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Ok one more time to go.
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For Starters...
So my friend got back to me and just gave me the list of the manga he is currently reading as well as some that he started out with. For starters he went with gyagu anime like 'Yotsuba', and 'Crayon Shin-Chan'. They use very basic Japanese grammar as well as
phonetically spelling out all the kanji, if used at all.
E.G.
Yotsuba (As you can tell there's no kanji in this cell. Though I could not find a full page in raw format, it shows how simple it is to read for the most part.)
Next is Crayon Shin-Chan. (You can see a decent usage of kanji, but the spelling is phonetic. Once you have memorized a decent amount of Japanese words, you'll really start to enjoy it.)
Intermediate...
What he read when he moved onto the more intermediate are manga like 'Kerero Gunsou', 'Death Note', K-On', 'Dragon Ball', 'Whistle!' and 'One Piece'. These manga have very proper and easy to follow grammar. The sentences are structured well and they don't use
wordplay to mix up their humor. Though the kanji is not always phonetically spelled out, it isn't too difficult to read once you start to get use to seeing it.
E.G.
Kerero Gunsou (Lots of fun to read and not many Japanese culture type jokes. It's just a good slap stick comedy that takes you on an adventure. I would highly recommend this when you're feeling up to it. Keep in mind there is a decent amount of kanji, but it's
all phonetically spelled out.)
Death Note (The kanji is kanji heavy, but they still phonetically spell it out. An example would be the kanji at the upper right of the cel, which symbolizes, 'What?' or 'Nani?')
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