Yamato for Men

The background of the story is set in the middle and late stages of the Pacific War. The Japanese Navy was defeated by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. Four aircraft carriers of the First Mobile Fleet were sunk. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of the Combined Fleet, died in battle. The Japanese garrison forces on various islands in the Pacific were wiped out one after another. The Japanese Navy was in a serious disadvantageous situation. In the spring of Showa 19 (AD 1944), Kamio of the Special Cadet Corps boarded the deck of the Super Crossbow-class battleship "Yamato" with his longing for Yamato. At that time, Yamato was the hope and symbol of Japanese people and soldiers. Kamio endured the harsh training on the ship, and then ushered in his first actual combat-the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In this naval battle, the combined fleet actually collapsed. When the cruel war situation was in front of them, the Yamato and its crew, with the determination to protect the country, weighed anchor and ushered in its last tragic decisive battle. Everyone is very clear: What will greet them will be a large number of murderous U.S. carrier-based aircraft groups...