Manga Comic: The Boy and The Heron (How Do You Live?)

[Machine Translation] The story of Mr. Kopel and his uncle, who continue to seek what they should be as human beings. A historical classic that continues to shine even 80 years after its publication, now for the first time in manga form! Since its publication in 1937, Genzaburo Yoshino's masterpiece "How Do You Live? The book, which encourages readers to think naturally about how we should live as human beings while enjoying reading it, has been welcomed with sympathy by many adults as well as children. The main characters, Mr. Kopel and his uncle, sincerely face the same themes of life: courage, bullying, poverty, inequality, and culture, which have not changed in the past. Their attitude shows us many words that can be used as a guideline for how to live. Such a timeless classic has been brought back to life in the form of a comic book, retaining all the qualities of the original work. We hope that those who have read this book for the first time, as well as those who have read it several times, will pick it up once and use it as an opportunity to reconsider their lives.

人間としてあるべき姿を求め続けるコペル君とおじさんの物語。出版後80年経った今も輝き続ける歴史的名著が、初のマンガ化! 1937年に出版されて以来、数多くの人に読み継がれてきた、吉野源三郎さんの名作「君たちはどう生きるか」。人間としてどう生きればいいのか、楽しく読んでいるうちに自然と考えるように書かれた本書は、子供はもちろん多くの大人たちにも共感をもって迎えられてきました。勇気、いじめ、貧困、格差、教養、、昔も今も変わらない人生のテーマに真摯に向き合う主人公のコペル君と叔父さん。二人の姿勢には、生き方の指針となる言葉が数多く示されています。そんな時代を超えた名著が、原作の良さをそのままに、マンガの形で、今に蘇りました。初めて読む人はもちろん、何度か読んだことのある人も、一度手にとって、人生を見つめ直すきっかけにしてほしい一冊です。