I'm writing this using Google Translate, so it's probably bad English.
Still, as an adult living in Japan, I couldn't help but write about the atomic bomb and the responsibility of passing on the war to the next generation. Please pardon.
First off, I used to love Barbie dolls and used to play with her a lot. I love Barbie's dress with lots of glitter, and I once lost one of my favorite shoes and cried when I couldn't find it even though I searched all over the house.
On the Barbie doll website, it was written that "Barbie is a doll that can be played from the age of 3."
In the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many children of that age and even younger died.
Have you ever seen the Atomic Bomb Museum in Hiroshima?
Many people died in the two atomic bombs. That happened in the middle of the day when everyone was active.
The heat wave burns the whole body, even the bones melt and die.
After being exposed to radiation, the cells of the whole body stop recovering and die.
People die from melted glass on their bodies or from being buried under buildings that collapsed in the blast.
Unable to endure the heat of the flames after the explosion and the pain of the burns, he jumped into the river and died.
Among these dead are many children.
Even if they survived, there were many children who lost their parents and suffered severe aftereffects.
Tens of thousands have experienced this hell, right under the clouds you touted.
Knowing that, can you imagine how it feels to have Barbie's smile collaged under a mushroom cloud?
Go to your local toy store and see the shelves with Barbie dolls. The number of children who were affected by the atomic bomb is incomparable to the number of dolls lined up there.
I can only think that the post that the official account positively captures the meme that fuses the atomic bomb and Barbie is affirming the indiscriminate killing of humans, and by extension, children.
Does my old favorite Barbie think it's okay to drop bombs on cities where innocent people live and kill children indiscriminately in times of war?
If so, I don't think children should be shown this or let them play with it.
This is a blasphemy against both the atomic bombed Japan and the Barbie doll brand.
This makes me very sad because I spent my childhood with Barbie.
Of course, we know that the staff involved in promoting the movie and the Barbie brand are different.
But I can't help complaining because it doesn't change the fact that it came from a project named after Barbie.
Please don't openly say that the hell that spread to Hiroshima and Nagasaki at that time was a good thing.
Don't let today's kids think that "indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction are cool! Great!" That's all I want from Barbie.