Uki Uki Japanese Lesson 33 - Manga Words

Uki Uki Japanese Lesson #33 Manga Words
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漫画 マンガ Manga

Manga is an amazing story-telling medium as well as a great study tool.

First, what are some of the main elements of manga?

プロット (purotto)：plot or storyline
キャラ / キャラクター (kyara / kyarakuta-)：characters
セリフ (serifu)：speech
フキダシ (fukidashi)：speech bubbles
モノローグ (monoro-gu)：monologue, what the character’s thinking
描き文字 (kaki moji)：onomatopoeia and small texts outside speech bubbles
コマ割り (koma wari)：separating the space into panels
ラフ (rafu)：rough sketch
ネーム (ne-mu)：blueprint of manga usually done in pencil.
ペン入れ (pen ire): inking
ベタ (beta)：filling in
ホワイト (howaito)：white ink for correction and highlights


Here are some major categories of manga based on the target audience.

児童漫画 (jidou manga)：mainly for elementary school students
少年漫画 (shounen manga)：mainly for elementary school to high school boys (e.g. Dragon Ball)
少女漫画 (shoujo manga)：mainly for elementary school to high school girls (e.g. Sailor Moon)
青年漫画 (seinen manga)：mainly for high school students and older

Here are main genres of manga

学園漫画 (gakuen manga)：school
ギャグ漫画 (gyagu manga)：comedy
推理漫画 (suiri manga)：detective, e.g. Case Closed
スポーツ漫画 (supo-tsu manga)：sports
恋愛漫画 (ren-ai manga)：love stories
ファンタジー漫画 (fantaji- manga)：fantasy
SF漫画 (esu efu manga)：Sci-Fi
ホラー漫画 (hora- manga)：horror
音楽漫画 (ongaku manga)：music
料理漫画 (ryouri manga)：cooking
…and many more!

Pretty much every imaginable topic has been drawn as manga at some point! I hope you'll go check out some for yourself.

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