What is Japan
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I want you to know Japan from manga
Pop Culture “Manga (Learning Japanese Ed)〈2〉
To get to know and enjoy Japan
First, from the “manga”
Come on, this time
A national work that says that there are no strangers in Japan
Introducing “Chibi Maruko-chan”!
It is a very easy-to-understand manga for learning Japanese because it is only daily conversation in Japanese.
It’s a perfect work for studying because it uses formal and practical words.
<2> “Chibi Maruko-chan” Manga （Learning Japanese version)
What is “Chibi Maruko-chan”?
Author Momoko Sakura
Magazine: Shueisha “Ribon”
Number of volumes: 17 volumes,
newspaper 4-frame version, 13 volumes,
theatrical version original, 3 volumes
It is a work arranged based on the author Momoko Sakura’s own elementary school days.
So, of course, the main character is Momoko Sakura
Her nicknames are “Maruko” and “Maru-chan”
Modeled after her family, elementary school classmates, and neighbors
The stage is Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture in the 1970s!
You can enjoy her daily life as the main character is drawn with comedy elements.
Since it is only everyday conversation, it is perfect for studying Japanese because it uses easy-to-understand Japanese.
You may feel that it is a child’s manga or anime work, but it is a work that adults can also enjoy.
There is no doubt that you will be able to learn because the solid Japanese is drawn.
However, please note that if you imitate the peculiar character’s habit and use it, you will be laughed at.( ´艸｀)
The reason for becoming a Japanese national character is probably because it was animated.
It ’s still a long-lived work.
The animation is also drawn cutely
The author, Momoko Sakura, died of illness (breast cancer) on August 15, 2018 at the young age of 53.
After his death, the staff who worked as Sakura’s assistant for many years at the “Sakura Production” company based on the script for animation is in charge of drawing under the name of “Sakura Production”.
New manga of “Chibi Maruko-chan” will be posted on “Ribon” irregularly from 2019
The author name of the new manga is written as “Original: Momoko Sakura Her Manga: Sakura Production”
I want you to learn Japanese from national works that you can enjoy even now without losing popularity even if the author died.
It’s the “Chibi Maruko-chan Museum”in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka Prefecture, which is also the birthplace of the author.
Official site here
