#5-1 - Start Learning Japanese w/ Manga

This is NOT a video about how to learn Japanese. This is just a commentary and suggestion of how to use manga as a learning aide, and why I think that it can be useful for beginners. Had to split this into two videos (don't forget to watch part two!) and still had to cut a lot of what I wanted to say. Please leave me your comments if anything I said was confusing, or you need more info or clarification on any of the points I touched upon.

At first you're just using manga to memorize hiragana and katakana. After that you'll start learning grammar from a book or at school and use that new info to go through the manga again, this time using a dictionary to look up words and trying to figure out sentences so you can see how the grammar works.

Hiragana Charts :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana

Katakana Charts :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana

Manga Suggestions:

美少女戦士セーラームーン
(bishoujo senshi seeraamuun)
Pretty Soldier Sailormoon

HUNTER×HUNTER

ナルト / Naruto

トウ・シューズ
(tou shuuzu)
Toe Shoes

夢のクレヨン王国
(yume no kureyon oukoku)
Crayon Kingdom of Dreams

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• manga
• collection
• japanese
• comics
• otaku
• 漫画
• まんが
• コミック
• 日本語
• コレクター
• コレクション
• おたく

[keochk]

Kanjis are not exactly an "alphabet", like hiragana and katakana.

[tokirocket]

@keochk Correct, they are actually "ideograms" or "logograms." You can learn more about that on wikipedia by looking for "ideogram" and then looking at the "Chinese characters" section. Using the blanket term "alphabet" here is so that beginners can grasp the general idea of what I'm talking about without having to look up side topics like "what is an logogram." The blanket term "Grapheme" might even be better to describe all three, but again, most people do not know these terms.

[tokirocket]

I changed the links, they will work now. :)

[flaminbabies735]

I have 2 Japanese copies of Naruto, and I am learning Japanese, and I was actually doing the same exact thing earlier.

[skysword77]

I love your videos. what are some good reliable websites to buy japanese manga. I don't really know many good ones

[BROFlST]

Another good manga to read is Yotsuba&! (よつばと！). Very simple and has furigana for easy reading. and it's fnny as well.

[VictoriaNova]

I took your advise and bought 2 manga, big thanks!＾＾

[WebkinzKittyxo]

Thank you for this. What are some other good manga to start with? I also am having a really hard time getting a hold of the Japanese manga though...

[EminAnimE1]

i have black cat volume 1 in japanese and i don't understand a single word... but it's nice having a original manga in my collection! ^^

[animeferris]

where do you get all ur japanese manga?? i live in the U.S. so its hard for me to find those!

[Majinant]

So I have bought all of よつばと!. Hopefully it helps.

[StrrawberryBunny]

@misspokemonpro you need to write it every day 10-20 times so that it gets stuck in your memory...that's the only way! Or you could try cue cards.