Daijirō Kumai quotes from Barefoot Gen (newest)

Daijiro Kumai: Kid! You've got to survive! Live and be free like we couldn't be. Help make the world a place where you can marry the girl you love and live happily with your family! That's the best thing a human being can do.

Daijiro Kumai: People are supposed to die of old age, when their time comes! But instead, it's young guys like us who die first! That's not right! Why do the old geezers who started the war and give all the orders get to live longer than us?!