YOMITAIJump titlesBarefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen
はだしのゲン
- Volumes
- 📚 10 vols
- Publication
- 📅 1973–1987
- Reading time
- ⏱ about 4–6 hr
Status: Completed / Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump / Chobunsha
Overview (spoiler-free)
Synopsis
In Hiroshima at the end of World War II, schoolboy Gen Nakaoka survives the atomic bombing of August 6, 1945, losing family while enduring the harsh postwar chaos in this autobiographical antiwar story.
Spoiler-free editorial summary.
Reading-time estimate
⏱ about 4–6 hr
About 1 week at 5 hours per week
Basis: Volumes × 30 minutes per volume. This is an estimate, not an official figure.
Series profile
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Romance
- Mystery
- Dark
Tag-derived profile (0–100), provided as a quick guide to the series' tone and style.
Series information
- Original title
- はだしのゲン
- Volumes
- 10
- Publication
- 1973–1987
- Creators
- Nakazawa Keiji (Story & art)
- Creator metadata
- MangaDex source record
- Publication family
- Jump titles
- Magazine / platform
- Weekly Shonen Jump
- Publisher
- Chobunsha
- English title source
- MangaDex (international)
- Cover metadata
- MangaDex