/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>22048648
i don't, i ingest manga every day it's pretty fun actually
but i also like to say manga isn't reading because it invites posts like >>22048707

>>22048657
manga is reading. anything that involves processing written language is obviously reading. it just has pictures as well, and a lower density of text which focuses more on dialogue than descriptive language (in manga the the images replace the descriptive language found in novels). manga is actually the best input used to get good at conversation since it’s mostly 口語 rather than 文語 which novels are chock full of.

as a person who reads both, the people who say manga isn’t reading are nothing but annoying elitists who lack the ability to think in nuanced ways. try talking like they do in novels and you’re just going to sound like a pretentious gaijin (but i guess that’s what the “manga isn’t reading” trolls are anyway)

>>22048648
djt likes reading
manga isn't reading

>>22038044
That's nice and all but manga isn't reading.

>>22038313
you know that game subarashikihibi its like that

b-but they told me manga isn't reading

>>22028527
>>22028538
nice try, unfortunately manga isn't reading

>>22028527
but manga isn't reading

>>22023883
>decide to read yotsubato
You've already messed up. Manga isn't reading.

>>22023931
Stop trying to "read" manga at all. That's the best advice ever.

>>22023947
>I am literally reading it right now
No you're not.

nice try, but manga isn't reading

>tfw manga isn't reading

>>21989459
No they can't and manga isn't even reading buddy.

>>21876268
Reading is reading. You can say manga isn't high quality reading but it's still reading. Saying it isn't makes no sense.

>>21876197
I hate the word mentalese now just because Matt keeps pushing it as if it's a brand new concept.

>>21876243
>manga isn't reading
I keep seeing this meme. How?

>>21876235
manga isn't reading

>>21822163
normally I would say manga isn't reading but this looks like some dense literature

>>21819474
No he doesn't. Manga isn't reading.

>>21819485
No he can't.

>>21809554
if manga isn't reading how did i just finished my immersion quota with just one panel

>>21803223
japs are far too autistic with their purity shit, but I do appreciate the "purity" in the sense that they don't have tattoos, they rarely have awful fake balloon tits, and the general crackwhore look that a lot of american porn stars have just isn't common
not jav related, but I do always find it stupid when I'm reading a manga and a woman in her mid to late 20s doesn't know what a penis looks like because she's so pure. it's fucking retarded

Hey, so recently I got into golden kamuy and after reading the manga and watching the anime I realized I fucked myself because now I'm really, REALLY. into bara all types as long as its boobs even with chicks I just love boobs now I'm very desperate to fill that void so do you guys know any anime with big bara boobs that's actually good and isn't jjba or beserk?

>>21795109
Of course it's not, manga isn't reading after all.

I've translated a bit, like texts for a couple of people and some manga and I really despise it so I don't want to do it
basically English and Japanese are too different so you need to practically write your own prose and there is a lot of liberties you might want to take that some people would call you a bad translator for and I really don't feel comfortable doing this
I really think English and Japanese are incompatible and tell weebs to learn Japanese for this reason and even if you say yes it doesn't matter we can just get a general grasp I feel like it's just another one of those things you want to nitpick me for
perhaps most importantly, translating isn't fun at all
competing in the quiz is which is why I prefer it as a test, it is also the test that most accurately tests what you need when reading real texts while not compromising anonymity in any way
literally the only reason you wouldn't want to quiz is if you couldn't read Japanese

>>21790005
Yea, well I don't know a good source of reading japanese that isn't cartoon shit like anime or manga.

>>21777607
well why do you think manga isn't reading?

>>21777077
i can't cause manga isn't reading