Manga that teaches you something. Anything. History, language, culture, math, science, pickpocketing, critical thinking, lying, love, tricking people etc., etc. Whatever no matter how crazy. I was just thinking it would be great to learn [b]something[/b] while wasting away my studying hours on manga. This way we won't feel so guilty :winkgrin: .

PLEASE, Follow these Rules/Guidelines when suggesting or commenting on the validity of a title we already have on the list. [b]Guidelines to Follow:

1. What is the mangas intent? Is it Educational?
2. [i]Coming Soon![/i][/b]

As always, I'm open to suggestions!!!!!!!!!! :winkgrin: :winkgrin: :winkgrin:

The few manga I have read will have a little * by them & as I can only have an opinion about what I've read, you can check my lists to see up to where I've read. Anything that happens after that I can't guarantee is educational. I haven't read most of these so I can't be sure of the list's accuracy. But if you have, pls leave a comment on the thread telling us if it is or isn't educational or just leave another suggestion! ;)

[b][u]WARNING: Don't forget that (a)most authors employ the use of artistic license, and (b)because it's manga and not a certified course the accuracy of the info is questionable!!![/u][/b]

Ok, so these are all the suggestions so far: [i](Some of these will be repeated in different sections since they fall under both categories.)[/i]

[b]Agriculture:[/b] Moyashimon - Teaches quite a lot about different microbes, where they live, what they do etc. Also @ [b]microbiology[/b].

[b]Animals:[/b] Wild Life - About animals and some veterinary medicine. Also @ [b]medicine[/b].

[b]Archaeology:[/b] Master Keaton - some archaeological facts. Also @ [b]martial arts;history;moral;philosophy;culture;politics[/b].

[b]Biography:[/b] Henjin Henkutsu Retsuden - Nikola Tesla, Typhoid Mary, Kou Yoshio & a few others. Versailles no Bara - Simplify some things about Marie Antoinette's life, but most of it's based on fact. Also @ [b]history[/b]. Botchan no Jidai - A Meiji Era writer, also @ [b]history[/b]. Keimusho no Naka - an autobiographical account of the author's time spent in prison, and gives insight into the life of a prison inmate in Japan. Also @ [b]japan[/b]. The Ice Wanderer and other stories - contains a short story based on one of Jack London's (famous American author) experiences while out hunting in the mountains.

[b]Critical Thinking:[/b] Liar Game - In case you want to use your brain and figure out what's gonna happen next. Majo - sounds like it makes your brain hurt after a while. Cesare - uses artistic licence to mess with some stuff.

[b]Culture:[/b] Ocha Nigosu - japanese tea ceremony. Also @ [b]japan[/b]. Emma - It's about a maid in Victorian-era England. Afghanistan - A young girl who works hard to eat every day & learns to stand up for herself, beginning to make new friends from other nations. IS - Strictly deals with cases of [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intersexuality][i][u]intersexuality[/u][/i][/url]. [b]I highly recommend it![/b] Also @ [b]medicine[/b] Hetalia: Axis Powers - A gag manga, male moe-tans of the different nations and their relationships. The mangaka uses history & national stereotypes for most of the jokes. Not for the easily offended. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei - Modern Japanese culture, including the darker parts. Futari Ecchi - Manga-sutra. Jinja no Susume* - Everyday aspects of Shinto. Also @ [b]religious;japan[/b]. Genshiken - otaku culture. Short Cuts - Japanese culture satire, specifically about ko-gals. The jokes are definitely best understood if you have a good knowledge about Japanese culture, but there's also notes at the end of the chapter to help you out. Master Keaton - some culture facts. Also @ [b]martial arts;history;moral;philosophy;politics;archeology[/b]. Fujoshi Kanojo - Fujoshi culture. Fudanshism - Fudanshi Shugi[/m] - Fujoshi culture. Tonari no 801-chan - Fujoshi culture. Buddha - teaches a lot about the history of Buddha (a lot of it is still fictional) and the culture of India at the time.

