Comments on: The Immersion Environment: Rome wasn’t built in a day…But this isn’t Rome, so a week should totally do… http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kimura http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-145342 Kimura Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:40:50 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-145342 "Become who you were born to be. Become Japanese." BEST. ADVICE. EVER.   Anyway, definitely some great tips here; the only problem I have in implementing them (besides chronic お金がない) is I'm not old enough to move out yet. So the only place I can actually change all the way is my laptop, and even then it's semi-limited for technical reasons (programs only having English versions, font fail, etc). Definitely going to try, anyway... 頑張ってね？   “Become who you were born to be. Become Japanese.” BEST. ADVICE. EVER.
 
Anyway, definitely some great tips here; the only problem I have in implementing them (besides chronic お金がない) is I’m not old enough to move out yet. So the only place I can actually change all the way is my laptop, and even then it’s semi-limited for technical reasons (programs only having English versions, font fail, etc). Definitely going to try, anyway… 頑張ってね？
 

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]]> By: The Path To Japanese Fluency Part 2: Crafting Want Into Need | Japanese Level Up http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-145291 The Path To Japanese Fluency Part 2: Crafting Want Into Need | Japanese Level Up Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:45:45 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-145291 [...] creativity as some things can not be changed completely, but they can definitely be tweaked.  Check here for some great environment change suggestions from the popular Japanese learning site [...] [...] creativity as some things can not be changed completely, but they can definitely be tweaked.  Check here for some great environment change suggestions from the popular Japanese learning site [...]

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]]> By: Third Time’s The Charm? | Everyone High Fiving Everyone! http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-132152 Third Time’s The Charm? | Everyone High Fiving Everyone! Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:47:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-132152 [...] and grammar all at the same time while having Japanese music, movies, and tv in the background for immersion.  It wasn’t working for me. Information Overload! I was also associating learning Japanese [...] [...] and grammar all at the same time while having Japanese music, movies, and tv in the background for immersion.  It wasn’t working for me. Information Overload! I was also associating learning Japanese [...]

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]]> By: It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-120212 It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:14:17 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-120212 [...] easy way out. Don’t change yourself. Change your environment. Don’t choose Japanese. Choose a Japanese environment. Don’t do Japanese. Only have Japanese to do 1. Don’t try to “win” at [...] [...] easy way out. Don’t change yourself. Change your environment. Don’t choose Japanese. Choose a Japanese environment. Don’t do Japanese. Only have Japanese to do 1. Don’t try to “win” at [...]

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]]> By: yoshi_in_black http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-58875 yoshi_in_black Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:27:09 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-58875 Well, for me changing my enviroment to Japanese was kind of natural I'd say. Since the first time I watched Anime in Japanese Dub I prefered it that way. Since the time 6 yrs ago when I borrowed my first Japanese CD, my collection of Japanese music is growing constantly and listening to English music is kinda strange for me now.^^ A friend of mine found this <a href="http://rawmangaspot.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">page</a> and now I'm reading many Manga in Japanese and, because I'm too lazy to look everything up I don't understand, one time in English too. What I also do is playing much <a href="http://www.audio-surf.com/" rel="nofollow">Audiosurf</a>, since that way I listen to Japanese music and play at the same time. Well, for me changing my enviroment to Japanese was kind of natural I’d say.
Since the first time I watched Anime in Japanese Dub I prefered it that way. Since the time 6 yrs ago when I borrowed my first Japanese CD, my collection of Japanese music is growing constantly and listening to English music is kinda strange for me now.^^
A friend of mine found this page and now I’m reading many Manga in Japanese and, because I’m too lazy to look everything up I don’t understand, one time in English too.
What I also do is playing much Audiosurf, since that way I listen to Japanese music and play at the same time.

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]]> By: cm http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-45029 cm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:10:54 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-45029 This is probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to get access to anywhere that sells movies dubbed into Hindi (the language I am learning). I have Bollywood movies and I'm watching them, but I would love some American movies that I already know the plot of in Hindi. I've tried Ebay, Google searches, etc. but all the places that dub movies into Hindi only sell them in India. Any suggestions? This is probably a stupid question, but I can’t seem to get access to anywhere that sells movies dubbed into Hindi (the language I am learning). I have Bollywood movies and I’m watching them, but I would love some American movies that I already know the plot of in Hindi. I’ve tried Ebay, Google searches, etc. but all the places that dub movies into Hindi only sell them in India. Any suggestions?

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]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35430 khatzumoto Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:46:12 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35430 But if I...were married to a movie star... :D But if I…were married to a movie star… :D

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]]> By: kendo http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35428 kendo Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:37:17 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35428 You may never read this, since it was posted a million years ago, but I just thought I'd brag here, since you mentioned them a couple times in this article...I grew up rocking out with Matt Mahaffey and the other guys in the band Self. When I was like 16 their first album dropped and this girl I *knew* (--like in a biblical sense lol) was good friends with Matt's sister or cousin, so I got to go to house parties at Matt's house like every weekend while they were just starting to get big (I'm talking back when Cannon was just blowing up on the radios in the Nashville area). They used to put me on the list at the local bars they played like "Tha Boro" and "Wall Street" so I could come watch their shows despite being REALLY underage and looking about 12. Anyways, its just fun to have bragging rights about something, yeah? I actually burned out on their music years ago, so it definitely isnt a huge temptation to my environment, like it apparently was for someone... But, they were (are?) a great band, and Matt is a really cool, down to earth guy. Cool enough to let a kid hang out with a bunch of guys on their way up as rock stars, even if they have always remained moderately "underground". You may never read this, since it was posted a million years ago, but I just thought I’d brag here, since you mentioned them a couple times in this article…I grew up rocking out with Matt Mahaffey and the other guys in the band Self. When I was like 16 their first album dropped and this girl I *knew* (–like in a biblical sense lol) was good friends with Matt’s sister or cousin, so I got to go to house parties at Matt’s house like every weekend while they were just starting to get big (I’m talking back when Cannon was just blowing up on the radios in the Nashville area). They used to put me on the list at the local bars they played like “Tha Boro” and “Wall Street” so I could come watch their shows despite being REALLY underage and looking about 12. Anyways, its just fun to have bragging rights about something, yeah? I actually burned out on their music years ago, so it definitely isnt a huge temptation to my environment, like it apparently was for someone… But, they were (are?) a great band, and Matt is a really cool, down to earth guy. Cool enough to let a kid hang out with a bunch of guys on their way up as rock stars, even if they have always remained moderately “underground”.

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Lazy Kanji Cards: A New (?) SRS Card Format http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35366 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Lazy Kanji Cards: A New (?) SRS Card Format Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-35366 [...] easy for yourself to succeed is simply to make it difficult to fail (that’s what a lot of the AJATT immersion advice is about…the core principle is to make Japanese an unignoreable part of your [...] [...] easy for yourself to succeed is simply to make it difficult to fail (that’s what a lot of the AJATT immersion advice is about…the core principle is to make Japanese an unignoreable part of your [...]

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]]> By: spencer http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-27310 spencer Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:04 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-27310 Wow, this article really helped me with the immersion process. I like the "Before you jump, make sure you have somewhere to land" Idea. No sense in starting without the actual materials to replace it with! Great post! Wow, this article really helped me with the immersion process. I like the “Before you jump, make sure you have somewhere to land” Idea. No sense in starting without the actual materials to replace it with!

Great post!

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]]> By: kyoushou http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-24628 kyoushou Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:23:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-24628 <i>Get it. Get the book, get the movie. Even if you don’t understand it yet. At first, just having it around you will be motivating. It’ll be another <em>reminder of your goal and your future.</em></i> whoa,senpai is also an EVA fan! nice i guess im on the right track because i collect Japanese PS2 games specially EVA and those Super Robot Wars, which i really wanted to play with just barely reading and understanding it. Get it. Get the book, get the movie. Even if you don’t understand it yet. At first, just having it around you will be motivating. It’ll be another reminder of your goal and your future.

whoa,senpai is also an EVA fan! nice
i guess im on the right track because i collect Japanese PS2 games specially EVA and those Super Robot Wars, which i really wanted to play with just barely reading and understanding it.

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]]> By: Mikomi Rae http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-17832 Mikomi Rae Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:49:39 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-17832 I have some anime and stuff that I bought as a teenager that I can use to study, but I really would like to take your suggestion and trade a bunch of my English stuff with Japanese versions. Any idea where/how I can do something like that? I know there are sites like swaptree, but that's just exchanging English books for English books, really... Thanks! I have some anime and stuff that I bought as a teenager that I can use to study, but I really would like to take your suggestion and trade a bunch of my English stuff with Japanese versions. Any idea where/how I can do something like that? I know there are sites like swaptree, but that’s just exchanging English books for English books, really… Thanks!

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]]> By: Jack http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-15175 Jack Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:42:29 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-15175 Thanks so much for this Site Khatz but i hasve a couple problems #1 most gigantic problem is im only 14 and i have no money so i rely on lime wire and bittorrent to get all the materials and unfourtunately for me my mom is the hot tempered puertorican budget cutting type and 2 ive never taken a clas and dont speak a lick of jpapanese exept for the basics and was wonder ing in addition to immersion if i should use rosseta stone in my regimne before my kanji if its any use what are your thoughts ETC. but otther than that this site is really good and really psychological i always thought language is like learning the guitar because the only real way to lean is to feel it its not a technical thing you just become the guitar an extension of your body just like language is an extension of your mind Thanks so much for this Site Khatz but i hasve a couple problems #1 most gigantic problem is im only 14 and i have no money so i rely on lime wire and bittorrent to get all the materials and unfourtunately for me my mom is the hot tempered puertorican budget cutting type and 2 ive never taken a clas and dont speak a lick of jpapanese exept for the basics and was wonder ing in addition to immersion if i should use rosseta stone in my regimne before my kanji if its any use what are your thoughts ETC. but otther than that this site is really good and really psychological i always thought language is like learning the guitar because the only real way to lean is to feel it its not a technical thing you just become the guitar an extension of your body just like language is an extension of your mind

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]]> By: jonasan sure-ki- http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-13813 jonasan sure-ki- Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:15:33 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-13813 So this is from way long ago and you may never read this comment Khatzu, BUT... it's related to immersion environment so i'm posting it anyway. i'm an ALT (on the JET program) who was shown your website by a senpai. From the moment I read the first sweet, sweet line, I knew I was hooked. BUT. I'm an ALT. And I take ESL very seriously. As in, it's very important that my students are receiving quality English instruction, such that I spend most of my day on the computer researching in ENGLISH. Sure my office buddies are chattering away in Japanese, but I'd be fooling myself if I said that it was anything but background noise to me. Other than at work your website, remembering the kanji, or my girlfriend are the only sources of English that tend to disturb my Japanese immersion. What do you think? Since so much of my time is spent at work, I *want* that environment to be Japanese as well. I'm sure there are texts in Japanese about ESL, but the amount of time it would require me to parse through those articles would significantly lower my productivity (which is already not kanpeki). Based on your own experiences, what would you recommend doing? I know you took notes in Japanese, was there a point where you searched for textbooks in Japanese as well? Or did you stop the immersion at note-taking? Are there other ALTs who frequent this site that have recommendations? So this is from way long ago and you may never read this comment Khatzu, BUT… it’s related to immersion environment so i’m posting it anyway.

i’m an ALT (on the JET program) who was shown your website by a senpai. From the moment I read the first sweet, sweet line, I knew I was hooked. BUT. I’m an ALT. And I take ESL very seriously. As in, it’s very important that my students are receiving quality English instruction, such that I spend most of my day on the computer researching in ENGLISH. Sure my office buddies are chattering away in Japanese, but I’d be fooling myself if I said that it was anything but background noise to me. Other than at work your website, remembering the kanji, or my girlfriend are the only sources of English that tend to disturb my Japanese immersion. What do you think? Since so much of my time is spent at work, I *want* that environment to be Japanese as well. I’m sure there are texts in Japanese about ESL, but the amount of time it would require me to parse through those articles would significantly lower my productivity (which is already not kanpeki). Based on your own experiences, what would you recommend doing? I know you took notes in Japanese, was there a point where you searched for textbooks in Japanese as well? Or did you stop the immersion at note-taking? Are there other ALTs who frequent this site that have recommendations?

