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Language Learning

Read this with the Absolute Beginner's book club on Wanikani, so there are now book club threads for questions and further help, which should make this an approachable pick. Biggest roadblock is definitely Kero's dialect, but this is not a very text-dense manga overall. Maybe good as a second or third manga, or a first manga for an enterprising learner who doesn't mind a bit of friction.

Entertainment

My first classic shoujo manga. I thought it was really cute and en

I prefer the anime, but the mangas not horrid

I found Kero's Osaka ben to be pretty hard to understand, so if I didn't have the English to compare to IDK if I'd have really understood half of what he says.

I specifically read the Bilingual edition, which means that the kanji did not have furigana, and the speech bubbles had English in them (the Japanese text is on the sides). In general, the books are pretty easy on the vocabulary, with the main exception being Sakura's magic incantation.

In total, I have about 100 words I had t

Cute and fun, but not for an absolute beginner

Strictly speaking, the vocab and grammar aren't particularly difficult — on par with any other shoujo or shounen manga — but it has some quirks that make it tricky for language learners. One of the main characters speaks in a strong Osaka dialect, and since he delivers a lot of necessary plot information that's a roadblock. There's a lot of asides handwritten outside the text bubbles, which are difficult to make out if you're only used to reading perfectly regular Japanese computer fonts. The ma