The Sino-Japanese War - The Shōwa Era "3" - Mizuki Shigeru

"Expansion... or colonization, if you wish to call it that. It begins with sublime slogans flying their wings in the sky, and ends with a bitter reality that words cannot describe. This is how the beginning was in this part, as Japan embarked on incursions into Asia and occupied its cities one after another, from Malaysia to Singapore, and from Hong Kong to the Philippines, and of course, as is the case with every occupation, it begins with the occupation of hearts, so Japan woos the people and presidents of Asian countries, at times by enticing the hoped-for “Asian prosperity” and at other times by intimidating the overwhelming Japanese military power, and here comes the question that is repeated Throughout the ages, what is the concept of betrayal?

Here appears the young Mizuki, who strives in these circumstances to obtain his daily sustenance and fulfill himself, but the winds blow in what the ships do not desire, as life surprises him with events that completely change his course, and he finds himself in the midst of new circumstances that he does not know how they became or why, as a result of which he loses the sense of his ambitions and his vision. the future, and sees the world as he has never seen it before.

Pages: 280

Publisher: Juice Books