Reading a Manga in Japanese for Beginners | Ep1

[@GaijinQuest]

Hello everyone :3 Thanks for tuning in! 🙌

[@franklinnh-vr5ks]

Wait you live in zurich?!?!?!?!? I live in zug

[@GaijinQuest]

@@franklinnh-vr5ks I do 😂😂 nice🙌🏻

[@zulrizvi]

@@GaijinQuest can you please provide us the link for this Manga

[@opdhaka]

thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnkk you a million,i was searching for a similar video forrr such a long time!!!1 1 request,please make on doraemon or konjikino gashh bell [also called zatchbell]pleaseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its gonna be amazing

[@GaijinQuest]

@@opdhaka Thanks for the feedback and for the ideas :D I need to also continue this series >.< but I'll think about making a doraemon one, as I haven't read too much of it yet :p

[@EmmaIsWatchingYoutube]

5 years late, but thank you for this series! It's so helpful

[@M-Soares]

Dude, you're a lifesaver, I just started reading Yotsuba and 3 pages in I was like "well, this isn't going to work" and wondered if there were any videos like this on KZbin and luckily there is! And a very thorough and didactic one at that!

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad that this is helpful for you! :D I also struggled a long time with reading manga, so I know the feeling >.< Keep it up cause this world of written japanese opens up really nicely with time :D

[@opdhaka]

@@GaijinQuest yeahhhh,the 'FEELING;!

[@Lord0x]

@@GaijinQuest thank you

[@lucie442]

Omg I bought this 2 years ago and can’t read it, this is a life saver please do more!!1

[@zones6089]

17:52「そういや」isn't a dialectical form of 「そうだ」here, it's a casual form of 「そう言えば」, which means "now that you mention it", or literally something like "if that is being said".

[@GaijinQuest]

oh awesome I didnt know! thanks :)

[@nerly5462]

I'll be back when I finished your "Japanese Basics for Beginners" playlist ^^

[@GaijinQuest]

がんばって！😁💪

[@nerly5462]

@@GaijinQuest ありがとうございます。 :D

[@bluebomber875]

Nerly pretend I said something in Japanese lol

[@pierrengan7331]

@@bluebomber875 バカ :D

[@sahilyadav32]

@@nerly5462 Le fishe au chocolat

[@luchirimoya]

You are definitely NOT reading too much into it!! You addressed all the questions I had actually, like the differences between formal and informal speech, the countryside accents, the "abrupt end" using tsu at the end... And you translated everything so well I didn't get lost once!! Thank you so much for this video and I really hope you make more of these!! I am now heavily considering buying this manga and writing down some notes with the things you said (with a pencil ofc, I wouldn't want to ruin it) so I can learn more easily hehe

[@GaijinQuest]

I'm glad you think so 😁 I think thats a great idea 👍🏼👍🏼 Theres 5 more episodes already on the channel and I will make more soon 😊 thanks for the nice comment :)

[@nagainu]

man you are the best, i've never thought i would need this kind of video until i saw this one i feel like this will improve my japanese learning rate in a pretty big amount

[@jessactor]

Woah. I'm WAY late on finding this - how?? This is SO good! I bought Yotsuba to in preparation for N5 and man, the grammar, slang, and nuance is way past N5 even for this "beginner" book. This was sooo good to really dive in, thank you for all of this explanation!

[@GaijinQuest]

pleasure my dude! 😁😁 thanks for the nice comment, i appreciate it!

[@ajblank833]

Btw. The ...-chan and ...-kun usually are used for females and males respectively. But -chan can be used for people that are close to you and -kun can be used for people that are not as much or not at all. In that case -chan can be used for males like Otou-chan (like in 11:10) and -kun can be used for females like Lisa-kun (like in a very professional setting, such as a boss to their employ (however it can come of as a little rude)) -san is a more gender nature and polite appelitation. I know nobody asked but. Here you go

[@GaijinQuest]

perfect explanation. Thx! :D

[@ajblank833]

@@GaijinQuest ( ≧∀≦)ノ ✨

[@montemayorma.justined.9726]

Thx for the info!

