Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni

La ciudad al atardecer. El país de los cerezos • Phố chiều lặng gió Mênh mang anh đào • Hiroshima - A Cidade da Calmaria • Город вечернего затишья, страна вишнёвого цвета • 夕凪の街桜の国 • Le pays de cerisiers • ?Hiroshima - Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio • ?Hiroshima – A Cidade da Calmaria • ?Hiroshima. Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio • ?Yunagi no machi; Sakura no kuni • ?Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni

Origination: Manga

Demographic: Seinen

Published: 2003

Status: 📗 Completed

Translation: 📗 Completed

Final Chapter: Volume 1, Chapter 3

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Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever. A family from Hiroshima struggles to come to terms with their survival of the atomic bombing of their city. The protagonist is Minami Hirano, about 20 years of age.

Part 2: Set some decades later, the niece of Minami Hirano is bewildered by her father's mysterious disappearances. She and a friend follow him to discover what he is doing.

The main theme of this historic manga concerns the question of what impact the war and the atomic bombing had on the most vulnerable. Fumiyo Kôno examines this question in her outstanding book - an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece.