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'ONFROI A
BROTHER, HE WOULD
HOPE NO ONE
PURA WA
SCRATCH His Heap || HORE МО ONE
AND FORCE A SMILE
TO HIS PALE FACE. DESERTER.

SHIGEKO.
KIKUYO.

Bua aie IF THEY FIND

KeourtHar | ме HERE...WELL, OUT
aa WHO KNOWS KNOWTHERE.
HOW I
WHAT THEY'LL ||BURDEN IT HARO YOU'RE
ро TO YOU. MUST BE, WORKING JUST
HIDING A TO SUPPORT
YOURSELVES
 AS FOR
YOU, 1САМТ
REMEMBER, WE'RE LISTEN, FURUKAWA,
WAY OUT IN THE AS IT IS, IF YOU WERE
IMAGINE
BOONDOCKS. THERE'S YOU'RE MY A STRANGER YOU
JUST EATING
NO WORRY ABOUT BEST | WOULDN'T BE
ONE MEAL
FOOD AROUND FRIEND. HERE NOW.
A DAY.
HERE.

HEY, SHIGEKO, YOU KNOW,

WHAT DO YOU FURUKAWA,
THINK OF OUR THE JAPANESE
WAR STRATEGY FORCES HAVE
à THIS TIME FINALLY
AROUNDP LANDED IN
AMERICA.

REALLYP!
I HAD NO
IDEA JAPAN
WAS THAT
STRONG...

HEH... HEE I...1 DON'T WHAT ABOUT AFTER ALL, WE DID

HEE...YES, THAT KNOW YOU, KIKUYOP CONQUER ASIA.
SOUNDS ABOUT ANYTHING со YOU AMERICA CAN'T BE
CONCURP
 THEN
AFTER
SUPPER,
FURUKAWA

OUTSIDE
THE
STORE-
HOUSE.

JUST
FOLLOW
SHIGEKO'S
EXAMPLE,
WOU LD LAY
INTO ME
FOR MY
BEHAVIOR.

POLICE
РАУ
БИ WOULD
US А VISIT.
 WISE, ГИ.

YOU SURE
ТООК YOUR TIME.
WHAT WERE
YOU DOING IN
ЕВЕР

THIS MAN IS SORRY. YOU

A DANGEROUS SEE, ІТ5 А BIG
CRIMINAL. AS HOUSE, AND...
‘SOON AS WE FIND
HIM, HE IS TO BE
EXECUTED!

YOU WOULDN'T
BE HIDING
A DESERTER,
WOULD YouP!

Ba

А
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CURRENTLY ОМ
THE LOOKOUT
FOR À MAN
NAMED SABURO
FURUKAWA!
 WELL, T'LL LISTEN, WE'VE
STILL HAVE RECEIVED A ТР!
TO LOOK SOMEBODY
AROUND!

NO, I TELL
YOU THERE
MUST'VE
BEEN SOME
MISTAKE!

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I ВЕТ HE'S
SHAKING SHOULD ро
IN HIS FOR THE
BOOTS BY NIGHT, DON'T
YOU THINK?

NEXT TIME I'LL YOU KNOW, YOU

COME UP WITH REPEAT THE SAME
SOMETHING NEW, STICKING TO OLD LINES EVERY
TO FREAK HIM OUT тоо TIGHT TIME. MAYBE YOU
EVEN BETTER. А SCRIPT MIGHT SHOULD IMPROVISE
CLUE HIM IN.
 МОТ А PROBLEM НЕВЕ,
AT ALL...YOUI TAMU OSHIMA.
но но
В,
но. WHAT DO
GARDEN В І АРРВЕСІАТЕ|| ТНАТО YOU SAY
PRODUCES THE as YOU COMING SURE ABOUT A FAKE
BEST VEGETABLES se Мел
THeАУ МАКЕ КОИ BEARDE
ARCUND: HERE'S i DABLE.
А ИТП |)
SOMETHING
FROM
us.

ANYWAY.
IT'S FUNNY. THE COUNTRY’S
ADERA,
FURUKAWA 16 BEEN RECOVER-
ene THE ONLY ONE ING RAPIDLY,
WHO'S STILL SINCE THE
UPHEAVAL IN

AUGUST 15,
1945...GEE, IS
IT EIGHT YEARS
ALREADY? AND EVEN
NOW HE'S STILL
OBLIVIOUS OF THE
CHANGES THAT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE.

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WELL...YOU
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COURSE, THE PAIR OF
IT WAS THEM DESERTED
FURUKAWA'S THE ARMY
IDEA. TOGETHER.

АКО YET
OSHIMA WAS
THE ONE WHO
WOUND UP BEING
CAUGHT.
FURUKAWA JUST
RAN, WITHOUT
HELPING HIM.

DESERTER,
OSHIMA WAS
SENTENCED
ТО WUEISO.*

SENT TO THE AR
WA
BY
DE
PU
SE
TH
OF
ON
*JU
MOST VIOLENT
FRONTLINE.

TOLD ME HE
WANTS TO
TAKE YOU AS
HIS BRIDE.

SHIGEKO,
со YOU
 I GET THE
AFTER THE FEELING
WAR ENDED, SHIGEKO MIGHT
I SAW HER BE IN LOVE WITH
CRYING FURUKAWA,
IN FRONT

DUMB WITH
ME. SAY
ФОМЕ-

FURUKAWA,
PLEASE...PLEASE
OPEN THE DOOR.
BECAUSE
YOU CAN'T
FORGET ABOUT
KIMIEP BUT
AFTER THAT, SHE'S DEAD...
I NEVER AND I'M АЦМЕ!
SAW HER
WHAT ABOUT MY
CRY AGAIN. FEELINGS?

THE MORE
I THOUGHT
GOING TO ABOUT IT, THE
KEEP THIS HARDER IT
WAS TO
TOLERATE.

HOW LONG
ARE YOU GOING
TO SHUT FURU-
KAWA UP IN
THAT STORE-
HOUSEP!
SHIGEKO...
HOW DO
YOU FEEL
 ‘SHH! DON'T
SHOUT LIKE
THAT! WHAT Z
IF HE š
HEARSP!

STICKING
OUTDATED
WARTIME
SLOGANS ALL
OVER THE

ОМУ CAN YOU

KEEP FURUKAWA
 BUT...DON'T YOU KIKUYO,
FEEL ANYTHING AT LISTEN...SURE,
ALL FOR KIMIEP I REALIZE НОМ
YOUR SISTER DIED ABSURD THIS
WHEN SHE WAS )) MUST LOOK.
ONLY EIGHTEEN.

KEEPING
HIM SHUT IN

SUMMER
OF 19цч,
FURUKAWA
DESERTED
WARTIME THE ARMY.
DISCIPLINE,
HE TOOK
FLIGHT.

FRIEND--
МУ
BROTHER.
 WITH OUR
PARENTS ФОМЕ,
THE FOUR OF US
LIVED TOGETHER,
TENDING OUR
РАВМ.

FURUKAWA!
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING
HEREP
I THOUGHT
YOU JOINED
THE ARMY.

THE WAR WAS:

INTENSIFYING, AND
FOOD WAS:
BECOMING SCARCE.
EVEN FOR FARMERS
LIKE US, THINGS
WEREN'T SO EASY.
TO MAKE MATTERS
WORSE, OUR
BROTHER--THE
COULDN'T PILLAR OF THE
ABANDON FAMILY--WAS STILL
His RECOVERING FROM
FRIEND, SO HIS INJURIES.
HE CHOSE
TO HIDE
HIM IN THE
STORE-
HOUSE.

367
 !
) IN
LATER ІІ) САБЕ OF
ON T'LL HAVE /⁄ EMERGENCY,
KIMIE BRING Z À SS THERE ARE
YOU UP À PLENTY OF
FUTON OR NOOKS AND
Two. = CRANNIES TO
HIDE AWAY |P.
IN...

/ мотвЕ
(А COMFORTABLE, |
|| Burt THINK IT's |
ШЫ —THE SAFEST |

ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE DON'T
WORRY
ABOUT IT.

I KNOW. те
EATING ME TO
THE CORE. ГМ
JUST NOT CUT
OUT FOR ARMY
 А PRETTY
ве HEIGHT
ВАСК АТ
ТНЕ
РАСТОВУ.
 BEGINNING, НЕ
АТЕ HIS MEALS
IN THE STORE-
HOUSE--JUST
TO BE SAFE. IT
WAS KIMIE'S
чов TO BRING
HIM FOOD.

FURU-
KAWAP I
BROUGHT
YOUR
MEAL.

AHH...KIMIE...
THANK YOU.

ACTUALLY,
ТО RATHER
YOU STAY
AND CHAT

16 THERE
ANYTHING.
 АМО ЕМЕВУ ПМЕ
SHE BROUGHT
HIM FOOD, SHE
SPENT A LITTLE
MORE TIME IN
THE STOREHOUSE.
 IVE BEEN
HERE FOR
ALONG
TIME NOW.

I WONDER
HOW LONG

YOU MUST
THINK I'M
PATHETIC...

ALL DAY LONG

OR MIMIC EVERY DAY,
THEY'D MAKE
ANIMALS THEY
US SIT AT OUR STRUCK ME...
ок DESKS AND IN THE ARMY,
INSECTS. PRETEND TO
THAT IS...
RIDE A BIKE...

EVERYONE
IN THE GROUP,
CICADAS-- EVERYONE
THOSE WERE PUNISHED
THE WORST,
FOR THE
BY FAR.
SMALLEST OF
MISTAKES.

372
 SHE'S х BROTHER,
GLUED TO КОР ER. KIMIE 15
FURUKAWA ACTING LIKE
A SLUT

WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING
THERE?!
 те му
FAULT...
DON'T
BLAME

FURUKAWA,
CONSIDER YOUR
POSITION. A DESERTER,
WHEN OUR COUNTRY
IS IN CRISIS.

IF YOU HAVE TIME р í HAVE YOU NO

TO CHAT WITH "Й SHAMEP те МОТ
WOMEN, HOW ABOUT 4 ў RIGHT РОВА
YOU SPEND IT 7 о SOCIAL OUTCAST
THINKING ABOUT THE LIKE YOU TO
FUTURE OF OUR FLIRT WITH A
COUNTRYP GIRL IN THE
4 5 BROAD
DAYLIGHT.
WERE I NOTA Hen
CRIPPLE, YOU'D
BETTER BELIEVE
I WOULD'VE
VOLUNTEERED MY
SERVICES LONG
AGO!

BROTHER, HOW SLY! HOW

YOU'VE Gor VERY CUNNING!
NO RIGHT TO АМО YOU CALL
TALK ТО YOURSELF
FURUKAWA UAPANESEP!

SHAMELESS
TART. 1 FORBID
YOU TO COME
ANYWHERE
NEAR THIS
ROOM
AGAIN!
DELIBERATELY

MYSELFP!
 AS MISFORTUNE
WOULD HAVE IT, AN
AMERICAN FIGHTER
APPEARED ABOVE
HER AT THAT
VERY MOMENT.

SINCE ТНАТ
мент,
FURUKAWA
HAS
LOCKED FURUKAWA!
THE DOOR COME OUT,
TIGHT AND BASTARD! š
REFUSED
TO LET
US IN.

SISTER...
SISTER!
FOR OUR |
PART, WE
WOULD YOU
HARDLY FREAKIN’
SET FOOT KILLED
IN THE КМЕ!!
STORE-
HOUSE.

376
 BUT...HOW
WAS THAT
FURUKAWA'S
FAULTP IT WAS
BAD LUCK, IS

FAULT!

HE'S THE KIND

OF MAN
RUN S OFFWHOAT
WHEN KIMIE
DIED, HE SHUT
THE SLIGHTEST HIMSELF IN AND
DIFFICULTY. АМО AVOIDED US
THEN
NERVEHETOHAD THE COMPLETELY.
SHOW
UP THREE
DAYS LATER.

