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''Boxers'' and ''Saints'' are two companion graphic novel volumes written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang. The publisher First Second Books released them on September 10, 2013. Together the two volumes have around 500 pages.〔Solomon, Dan. "(One-Two Punch )." ''Austin Chronicle''. Friday September 20, 2013. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.〕 ''Boxers'' follows the story of Little Bao, a boy from Shandong (spelled "Shan-tung" in the story) who becomes a leader of the Boxer Rebellion.〔Burns, Elizabeth. "(Review: Boxers )." ''School Library Journal''. September 3, 2013. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.〕 ''Saints'' follows the story of "Four-Girl", a girl from the same village who becomes a Catholic, adopts the name "Vibiana", and hopes to attain the glory of Joan of Arc. One book cover shows the left half of Bao's face with Qin Shi Huangdi and the other shows the right half of Vibiana's face with Joan of Arc. Together the covers portray a divided China.〔Ay-Leen the Peacemaker. "(A Divided Nation in Gene Luen Yang’s ''Boxers & Saints'' )." ''Tor Books'', Macmillan Publishing. Monday August 26, 2013. Retrieved on October 4, 2013.〕 ==Development== Yang said that he wanted to do two volumes because he was not sure which side in the conflict were "good" or "bad" and he noticed connections between contemporary terrorists and the Boxers. Yang said "So in a lot of ways, I was trying to write the story of a young man who was essentially a terrorist, and I wanted him to be sympathetic, but I also didn't want the book to feel like I was condoning terrorism. So it was kind of a fine line."〔 He explained that he needed two different characters so the reader can "see everything through".〔 Yang outlined both books together and made the volumes separate.〔Mayer, Peter. "('Boxers & Saints' & Compassion: Questions For Gene Luen Yang )." ''National Public Radio''. October 22, 2013. Retrieved on November 1, 2013.〕 Yang described the work as "definitely historical fiction".〔 In ''Boxers'' Yang began including more history as the characters reach Beijing.〔 The author said that his process in making the story was creating Bao, taking "just the bits and pieces that we do know about the beginnings of the Boxer Rebellion and weave it into his fictional life story."〔 Yang took six years to make the book. The first one or two years went into research. Much of the research came from ''The Origins of the Boxer Uprising'' by Joseph Esherick.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boxers and Saints」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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