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]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-3387 khatzumoto Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:38:33 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-3387 >what is the best thing to do while working through the Kanji, if anything? Yeah, just build and maintain that environment. >what is the best thing to do while working through the Kanji, if anything?
Yeah, just build and maintain that environment.

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]]> By: noah http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-3386 noah Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:36:29 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-3386 Khatsumoto I hope this hasn't been answered yet, but there is a lot of information to sift through on this site. Because your method begins with creating an immersion environment, and because it is after a multi-month method of learning the Kanji before the sentence-into-SRS phase begins, what is the best thing to do while working through the Kanji, if anything? I am listening to music, watching movies, etc...that is fine, and I am becoming used to the new sounds, but I have as yet not tried to parse and understand anything being said, as I have not finished RTK. Should I be working through some of the audio in Kana? thanks! Noah Khatsumoto

I hope this hasn’t been answered yet, but there is a lot of information to sift through on this site.

Because your method begins with creating an immersion environment, and because it is after a multi-month method of learning the Kanji before the sentence-into-SRS phase begins, what is the best thing to do while working through the Kanji, if anything?

I am listening to music, watching movies, etc…that is fine, and I am becoming used to the new sounds, but I have as yet not tried to parse and understand anything being said, as I have not finished RTK. Should I be working through some of the audio in Kana?

thanks!
Noah

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]]> By: Jonathan DeSousa http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2911 Jonathan DeSousa Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:02:34 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2911 Hi Khatsumoto-san, Thanks for the recommendations. I will get some more doraemon and I have seen Ore wa Teppei at Sasuga. I'll look for these others as well. I think that 少年 manga will be fine. I actually am finding that reading manga like doraemon that are full of hiragana are actually more difficult to understand than ones with kanji. At least with kanji, I can infer the meaning; however, with hiragana, I've got nothing, and I don't even have a great way to look it up in the dictionary. I'll pick up some good stuff when Sasuga is open next weekend. Thanks again. Hi Khatsumoto-san,

Thanks for the recommendations. I will get some more doraemon and I have seen Ore wa Teppei at Sasuga. I’ll look for these others as well. I think that 少年 manga will be fine. I actually am finding that reading manga like doraemon that are full of hiragana are actually more difficult to understand than ones with kanji. At least with kanji, I can infer the meaning; however, with hiragana, I’ve got nothing, and I don’t even have a great way to look it up in the dictionary. I’ll pick up some good stuff when Sasuga is open next weekend.

Thanks again.

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]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2909 khatzumoto Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:11:22 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2909 I looked up a list of kendoh manga on Wikipedia Japan. I limited the list to 少年 manga...that is, the kind targeted towards young people (and that are therefore full of furigana; furigana on every character). This is what I came up with (I've never read any of these, by the way, just looked at the descriptions). <ul> <li>おれは鉄兵（ちばてつや） [ｵﾚ ﾊ ﾃｯﾍﾟｲ (ﾁﾋﾞ ﾃﾂﾔ)] Ore wa Teppei (CHIBI Tetsuya)</li> <li>旋風の橘（猪熊しのぶ） [ｶｾﾞ ﾉ ﾀﾁﾊﾞﾅ (ｲﾉｸﾏ ｼﾉﾌﾞ)] Kaze no Tachibana (INOKUMA Shinobu)</li> <li>六三四の剣（村上もとか） [ﾑｻｼ ﾉ ｹﾝ (ﾑﾗｶﾐ ﾓﾄｶ)] Musashi no Ken (MURAKAMI Motoka)</li> </ul> I would actually recommend you get Doraemon as well (if you like it) because it <em>is</em> so simple. Simple, predictable things are great when you're just wanting to get your foot in the door... I looked up a list of kendoh manga on Wikipedia Japan.
I limited the list to 少年 manga…that is, the kind targeted towards young people (and that are therefore full of furigana; furigana on every character). This is what I came up with (I’ve never read any of these, by the way, just looked at the descriptions).

