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In the summer of 1945, this pair of brother and sister leaves a story that makes the world people shed tears. When the firefly is dead, the couple of brother and sister are sad for it. But when the brother and sister die, who will shed tears for them? At the end of World War II, the flames of war arrive in Japan. A pair of brother and sister who lose their parents and come across cold reception of their relatives are forced to hide in a deserted hole and suffer from hunger and cold. His greatest wish is to support his sister and chase the beautiful little fluorescent light with her. But his sister dies because of long-term malnutrition. On the night of September 21st, he also dies quietly like falling asleep. At the moment, the fluorescent lights are flickering.
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I don't think I would ever get bored of reading historical fiction which has the theme of war. This was recommended to me by my sister who used to think that an anime movie couldn't make her feel deep emotion(hate excluded) but after watching the movie she was so impressed by it that she bugged me so much for watching it. I am not a big fan of watching movies and I know behind every excellent movie there's a book on which it was based. So I found this semi-autobiographical short story and omg it was so much sad and heartbreaking that Even my robot-like brain was malfunctioning with grief and sadness (I'm kidding, I am actually very empathetic). It certainly doesn't help that it was semi-autobiographical too. All of these stories remind me every time that how wars destroy the lives of people who were the most passive about taking any decisions about them. Things that drew my attention most were -their sibling bond and how the timeline of the story was reversed so we already know what's going to happen at the end, how maturely Seita acted (despite being so young himself)to keep him safe.The compatibility of the title. I wish I knew enough Japanese to read this story in its original version. No thoughts, only sadness :sadpeace: