“WWII story of Okinawan schoolgirl nurses facing trauma, loss, and survival in battlefield caves during total war.”
Cocoon
コクーン
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Synopsis
WWII story of Okinawan schoolgirl nurses facing trauma, loss, and survival in battlefield caves during total war.
A heart-wrenching chronicle of loss and resilience based on the true story of the Himeyuri corps of student nurses in WWII. San and her best friend Mayu attend a boarding school for girls in Okinawa, but their studies are interrupted when they and the other students are recruited to help the war effort as assistant nurses. Sent to the front lines, the girls must deal with more than just the threat of enemy bombs overhead. Stuck working in the horrifying caves of a field hospital, San wishes she could wrap herself and her friends in a cocoon of protection. But invisible threads of affection are no match for the carnage that surrounds them, and day by day, more students perish. Worn down by starvation and loss, what will San and her remaining friends do when they are told to find their way home through the fields of total war? (Source: VIZ Media)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
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σ 1.48 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Jul 2021 → May 2025
- 8 “Warning: this manga has gore in it This manga is an emotional rollercoaster, at first, it looks like a slice of life manga however the true horror starts to happen later on. This story takes place...”
- 7 “The story is told from the point of view of some young students, who find themselves acting as nurses to wounded soldiers to help their city. Many of these girls therefore have no manual skills in...”
- 9 “From the 3rd chapter to the end, my face was scrunched up in horror. The manga is extremely uncomfortable and uncensored. The author does an incredible job depecting adolescence in something as...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published May 2008 – Jul 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18728 catalog