Kanji in MangaLand: Volume 1 (Kanji in Mangaland)

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Customer Reviews:

I am looking forward the complete serie [Posted on 2007-11-15]
That's by far the best method of learning Kanji I ever met.
It combines traditional carving-by repeat method with visual method.
You have to write a lot in order to master Kanji, but there is no other way, I am afraid, to master Japanese writing and, most important of it, not to forget it the day after.
Drawings are wonderful, and even if it's aimed to teen-agers, it's good for elderly ( like me, fori instance) too.
I hope to be able to purchase the entire serie as quick as possible.

Vitamin-C for Studying Kanji [Posted on 2008-01-01]
This book is a supplement for people who want to study kanji in addition to their Japanese text books. Kanji in Mangaland Volume I covers around 240 kanji, the Kyoiku kanji taught in the first two years of elementary school in Japan, and also the kanji for Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) level 3 & 4. Unlike other kanji studying materials such as Kanji flashcard, this book provides more than kunyomi, onyomi, and a list of jukugo (compound words). It illustrates the kanji stroke ordering sequence, uses a picture representing the kanji to help reader's memorization, and demonstrates the usage of different kanji via manga examples. The best part of the book is the history overview of where and how the kanji got imported to Japan and the influence on the Japanese language phonetic symbols: Katakana & Hiragana. However, few manga dialogs have some kanji that never been covered in the book, this may cause confusion to the readers. Overall, like Vitamin-C to your body, this book is a pretty good supplement to your Kanji studying.

(Reviewed by Otto Yuen, 01-Jan-2008)

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