Memories of Heroes is a short comic series about the 5 days battle of Semarang, it is one of the biggest battle in Indonesia's history during WW2. After Indonesia proclaimed it Independence, tension roses between Indonesia and Japan after KIDOBUTAI, a designated battalion to be stationed in Semarang, refused to seize their weapons to the Indonesian army (BKR)
the story follows two teenage boys named Dirga and Tara finding themselves traveling back in time to 1945, experiencing the bloody, sorrowing days during the battle
rumors has been spreading around that the Japanese had poisoned the Siranda reservoir, determined and willing to fight for his country, Dr. Kariadi is tasked to investigate the reservoir to see if the rumors were true. even after his wife, Soenarti persuade him to not go, he insisted and convinced her to let him go
The next day when the KIDOBUTAI battalion approaches closer to the city, Maryono returned home to find a horrifying scene he can never get rid off of his mind