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Course · 15 days

Manga Japanese

Panel order, furigana, vertical text and sound words, and how to pick a first book you will finish.

Day 1How a page worksRight to left, and the order of everything on itDay 2FuriganaThe reading printed above the kanjiDay 3Bubbles, boxes and shapesSpeech, thought, shouting and narrationDay 4Vertical textReading top to bottom, right to leftPro · soonDay 5The typography of emotionEllipses, size, and the small っPro · soonDay 6Sound wordsThe written sound of a scenePro · soonDay 7Manner wordsWords for how something feels or movesPro · soonDay 8Casual speech, written downContractions and character voice on the pagePro · soonDay 9Kanji density and who a book is forReading the demographic off a pagePro · soonDay 10The vocabulary of manga itselfVolumes, chapters, and where to buy legallyPro · soonDay 11Choosing your first mangaHow to pick one you will actually finishPro · soonDay 12A method that survives page twoWhen to look up a word and when to skipPro · soonDay 13Reading a page togetherA worked example, panel by panelPro · soonDay 14Reading digitallyDictionaries, e-readers and vertical text on a screenPro · soonDay 15Your reading planReview, and what to read nextPro · soon