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<p>Learn Japanese With Manga Volume 1</p>

<p>Learn to read, write, and speak everyday Japanese with manga stories!</p>

<p>If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips, making it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan, you'll find yourself feeling confident with speaking, reading, and writing Japanese quickly!</p>

<p>Designed for self-study use by adult learners, this book is a fun resource for beginners—no prior knowledge of Japanese required!</p>

<p>Readers will find:</p>

<p>Help with learning to write and pronounce the 92 Hiragana and Katakana letters plus 160 basic Kanji characters</p>

<p>Hundreds of useful words and phrases—from numbers and greetings to expletives and insults!</p>

<p>Seven manga stories woven throughout the book, reinforcing your grasp of the language</p>

<p>The basic vocabulary and grammar needed to communicate in Japanese!</p>

<p>Hundreds of exercises with free online audio recordings by Japanese native speakers</p>

<p>A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises</p>

<p>**Recommended for language learners 16 year old &amp; up. Not intended for high school classroom use due to adult content.**</p>

<p>About the Author:</p>

<p>Marc Bernabe is a Japanese-Spanish/Catalan translator and interpreter, working on manga and anime translations. He also teaches Japanese language and cultural etiquette courses for non-Japanese speakers. He combines his professional and academic activities with the web page MangaLand.es, which he founded and is now co-webmaster and a regular contributor.</p>

<p>Main Manga content by: (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1978) is an artist and illustrator, and he contributes to several local media magazines specializing in manga and anime. He currently spends his time producing storyboards and various illustration projects.</p>

<p>Learn Japanese With Manga Volume 2</p>

<p>Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips!</p>

<p>If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off — following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, where she keeps encountering a mysterious "shadow" or kage.</p>

<p>Use your knowledge of hiragana and katakana from Volume 1 to help you decipher hundreds of new kanji vocabulary — without romanizations!</p>

<p>Learn to form complex sentences, with relative clauses, honorific forms and more!</p>

<p>Learn hundreds of useful words and phrases — from how to order food in a restaurant to dealing with unexpected events and emergencies</p>

<p>Five manga episodes are woven throughout the book, reinforcing your language skills</p>

<p>A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises are included!</p>

<p>Learn Japanese with Manga is designed for self-study by adult learners, but is also suitable for classroom use. Audio recordings by Japanese native speakers are available for free online to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan today, you'll find yourself speaking and writing Japanese before you know it!</p>

<p>About the Author:</p>

<p>Marc Bernabe is a Japanese-Spanish/Catalan translator and interpreter focused on manga and anime translations. He also teaches Japanese language and cultural etiquette courses for non-Japanese speakers. Bernabe lives in Barcelona, Spain.</p>

<p>J. M. Ken Niimura is an illustrator of Spanish-Japanese descent. He has a degree in fine arts and has won more than thirty awards. His illustrations appear in many books published in his native Spain, and he frequently exhibits his work and teaches illustration. Niimura lives in Barcelona, Spain.</p>