[b]Dance:[/b] Swan - ballet. Hip Hop - break dancing.

[b]Ethics:[/b] Black Jack ni Yoroshiku - hospital politics. Also @ [b]medicine[/b].

[b]Food:[/b] Oishinbo - japanese food. Kinou Nani Tabeta? - about food. Yakitate!! Japan - about food. Karei naru Shokutaku - about curry. Bartender - about drinks. Kami no Shizuku - wine, also @ [b]politics[/b].

[b]Gambling:[/b] Akagi - Mahjong, also @ [b]games[/b]. Kaiji

[b]Games:[/b] (not sports) Shion no Ou - shougi. Hikaru no Go - the game of Go. Akagi - Mahjong, also @ [b]gambling[/b].

[b]Health:[/b] Hotman - gives health tips.

[b]History:[/b] Historie - Ancient Greece. Follows the life of Eumenes. Here's a little helpful [url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=12006]Link![/url] though not sure how accurate that is either... Vinland Saga - Vikings. Here's a little helpful [url=http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=12006]Link![/url] though not sure how accurate that is... Cesare - Renaissance Italy. Versailles no Bara - Simplifies some things about Marie Antoinette's life, but most of it's based on fact. Also @ [b]biography[/b]. Botchan no Jidai - A Meiji Era writer, also @ [b]biography[/b]. Emma - It's about a maid in Victorian-era England. Chichi no Koyomi - Fire of 1952 in Japan. Also @ [b]japan;raising children[/b]. Alexandrite - 80's fashion and music. Cipher - Continuation of Alexandrite. Gunslinger Girl - has history about Germany. Afghanistan - A young girl who works hard to eat every day & learns to stand up for herself, & begins to make new friends from other nations. Hetalia: Axis Powers - A gag manga, male moe-tans of the different nations and their relationships. The mangaka uses history & national stereotypes for most of the jokes. Not for the easily offended. Master Keaton - some hinstory facts. Also @ [b]martial arts;politics;moral;philosophy;culture;archeology[/b].

[b]Hosts[/b] Heba! Hello-chan Jouou

[b]Japan:[/b] Chichi no Koyomi - Fire of 1952 in Japan. Also @ [b]history;raising children[/b]. Ocha Nigosu - japanese tea ceremony. Also @ [b]culture[/b]. Jinja no Susume* - Everyday aspects of Shinto. Also @ [b]culture;religious[/b]. Saint Oniisan - Christianity and Buddhism. Also @ [b]religious[/b]. Confidential Confessions - japanese society. Keimusho no Naka - an autobiographical account of the author's time spent in prison, and gives insight into the life of a prison inmate in Japan. Also @ [b]biography[/b].

[b]Law:[/b] M.C. Law Defense Devil

[b]Legends:[/b] Kaze no Galdor - celtic folklore. Rensen - Hana no Koe Yowa - chinese folklore. Butterfly Lovers Shin Shunkaden Buddha - teaches a lot about the history of Buddha (a lot of it is still fictional) and the culture of India at the time. Also @ [b]culture;religious[/b].

[b]Literature:[/b] Dante Shinkyoku - Dante's "The Divine Comedy". (if any1 knos wer i can find it pls leave a comments with a link!thxs)

[b]Martial Arts:[/b] Master Keaton - some martiel arts. Also @ [b]politics;history;moral;philosophy;culture;archeology[/b].

[b]Math:[/b] Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou - Also @ [b]science[/b].

[b]Medicine:[/b] Wild Life - About animals and some veterinary medicine. IS - Strictly deals with cases of intersexuality. [b]Highly recommended![/b] Also @ [b]culture[/b]. Iryuu - Team Medical Dragon GodHand Teru Black Jack ni Yoroshiku - hospital politics. Also @ [b]ethics[/b]. Midnight - Also @ [b]science[/b]. Black Jack - Also @ [b]medicine[/b]. The Embalmer - detailed manga about Embalming, human psychology and society.

