Reviews
(3.87/5)GOOD BOOK!
Really unique and complex, thoroughly enjoyable. The characters are written really well, and the themes are painted so beautifully across the story. I felt connected to or at least sympathetic for every character, simply because they're all written so well, even if said character is an irredeemable monster.
I cried reading this book; I laughed reading this book. I hated some characters with all my heart; I loved some characters with all my heart. Sometimes it's kinda weird, sometimes it's kinda
A good manga to start out with
The vocabulary wasn't too difficult using a dictionary/WaniKani bookclub's word list. The grammar wasn't difficult for me (I'd say I'm early N3 level.) The onomatopoeia sound effects were a bit tricky to work out at times, sometimes because of the font. But it didn't take away very much for me.
I've only read volume one, but liked the story itself - it got a bit intense at times and I love most vampire media so I'm happy that there's something readable to me that I enjoyed at my level. This is
A very unique manga at this level
Language learning: After reading the usual "first manga" recommendations yotsubato and flying witch I saw this manga recommended as a very good first manga and I have to agree. There are plenty of panels without any dialogue, and when there's dialogue it's relatively simple and with N5/N4 grammar. The only grammar point I can think of right now that is a bit above that level is the Vmasu+たて。
So while it might be a bit too easy if you've already read other manga, it's perfect for someone who
A great first manga
Reading manga can be somehow much more difficult than novels or graded readers, mostly because of all the abbreviations, colloquial expressions and so on. I felt like ハピネス was a great way to get started with such material.
I find the story much more interesting than any other beginner-accessible content I found. The art is beautiful, there’s a real story, and it felt like actually reading for pleasure.
The grammar and vocabulary used can be much different from what you’re used to at a beginne
This manga sucks so bad it turns into a comedy but I can see the appeal for beginners
So, this was not my first manga. But I read the first 8 volumes with my language partner (who had never read a manga in JP before).
To put it simply, the story sucks ass. The vast majority of characters act so stupidly and irrationally that it makes you want to close the tab. Nearly none of them are sympathetic in the way that the author is going for, and the series tries way too hard to make it seem scary to the point that it just ends up like a comedy.
But for language learning? I can see
When I started ハピネス I was maybe N4 level grammar-wise and had about 1000 cards in my Anki deck. I got through it just fine by looking up words and (very occasionally) grammar. I had to look up ~10-15 words per chapter. Previously I read からかい上手の元高木さん, for which I had to look up ~5-10 words per chapter.
There's only a handful of manga accessible to beginners. Happiness brings much-appreciated diversity in storytelling to the beginner level, by being a violent thriller about teens becoming vampire
An interesting start
Interesting start to what seems like a dark, psychological vampire story. My brain needed to read anything other than Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear for a bit and this is just about as far as it gets from that. Someone mentioned it felt a bit like a dark version of Spider-Man's origin and I definitely got that vibe.
Language-wise it is fairly easy as many have noted, though I did still have to look up a fair few words. Most sentences are pretty short utterances rather than lengthy dialogues, but there is
General Entertainment:
This Manga isn't bad. Honestly, quite a fun read and not a bad story, wasn't bored. Not the best story that has ever seen light, of course, but definitely not bad. I do think the very easy language hindered the story from using it's full potential, the dialogues were quite... simple? It is a finished story so it does have an ending, which is very nice.
Language Learning:
Very easy, like extremely easy Manga. This being my first Manga i still did not understand *everyth
It's very easy to consume and pretty quick to read, but I'm a bit in the "little text does not mean easy text" camp, I went into this expecting something I wouldn't be challenged by at all, and within the first few pages I was immediately like "wowwow, this doesn't look like a N5/N4 word".
Mangas that have less text risk this thing that the moment you miss one word, you miss the whole context of the scene: there have been a few moments when a big word appeared on the screen, and unless you know