“Japan's rapid militarization begins after an affair and a tanker sinking spark military intervention in Indonesia.”
Gunka no Hibiki
軍靴の響き
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Japan's rapid militarization begins after an affair and a tanker sinking spark military intervention in Indonesia.
One morning, advertising man Muroi wakes with the married woman he is having an affair with, Yoshiko, to hear the stunning news that a Japanese tanker was sunk by Indonesian guerillas—the tanker captained by Yoshiko's husband. The SDF dispatches troops to intervene in Indonesia, and before long, Japan has a Ministry of War, a revival of conscription, and is beginning to return to how it once was...
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A Manga Publication
- Format 17 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 16m approx
- Published Jan 1975 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M29334 catalog