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Showa: A History of Japan #[1]
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Prologue
Naoharu Kataokabusinessmenearthquake sufferers
Lost
Shigeru MizukiNonNonBaShigeru's father
The First Radios
Labor union membersradio audiencebook buyersRyunosuke AkutagawaHideyo NoguchiKanzo Uchimura
The First Time I Ate Sazae
Shigeru MizukiNonnonba
Father's Incident
Shigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherShigeru's mother
Public Security
Giichi TanakabusinessmenJapanese votersNarrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]
The Huanggutun Incident
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Japanese businessmenChinese civiliansZhang XueliangGiichi Tanaka
The Gang
Shigeru MizukiBoy General [Masayan]GorzunMitsuMusaKumaShigeru's father
Father Goes to Osaka
Shigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherShigeru's motherschoolchildrenteacherprincipalNonNonBa
The Showa Great Depression
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Mikio OdaWall Street brokers
Blood and Gold
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiTatsuji Mura (Shigeru's grandfather)HikoichiShigeru's fatherLeague of Blood
The London Naval Treaty
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukidiplomatsJapanese citizensright-wing terroristsOsachi HamaguchiTomeo SagoyaHikochiShigeru's fatherunemployed workers
Chimney Man
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiNonNonBaBetobeto-sanstriking workers"Chimney Man"Hujibo Kawasaki executivesYutakaYutaka's fatherShigeru's classmates
The Farmer's Tragedy
Tohoku farmersKosaburo TachibanaSeikyo Gondo
The Great Kids' War
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiNekoyasuTakeyasu gangEsaki gangGegeMasuBoy General
The Mukden Incident
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shintaro NakamuraSeishiro ItagakiKanji IshiwaraChinese soldiersJapanese soldiers
The Great Debate
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Toshihiro ObataTetsuzan Nogata
The Death of NonNonBa
NonNonBaShigeru MizukiShigeru's brothersJapanese soldiersKorean CommunistsManchurian farmers
The Wanpaoshan Incident
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Korean farmersChinese farmersJapanese soldiersJiro TamonZhang Xueliang
Hidarugami
Shigeru MizukiNekoyasuhidarugami
The Shanghai Incident
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Seishiro ItagakiYoshiko Kawashima [Jin Bihui]Emperor Puyi [Pu-Yi]Ryukichi Tanakathe Human Bullets [Susumu KitagawaTakeji EshitaInosuke Sakue]
The Southern Islands
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherShigeru's grandfatherHikoichiShigeru's brotherNorakuro (cameo)
The Foundation of Manchukuo
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Kanji IshiwaraKenji DoiharaEmperor Puyi [Pu-Yi]Japanese civiliansShigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherShigeru's great-uncleShumei Okawa
The Bath
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiTsuyoshi InukaiJapanese naval officers
Mount Mihara
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Goro ChoshoYaeko YuyamaMr. BettoShigeru's mother
Withdrawal
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Earl of LyttonJapanese civiliansYosuke MatsuokaAdolf Hitlerbank robbersJapanese CommunistsYutaka MiyazawaYukitoki TakigawaMuneki MinodaIchihiro HatoyamaShigenau KoinishiMineki MinodaTatsukichi MinobeTakikio MizuoneTetsuzan NagataSaburo AiuzawaShigeru's father
The February 26 Incident
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Kodoha Faction soldiersMitsugi NishidaShigeru MizukiHis Imperial Majesty the Showa Emperor HirohitoSada Abe
United Front
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Chiang Kai-ShekZhang XueliangZhou EnlaiShigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherShigeru's motherShigeru's bossesShigeru's teacherJapanese soldiersChinese soldiersMongolian soldiers
Entering Nanjing
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Yoshiko OkadaRyokichi SugimotoShigeru MizukiShigeru's motherteachersChinese soldiersJapanese soldiers
Our Own Mistake
Narrator [Nezumi OtokoRat Man]Shigeru MizukiShigeru's fatherJapanese soldiersRussian soldiersGeorgy ZhukovHideki Tojo
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Full credits
writer, artist, inker Shigeru Mizuki
writer Zack Davisson (translator)
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