A manga guidebook to one of Tokyo’s liveliest neighborhoods.

Two-third of this book is made up of a manga story in which 20-years-old Yoko searches for her boyfriend, who has gone missing in Akihabara. As Yoko winds her way through the Akiba looking for clues to Hiroshi’s whereabouts, she meets up with his friend, Okada-san, and discovers the truth about Hiroshi: he is actually an Otaku (an obsessed manga and anime fan).

The remaining portion of the book is a complete guide offering full-color photographs,detailed map and travel information and listing of the store and other locations mentioned in the story.

96 pp. 7 1/4 x 10 1/8 in., 32 pp. full-color pages, 64 pp.b&w pages, Paperback

Basic to intermediate level

With this second installment of the world-wide known Japanese in MangaLand series, the student of Japanese will continue his dive into the process of mastering Japanese. The methods in this book will help you graduate from the elementary to the intermediate level of the Japanese language. So, strap a headband around your head, for this time things are going to get rough from now on, forget about romaji!

The 15 lessons included here continue exactly from where the first book left you, chronologically following its numeration and gradually introducing more complex structures of the Japanese language. A new feature in this book is a set of conversational lessons with tons of vocabulary and useful phrases, which will be of great use when traveling in Japan. Another new feature is the culture notes, which give valuable insight into the way things work in the Land of the Rising Sun; since language is not only about words.

True, Japanese in MangaLand 2 is more challenging than its first counterpart. However, don't panic: the book manages to keep its basic philosophy of learning while having fun. So read, learn, and have fun using manga as a motivational means, and not as an intimidating end!

Contents:
* 15 Japanese language lessons with more than 100 manga drawings as examples.
* 150 exercises and answers
* 11 "normal" grammar lessons, 4 "conversational" lessons
* Japanese-English vocabulary list.
* Mini-guidebook of 100 intermediate-levelkanji.

Pages: 208
Size: 17x26 cm

Intermediate level

This is the third installment of the bestselling Japanese in MangaLand series, where students will consolidate and further expand their Japanese skills at the intermediate level. Very much like Japanese in MangaLand 2, this book offers another set of 15 lessons in which intensive study of grammar and conversation is combined with examples taken from manga that introduces real everyday spoken Japanese not the typical textbook Japanese stuff. The conversational lessons, included within, will also help you to communicate in various situations of everyday life in Japan: from how to order in a restaurant to how to speak the Osaka dialect; from how to use the honorific language (keigo) to the most casual and vulgar expressions usually found in manga.

Japanese in MangaLand 3 closes a circle: combining the contents of the three Japanese in MangaLand books, all the requirements of grammar, vocabulary and kanji of Level 3 (Intermediate) of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test are completely covered. This book includes a great deal of exercises, grammar and vocabulary reference appendices (especially designed for Proficiency Test candidates), and many other bonuses. So, once again, prepare to read, learn, and enjoy yourself as you embark on the last leg of your journey through MangaLand by entering the final book of the Japanese in MangaLand series.

Contents
* 15 Japanese language lessons with more than 100 manga drawings as examples.
* Contents (grammar, vocabulary and kanji) adapted to Level 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
* 150 exercises and answers
* 11 "normal" grammar lessons, 4 "conversational" lessons
* Lessons on casual speech and honorifics
* Grammar index
* Japanese-English vocabulary list.

Pages: 216
Size: 17x26 cm

This indispensable companion to the Japanese in MangaLand series offers more than 150 complementary activities that enable students to practice writing hiragana, katakana, and kanji, as well as how to optimize the vocabulary and grammar that were taught in the textbook itself.

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