there are only 6 in there that i would even consider ecchi, and only one of them may be pushing it a bit to much.

and i can give a suggestion little kid anything that isnt borderline H just because i remember what my taste and the girls that i was around taste at that age... and look at a lot of Disney movies, lets take beauty and the beast as a prime example of bad things for a girl to be exposed to... up against hana to akuma, which is a very sweet story with one of the better endings that i have come across.

the tenchi muyo series is something i know that i watched when i was around 8 years old, and so was the girl i watched it with, and its to this day among our favorite series. the anime we watched on toonami, and that it goes quite a bit further in the anime than it does in the manga, which are excellent stories.

ah my goddess, that probably has the best message than almost anything directed at kids today that has a romance story in it.

dragon ball z is what me and the girl watched on a daily basis back than, but we can both agree that the first seriese dragon ball was far better, and as far as the manga goes its great.

what did i suggest that has horror in it?

you cant under estimate kids inelegance, at the same time, this is coming from someone who thought themselves how to read and write before and during kindergarten and math through a third grade level in kindergarten and first grade with very little help from others, and getting punished in school for trying to learn.

i have to recommend full metal alchemist. cute pictures can only make someone read for so long if they don't like it, a story that is engaging is more important, and clamp... everything i read of theirs turns into a complete chore, and angelic layer in specific, i don't know how the manga ends, but the anime... i cant say very many good things about it other than its not the worst anime i watched.

if i had to give a book to someone who didnt like reading, id take into account two things, the books content, and how much the story pulls you in... at least for me, if you gave me a book that pushed what i was allowed to read, that would so make me want to read it more, and if the book was episodic, as in self contained chapters, that would be and easy read, or if it was something like FMA that made you want to read it more an more, you could get me to read almost anything.

what im saying is don't recommend something because its girly and easy to read, that would only appeal to someone who already wants to read, instead suggest things that draw you in from chapter 1, and keep you wanting to read.

Cardcaptor Sakura would definitely be my top choice, and has that little spike of cute romance that even 8 year old girls love. I loved Do Re Mi at that age!! It was my first anime along with Mew Power. Gakuen Alice maybe? All of the good ones are long, so maybe start her on the first few volumes and she could continue?
Maybe Yumeiro Patissiere? A cute one about a girl who wants to become a chef, and she has a little fairy guide! Too cute. I only watched the anime though...which was adorable.

W.I.T.C.H is another good series of graphic novels she could try, they were originally books.

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THIS! *v* Everyone should read Yotsubato&!

Also, Dream Saga is pretty cute, and all 5 volumes are published in English too.

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definitely this:

Hipira-kun

I've read that, it's colored, has beautiful art, and the story is simple.
And I thought it really is for children...
More like story book than a manga
And I agree with something like Piku piku Sentaro, it's so cute.

I don't think giving 8 year old girl something with romance in it is a good idea....
And no, not Card Captor Sakura. The anime is fine, but the manga isn't.
It's going dark in the end, and has some kind of shounen-ai inside.
And don't forget, her friend (yep, elementary school girl), has relationship with her teacher.
IMO it's rated that 13 or above.

And don't be fooled by artwork or character, because there's so much manga that has cute artwork or characters that an elementary school/kindergarten student , but the content/storyline DEFINITELY NOT for children.
Like Crayon Shinchan or Shiritsu Sei Cattlya Youchien


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I'm beyond horrified that you would recommend ecchi mangas to an 8-year-old-kid. I remember when I was 8, I had nightmares for days after watching a horror movie and my relatives had a hard time explaining to me why a naked female was with a naked male (when I walked into them waching some movie). You need to let a kid's mind to mature slowly and not just sprung up on them without any reason.

CCS is a must. I grew up on it and I really like it (and still do). Wedding Peach is another good one. Wedding Peach: Young Love that basically a shorter version of the series, but still a good read. Whistle! is a good soccer manga that have a theme of don't give up (24 volumes). Lastly, Sei Dragon Girl (or Saint Dragon Girl). I remembered about it when I was kid before it was licensed in US and I just love the way it was drawn.