[@EmmaSaikia]

thank you for this explanation! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

[@victoriarosa475]

the facts we didnt know we needed thanks

[@wiloux]

This is seriously the most efficient way I found to learn japanese! Thank you 🙏

[@saada4033]

dude, you're amazing. I've been looking for something like this for years.

[@elvis1489]

Starts at 8:20

[@ViniciusOliveira-lg4ku]

Thank you so much

[@tessa4883]

I'm only a few minutes in but I already love the way you are presenting this manga. I'm pretty confident I can follow "Yotsuba to" along with you. I've had wonderful native Japanese teachers but sometimes gaijins are just able to explain things better. Thank you.

[@gersonnavarrete9262]

Gracias @GaijinQuest! Im from Chile, Ive been studying japanese since 1year now, and this material is perfect to continue learning new stuff and at the same moment enjoying the story.

[@mattsoto4329]

Glad you’re feeling better! So excited for this one!

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks a lot! :D I've also wanted to do this for a long time now 😂😁 If you have any feedback, feel free to tell me! It would help a lot to improve on the concept in future videos :3 🙌

[@mattsoto4329]

@@GaijinQuest Loved it! Great job on this episode! The edits were super helpful with explaining some of the nuances we haven't looked at yet too. Some people may find the slow pacing boring, but it really helped me understand every grammar point in the fist few pages. I looked into the pdf version and tried to read ahead a bit too, but I was completely lost when the adults began speaking to one another. So personally, I'd love to see an episode on it! I'd imagine that those are imperative to understanding the whole story and getting the full experience from the manga as well. I was also curious if you had a discord or have ever thought about making one. We wouldn't want to eat up too much of your time answering additional questions on there, I just think it would be a cool place where students/enthusiasts could speak to one another about what we've learned so far and have elementary conversations with one another for practice. Once again, thanks so much! I'm telling all of my classmates and teachers about your channel and the amazing work you've done so far! Can't wait to see more from you!

[@GaijinQuest]

@@mattsoto4329 Hey Matt, Your words mean a lot to me! This comment motivates me a great lot. Thanks. :3 The discord idea is genius!! Why didn't I think about something like that :D I'll make one asap. Also I will try to upload episodes where we read yotsubato regularly. (once a week for example). The part of the adults talking is rather short and after that it's a lot of yotsuba and another teenage girl talking, which is understandable for beginners as well! The next episode might be a bit harder tho, so I will try to take my time and really explain it as well as possible. Thanks again for the nice comment and for the amazing feedback!

[@mattsoto4329]

@@GaijinQuest Awesome! I'll jump onboard right away! Till next time :D

[@saidrew1030]

I remember reading this when I was a child. It was in my elemantary school library, so seeing it here is giving me strong nostalgia

[@magic_master8936]

Thank you! This is amazing to kind of figure out the slang and how the learned vocabulary changes. Sometimes it’s so different that one might not even realize that it is a vocab you already know :)

[@GaijinQuest]

my pleasure! Glad you enjoy it :D

[@imgelfand2327]

I've heard that it is also possible for the "souiya" to be a truncation of "so ieba" (="if this is said"/"now that you mention it"). Great video btw!

[@susgirl9650]

it really helps when u use highlight while reading 🙏

[@candycane1905]

dude i LOVED yotsuba when i was a kid. i can't wait to watch ur video and take notes!!!

[@Ludvix]

ayo this is some good quality stuff!

[@luckystarfan77]

tf Ludvix doing here

[@moonlitee]

ay ludvix learning japanese? pog

[@noelleduba2451]

I loved how you went about this!! I feel like I am back in elementary school listening to my teacher reading a book and trying to follow along (a good memory and feeling ^_^

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad you enjoy these videos 😊 it's exactly the feel I'm going for 🙌🏻🎉

[@arpeltier]

I just found this and it was extremely helpful. Was struggling with Yotsuba and it was really frustrating because everyone says it is so easy!

