, "90% true" of his experience as a soldier du...
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review 1: This is a "90% autobiographical" retelling of the author's WW2 experience. As you can probably guess from the title, it's quite grim - early on our group of heroes is detailed to go on a suicide charge, but commit the crime of coming back alive after news of their noble deaths ha...