Ryuta's Gang

Ryuta's Gang is group of bomb orphans comprised of Riceball, Onion, Badger, Acorn, and Kachin, led by Ryuta Kondo, or "Food Commander Ryuta" as he is known in the group. The children adopt a military like system in their group, where there is a commander and everyone has to follow them, as well as the constant use of phrases like "Attention!" or "At ease!" The children's hideout is in a cave on a hill, discovered by Gen after following Ryuta mistaking him for Shinji. The gang proceeds to notice gen and beat him up, after which they go to a military truck with wheelbarrows to get lots of rations, claiming they have families to feed. However, later the military stops distributing rations and the kids go hungry, resorting to stealing crops from farmers, getting Onion killed and the rest of the kids besides Ryuta arrested.

Later when Gen and Ryuta are trying to steal from an American supply base they see Kachin escaping an American soldier, where he is shot in the leg and wounded. Gen and Ryuta later sneak into the base and steal what they think is crates of food supplies, but later turns out to just be a bunch of condoms. When they return to Kachin they discover that he has died of blood loss from his bullet wound. Later they are caught by Oba, who had rescued them earlier form an American who spotted them, where they are reunited with Riceball, Badger, and Acorn. However with the loss of members and the hideout being lost the gang was disbanded, however everyone still stayed together.