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Japan has produced a wide range of manga and anime about the horrors of World War II, but the recent undertaking for war-related publication has been described as “beyond imagination.”
The manga is not set in Japan, but in the former Soviet Union. It was adapted from “The Unwomanly Face of War,” a book by 2015 Nobel Literature Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich.
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Many episodes in Alexievich’s book are not yet covered in the manga version. Kodansha plans to release a sequel.
“Many producers have assumed that manga must be easy to understand to have a broader appeal,” manga editor Ogino said. “But there are readers out there who will flock to a work that explores serious topics if it is presented with a good lead.”
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13353361