THAT'S WHY "MAY I HAVE

INE DEDICATED SOMETHING
MY LIFE TO TO БАТР!
THAT'S ALL
HE SAID.

TO КМЕ.
 WHEN WAS THE THEY'RE
LAST TIME WE SAW HAVING
FIREwORKSP = FIREWORKS
IT WAS SO СА Т THE
LONG AGO. и VILLAGE.

LET'S TELL
HIM IT'S
BOMBING!

SHELTER AND
SHOVE HIM IN.
 ІМ USED Possess
TO IT NOW. A
тв STRONG
STRANGE, IN A DARK Ф) MIND,
BUT I FEEL STOREHOUSE, INDEED.
A CERTAIN DAY IN, DAY OUT,
TRANQUILITY || FoR YEARS ОМ
IN THERE. ЕМО...ГМ AMAZED 4

дыны, BES
Ба
YOU САМ КЕЕР 2
YOUR SANITY. РА,

U'RE JUST es: 7

АМО МОТ IN FACT, THE ОВЕАМ MUST ЩЕ

JUST THE LATELY, BE YOUR HONEST OREAM...WHERE JAPAN
CITIES. OUR AIR RAIDS WISH...STILL, FURU- 15 AT PEACE AND
FARMLAND 16 HAVE BEEN KAWA, IT DOESN'T % EVERYONE IS LIVING
ALSO UNDER DECIMATING LOOK LIKE THE 2 IN AFFLUENCE...WHERE
WAR WILL END P ІМ FREE АМО HAPPY,
ANYTIME SOON. RUNNING AROUND
LIKE A KID...
STILL, WE'D П-/ THAT'S
BETTER BE WORRISOME... YOU MEAN...
ON our || WE'RE AT
GUARD. RISK ТООР
THERE'S NO |
TELLING
WHEN OR
WHERE
THEY'LL

IN THEORY.
I GUESS THE NË
AMERICANS ARE Ұ
LAUNCHING THEIR
COUNTERATTACK.

YOUR FUTON COME TO THINK

HASN'T BEEN FURUKAWA, OF IT... THERE
CLEANED LET 2 WAS AN AIR RAID
IN AGES. ME AIR OUT HERE ONCE
YOUR ROOM BEFORE...
TONIGHT!

TOMORROW I'LL
PLACE KIMIE'S
PHOTO RIGHT
UP FRONT!
 ||
i

ДІ !
Á
А J,
[ИР
4 +
 ТНЕ FURUKAWA!
AMERICANS:
ARE
ATTACKING!

С)
КАме
М
ТІП
ЩІ
rm
|
| САМТ

ТНЕ
 соо, ном А
ANNOYING. HERE; ІЗЕТІНЕЕ
T'LL BREAK Я
IT DOWN. =
STEP ASIDE.

YOU FOOL!
МО NEED TO
YOURSELF

CASES
 ,
Ы >)

"ADERA...PLEASE
СМЕ МЕ...
IT'S МУ FAULT КМЕ DIED.
THE ONLY APOLOGY I CAN
OFFER IS MY OWN PITEOUS
LIFE...MARCH 12, 1945.
SABURO FURUKAWA.”
 THAT'S...TWO
DAYS AFTER
KIMIE DIED.

ІТ SEEMS...
HE DIED
EIGHT YEARS
AGO.
 ОРЕМ UP!
THIS 16
THE
MILITARY
POLICE!

WHAT TOOK
YOU SO
LONGP WHAT
YOU HAVE
BEEN UP TOP
YOU'RE
A NOT HIDING
DES ER,
ARE ERT
УОЦР!

WENE GO
DEFINITE
INYO
FOU'
RMRE
ATIOHIN
DING THAT
SABURO FURU
IN HERE. KAWA

7 RESISTANCE
Is
UsELEess!
JUST COME
ON OUT!