86 EIGHTY-SIX
Child soldiers fight a remote war under a system that treats them as disposable.
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Should you watch cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood tonight?
San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers.
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The opening is more atmosphere than hook.
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