原作发表于8月15日,以下是作者原话: Today is August 15, the day the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945. Imperial Japan was well known for the war crimes it did against people in occupied territories. Today, these events of more than 70 years ago still affect the relations between Japan and formerly occupied territories. Groups such as former Korean comfort women are especially important in demanding reparation. Public opinion and perception of these events continue to be controversial within Japan. The Japanese government has issued many apologies since the 1950s but many view these as inspecific, inadequate, and ingenuine. In fact, some members of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, including current Prime Minister Shinzō Abe have downplayed or denied war crimes. I am not sure how much Westerners know about this part of history, but the events I included are only a small part of the whole.. This was the very first idea for a comic that I had, and I was at first thinking to get someone else to draw this because it was the kind of story that would benefit from the art. Polandball legends like The Greatest Enemy and Divine Wind were very obviously inspirations! However, as I worked on writing the script, it became more and more personal, even as I researched for things not involving my own country, so I decided to try drawing better. Key word is try. And boy was drawing the Rising Sun flag so many times an uncomfortable experience... Here is a textless version, and here is text-extra version so you can see my notes and my obsession with historical photography. I hope I have used enough respect in this depiction. I think history is important, especially when that history is difficult to face. 今天是8月15日,1945年的这一天日本帝国向盟军投降。日本帝国主义对被占领土的人所做的战争罪行为人所熟知。今天,这些事件比70年前还更加影响日本和曾被占领领土的国家的关系。受害团体如前韩国慰安妇要求赔偿。这些事件的舆论和观念在日本是有争议的。自上世纪50年代,日本政府出台了许多的道歉,但许多是不具体的,不足的。事实上,日本的自由民主党的一些成员,包括现任首相安倍晋三已经淡化或否认战争罪行。我不知道有多少人知道这段历史,但我知道的事件只是其中的一小部分..这是我创作漫画的第一个想法,我最初想让别人来画这个,因为这是一种能从艺术中受益的故事。像The Greatest Enemy(最大的敌人)和Divine Wind(诸神之风,译者猜测与前者同为波兰球作品名)一样的波兰球历史传记给我许多启示!然而,当我写剧本的时候,它变得越来越个人化,即使我研究的东西没有涉及到我自己的国家,但是我决定试着画得更好。关键词是尝试。当我正在画旭日旗升起的时候,很不舒服的感觉发生了很多次…这里是一个字幕版本,这是文本的额外版本,所以你可以看到我的笔记,我痴迷历史摄影。我希望我这样描述,有足够的尊重。我认为历史是很重要的,特别是当历史很难面对的时候。