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Your grandfather was a coward. That is the angry recollection with which a former Zero fighter pilot greets two Japanese siblings who, typically, despite being educated, know next to nothing about a defining war in the Pacific that took place within living memory. The testimony rattles and confuses aspiring lawyer Kentaro and newly minted journalist Keiko since virtually the only fact they've grown up hearing about Kyuzo Miyabe is that he died a kamikaze. When the young pair digs deeper into the man's past, other surviving comrades only seem to confirm the verdict, but its very import begins to shift in surprising ways. In addition to providing a window into the experiences of the losing side's flyboys and a frank look at contemporary Japan's amnesia regarding the war, this novel also undertakes a blistering critique of the folly and inhumanity of the Imperial Navy and Army and a nuanced exploration of the differences between kamikaze pilots and today's suicide bombers. At its core, however, it is a mystery of sorts about a long-dead man's actions and intentions and a reconfiguration of the meaning of wartime loyalty and sacrifice. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

Set in the near future, as the Earth reaches its end due to environmental pollution, the planet wakes up its ancient sleeping guardian. This guardian just happens to be a flower-like biological weapon that attacks mankind in an attempt to destroy civilization. An all-out battle begins between the surviving humans and the Earth itself. Just as poor rookie pilot, Kay, gets their first assignments, they encounter a different type of guardian. Can this discovery help them defeat Earth's guardian? Or will they just destroy both themselves and their home world altogether? (Source: Comikey Media)

The story takes place in the midst of the Greater East Asia War. Rokurou Atsutani is assigned to Rabaul Air Base, a fortress on the front lines feared as an impregnable stronghold of the air corps. There, he meets Tsune Kotohira, the Five Stars of Rabaul. Though an exceptionally skilled pilot, Tsune's constant brawling and troublesome behavior have made him difficult for his superiors to handle. Rokurou is assigned to partner with him aboard the Gekko night fighter. As they live and fight together, Rokurou gradually comes to understand Tsune's kindness and the feelings he keeps hidden, and finds himself drawn to him... "Will you die with me... up there in the sky?" With the shadow of defeat drawing ever closer, the two struggle to survive amid the brutal realities of war. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

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A platoon of 30 members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces undergoing an exercise on the border between Niigata and Toyama prefectures travels back in time to the Sengoku period 400 years ago while carrying the latest equipment. Using modern weapons, he challenges Takeda Shingen's 20,000-man army. (Source: MU)

In a joint operation with the US military, the transport ship "Osumi" sailing in the Sea of Japan transcends time and space and drifts ashore off the coast of Tsuruga. An encounter with Sengoku daimyo Yoshitsugu Otani will change the fate of the surviving SDF personnel. (Source: MU)