  • おれは鉄兵（ちばてつや） [ｵﾚ ﾊ ﾃｯﾍﾟｲ (ﾁﾋﾞ ﾃﾂﾔ)] Ore wa Teppei (CHIBI Tetsuya)
  • 旋風の橘（猪熊しのぶ） [ｶｾﾞ ﾉ ﾀﾁﾊﾞﾅ (ｲﾉｸﾏ ｼﾉﾌﾞ)] Kaze no Tachibana (INOKUMA Shinobu)
  • 六三四の剣（村上もとか） [ﾑｻｼ ﾉ ｹﾝ (ﾑﾗｶﾐ ﾓﾄｶ)] Musashi no Ken (MURAKAMI Motoka)

I would actually recommend you get Doraemon as well (if you like it) because it is so simple. Simple, predictable things are great when you’re just wanting to get your foot in the door…

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]]> By: Jonathan DeSousa http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2902 Jonathan DeSousa Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:26:29 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2902 Hi Khatsumoto-san, My reasons for studying Japanese are two-fold. First, I simply love the culture and would like to enjoy it more, in its own language. Second, I study Iaido and Kendo, Japanese Sword-related martial arts. I have many books by some of the greatest iaidoka but I can't understand much of the writings and can only use the photos for reference. I want to be able to read all of it. Manga is for me a stepping stone to help me improve my Japanese literacy, but from what I read with Dragonball, I may actually enjoy it as a distinct hobby in and of it self. I am more into history and historical fiction and so, any manga related to samurai would be interesting. Again, I don't really know of any manga (outside of those that I already read), but I am also looking for something in my reading level so that I am not so overwhelmed that I give up on day 1. Is there anything in particular that you might suggest? Thanks again, Jon Hi Khatsumoto-san,

My reasons for studying Japanese are two-fold. First, I simply love the culture and would like to enjoy it more, in its own language. Second, I study Iaido and Kendo, Japanese Sword-related martial arts. I have many books by some of the greatest iaidoka but I can’t understand much of the writings and can only use the photos for reference. I want to be able to read all of it.

Manga is for me a stepping stone to help me improve my Japanese literacy, but from what I read with Dragonball, I may actually enjoy it as a distinct hobby in and of it self. I am more into history and historical fiction and so, any manga related to samurai would be interesting. Again, I don’t really know of any manga (outside of those that I already read), but I am also looking for something in my reading level so that I am not so overwhelmed that I give up on day 1. Is there anything in particular that you might suggest?

Thanks again,

Jon

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]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2873 khatzumoto Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:17:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-immersion-environment-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-daybut-this-isnt-rome-so-a-week-should-totally-do#comment-2873 Let me answer your question with questions. What do YOU like? What are YOU interested in? What are the kinds of books that you read in English? What shows do you watch? What are your favorite anime? I say this because...I have very specific tastes (not good tastes, just specific ones :D), so other people's recommendations may bounce off me and vice versa. The fact that you are really, really interested in a book (and/or have prior knowledge of its contents gained from other sources) can trump any apparent difficulty... So, what matters most is what Jon DeSousa likes. Anyway, let me know your answers to the questions. Let me answer your question with questions.

What do YOU like? What are YOU interested in? What are the kinds of books that you read in English? What shows do you watch? What are your favorite anime?

I say this because…I have very specific tastes (not good tastes, just specific ones :D ), so other people’s recommendations may bounce off me and vice versa.

The fact that you are really, really interested in a book (and/or have prior knowledge of its contents gained from other sources) can trump any apparent difficulty…
So, what matters most is what Jon DeSousa likes.

Anyway, let me know your answers to the questions.

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