[@GaijinQuest]

Hi! Glad to hear 😁 I think reading Japanese is just very hard so when they say 'easy' they probably mean the easiest manga (other than children books) you can find, but I think it's still relatively hard as a learner. The furigana certainly helps tho 😁 頑張れ👏

[@beepboop9261]

Thank you so much! This is really high-quality content!

[@kelvinran]

Sério, MUITO obrigado! Você é um ótimo professor, eu consegui entender fácilmente tudo o que você ensinou nesse capítulo, o que eu não o seguinte em outros vídeos ou tentando sozinho! Por favor, continue ensinando porque você ajuda muito! É ótimo e muito raro ter um conteúdo gratuito como o seu, sei que é difícil gastar seu tempo fazendo isso para nós, então obrigado pelo seu trabalho duro! THANKS FROM BRAZIL!

[@imgelfand2327]

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[@jaynestag95]

I think having easy stories read is the way for me.😊Just listening with my eyes shut, you are going my speed and I'm understanding.

[@christianfelix8167]

this is what i need to motivate myself studying japanese! i've been trying to memorise words from app but it just get boring and i don't even know how to use it and when to use it. hopefully after watching few chapters of this series i'd be gathering enough courage to read the rest of the manga myself. Thanks! you're doing marvelous job

[@user-zz8vd6vs8u]

Thank you mate... youre a life saver... ive been wondering how to start reading manga because it is too hard for me

[@zephyrsonzephyrson8618]

I really appreciate this video. I have been looking for something exactly like this for days. I have just started learning Japanese a few weeks ago. I need something to sort of watch and/or listen to that tells a story but also explains in English exactly like this, that is easy going, simple (however difficult enough for a beginner)...just this!! Exactly this. My instructor told me to avoid anime because they are teaching me to be polite and modern. So the fact that you are advising what language is acceptable and what isn't is a big deal to me because it gives me both worlds and doesn't go against my instructor's wishes. Also, you are taking your time here. I hope you do more videos of explaining stories, exactly how you have done this one.

[@GaijinQuest]

I'm glad you found this series 😁 I'm making it exactly for people like you! I was also at that point not too long ago and I was looking for something like this so that was my inspiration for doing these videos :) If you every have any feedback for me or suggestions feel free to let me know :))

[@zephyrsonzephyrson8618]

@@GaijinQuest Awesome. My instructor suggested podcasts and sites like HelloTalk and to avoid kid shows and anime. I see his point however for now, podcasts are just noise at this point except for a couple of words and at least with a kid show, I can still learn how to say the colour pink. I have found a show on Netflix called Samarai Cuisine. I turn off all of the English, turn on Japanese subtitles and I am getting quite a bit out of that because I can watch the story and see what is going on. There is a lot of passion for food in the show and the character is a likeable adult who is funny, in a charming way. So somehow I am understanding quite a bit. I can't tell if the show is great to a native speaker but it is great for someone like me. Anyways, this particular series of yours feels like a bridge to where I need to be going. This story will probably last me a while but I hope you find another one that compells you to repeat the process. It needs to be fun for you too, right? Please consider it. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Arigatou gozaimasu!

[@GaijinQuest]

@@zephyrsonzephyrson8618 sure thing! I have 6 videos of yotsubato up on my channel right now :) more to come. I will also start other manga series once I have more time. Good luck with your studies!

