Evil_Dragon Wrote:Detroit Metal City. A guy who loves Swedish popmusic ends up in a death metal band. Beyond hilarious!There is such a thing?
Tobberoth Wrote:There is such a thing?Check it out, just stay the hell away from that godawful DMC movie.
Certainly not death metal at least
Tobberoth Wrote:Hachimitsu to Kuro-ba- is awesome in its anime form and also very very good as a manga. I would rate it decently hard to read, definitely harder than the shonen generally mentioned in lists like these.Might I also add that there is a great drama of it as well ^_^ and you can get it both subbed and raw at d-addicts ^^;
TheTrueBlue Wrote:For those starting out in the Kanji biz, I recommend the bestselling slice-of-life manga Yotsuba.I concur! It's incredibly easy to read and is pretty much guaranteed to put a grin on your face. It's also quite an encouragement boost being able to almost fully comprehend a manga for the first time (which happened to me with this very manga some months back).
Burritolingus Wrote:I also concur that the live action movie was pretty terrible, though it had its moments.I was kind of surprised by how they could make Negishi into an even bigger pansy.
Kudos for that alone!
TheTrueBlue Wrote:For those starting out in the Kanji biz, I recommend the bestselling slice-of-life manga Yotsuba.Yotsuba& is definitely my recommendation for a first manga. With no vocab, it's hard to read, but possible. With some vocab, it's fun to read. Once you can read it easily, it's time for some shounen manga... Which will start the cycle all over again.
It's geared towards younger readers and has only simpler everyday kanji, used in a slow but steady pace that you can then look up and learn as you read and laugh along.
Huzzah for being as kanji literate as Japanese grade schoolers!
wccrawford Wrote:Somehow I am really afraid that I am doing something wrong. I learned Japanese for around 8 months... RTK, Tae Kim (Basic+Essential) and now Im doing ko2001. Overall I have around 1500 sentences.TheTrueBlue Wrote:For those starting out in the Kanji biz, I recommend the bestselling slice-of-life manga Yotsuba.Yotsuba& is definitely my recommendation for a first manga. With no vocab, it's hard to read, but possible. With some vocab, it's fun to read. Once you can read it easily, it's time for some shounen manga... Which will start the cycle all over again.
It's geared towards younger readers and has only simpler everyday kanji, used in a slow but steady pace that you can then look up and learn as you read and laugh along.
Huzzah for being as kanji literate as Japanese grade schoolers!
thorstenu Wrote:Im starting to feel really stupid when everyones here is talking about how easy Yotsuba is for beginners...First don't get discouraged, the road is long for all of us, don't worry you'll get there if you keep going at it.
) in Japanese but that doesn't mean it's a piece of cake for everyone. If that's basically the first time you're being exposed to real casual Japanese there is a lot that will confuse you. Nice example sentences from dictionaries or KO2001 will not prepare you for that.Codexus Wrote:1) Simply read it.Agreed. The first ever manga I ever read (Doraemon) I couldn't understand a single thing. I read the hiragana ever so slowly, I had no dictionary... I was confused as hell (what's all this hoo-ah, where are my 私's and ですか's darn it this isn't Japanese this is hullabaloo)
3) Ask questions on forums, I'm not saying you should post every sentence you don't understand but when you start noticing some repeating pattern that bothers you, it's OK to ask.
