Cian reviewed Onward towards our noble deaths by Shigeru Mizuki
Souin Gyokusai seyo! is a "semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese …
Surprisingly readable given its bleak subject matter
4 stars
Japanese soldiers at the end of World War II die pointlessly in a series of pointless battles, culminating in a suicide attack that exists for no purpose other than the honor of the Japanese military.
Despite the bleak and depressing material, this is a compulsively readable comic.