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Balaskas β Little Boy, August 6 (Barefoot Gen tribute)
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Published: 2015-03-21 15:56:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 26197; Favourites: 906; Downloads: 0
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digital paint, Mar 2015A personal piece based on Keiji Nakazawa's semi-autobiographical story of surviving the atomic attack on Hiroshima, Japan. This scene is when the main character, 6 year old "Gen", first sees one of the horribly injured victims and begins to grasp the scale of the incident. The victim's appearance is based on Keiji's and Dr. Shuntaro Hida's eye-witness accounts which describe the condition of people who had suffered massive fatal and traumatic injuries yet managed to live for a short time, in some cases walking several kilometers before dying.
I originally found the book on the shelf of my elementary school and it's graphic imagery burned itself into my memory. Now that I'm mature enough to understand the true horror and extent of suffering, it's even more disturbing. The title refers both to young Gen and the name of the weapon unleashed that day.
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How in God's name did they SURVIVE an atomic blast?Β They were supposed to be dead in less than a NANO-SECOND, vaporized instantly!Β That's what they taught us in America!Β The only thing left were shadows on a wall behind them!
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If you were close to the blast yes. There is even a shadow of someone who basically got little boy dropped on his head. But if you where behind cover or farther away the end became slow and painful. The Japanese called them "Ant Walker Aligators" (translation) because their skin looked more like a cross between and ant and an alligator then actual human skin. Non Japanese referredΒ to them as "Hiroshima Zombies"Β
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Well, the author of the book says he only survived because he was standing behind a concrete wall that shielded him from the blast. People could also have survived because of the distance from ground zero. I highly recommend reading the manga series, it taught me a whole lot about atomic bombs that I never even imagined was possible.Β
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I had a dream about it today, something like this, but I was the burned guy...
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do you sell this as a print? i love this so much!
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Vision of what's to come about 5 years from now....!
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Don't you feel stupid now?
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This is probaly my favorite manga. I cried ;w;
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Holy Shit. There is nothing but black and red, fire and ash. But what's really heart stopping is that burned, shuffling victim, straight out of a goddamn nightmare. I can't express how great that victim looks, I don't know if maybe it looks too fantastical, but I can say that the horror of whats happening, what happened, is forever stamped in our minds when we look at that...thing.
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if i'm not mistaken that's literally what they looked like
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I just watched some of the most graphic documentaries on WW2 and the bombs dropped on Japan.....all the soldiers who died in that horrible war, all the people that died in the concentration camps, all the people that where turned to dust by those bombs.....it makes my stomache twist in on itself.
And I can't keep myself from crying, never again do I hope such a conflict and disasters have to happen....
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I'll admit the movie was torment to watch, but when I was able to I took it in and held it deeply. Not one person I know could describe and show such horror while still trying to keep bright with the innocent face of a child and his strength to pull through. Not one person I know could go through that and somehow come out in one piece of mind or body.
You see a corpse come walking towards you, that corpse was maybe your neighbor or a family member. Perhaps a store owner or a police officer, but you'll never know who they were only what they are now. A dying person melting away and calling for help while a boy watches them whittle down.Β
That's what I take of the image, nothing but hell's fire itself and yet I have no reason to blame any side for this. I couldn't have stopped it anyhow, and there's no use crying over the past and trying to change what can't be. Millions were lost, but thankfully the guy who made this could tell their story, their sad sad story.
Thanks so much for such wonderful art...
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Nice picture. Very nice. I like the look of the destruction. I also find the motion of the flames and embers rather captivating.
I've also read the book, and while it was fascinating, the only thing I could ever get from it is that it really sucks to be hit with an atomic bomb.
If I'm honest, I don't really get any emotion from it due in part to the fact that I can't sympathize with the victims.
As it were, the Japanese citizenry was gearing up towards all out war against American soldiers should there be an invasion of the mainland.
This means there were no civilians. They were partisan combatants. Every civilian age five to one-hundred-five was pressed into service, given weapons ranging from old muzzle loaders all the way to spears and kitchen knives, and drilled in daily combat exercises.
As it stands, from an objective point, more people were saved by dropping the atomic ordinances upon both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
There were terrible results, yes, but at the very least, the Japanese people weren't wiped from existence as their fatalistic national ethos trended towards.
I don't say this in defense of what was done. But I don't condemn it either. The American's were waging a war the likes of which had never been truly experienced since the days of the Assyrian conquests - a war of absolute annihilation, brought about by the Japanese culture of nihilism.
Once again, excellent picture; truly breath taking.
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My sheer horror after founding Genbaku Dome on the horizon and realizing what this piece represents (before reading the title and description) is greatest praise possible. Hat off my head for you, Balaskas, and for every person dead or traumatized in this tragedy.
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The film traumatized me. I already knew what nuclear weapons did to people, but seeing it even in animated form, was just terrifying. Not only that, but the titular character's struggle through the bombing was extremely heartbreaking.Β
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They will curse the day they did such a thing. If Barefoot Gen had a little more focus on the perspective of the crew of the Enola Gay, we would have gotten a chance to see Robert A. Lewis say "My God, what have we done?" and then the rest of the crew share guilty expressions before going back to Gen as he starts looking for his family.
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Not all of the crew felt guilty. I remember their was an interview with the navigator (last one alive) and he said he'd do it again. And I've heard did bits here and their that he was not alone (especially if you count Nagasaki's bomber)Β
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When I first saw this, my thoughts were it was of some hell or demonic domain, and that was a zombie like being. The more I looked at it, the more I realized that no, that is some kind of attack, and that being there is a victim, near dead. Then, today I look at it again, and read the description, really slamming it home into context, and the full weight of the torture, agony, immense pain and suffering hit home. This is a ridiculously powerful piece, and I get very disturbed looking at that victim. I can only imagine what one must go through if even still aware in a moment like that. The shock of what happened. The certainty of death, the pain--if any nerves are left alive to feel pain--the horror of knowing . . .
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The colours, glows, details and the concept are incredible, congrats.
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So sad. Biggest terrorist act in recent history. Why bomb civilians with a nuclear bomb? Only spineless wimps would do such a thing. I need to get round to watching my copy of Barefoot Gen.Β
I really love how the only light source in the pic is the fire. The way everything is lit is brilliant. Is that the famous Cathedral in the distance?
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No, that's the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotional Hall. More commonly referred to as Atomic Bomb Dome one of the few surviving structures. Now part of the Hiroshima peace memorial. It was never a cathedral. Though Nagasaki (where they dropped Fat Man) did have a sizable Catholic community.Β
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Fuck Truman, honestly.
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He just, you know, got us out of WW2.
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Those bombs ended the bloodiest war in human history. Letting it drag would have been much worse.
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I know what you're saying. However, bombing a civilian target can never be justified. There were military targets all over the world at the time to choose from. And also, it's the classic case of, "two wrongs don't make a right".
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki were major industrial cities. Destroying them hurt Japan's military capacity.Β
It sucks that so many people died, but you've gotta understand the rules of the Geneva convention didn't apply at this time. Those bombs also warned the world just how apocalyptic a nuclear war would be. Probably one of the reasons why they've never been used since.Β
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