Ano Hi, Boku Tachi Ha (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Born and raised in Hongo, Tokyo, Hiroshi enjoyed his daily life with his bad boy friends. However, the war changes his everyday life. Eerie special police, foreign friends who have disappeared, candy that has become a substitute for sweets, and a teacher who is all about militarism.... Despite these circumstances, Hiroshi and his friends saw the future. However, in March 1945, when they returned from an evacuation to take junior high school entrance exams, they were hit by an unprecedented air raid. This is the first autobiographical novel by the director of "Ultraman. It also includes a newly written middle story about the end of the war.

東京・本郷で生まれ育った弘は、悪ガキ仲間と毎日を謳歌していた。だが、戦争により日常は変わっていく。不気味な特高警察、姿を消した外国人の友人、代用品になったお菓子、軍国主義一辺倒の先生...。そんな中でも、弘たちは未来を見ていた。しかし1945年3月、中学受験のため疎開先から戻った彼らを襲ったのは、空前の大空襲だった―。「ウルトラマン」の監督がつづる初の自伝的小説。終戦後を描く渾身の書き下ろし中篇も収録。