Peleliu Guernica Of Paradise

peleliu – rakuen no guernica follows the daily lives of japanese soldiers taking part in the battle of peleliu during world war ii: a high-casualty, months-long campaign. the main character, tamaru, dreams of returning home to become a mangaka, and sees their island outpost as a wild paradise that can one day be used as a setting for one of his stories. most of his comrades, however, are prepared for the more realistic scenario — that they will not be leaving peleliu alive.