[@МаксимКожин-и7с]

I've been learning Japanese for like 3 month and it still seems it will take me years to read some easy stuff haha. When I started learning English I could read and watch things after a short period of time but it doesn't work like that with Japanese

[@edgarmartin5474]

you're right, in 3 months i could read manga in english, but i will need more time to read manga in japanese, a lot of kanji, kana, kata, extremely confusing, english is a lot easier than any other lenguage i think, is like ¨Nivel 1 for polyglot¨

[@jaynestag95]

@@edgarmartin5474 English is my first language, not sure I've learnt it yet.😂

[@masa5300]

It's because you're learning wrong. You're using the wrong methods. Trying switching to an immersion based method like refold dot la

[@МаксимКожин-и7с]

@@masa5300 it's my third foreign language and I'm learning it with a personal tutor. It's just an unusual language that's why I find it difficult that's all

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@@masa5300 they are probably not learning wrong. It's a fact japanese will take a long time so it's understandable why in a short time they are still not reading.

[@Ricedaioh]

Yotsuba is such a great manga to start with thank you

[@chogoya]

Please, I beg of you to continue doing videos like this!

[@alecneeson4249]

I LOVED THIS, THANK YOU!!!

[@Ran_Aikun]

I read Yotsuba in french and I loved it, I'm happy that you made a video to learn a Japanese about it :)

[@connornolan4432]

Thanks so much for this! I've been studying Japanese off and on for a few years (just realized I started pre-pandemic, doesn't feel that long ago ha) and just recently decided to try out yotsuba and I'm surprised how much I'm liking it! The first time I read it I surprised myself being able to understand maybe 70-80% of it, but there were a handful of speech bubbles that really stumped me, so this frame by frame explanation is really helpful, glad I stumbled across this vid!

[@Leeummm83]

Absolutely underrated channel! Going to share this! Loving that you chose to read Yotsubato :-)

[@GaijinQuest]

Thank you! Glad to hear that :)

[@rainbowmagic3585]

Thank you, my japanese level is too low to read myself (without looking up at least one word in every sentence) This is a lifesaver, educational and fun 🥰

[@viviane5647]

A big thankyou! Great explanations, fun details and your voice was really good!! Merci !!

[@GaijinQuest]

Great to hear! It's my pleasure😁 thanks for watching

[@daniisaurushax]

Oooh I love this!! Great idea!

[@loveis-dm3lt]

Love it :) Please more manga reads like this :) Slow paste is great)) Im a beginner)

[@Louminosus]

Wow! Your lessons are so useful! :o Can't wait for the next part, you're a really good teacher!

[@GaijinQuest]

Thank youu! Glad that you like it :3

[@MoonlitKii]

This is exactly what I was looking for . Thanks a lot.

[@GaijinQuest]

My pleasure!

[@saradrp4622]

Thank you so much for this video!! I was having a hard time trying to learn japanese grammar and this video helped me a ton! It is a really fun way to learn and you are a great teacher. Thanks!!

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad you like it ! :D

[@KlaasDeforche]

I bought the book and I'm following along. It's awesome, thank you so much!

[@ohnmarkyi7124]

Now only I found your Channel and really appreciate your こまかい teaching.

[@GaijinQuest]

Hi! Welcome :D Glad you enjoy it

[@timc3229]

Dude!! Thank you!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘 this helps a lot!

[@GarrisonMorton]

Sometimes I read manga in both languages at the same time. Other times I read it in Japanese and only use the English copy as a guidebook to consult when I’m confused by a panel. I can understand Yotsuba for the most part.

[@solidwire6359]

Very helpful! I bought all the books overconfidently after getting my hiragana pretty good, but the vocabulary is still a barrier. ありがとう。

[@atlasdai]

This was worth the wait! 👌

[@GaijinQuest]

I'll try to upload this series regularly :D Glad you enjoy it!

[@aykesan]

Thanks. I like it a lot. Hope you can do it more. I am following you and eagerly waiting for the next episode

[@cecifernandes3774]

That is really helpful! Thanks for your work!

[@GaijinQuest]

My pleasure! :3

[@TheBigWhiteGun]

AYYY THANKS FOR THIS LOL

[@GaijinQuest]

pleasure!😃

[@arpangurung6921]

This is quite helpful and the speed is best for me if I say

[@butanddingj4393]

This was super helpful-thank you so much!!

