humanity has ever seen, full of the most atrocious things one could ever think of, it's no wonder chinese and koreans have a lot of ressentment from Japan, i mean, they ruined their countries and their citizens for long long years. That period in case you didn't know was one of the most brutal episodes In this manhwa Keum Suk Gendry Kim interviews an old lady from Korea who were forced to work into "Comfort Houses" or without euphemisms, brothels, during the Second War, amidst the japanese invasion. Grass is a multi prized manhwa that deserves every single one of them, it's more than just a book, it's a lesson, it's a mark that can't ever by overlooked or forgotten, it tells a story that cannot be lost for the sake of justice and humanity. Oh My God This Is The Saddest Thing I've Ever Read. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.
The cartoonist Gendry-Kim's interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee's wartime suffering changed her.
Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. EditSynopsis Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War-a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history.īeginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans.
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