Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the ...

Barefoot Gen recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book's themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war's realiti...

After Roue accidentally activates Chrome without a base program, what is essentially a robot’s soul, she and Uncle Zett invite him into their makeshift family and encourage him to choose his own purpose. B...

1950s Japan. Ex-soldier, Seishirou, is working as a waiter in a cabaret near an American military base, passing his days in a stagnant cycle. One day, he is approached by Jim, an American soldier who speaks ...

"If you work, you lose", such is what Toru mutters to his younger sister, Akari. In this peaceful world, Toru's daily life is filled with despair. One day, Toru happens to meet Chaika, a girl who carries a...

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 ...