J.M. Ken Niimura – illustratör

Advance Your Japanese Through Manga— Next Step: Fluency! If you loved Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 (or if you're ready to step up your Japanese fluency), then this is the book for you! This volume takes you deeper into the Japanese language through immersive manga stories, real-life expressions, and advanced grammar. It's everything you need to progress from beginner to intermediate fluency—with no romaji crutches!Join Nuria, a Spanish journalist now in Tokyo, as she continues her adventure and unravels the mystery of the elusive kage (shadow). As the story intensifies, so does your command of Japanese!What You'll Learn in Volume 2:Over 200 essential kanji—presented with engaging context and no romanizationsHow to build complex sentences, use relative clauses, and master honorificsUseful phrases for ordering food, asking for help, and navigating unexpected situationsFive thrilling manga chapters, building your skills through story-driven immersionReinforcement of hiragana and katakanaFree native-speaker audio recordings to train your ear and polish pronunciationA complete bidirectional dictionary and answer key included!Whether you're self-studying or learning with a teacher, this book provides hundreds of exercises, real-world examples, and plenty of humor and action to keep you engaged. The manga storyline continues to evolve—so will your Japanese!Includes online audio for all dialoguesDesigned for teens and adults who want to actually speak JapaneseNOTE: Contains some mature content; recommended for ages 16+

Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips!If you enjoy manga, you''ll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off -- following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, where she keeps encountering a mysterious "shadow" or kage. Use your knowledge of hiragana and katakana from Volume 1 to help you decipher hundreds of new kanji vocabulary -- without romanizations! Learn to form complex sentences, with relative clauses, honorific forms and more! Learn hundreds of useful words and phrases -- from how to order food in a restaurant to dealing with unexpected events and emergencies Five manga episodes are woven throughout the book, reinforcing your language skills A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises are included!Learn Japanese with Manga is designed for self-study by adult learners, but is also suitable for classroom use. Audio recordings by Japanese native speakers are available for free online to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan today, you''ll find yourself speaking and writing Japanese before you know it!