I Saw It (6)

I read Maus many years ago and I was originally was going to re-read it because I thought why not? I'm glad I decided to step back and say let's read something new so I picked I Saw It since I thought it was an interesting title and wow I did not expect it to be about a survivor's story about the bombing of Hiroshima. I thought Nakazawa's intro to his story was interesting on how he started it in the present and then when he reminisces about his mom and begins his actual story on how he survived and his experience of the after-effects of the bombing of Hiroshima. I enjoyed the transition because to me it was very cinematic on how he laid it out. I liked that in the beginning despite the constant threat of an air raid Nakazawa saw some positivity in that situation and I liked that since it's very much the perspective you would have a kid since as kids we tend to find some way to see positivity in things despite the situations and children tend to adapt to their situation faster than adults. As he continues I couldn't help the feeling of dread of when he said as he was going to school and that it would be the last time he would see his father, sister, and little brother; and just in a flash everything changes because of the A-bomb and it's horrific like I knew of the events of Hiroshima but I can't imagine what it was like for Nakazawa or anyone could experience the horror seeing people suffer like that it's terrible. Then when it shifted to his mother's perspective I hated it, not the story, I hated that she had to suffer and had the power to do nothing as her family dies and her inner dialog is heartbreaking. This comic got me pretty emotional because of the horrible experience his family had to go through along with the tribulations of him growing up with what is left of his family. I am of Asian heritage so what his family goes through I very much resonate with because family is such a core to our culture it is so ingrained in me that one day I have to take care of my parents like they took care of me because they provided for me and gave me the life I have now, so reading Nakazawa talks about how he wants a better future for his mom and wants her to have an easy life I truly feel that because I constantly think in the back of my head I have to work so hard in school and to get a job so I won't be a burden to my parents and hopefully one day I could provide for them as well. I Saw it... I don't know what else to say, it's a great comic it got to me emotionally and opened the perspective of that tragedy, looking on the other side of things and getting the perspective of it, I wouldn't wish that on any country and it's horrific it happened.