History NightmareFuel / BarefootGen

* [[ParanoiaFuel The idea that your whole life could be turned upside-down and darn near everything you know destroyed in ''seconds'']]...all because of some enemy nation's AppliedPhlebotinum.

* The idea that your whole life could be turned upside-down and darn near everything you know destroyed in ''seconds''...all because of some enemy nation's AppliedPhlebotinum.

* Well, the whole film, as it ''is'' meant to show that WarIsHell, after all. But especially the living "zombies", and the fact that they were ''not'' zombies, but people who were badly injured (and most likely disoriented). The skin burning off and eyes melting out of sockets is BEYOND horrifying. Other disturbing details include corpses bloating up in the hot sun and sometimes rupturing, as well as the guy who shambles about dragging his intestines behind him.

* Well, the whole film, as it ''is'' meant to show that WarIsHell, after all. But especially the living "zombies", and the fact that they were ''not'' zombies, but people who were badly injured (and most likely disoriented). The skin melting off and eyes melting out of sockets is beyond horrifying. Other horrific details include corpses bloating up in the hot sun and sometimes rupturing, as well as the guy who shambles about dragging his intestines behind him.

->''"I hope that children seeing the animated version would be traumatized and learn to despise the Atom Bomb"''

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[[caption-width-right:316:Witnessing anything past this image will ruin your entire week.]]

* Well, the whole film, as it ''is'' meant to show that WarIsHell, after all. But especially the living "zombies", and the fact that they were ''not'' zombies, but people who were badly injured (and most likely disoriented). The skin melting off and eyes melting out of sockets is beyond horrifying.
** Other horrific details include corpses bloating up in the hot sun and sometimes rupturing, as well as the guy who shambles about dragging his intestines behind him.

** In addition to that, although it is mercifully brief, Gen's mother Kimie's expression during her momentary insanity is downright ''terrifying''. This, her [[MadnessMantra madness mantra]] and insane laughter underscore how utterly alone Gen is at that moment, with his mother incapable of taking care of herself, let alone of Gen, and with the flames closing in on them. Is Her 100 mile stare the earliest stages of PTSD?

-->-- '''Keiji Nakazawa''' on the anime version scarring children in classrooms with the anime of ''Barefoot Gen''

--'''Keiji Nakazawa on the anime version scarring children in classrooms with the anime of ''Barefoot Gen'''''

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** In addition to that, although it is mercifully brief, Gen's mother Kimie's expression during her momentary insanity is downright ''terrifying''. This, her [[MadnessMantra madness mantra]] and insane laughter underscore how utterly alone Gen is at that moment, with his mother incapable of taking care of herself, let alone of Gen, and with the flames closing in on them.

** Just as bad, if not worse, is the scene of the dog trying to flee in terror. Most of the people shown have so little time to process what's happening that they can barely react, if at all. The dog, however, can tell that there is danger coming and tries in vain to run for its life. Poor doggy...

* The depiction of the bomb's actual explosion and all the living zombies is terrible enough, but the most personal instance has to be when Gen runs back to his home to find his entire family except his mother trapped under their burning home. Neither of them can lift the debris off of them. After his father convinces Gen and Kimie to get away from the fire, the two watch as the other three burn to death, his sister and brother pleading for help the entire time. It's no wonder Kimie goes temporarily insane after watching that.
* That said, the scene of people melting as the bomb strikes--particularly the woman holding a baby--is downright horrifying, and only made worse by the fact that it goes on, and on, and on.

* The suspense that begins once Gen's hair starts falling out after the bomb detonates. Most likely, this was caused in strong part by atomic radiation in the area (although other factors, such as immense stress, could have arguably played a role). What other effects, both short-term and long-term, will Gen suffer from thanks to his exposure to radiation? Reading the story for the first time, this Troper half-expected it to end with a young boy dying a slow and painful death.

** Just as bad, if not worse for, is the scene of the dog trying to flee in terror. Most of the people shown have so little time to process what's happening that they can barely react, if at all. The dog, however, can tell that there is danger coming and tries in vain to run for its life. Poor doggy...

** Just as bad, if not worse for this troper, is the scene of the dog trying to flee in terror. Most of the people shown have so little time to process what's happening that they can barely react, if at all. The dog, however, can tell that there is danger coming and tries in vain to run for its life. Poor doggy...

** In addition to that, although it is mercifully brief, Gen's mother Kimie's expression during her momentary insanity is downright ''terrifying''. This, her [[MadnessMantra madness mantra]] and insane laughter underscore how utterly alone Gen is at that moment, with her mother incapable of taking care of herself, let alone of Gen, and with the flames closing in on them.

[[quoteright:240:[[Manga/{{BarefootGen}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barefoot_Gen_Scene1_4027.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Witnessing anything past this image will ruin your entire week.]]

[[caption-width-right:240: Witnessing anything past this image will ruin your entire week.]]

* An even scarier one, since its more personal. Gen sees his father, younger brother and older sister trapped underneath the rubble of their home- then he hears them '''''scream in agony''''' as the flames grow closer, his father encouraging his increasingly desperate mother to ''leave them to die.'' As if things weren't bad enough, we're treated to a '''''[[SarcasmMode LOVELY]]''''' picture of three out of five members of Gen's family ''burning alive right in front of Gen and his mother.''

** The simple fact that this [[RealLife actually happened]]. And that someone survived the horror. To look upon most of them--and in retrospect, even Gen--maybe it would have been more merciful for them to have died right then and there.

* The depiction of the bombs actual explosion and all the living zombies is terrible enough, but the most personal instance has to be when Gen runs back to his home to find his entire family except his mother trapped under their burning home. Neither of them can lift the debris off of them. After his father convinces Gen and Kimie to get away from the fire, the two watch as the other three burn to death, his sister and brother pleading for help the entire time. It's no wonder Kimie goes temporarily insane after watching that.
* That said, the scene of people melting as the bomb strikes - particularly the woman holding a baby - is downright horrifying, and only made worse by the fact that it goes on, and on, and on.

** The simple fact that this [[RealLife actually happened]]. And that someone survived the horror. To look upon most of them, and in retrospect even Gen, maybe it would have been more merciful for them to have died right then and there.