BarefootGenVolumeSeven―“BonesintoDust“―Genhasgrownoldenoughtothinkaboutthelegacyofthevictimsoftheatomicbombing.PickingupfromVolumeSix,thestoryopenswithGensearchingforaprinterwillingtopublishaneyewitnessaccountofthebombingwrittenby“Papa,“thejournalistwhoservesasafatherfiguretoGen’swarorphanfriends.ByhookandcrookGenandRyutamanagetogetthebookprintedanddistributed,onlytoarousethewrathofU.S.Armycensors,whoteachthemahardlessonaboutthepoliticsofmemory.Meanwhile,Gen’sbrotherKojireturnshomeatlast,onlytofindthattheirmotherisonherdeathbed.
