A 4-panel manga comedy that offers a quick and enjoyable read about the school life of a popular high school boy who is also a shoujo manga artist.
月刊少女野崎くん
In this blog, we present manga that are not only highly captivating but also ideal for Japanese language learners. Studying Japanese through manga is both fun and effective. Manga allows you to understand the subtleties of keigo (honorifics), teineigo (polite speech), and casual conversation in Japanese.
Today's featured manga
Story overview
A rough high school boy is actually a shoujo manga artist!
Meet Umetarou Nozaki, a seemingly tough high school student. When Chiyo Sakura, a fellow student, musters up the courage to confess her feelings for him, she somehow ends up becoming his assistant instead of his girlfriend. This is the everyday comedy of Nozaki-kun, a high school boy and a popular shoujo manga artist!
Why this manga is suitable for learning Japanese
This manga, which depicts the amusing school life of Nozaki-kun, a popular shoujo manga artist in high school, his secret admirer Chiyo, and their quirky friends, is well-suited for Japanese learners for the following reasons.
The unique readability of 4-panel manga
This work is a 4-panel manga, where each story is completed within four panels. This concise and easy-to-read format makes it accessible even to those who are not accustomed to reading manga. Another appealing aspect is that it can be quickly read during short breaks without needing to spend a lot of time on it.
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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun / Izumi Tsubaki / SQUARE ENIX
Furigana on Kanji
In this work, all kanji have furigana, except for a few exceptions. This allows Japanese learners who struggle with reading kanji to follow the story without the hassle of looking up pronunciations.
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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun / Izumi Tsubaki / SQUARE ENIX
Some points to note
Nozaki-kun's speech is rough and blunt.
Nozaki-kun is a character with an unexpected contrast: a big, unsociable high school boy who is actually a shoujo manga artist. His vocabulary and manner of speaking are quite rough. Be careful, as directly imitating his speech in real-life conversations might come across as strange.
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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun / Izumi Tsubaki / SQUARE ENIX
Data
* Title : Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun(月刊少女野崎くん)
* Author : Izumi Tsubaki
* Publisher : SQUARE ENIX
* Latest volume : Vol.15
（Aug.2024 / Ongoing）
* Text volume : moderate
* Challenge level : ★★
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