Art by: Daniel Tomás

Written by: Nacho Golfe

World War II ended in 1945, but Japanese Lieutenant Hiro Onoda continued fighting on his own on a small island in the Philippines for almost thirty more years. What drove him to fight, and why did he refuse to surrender? How did he survive in that jungle for so long? And what made him change his mind?

  A story worth telling in which two completely opposite people cross paths by chance and break the established script of their lives.

  Nacho Golfe, author of Von Braun: The Hidden Face of the Moon, teams up with Daniel Tomás to bring to life the legendary story of Hiro Onoda, the lieutenant who refused to accept that the war was over.

Key points:

• Daniel Tomás does an excellent job with his pencils, creating highly realistic drawings very much in the style of Moebius, Bernie Wrightson, or Alberto Breccia

• Onoda. Last Imperial Soldier is a fascinating comic book that recounts one of the most incredible episodes of the 2nd World War and highlights two ways of understanding life: as duty and as adventure

Technical info:

• Original title: Onoda. Último soldado imperial

• Published by Yermo Ediciones in April 2025

• 112 pages - full colour - 201 x 256 mm

Available worldwide