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Where do I have to start reading mangas as a beginner?

I started learning Japanese since some weeks now and I’m starting to understand basic stuff. I know basic particles, some of the most important verb’s forms and obviously all kanas and some kanjis.
What can I read to learn something new? Have you some simple manga to read? (I accept manga for kids too)

6 comments

  1. Check out Crystal Hunters. It’s a manga made for Japanese learners. The story is surprisingly good for how easy the language is.

  2. Yotsubato is a classic, but is still hard for beginners. Maybe you want to try this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqFxMNcKUZY&list=PLJov1NnDE_N_92MtmRyQknjavXa1oLSuM&index=5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqFxMNcKUZY&list=PLJov1NnDE_N_92MtmRyQknjavXa1oLSuM&index=5)

    Are stories that you can follow listening and reading, you can even listen like 5 times for a week each one until you can understand only by listening, well, if you are patient enough to do that.

    Link for Yotsubato: [https://bilingualmanga.net/manga/635d545a6d960eb0ac756b0e](https://bilingualmanga.net/manga/635d545a6d960eb0ac756b0e)

    Also if you search in youtube you can find a guy that read out loud and explain the meaning the first manga. I recommend, because something are hard for you understand just by yourself, for example the kid only use kana, while adults use kanji. Also that is a woman that reads in Japanese Yotsuba, but explain in Portuguese, if you can understand Portuguese.

  4. You could try Satori reader for some guided reading, probably gonna be better than something for natives since they offer grammar explanations too. The first two chapters are free for all their stuff so you can check it out first before deciding if you want to commit.

    I’m sure there’s resources in German too if you look (at least I’m guessing you’re German).

  5. learnnatively.com is a fantastic resource for sorting and exploring written Japanese content by reported difficulty level. You can begin reading graded readers immediately, there are some available for download on that website as pdfs for free.

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