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(4.20/5)January 23, 2026
December 25, 2021
This was the first manga I read in Japanese after reaching about 1.6k in the core 2k/6k Anki deck. The dialogue between the characters is quite easy to understand as most of them middle school students and don't use especially complicated language. There were some difficult parts where the main character discusses his favourite books yet they didn't hinder my understanding of the story overall. Discussion of literature takes up maybe a few panels at most. The font is also large and clear so ever
September 17, 2025
Surprisingly easy read for its themes
Reading experience at an N4-ish level with translation tools at hand:
A surprisingly easy experience language-wise considering the themes it deals with. Shuzo Oshimi is clearly an artist before he is an author: You will often have panels with visual storytelling or with more focus on the art than convoluted sentences. Because of this, you rarely open a page and think "Wow that is a lot of text". Instead, there's a lot of breathing room so that it never feels overwhelming. While there is a lot
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Not as good as other Oshimi
ハピネス was my first manga and I’ve quite liked other mangas from Oshimi, so I thought that I might give this one a shot since everyone seemed to praise it. I must say that I’ve been a bit disappointed, but I could have expected it since this is his first manga.
Entertainment wise, the art is not as clean as in his other works, but it’s not a major turnoff. However, I found the story a bit repetitive, despite being in the same themes as the rest of his work.
On the language side, I would say it’s