About the Book: Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the
English-speaking world
Kokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is
death. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival.
Inspired by Eisner Award-winning author Shigeru Mizukis 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.
This deeply personal and landmark anti-war work could only have been made by a
pacifist. The desperation and moral depravity on display