Archimedes no Taisen

A manga about a mathematical genius who wages a personal war to prevent the Imperial Japanese navy from constructing it’s largest battleship, the Yamato.

This is a really unique historical war manga because the main character works to prevent Japanese involvement in World War 2. There’s a lot of military babble that went over my head but I’m still reading new chapters as they appear in Young Magazine.

I give Norifusa Mita a lot of credit because, while his artwork is not as bad as someone like Nobuyuki Fukumoto of KAIJI fame, I wouldn’t say it’s good either. Despite his artistic limitations Mita has created lots of popular manga in a variety of genres. This one is his first foray into the historical military genre and I have to say I’m impressed with it’s interesting premise.

~dakazu