[b]Microbiology:[/b] Moyashimon - Teaches quite a lot about different microbes, where they live, what they do etc. Also @ [b]Agriculture[/b].

[b]Morals:[/b] Master Keaton - some morals. Also @ [b]martial arts;history;politics;philosophy;culture;archeology[/b].

[b]Philosophy:[/b] Master Keaton - some martiel arts. Also @ [b]politics;history;moral;martial arts;culture;archeology[/b].

[b]Politics:[/b] Kaji Ryuusuke no Gi Akumetsu Kami no Shizuku - politics & wine, also @ [b]food[/b]. (lol, sounds very french) Master Keaton - some politics. Also @ [b]martial arts;history;moral;philosophy;culture;archeology[/b].

[b]Psychology:[/b] The Embalmer - detailed manga about Embalming, human psychology and society. Ikigami [m]E.S.[/m] Homunculus Battle Royale Life DOLL: IC in a Doll Beautiful people Shuuseki Kairo no Himawari

[b]Raising Children:[/b] (Nothing sexual here!) Nikoniko Nikki - Motherdaughter relationship. Himawari Youchien Monogatari Aiko Desho! - Big brothersister-like relationship. My Girl (SAHARA Mizu) - Fatherdaughter relationship. Usagi Drop - Fatherdaughter relationship. Oneichan to Issho - Older sister/mothersister/daughter relationship. Baby Pop - Fatherdaughter relationship. Forever Honey - Fatherdaughter relationship. Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu - Unclesobrina relationship. Hikari to Tomo ni... - Motherson relationship, plus autism. [b]I Highly recomend it!!![/b] Papa to Arukou - Fatherson-like relationship. Haha no koi - Motherson relationship?? Mother Sarah - Mother's love. Iguana no Musume - Daughter dealing with a hateful mother. Chichi no Koyomi - family. Also @ [b]history;japan[/b]. Boku Wa Ne - family. [m]Chikyuu Koushinkyoku[/] -Aunt/mothersobrino/son relationship. Flat (AOGIRI Natsu) - Older cousinlittle. Aka-chan to Boku - Older brother/father/motherbaby brother relationship. Kozure Ookami - Father~baby son and revenge.

[b]Religious:[/b] Jinja no Susume* - Everyday aspects of Shinto. Also @ [b]culture;japan[/b]. Saint Oniisan - Christianity and Buddhism. Also @ [b]japan[/b]. Buddha - teaches a lot about the history of Buddha (a lot of it is still fictional) and the culture of India at the time. Also @ [b]culture;legends[/b].

[b]Science:[/b] Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou - Also @ [b]math[/b]. Midnight - Also @ [b]medicine[/b]. Black Jack - Also @ [b]medicine[/b].

[b]Sex Ed.[/b] Confidential Confessions - HIV, teen prostitution, rape, stalkers, suicide, and sexual harassment. Futari Ecchi

[b]Sports:[/b] Slam Dunk - basketball. No Side - rugby. Eyeshield 21 - american football. Initial D - cars racing/mindset of mountain racers. Ping Pong - table tennis.

[b]Technology[/b] Ubunchu! - learning to use Ubuntu (Linux).

[i]If you want more details check the individual posts or even better, follow the links.[/i] I'll keep updating the list with all your suggestions and or remove titles as I read them depending on how accurate the work is. I might even make a simple 5 star classifying system or something. I'm hoping this thread will become [b]The Educational Manga[/b] thread for the future that people can reference back to. :D
[b]THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUGGESTIONS!!!!!![/b]

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if you want to use your brain, read detective conan or liar game and try to figure out the puzzles and mysteries on your own. trust me. it makes the reading experience more enjoyable and works your brain

Oh, I'm with you on this! ^^ Educational manga is such fun.

