Hey all, I’m currently at level 14 and looking to start reading manga to help practice my Japanese. Any recommendations for going about choosing manga to read? Where is a good place to look? Any specific recommendations? Thanks yo

よつばと！ is usually the go-to beginner manga recommendation. Since it is about a very young girl, the language that they speak to her is very beginner friendly. [bild]

You can read Aria the Masterpiece with the beginner book club if you want. We’re going to start reading it on June 23rd. [image] Aria the Masterpiece Home Thread (Beginner Book Club / Aria Book Club) Book Clubs Join the Beginner Book Club here! Welcome to Ar…

I started with D.Gray-Man because they have a VERY small vocabulary once you learn some random weird stuff… I like Fukigen na Mononokean because most of the dialogue is fairly simple. There are some archaisms in the minor characters’ speech patterns but you get used to them, and can look them up ea…

I never really got what the fuss was about with よつばと and why it’s constantly recommended. I got about 50 pages in before I just couldn’t deal with it anymore. Sure it may be easy to read but personally I also found it pretty dull. I will go with something more difficult but interesting over somethin…

RysingDragon: I never really got what the fuss was about with よつばと and why it’s constantly recommended. I got about 50 pages in before I just couldn’t deal with it anymore. Sure it may be easy to read but personally I also found it pretty dull. Dull?! Oh well, it takes all sorts I suppose! N…

Besides the mentioned よつばと, I personally find ソウルイーター of similar difficulty.

I’m just not a fan of that typical Slice of Life stuff. I prefer reading action, fantasy, etc. I can enjoy a Slice of Life manga every now and then if the particular theme of the manga interests me, but from the amount that I read of よつばと, it just didn’t seem like much was going on.

I get you. I actually had pretty much the same experience with it and stopped reading after the 3rd chapter but I am planning to come back to it later. Since I have the whole death note collection I’m currently trying my best to go through it and I’m enjoying it a lot more. Even though I don’t unde…

I also found it pretty dull (and I like slice-of-life (anime, at least)). However, for many many people it is genuinely really hard to keep slogging through something that is too difficult for you to read, and when I’m focused on the Japanese the story doesn’t even really matter so much to me. If it…

I think that’s why reading Death Note for me absolutely works. When reading a Manga where you already know the story and love it (I watched death note 5 times oops), it is a much more pleasant experience. If I don’t understand something (which happens a lot) i can still follow the story while: P…

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You can read Aria the Masterpiece with the beginner book club if you want. We’re going to start reading it on June 23rd.

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