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Most entertaining beginner manga I have read so far

I'd highly recommend this as a beginner manga for a few reasons:

1. The language is not too hard most of the time, especially in the first book (it ramps up a bit in difficulty as the books go on, especially as two characters from Osaka are introduced, but it's still manageable with some Googling). It was really satisfying whenever I was able to completely read a few pages in a row without having to look anything up.

2. There's a Wanikani group you can use for help if you ever get stuck or if you want to use their vocab sheet

3. The books were actually interesting. This one was so big for me. I had sometimes been pushing myself to read through classic beginner recommendations that just didn't hold my interest (i.e. Flying Witch or Yotsuba), only to abandon them. This book through would sometimes have me pushing to keep reading even though my brain was starting to die because I just had to know what happened next. I mean, these books have DRAMA and I loved it.