Barefoot Gen akufotokoza za kuphulika kwa mabomba kwa Hiroshima kuchokera ku kamnyamata kakang'ono, Gen, ndi banja lake. Koma mitu ya bukhuli (kuwonongeka kwakuthupi ndi m'maganizo anthu wamba amakumana ndi zenizeni zankhondo) ikuwoneka mochititsa chidwi masiku ano. Gen ndi banja lake akhala akuvutika kwa nthawi yaitali popanda chakudya, ndalama kapena mankhwala, koma ngakhale akukumana ndi mavuto, amayesetsa kukhalabe ndi moyo wabwino. Akuluakulu atopa ndipo atsala pang'ono kutaya mtima; ana amaukira ndege ndi njala pang'onopang'ono. Nakazawa, yemwe anapulumuka ku Hiroshima, akufotokoza momveka bwino za kupsyinjika kwa moyo m'malo ano ndipo akuwonetsa momwe kuyesetsa kukhalabe osangalala pamikhalidwe yovuta nthawi zina kumawonekera ngati nthabwala zopanda nzeru. Nkhaniyi ikupereka chiyembekezo: otchulidwa amachita zinthu zodzipereka chifukwa cha anansi awo ndi okondedwa awo (mwachitsanzo, amayi apakati a Gen akadwala chifukwa cha kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi, iye ndi mchimwene wake amakhala ngati ana amasiye ndikuchita m'misewu, akutaya ndalamazo. makoma a nyumba yawo kuti asagwidwe). M’kati mwa mzimu wokhoza kuchita umenewu muli liwongo lakuya la makolo ndi lingaliro la kusowa chochita. Ana akamakuwa mosangalala chifukwa cha chakudya chochepa, makolowo amasungunuka ndi manyazi komanso chisoni. Zojambulazo zimakokedwa kwambiri komanso zofotokozera, ndipo nkhaniyo ili ndi kalembedwe kameneka, ndizosavuta kukopeka ndi moyo wa banja, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti owerenga amatsenga adziwe kuti akuyembekezera iwo enieni, apamtima komanso ovuta kuwatenga. Ngakhale kuti ntchito yake ndi yovutitsa maganizo, ntchitoyi ndi yofunika kwambiri pa maphunziro a mbiri yakale, umunthu ndi chifundo.
