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In this article, we present simple and easy Japanese Manga for beginners .
Manga. It is one of the most recommended methods to learn Japanese.
Because enjoying is the greatest way to memorize.
Here are 15 titles to get you started!
Simple and easy Japanese Manga for beginners【Family/Comedy/School life】
I can recommend family and school life, comedy Mangas because it’s easy to understand Japanese and Japanese culture.
『よつばと！』Yotsuba to!
“Yotsuba &!”
level★☆☆☆
text length★☆☆☆
Comedy/Comedy
Yotsuba is a five-year-old girl and moved with Daddy to a new house.
She’s energetic and cheerful, curious.
It’s built around her day to day life and interactions with her family and neighbors.
“Yoruba &!” is good for your first attempt to learn Japanese manga!
Because The vocabulary is very simple and useful.
『しろくまカフェ』 Shirokuma cafe
“Polar bear cafe”
level★☆☆☆
text length★☆☆☆
Comedy/Animal
“Polar Bear Café” is about the daily lives of animals at the café run by a Polar Bear.
Customers are panda and penguin, grizzly, and so on.
The vocabulary is simple and easy to understand.
We recommend the anime too. It’s spoken slowly.
『隣のトトロ』Tonari no Totoro
“My neighbor Totoro”
level★★★☆
text length★☆☆☆
Family/Studio Ghibli
Satsuki and her little sister Mei moved into a historic country house with their dad.
They met firsthand mysterious creatures that live in the forest…
If there is Ghibli Movie that you like, that is recommended to read to learn Japanese.
You can enjoy the Studio Ghibli stories also with manga!
『チーズスイートホーム』Chi’s sweet home
“Chi’s sweet home”
level★☆☆☆
text length★☆☆☆
Family/Pet/Animal
A kitten finds herself lost and separated from her family.
She is rescued in a large park by a young boy named Yohei and his mother.
He take the kitten home, but, as pets are not allowed in their house.
So they try to find her a new home…
It`s written by simple way, so good for beginner class student.
『湯神くんには友だちがいない』Yugami-kun ni wa tomodachi ga inai
“Yugami doesn’t have any friends”
level★★★☆
text length★★★☆
Comedy/School life
Chihiro Watanuki is a transfer student at her new high school.
Her seat in the class is right next to Yugami-kun known to be a bonafide weirdo and his actions are incomprehensible…
It`s recommended to beginner class – intermediate class.
『君に届け』Kimi ni todoke
“From Me to You”
level★★☆☆
text length★★★☆
Love romance/Shojo/School life
Sawako Kuronuma is a high school student called “Sadako” (from a horror movie “The Ring”)
Sawako always had trouble fitting in.
But her whole life changes when she befriends the most popular boy in class, Shota Kazehaya…
It’s popular not only with women but also with men in Japan!
『のだめカンタービレ』Nodame cantabile
“Nodame cantabile”
level★★★☆
text length★★☆☆
Comedy/Music
A music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor.
However, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans!
One day, he meets fellow student “Nodame” known to be a “pervert”…
Easy Japanese but music terms. (Music terms normally came from german or Italian.)
『ワカコ酒』Wakako zake
“Wakako’s Sake”
level★★☆☆
text length★★★☆
Gourmet
Wakako Murasaki lives to eat and drink.
Every night she searches for a good place to enjoy her meals.
Perhaps she’ll sit next to you?
『ちびまるこちゃん』Chibi Maruko-chan
“The Chibi Maruko-chan”
level★☆☆☆
text length★★☆☆
Comedy/Family/School life
The Chibi Maruko-chan television series is known around the world.
The author modeled the character after herself as a child.
It’s easy to understand and without using slung.
『サザエさん』Sazae-san
“Sazae-san”
level★★★☆
text length★★☆☆
Comedy/Family/Historical
Sazae-san would embody the image of the modern Japanese family after WWⅡ.
It’s built around Sazae’s ordinary life and interactions with her family and neighbors.
There are some old phrases, so It’s sometimes a little bit difficult Japanese.
But you can learn without using slung, polite Japanese.
Simple and easy Japanese Manga for beginners【JAMP/Adventure/Sport】
What kind of Manga is most popular in the world?
NARUTO? DRAGON BALL? Or ONE PIECE?
You know, It’s published by Shueisha ” JAMP”
But why Japanese manga has no color?
I don’t know why.. maybe because of the cost??
Anyway, here you can read color JAMP comics.
『ドラゴンボール』DRAGON BALL
level★★☆☆
text length★★☆☆
Comedy/Action/Adventure
『スラムダンク』SLAM DUNK
level★★☆☆
text length★★☆☆
Sport
『ワンピース』ONE PIECE
level★★★☆
text length★★★☆
Adventure/Action
『ナルト』NARUTO
level★★★★
text length★★★☆
Action
『ブリーチ』BLEACH
level★★★★
text length★★★☆
Action
Free online website for Japanese reading manga
It’s great to have manga that help to improve your Japanese.
But you can also read Japanese manga for free on online.
Japanese in Anime and Manga
You can learn Japanese with Anime and Manga.
Good for anime mana fans!
FDO
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free for 14 days
contents: manga/anime/dramma/film/TV show/sport/music
You can read some Japanese manga books and watch animations, films and so on.
Now you can get for free for 14 days.
You can find “JUMP” manga here!
ABEMA PREMIUM
￥960/mon
free for 14 days
contents: manga/anime/dramma/film/TV show/orifinal film
You can read some Japanese manga books and watch animations, films and so on.
Now you can get for free for 14 days.
“Detectives Connan”and “The demon slayer (Kimetsu no yaiba)”, a lots famous title here!
Amazonプライム
￥960/mon
free for 30 days
contents: manga/anime/dramma/film/TV show/original film
You can read some Japanese manga books and watch animations, films, and so on.
Now you can get for free for 31 days.
We recommend this, if you have an amazon account.
You can find free Japanese manga from Kadokawa.
You can read some Japanese manga online for free.
There are some free Japanese manga to read online.
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