Stranded without a ride home in Tokyo? No problem, you can stay at a mankitsu. What’s that? Why, it’s a manga cafe, of course! You can read manga, play video games, watch Japanese anime and movies and get unlimited free soft drinks. There are massage chairs and showers!
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Our grammar point is an important one. We’ll look at how to use the Japanese suffix -nikui to change words into the meaning “it’s difficult to do…”
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23 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #193 - Gomi-san in Mangaland 2”
Christmas Burger says:
June 17th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
My favourite is “From Eroica with Love.”
It’s so touching. 
I also love “Gravitation.”
maxiewawa says:
June 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I have so many favourites, so many to choose from! JPod has asked this question before, and each time I have a different answer!
If I had to choose one it would have to be コナン名探偵. I’ve always loved CSI, and murder mystery shows, and being able to study Japanese while watching/reading a whodunnit mystery is cool!
But am I missing something? They can’t pay for a taxi so someone suggests spending the night at a manga place? They have beds there?
Kathy says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:45 am
My family, friends & I love Japanese Manga very much. We all read a lot of it.
Here are some of my favorites:-
NaNa、Naruto、フルツバスケト、絶望先生、２０世紀少年、桜蘭高校ホスト部 & 彼女を守る51の方法.
プチクレア says:
June 18th, 2008 at 3:51 am
I haven’t read manga in a long time… and I mostly read mangas I knew as a child, that is mangas that were turned into the anime I saw on TV when I was 10 or so. So mostly oooooold mangas 
My favourites are City Hunter and Sannen Kimengumi/High-school Kimengumi. 
I also read Love Hina, and a few Death Notes.
Charles says:
June 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am
@maxiewawa
I’m not sure about all manga stores, but I do know that a particular Manboo 24hr manga shop saved me from having to sleep in the train station all night.
On my way back from Osaka to Tokyo - the monsoon was too strong, so they stopped all the shinkansens - unfortunately, it seemed like everyone stopped in the same city - and after walking to every hotel and finding no rooms - a light from heaven beamed down (or perhaps it was a neon sign) on a Manboo.
They have little walled cubicles with padded mats to lay on, and you can rent a cubicle for all night relatively cheap (like 3000 yen!). Oh, and it comes with all the drinks you can drink + a load of Manga to read 
markystar says:
June 18th, 2008 at 11:18 am
The 漫画喫茶 of this picture is near our office!
oh! that one!
i’ve been there to use the massage chairs
one of the bigger chains of mankitsu in tokyo is BAGUS. they have a quite classy decor, so it’s nice to get a couple’s room and go with a special someone to watch videos or play games or just relax. they usually have another store nearby to play darts and billiards. i love their lime slushy. mmmmmmm mmmmmm.
Prettynappy says:
June 18th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Cromartie High. It makes no sense and perfect sense. Banana sushi!!
エミリー says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Christmas Burger, I just googled those manga. Are you serious?
のり says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Mattさん
渋い所ついてきますねぇ（笑）
私は伊藤潤二の「富江」が好きです。
She is creepy but she is also cute somehow.
がんばれ
Jason says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Man, it’s hard to pick just one. But if I had to name my #1 favorite it’d have to be まほらば. Here’s a somewhat out of date list of some of my other favorites (with some anime mixed in).
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=405
Here’s a few more since I made that list that definitely deserve mentioning..
-よつばと！ If you’re not reading it now, you should be.
-ひだまりスケッチ. Made of pure
-ひぐらしのなく頃に. Not for the faint of heart
-みなみけ
-ハヤテのごとく！
markystar says:
June 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
i’m not into manga or anime at all.
but i did read デスノ (death note) and i liked it.
i’ve been recommended anything by 慢☆画太郎, but i haven’t had a chance to check them out yet.
kitty-chan says:
June 18th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Looks like lots of Death Note fans here!
Is there room for one more?
Peter says:
June 18th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Had to chime in. 遊戯王「Yuugiou」 is the only manga I’ve read from start to finish. It was very, very good.
Yuichi says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
HighBridgeさん
ぼくもバカボンドが好きです 
Do you know スラムダンク（Slam Dunk） whose author is the same as バカボンド? I love his manga.
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Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) |
Grammar: nikui | Function: inviting someone to do something | Topic: anime, cafe, internet cafe, manga, manga cafe | Politeness Level: casual, Polite
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