Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Cover of Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths as published by Drawn & Quarterly
総員玉砕せよ!
(Sōin Gyokusai Seyo!)
GenreWar,[1][2] autobiographical[3][4]
Manga
Written byShigeru Mizuki
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineShūkan Gendai
Published1973
Volumes1
Television drama
Kitarō ga Mita Gyokusai: Mizuki Shigeru no Sensō
Produced byTsuyoshi Yanagawa
Written byTakuya Nishioka
Original networkNHK General TV
Original runAugust 12, 2007
Episodes1

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Japanese: 総員玉砕せよ!, Hepburn: Sōin Gyokusai Seyo!, literally "Whole Unit Ought to Fight to Death!")[note 1] is a one-shot manga written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. In it, Mizuki describes his experiences as a soldier participating in the New Guinea campaign during World War II. He portrays the final weeks of his infantry service as the soldiers were instructed to die for their country to avoid the dishonor of survival.

The manga was first published in Kodansha magazine Shūkan Gendai in 1973, based on Mizuki's work of 1970. After being translated and published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2011, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths has been well received by English-speaking critics. It also received awards in France and in the United States, and was adapted into a television drama in 2007 by Japanese broadcaster NHK.

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