01 November 2013
A former worker at the Fukushima Daiichi site
has created a manga comic of his experiences in a new series.
【漫画】48歳の新人
元・原発作業員によるルポマンガ 福島第1での実体験描く
本作品はモーニング誌の新人賞である「MANGA
OPEN」の大賞を満場一致で受賞した。
Kazuto Tatsuta is one of several thousand people that
have worked since March 2011 to stabilise, clean up and decommission
the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Based on this first-hand
experience, he was motivated to create a manga to show the realities
of the site and the lives of the workers.
Entitled Ichiefu - the shorthand for the
Fukushima Daiichi site - the first frame explains, "This manga
does not intend to reveal the truth behind what happened at
Fukushima... this is the truth about Fukushima seen through the
author's eyes." The disclaimer prepares readers for an unusual
and sober depiction of the accident site and of normal people who
continue to work without extreme apprehension about radiation.
Workers are shown going through strict safety and
security routines, working among the water storage tanks and relaxing
in the basic facilities. They travel through the evacuation zone and
tsunami-damaged areas, encountering the farm animals that now roam
freely.
Tatsuta entered his work in publisher Kodansha's Manga
Open competition where it beat 322 other entries and received
unanimous approval from judges as the winner. The first issue of
Ichiefu appeared in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine
at the start of October and was positioned among the limited number
of full-colour pages. Yesterday Kodansha announced an intention to
continue publication on Tatsuta's schedule.
Researched and written
by World Nuclear News
by World Nuclear News
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(Image: Kazuto
Tatsuta)
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