GuardianofFukushima by EwenBlain and FabianGrolleau is a labour of love, a tribute to Naoto Matsamura's sacrifice to protect the abandoned animals of Fukushima, and a warning about the dangers of nuclear power. Tokyopop
\nGuardian of Fukushima is published just in time for the twelfth anniversary of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant due to an earthquake and a tsunami that caused a meltdown and mass evacuation of the towns in the region. The guardian of the title is Naoto Matsumura, a local farmer who decides to stay behind to care for all the abandoned pets and livestock in the town out of a sense of duty.\n'Guardian of Fukushima' cover art courtesy of Tokyopop.
Blain and Grolleau's literary conceit is to place the tragedy of Fukushima as part of the continuity of Japanese myth as a way to make sense of the disaster but doesn't lessen its impact. Matsumura's compassion for animals comes from a Shinto Buddhist perspective, one he practices more than many of his fellow Japanese do. Unlike them, he commits risking his life and health to care for the animals abandoned in the town, all the animals.
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