i do not really concentrate on the large genocidal aspect of the story ( although the horrific image at the beginning be very powerful ) . i be really take with the human story of the girl and her family . imagine live your life not know if you have a time bomb tick away inside you . i be really wrench to see yasuko be reject a taint by the bomb . the image that stay with me most be when yasuko stand before the mirror comb her hair and silently watch it come out in clump .