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yea, i grew up in a household that had no idea how to raise a kid, till i had the internet, i had to rely on books, friends (never knew if they were screwing with me or not), and parrents who would screw with me.

i asked them what a hooker was at one point... they couldnt tell me what it was and had to lie through their teeth... but if they just told me that it was a prostitute i would have known... most things like that, i already knew just didnt know other terms...

when i was 6 my favorite isle in the movie renting places was the horror section... i could name damn near all the classic movies, much to my parents embarrassment... but tell me what did i recommend that was horror, because i see nothing there that is horror.

you do know that most manga in shonen jump have a nude scene in them... or fan service every few chapters... and shonen jump is a kids magazine, geared towards boys, but still a kid orientated magazine.

and them having a hard time explaining to you what it was was probably more of a "o shit, how do we explain it in a way so he doesn't tell his parents" kind of thing.

but on a side note.

detective conan

thats a good one, use to love mystery books at that age, granted chose your own adventure books were also fun.

also, whats wrong with ecchi, you are acting like im suggesting hard core porn.
o no, a panty shot, i cant believe that a manga shows underwear, or o no, he fell and is in a really awkward position, seriously i suggested nothing that bad...

Are you seriously asking what's wrong with giving ecchi to an eight year old?!


Ahhh, suddenly everything makes sense!

Ecchi is "the line between hentai and non-hentai", so it's (slightly) sexualised material. Your sarcasm about manga showing underwear doesn't take into account that nudity or partial-nudity can be portrayed in a non-sexual way.

If I recall correctly, in Yotsuba&! the title character's dad often lounges around just in his boxers (because he's lazy and it's comfortable), and Yotsuba has taken to calling him Pants Man (as a parody of a super hero). In this case, there is a partially-nude character, but the intent is purely comedic, not sexual. Similarly, a children's manga might have scenes set at hot springs - the nudity isn't sexualised, because being naked is normal when you're washing.

On the other hand, if there is a manga where a boy is constantly seeing a girls' underwear because she always falls over (and the panels dedicated to the panty shot are always large and detailed), or he accidentally falls head-first into her ample bosom all the time, the purpose IS sexual (even if it is only mildly so), even if there is no nudity.

You can't justify giving children sexualised material just by saying it's not as bad as giving them hard-core porn. And Shounen Jump is generally aimed at teens, with most readers being between 13 and 17, so you can't use that as an example of what's suitable for a prepubescent audience.

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no the line between hentai and not hentai is something like My Lovely Ghost Kana, where their is sex, and it shows it in the manga, but there is nothing below the waist shown and the story is why you read it... ecchi is a panty shot, i can not for the life of me see whats wrong with that at all... you are acting like i just told you to show an 8 year old la blue girl.

where is the nudity, or anything like that in almost everything i recommended used in a sexualized way? almost everything in to love ru, the most ecchi of the ones i recommended is completely for the lols.

congrats, you took what i said out of the context that was given and quoted it. they had no idea how to deal with a kid who had already thought themselves most of what they would dance around because i wanted to know more.

and yea... are you referring to america with that 13-17 or where it was original published... because im fairly certain that if you are cought with it at 13-17, your social life if you have it is over.

i'm not going to win an argument with someone who has forgotten what they were like when they were a kid, take a look at toonami, the afternoon cartoon network block and what shows they put on for everyone to watch at that time... cartoon network, at that time, that was the kids time... i dont know about now, but that block was for kids. tenchi muyo, dragonball z, cant remember all of them, but i know neon genesis evangelion was on their for giant robot week, was big o on there or was that always a late night one... these were all kids shows on the kids block. i really hope most people arent as "protective" as you, but as i write this, i understand why one piece was butchered more and more now.

i don´t think that is something an 8 year old girl could understand.
as suggestions:
Kaito Saint Tail
Dream Saga

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Barakamon
Saint Oniisan
Yotsubato!
possibly tsubasa reservoir chronicles.. or not

more not, from the acid tokyo arc onwards...

Hanamaru Kindergarten perhabs, it's really sweet and light, even if she doesn't understand everything, but only perhabs, you should give it a try first and see for yourself

@BossKado: you don't need to use the url bbcode to post mangas, it takes quite some time, you can also use [brackets]

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You admitted that some of your suggestions were classed as "ecchi", and yet you're trying to say that ecchi manga isn't sexualised? The "line between hentai and non-hentai" is the description that Baka-Updates gives for ecchi manga, it isn't something I've just made up. You don't seem to even be able to comprehend what you're defending.




The fact that you think it's acceptable to expose children to pornography is disturbing, especially since you assume by not exposing prepubescents to erotic material somehow makes people "overprotective".


Rather presumptuous, aren't you? You assume that everyone must have been exactly the same as you were like (or more plausibly, what you think you were like) when you were a child. I could say the same thing for you, since it sounds like these "memories" of yours have been formed retroactively solely to promote your ideology of sexualising children.

There is no argument to win here: we have different opinions of exposing children to sexualised material, and I don't think anyone's going to change their mind because of what someone says on an internet forum. I just hope that you are not allowed anywhere near children, because you sound deeply disturbed.

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oh your right..
thanks, I'll probably do that.