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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:16 pm
I have a couple of manga in Japanese. I have never yet bought any manga in English for two reasons.
1. TokyoPop is the largest source for translated manga I have access to.
2. TokyoPop's translation errors and "corrections in the interests of better appealing to American tastes" are at -least- bordering on criminal. scream Such disrespectful handling turns many of the best moments into the weakest! Bastards pandering to idiots...
Original language manga is very difficult to get where I live. So I have a couple InuYasha volumes and one Dragonball. Even then, what is really my biggest obstacle in reading Japanese is trying to divide the words to translate them. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:51 am
For me, it'd be fun to be able to constantly have a reminder of hira.
Though... I'm not far enough into my studies to understand alot of words. And all thinbgs considering the dialect it would be ain a manga, it probabkly wouldnt be dictionary form.. so... yea, not for a little while ^-^
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:15 am
Manga in Japanese is definately the way to go if you can hack it (Shonen Jump is a great learning tool with all the furigana and easily understood stories) but I honestly prefer scifi novels. I'll get this off my chest right now by saying that I honestly don't care much for "traditional" Japanese story telling and that girly pop-fiction crap that my girl friend always reads. I find it to be very round-about and ponderous, like reading a never ending Charles Dickens novel. That being said, I do like the original fantasy and sci-fi concepts that manga and Japanese literature bring to the table.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:17 pm
I bought some mangas in japanese because I couldn't wait for them to be translated into enlgish. but its really hard to read because there aren't spaces in between words. can someone help me?!?!?!?!?
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:24 pm
Um... learn Japanese? Seriously, with enough Japanese study, you'll get used to not having spaces in between words, and it gets really easy to pick out the verbs and adjectives... as well as the meaning in general. xd
I guess one of the easiest ways to break up words is to pay attention to particles like は (wa), の (no), を (o/wo), も (mo), and へ (e/he) because you'll often see them being used to connect words together. Also pay attention to kanji, as those are very good markers for verbs, adjectives, and nouns. There are relatively few words that contain more than one or two kanji, so that might help in breaking things up.
Hah. Although I bought my first Japanese manga before I knew any Japanese at all, I didn't even attempt to read any of the words in it until I had two years of study under my belt. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:45 pm
All I buy is untranslated manga, it's cheaper, and it helps me with my studies. xd heart
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:10 pm
bakahito Manga in Japanese is definately the way to go if you can hack it (Shonen Jump is a great learning tool with all the furigana and easily understood stories) but I honestly prefer scifi novels. I'll get this off my chest right now by saying that I honestly don't care much for "traditional" Japanese story telling and that girly pop-fiction crap that my girl friend always reads. I find it to be very round-about and ponderous, like reading a never ending Charles Dickens novel. That being said, I do like the original fantasy and sci-fi concepts that manga and Japanese literature bring to the table. i like manga, but i watch more anime and read magazine instead. i would look ugly without them. the manga i do have (evidently all japanese stare ) are all girly (pitaten, azumanga daiou, so older one too)
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:58 pm
I've never gotten a japanese manga before but I think you'd be able to develop your kanji and hiragana by looking at an english then looking at that word bubble in Japanese and then memorizing the certain words and stuff..but thats just my guess I've never tried it
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:59 am
Kiba_Inu I've never gotten a japanese manga before but I think you'd be able to develop your kanji and hiragana by looking at an english then looking at that word bubble in Japanese and then memorizing the certain words and stuff..but thats just my guess I've never tried it english messes up the whole translation, it would not be of working.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:57 pm
Aiko_589 Kiba_Inu I've never gotten a japanese manga before but I think you'd be able to develop your kanji and hiragana by looking at an english then looking at that word bubble in Japanese and then memorizing the certain words and stuff..but thats just my guess I've never tried it english messes up the whole translation, it would not be of working. Yeah. She's right. I've thought of selling all my English versions and buying the Japanese version. The only problem is I can't find any for a decent price. They always charge more than they should.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:51 am
I can't read in Japanese >.>'
Wish I could. T.T
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:52 pm
Hermonie Urameshi Yeah. She's right. I've thought of selling all my English versions and buying the Japanese version. The only problem is I can't find any for a decent price. They always charge more than they should. Have you tried yes-asia north america? It's the online site. I think their prices are reasonable, and you get discounts for paying certain amounts. There are three shipping options, and the standard is pretty cheap. Also, if you search hard enough, you can sometimes find used manga for sale at like $3.00 per book or less. The problem with buying online is that you do have to pay shipping usually. You can always check ebay, or Kinokuniya's website. Amazon.co.jp is the Japanese version of Amazon, but it's a little pricier. I lucked out when I was in Japan - I bought a few books new at normal price in Kyoto, but in Tokyo I found the Book Off and bought a whole lot of used books for like 2 dollars apiece. The thing is, used books in Japan don't even look used. The ones I bought were in great condition! The poor clerk gave me a look like, "o.O You're buying that much stuff!?" I also have an advantage because there is a Furuhon store next to the Kinokuniya store I go to in New Jersey, and they sell manga very cheap too (it's also used books as the store's name professes). But I don't go to the store very often, so most of my manga is bought off yes-asia. I bought the entire Twin Signal series from that site. They're always good to me.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:27 pm
Akira_Hoshino Hermonie Urameshi Yeah. She's right. I've thought of selling all my English versions and buying the Japanese version. The only problem is I can't find any for a decent price. They always charge more than they should. Have you tried yes-asia north america? It's the online site. I think their prices are reasonable, and you get discounts for paying certain amounts. There are three shipping options, and the standard is pretty cheap. Also, if you search hard enough, you can sometimes find used manga for sale at like $3.00 per book or less. The problem with buying online is that you do have to pay shipping usually. You can always check ebay, or Kinokuniya's website. Amazon.co.jp is the Japanese version of Amazon, but it's a little pricier. I lucked out when I was in Japan - I bought a few books new at normal price in Kyoto, but in Tokyo I found the Book Off and bought a whole lot of used books for like 2 dollars apiece. The thing is, used books in Japan don't even look used. The ones I bought were in great condition! The poor clerk gave me a look like, "o.O You're buying that much stuff!?" I also have an advantage because there is a Furuhon store next to the Kinokuniya store I go to in New Jersey, and they sell manga very cheap too (it's also used books as the store's name professes). But I don't go to the store very often, so most of my manga is bought off yes-asia. I bought the entire Twin Signal series from that site. They're always good to me. Not working. When I look for Japanese Yuu Yuu Hakusho manga it brings up English YYH anime. Idiots. stare
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:36 pm
I looked myself; it's weird. I wonder if it's because YYH has already been completely licensed/translated. confused Anyway, I found it on one of the other sites I mentioned. Here is the link to YYH products at Kinokuniya, East Coast North America (if you're West Coast it should be the same): YuyuhakushoIf you need to search again, the hiragana ゆうゆうはくしょ works fine. To find the manga specifically, just Ctrl-F with コミックス You can use the ISBN to order it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:11 pm
Akira_Hoshino I looked myself; it's weird. I wonder if it's because YYH has already been completely licensed/translated. confused Anyway, I found it on one of the other sites I mentioned. Here is the link to YYH products at Kinokuniya, East Coast North America (if you're West Coast it should be the same): YuyuhakushoIf you need to search again, the hiragana ゆうゆうはくしょ works fine. To find the manga specifically, just Ctrl-F with コミックス You can use the ISBN to order it. I know how to write the name of my own favourite anime/manga. And that site isn't doing anything for me.
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