Hey everyone, we’re the Crystal Hunters team, and we’re making a manga in really easy Japanese.
You only need to know 87 Japanese words and particles to read the first 100 page book, and we add 25 more words or so to each 100 page book after that to gradually level you up! We also made free guides and a hiragana reader which help you learn to read the whole manga from knowing zero Japanese. The guides, hiragana reader, and book 1 will always be free to read, and book 6 (and books 2-3 too!) are free until April 10th (and books 2\~6 are always free if you have Kindle Unlimited).
Crystal Hunters manga ([1](https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/80075613), [2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HM7CQQS), [3](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZSXFXP7), & [6](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL7G214N))
Japanese guides ([1](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-1-v3.pdf), [2](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-2-v3.pdf), [3](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-3-v3.pdf), [4](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-4-v3.pdf), [5](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-5-v3.pdf), & [6](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/japanese-learning-guide-book-6-v3.pdf)) + [hiragana reader](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/hiragana-hunters-v16.pdf)
We also have a natural Japanese version ([1](https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/80636366), [2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMBQ3T2), [3](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZSWBBVJ), & [6](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL7CMY2Q)), and free kanji reading guides too ([1](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-1-v1.pdf), [2](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-2-v1.pdf), [3](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-3-v1.pdf), [4](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-4-v1.pdf), [5](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-5-v1.pdf), & [6](https://crystalhuntersmanga.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/nj-reading-guide-book-6-v1.pdf)). There’s also an easy English version ([1](https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/78232226), [2](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HM73JK4), [3](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZSK7JV9), & [6](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL3X33DJ)) you can use for translation. Just like the easy Japanese version, book 1 and the kanji guides for these will always be free to read, and book 6 (& 2-3!) are free until April 10th.
Crystal Hunters is made by a team of three teachers in Japan and a pro manga artist. Please let us know what you think about our manga!
Note: If you are not in the US, and are having a hard time accessing the free version of books 6, 3, & 2, please try typing “Crystal Hunters” in your country’s Amazon page.
Edit: If you’d like to learn more about Crystal Hunters or receive updates about our books, please check our [website](https://crystalhuntersmanga.com/).
11 comments
Do you sell physical versions too?
Looks good. I’ll be having a read later. Thanks. 🙂
Just wanted to point out one thing I happened to notice: on p. 3 of the Japanese guide to volume 6, there’s a big speech bubble that says 死**め**な！I assume this was meant to be a ぬ？
This would be great in a actual physical book.
Thank you for your amazing work! This manga is a staple on learning Japanese, I’m really grateful to you guys. Keep it up!
RemindMe! 2 hours
I’ve seen a lot of people recommend it on here. I’m past that point now, but I wish it’d been around when I was learning to read Japanese.
I flipped through it to see what it was like, and I was a bit put off by the horizontal text. Was it a conscious decision to simplify things for Western readers, or was it for a more mundane reason like simplifying typesetting for the translated version?
Great Projekt! Adding furigana in the Japanese versions would really help 😊
This is awesome and so generous, thanks so much! Can’t wait to read it tonight 🙂
Just wanted to say, love the series, first media I ever finished in Japanese! Thanks for all your hard work!
I read some of the earlier volumes and I must say I really enjoyed it! It’s nice to be able to read something that feels “real” even if you’re only A1