From the author of "Manga from That Day,"

Hisashi Shiriagari,

inspired by Chernobyl, presents a powerful work dedicated to living in a "new era."

This is his ultimate masterpiece, dedicated to all life.

The new edition of "Gerogero Pooka" has arrived.

"I feel sick, I want to rest somewhere."

It's a line I feel I've heard before,

but feeling sick from reading manga

is something that has almost never happened to me until now.

I don't have a habit of reading manga,

but I do read Hisashi Shiriagari's manga.

I feel sick, but I read it.

This feeling of sickness. Other examples include

when encountering a documentary that exposes a terrifying truth,
but Hisashi Shiriagari's manga is fiction.

Nevertheless, when I encounter his manga,

I find myself drawing upon my entire life's experience, mobilizing all my imagination, and inevitably, undeniably, unbearably,

I am forced to confront my entire life's experience, mobilizing all my imagination, and inevitably, undeniably, unbearably,

I feel sick.

Perhaps it's because Hisashi Shiriagari's works

are "real."

I've only recently come to understand this.



In other words, if you're an adult, please read it without complaint!

I earnestly implore you.

Because I can't cry. Even though I want to cry, even though I want to cry, this manga...







← Diary-T 261–265