Reactor 1F - A Report from Fukushima, Volume 3

Kazuto Tatsuta is hired to clean up the ruins of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has become synonymous with national trauma as "1F" in Japan. Neutral and factual he describes his work, the terrain, the procedure of putting on the protective suits. He tells of the fear of his colleagues, most of whom come from the evacuated area, of the subcontractors with whom he is employed and who are said to have connections to the Yakuza, of the radioactivity after two months his body has absorbed the maximum annual radiation dose and he has to take a break. Time to draw his manga as an eyewitness under a pseudonym and to record in pictures what is concealed from the official side. In his report Kazuto Tatsuta blurs the line between entertainment and journalism. As an eyewitness it is possible for the Mangaka to see the work.