Kiji Muna Kids Manga Jo

[Machine Translation] Up-and-coming manga artist Shun Yokoyama's powerful brushwork depicts the autobiographical story of Shozo Uehara, legendary scenario writer for Ultraman and other special effects hero stories. The long-awaited manga adaptation of the work that won the 33rd Tsubota Joji Literary Award! In post-defeat Okinawa, the boys did their best to survive! The main character "Hanner" is a bit timid, "Sunday" is a mysterious boy who smokes even though he is in elementary school, "Beagua" lost his parents in the Battle of Okinawa and can only hear goats crying, "Po Po" lost his mother, brother, and right arm, and "Habujiro" lives with an old man who is a master habu-catcher. The five elementary school students (Kijimuna kids) have built a secret base "Kijimuna House" on a banyan tree on the sacred Utaki (Mt. Ontake) and have made it their home. They will do anything to survive and take back what was taken from them. Each day is an adventure filled with tension. Each day is an adventure filled with tension. On the other hand, there is "Yoka-sensei," who asks "What is freedom?" in class; "Amawari," a war king who dreams of restoring Okinawa; "Hal," a madonna who dreams of establishing an orphanage while selling herself; and "Majimun (ghost)," who continues to wear a Japanese military uniform after the war and collects the remains of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa in a cave, polishing them and collecting them in his cave. Sergeant Frimun (Mad)", who is called "Majimun (Ghost)" and collects the remains of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa in his cave wearing Japanese military uniform after the war. Through their encounters with these adults, the boys come into contact with the "spirit (mabui)" of Okinawa. However, farewells come. A brief moment of boyhood is over, and they begin to climb the stairs to young adulthood.

ウルトラマン、特撮ヒーローものの伝説のシナリオライター上原正三さんによる自伝的物語を、気鋭の漫画家・横山旬さんが迫力の筆致で描く――。第33回坪田譲治文学賞受賞作品、待望の漫画化!敗戦後の沖縄、少年たちは全力で生き抜いた!主人公のちょっと臆病な「ハナー」、小学生なのにタバコを吸う謎の少年「サンデー」、沖縄戦で両親を失いヤギの泣き声しか発しなくなった絵の好きな「ベーグァ」、同じく沖縄戦で母親と兄、それから右腕を失った「ポーポー」、ハブ捕り名人のオジイと暮らす「ハブジロー」。5人の小学生たち〈キジムナーkids〉は、聖なる御嶽のガジュマルの樹上に秘密基地「キジムナーハウス」をつくり根城としている。生きるためならなんでもやる、奪われたところから奪い返す―米軍物資のかっぱらいで危険な目に遭いながら「戦果」をあげたり、葬式の場で踊りを披露してご馳走にありついたり、それぞれの物語を背負いながら、少年たちは米軍政下の沖縄でたくましく生きている。緊張感に満ちた冒険の毎日。いっぽう、授業で「自由とは何か」と問いつづける「ヨカ先生」、沖縄復興の夢を見るあこがれの戦果王「アマワリ」、身を売りながらも孤児院の設立を夢見ているマドンナ的存在「ハル」、そして、戦後も日本軍の軍服を着て沖縄戦で亡くなった人たちの遺骨を磨き、洞窟に集めている「マジムン(亡霊)」と呼ばれる「フリムン(きちがい)軍曹」。そんなおとなたちとの出会いをとおして、少年たちは沖縄の「魂(マブイ)」に触れることになる。しかし別れは訪れる。ほんの短い少年時代のひとときが終わり、若者への階段をのぼりはじめる。