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Hotaru no Haka
Grave of the Fireflies
8.519881 ep773,007Complete· safe to binge
Based on the novel Grave of the Fireflies · via Wikidata
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Grave of the Fireflies
Synopsis
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
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