For history:
Access Powers Hetalia, which is about (mostly) male moe-tans of the different nations and their relationships. It's a gag manga for the most part, but the mangaka uses history and national stereotypes for most of the jokes.

The classic shoujo Rose of Versailles does simplify some things about Marie Antoinette's life, but most of it is based on fact.

The seinen romance Emma is very historically accurate for a manga. It's about a maid in the Victorian period and it isn't fetishy at all! (Unless you're like me and just have a fetish for Victorian stuff in general.)

For more recent history there's the shoujos Cipher and its spinoff Alexandrite. They were made in the 80s and show it extremely. You can learn a lot about 80s fashion and music from it.

For math and science:
IS (Intersexuality) is a josei manga about intersexuality, when a person is born neither exactly male nor female. It gets a little preachy and the art isn't fantastic, but it is emotional and interesting.

No Starch Press makes a lot of different manga on different subjects in math and science.

For literature:
There's an OEL manga adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. (Actually, there are three, but avoid the one done with Slayers characters and the weird one set in the future.) I've read it. It cuts out some parts and the art isn't fantastic (it seems to be inspired by the 70s style), but it's word-for-word in most parts and not bad for someone being introduced to the play.

For other things:
The great shoujo classic Swan is about ballet. Really about ballet. You can learn a lot about the art form from it.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is about modern Japanese culture, including the darker parts. It's hilarious besides.

The Korean company YKids puts out educational manga on all sorts of topics, from math and science to classic literature.

There's also the Manga Sutra, which is a how-to guide for exactly what you think it is.

o wow THANKS!!!!!!!! This is turning out better than i thought! Any more suggestions ppl?! With all this and what's to come I'll be happy all summer! 😀 😀 😀

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I hesitate to say anything about it, because the fact that it gets translated at snail's pace is almost entirely my fault. But Jinja no Susume is quite interesting in that you learn about some more everyday aspects of Shinto and the people who work in that environment. (Something wer're really not spoiled with. Trying to research the background for this stuff takes ages, as little info is even available in Japanese, let alone translated, on the web.)

I wouldn't call it an educational manga, though. But it is a good manga that also happens to be educational.

Futari Ecchi - I haven't read much of it. It is supposed to be a sex education course for couples. But there's no need to make it so long? 🙄 There's something about sex and society too.
Kinou Nani Tabeta? - about food
Bartender - about drinks
Wild Life - about animals and some veterinary medicine

Hikaru No go. 😃 I learned how to play the Japanese board game Go from it. Not to mention its really good.

Also, Historie has some fact, although how much is unsure... Most of the dates and stuff are right, as are the myths, but I wouldn't trust much else.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

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Hikaru No go. 😃 I learned how to play the Japanese board game Go from it. Not to mention its really good.

Also, Historie has some fact, although how much is unsure... Most of the dates and stuff are right, as are the myths, but I wouldn't trust much else.

aah yes... there was a thread on the historical relevance of Historie and Vinland Saga the other day... i highly recommend both

could you post a link to the thread please 😕 It would be really helpful for when I do start to read it!

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could you post a link to the thread please 😕 It would be really helpful for when I do start to read it!

http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=12006

Afghanistan

Is there anything else about maybe medicine? 😕

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Team Medical Dragon - medicine and hospital politics
GodHand Teru - medicine
Bakuman - mangaka and manga industry
Genshiken - otaku culture
Botchan no Jidai - a famous writer and the Meiji era

Oishinbo is another one about food, specifically Japanese I believe.

Short Cuts: Japanese culture satire, specifically about ko-gals. Really awesome. The jokes are definitely best understood if you have a good knowledge about Japanese culture, but there's also notes at the end of the chapter to help you out.

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U guys ro sooo totally AWESOME!!!!! How about Archaeology? If anyone found something educational about THAT I would b 4evr grateful n in ur DEBT!!!! I'd b ur Internet Slave!!!!!<----{so cheap she sold herself 4 a manga}

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