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Nagasaki artist revitalizes stories of A-bomb survivors

BY TSUKASA KIMURA STAFF WRITER

photo：Manga artist Izumi Marumoto has published a series of "Manga de Yomu Nagasaki" based on the memories of survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. (Tsukasa Kimura) Manga artist Izumi Marumoto has published a series of "Manga de Yomu Nagasaki" based on the memories of survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. (Tsukasa Kimura)

photo：Two volumes of "Manga de Yomu Nagasaki," a comic series by Izumi Marumoto based on experiences of Nagasaki atoming bombing survivors (Tsukasa Kimura) Two volumes of "Manga de Yomu Nagasaki," a comic series by Izumi Marumoto based on experiences of Nagasaki atoming bombing survivors (Tsukasa Kimura)

NAGASAKI -- Nagasaki-born manga artist Izumi Marumoto had never fully engaged with the legacy of the atomic bomb that devastated her city some 20 years before she was born.

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