Attack on Titan Omnibus 1

Not sure if this is the right fit?

Consider A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa.

“A River in Darkness is a spare, unflinching first-person account of growing up half-Korean in Japan, being sent to North Korea as a teenager, and surviving daily life under an oppressive regime. Its useful part is raw, ground-level detail: small domestic scenes, shortages, and the psychological toll of dislocation that you won't find in broad histories. Its limitation: the narrative can feel repetitive and relentlessly bleak, with long stretches of survival detail that some readers find numbing rather than illuminating.”