Manga or Not?

12 years ago
Posts: 400
Just wondering and wanna ask. Is this considered as Manga or book?
http://www.tofugu.com/japanese-resources/japanese-the-manga-way/

12 years ago
Posts: 1850
I'd consider it a book, since it's using disconnected pieces of various manga to teach Japanese.
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

12 years ago
Posts: 58
I don't completely understand the question, but I'll describe what I think it is.
I think this is a book about how to learn Japanese. It uses manga to help you learn, and notes are written on the side to explain the words you're learning to you.
I hope this helps. (^_^)
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12 years ago
Posts: 400
Okay, follow up question :
Anybody know from what manga is it?
or who's the author/artist/mangaka?

12 years ago
Posts: 1850
There are about 24 different manga listed in the back of the book; it was published in 2005 so they're all older manga. Mostly the book just uses one panel, or a few panels, to illustrate a point about the Japanese language.
"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

12 years ago
Posts: 400
Thank you for the information.
Im just a little bit curious about the manga that has the "senior" style of drawing. 🙂
heheh, kinda hoping its in the mangaupdates database so we could know the artist list anthology. That way, we could also track down other manga from the same artist.