[@GaijinQuest]

My pleasure!

[@samirissantos1398]

This is really helpful, thank you so much!

[@brian728]

You ever search for something knowing dam well it doesn't exist but you try anyway? That's what just happened with this video lol, thank you so much! It's helping me a lot wity my Japanese?

[@Holdmymawashi]

This is awesome!!! Thank you for making so much effort to make this video. I remember trying to translate comics when I was a teenager and missing so much because of the endings and inflections etc. I really love Asari-Chan comics, if you can find any, they are funny and easy to read. I recommend them :-)

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out :D Glad that you like the concept hehe I'll try to make further videos like this one from now on

[@esthergil5029]

Thank you so so much for doing these videos - you are very generous!

[@aunmanoi]

I save this vdo for long time , today i watch this and feel motivation back . Thank you very much'

[@bendingbananas6540]

this was actually very helpful! it feels like im getting private tutoring

[@sharglickman8214]

This is great. I bought the first 2 books. But I am finding it difficult to see the script when I try to read it. I guess the printing is small to save space?? But reading it with you helps a bit more. I can see this i going to take very long. But It’s interesting that I recently bought it in Japan when I was there recently. I got an English Translation for Book 1 here in Canada to get me to the gist of the story. Then I can practice with Japanese understanding the meaning.

[@tomylim6022]

UR VIDEO IS A GEM! ARIGATOU GOZAIMASHITA!!!!

[@GaijinQuest]

my pleasure!!😁 thanks for watching

[@ainiali783]

Omg you are the best ❤

[@honeybee6300]

15:20 doesn't "お店もか?" mean "shops (are here) too?" since it has the same kanji as the previous bubble for shop?

[@gujo4351]

great video, jumpscare at 28:11

[@minervaloves]

Reading starts at 8:25 15 ** for my personal use in the future

[@fshfgasdf9382]

keep the series going broooooo

[@GaijinQuest]

I definitely will! :D

[@david_kazashi]

Dude, thank you so much for this!!!!!

[@GaijinQuest]

my pleasure! :D

[@brunomenezes9011]

"Sometimes an anime character will say 'SHINE!'" -- Bakugou lol

[@christianburke4220]

すげえ! I read it myself and then came back to your video for extra. Maybe a little faster would be better. Looks like you have like 8 videos in this series so maybe it's different now. Anyways, thank you so much for this!

[@georgedewhite6492]

Thank you so much for this! The detailed explanations were so helpful. ‘XD Hope you do lots more!

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad it was helpful! I will definitely make more :D

[@letsart6434]

Wow, this is great! I don't have a lot of time, and I really want/need the exposure and saturation of reading and listening to Japanese, but I can't find any good manga that's easy enough to read to get started. This is awesome! Thank you for making this 😊 うちの台所は大きいです Not sure if I spelled daidokoro lol. Kitchen is what I was going for 😆

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad to hear 😁 台所 is correct 👍🏼😄

[@letsart6434]

@@GaijinQuest Yay! Thanks for confirming! I really appreciate it!

[@GaijinQuest]

My pleasure! I saw you commented a lot on my japanese for beginners series with your solutions to the questions. Today I'm quite busy so I wont get to reading them, but I'll read them as soon as possible. Thanks for watching 😊

[@letsart6434]

@@GaijinQuest Awesome! I really appreciate it! I'm so excited! I can't wait to be able to start kinda speaking a little more smoothly and not have to think so much about it! Right now it's hard to learn every day because of work so I usually end up mostly just listening to KZbin while I work. Your channel is great! I can't wait for more videos! Keep it up and thanks again!!!

[@ousamaranking6238]

that's was very helpfull! thank you a lot!

[@GaijinQuest]

my pleasure :D

[@Fanaro]

How did you get a PDF version in which you can highlight words?

[@mahmoudiasaad]

Thank you, it was a little bit slow, I am reading Manga right now and try to understand as much as possible especially that I learn only polite way at Japanese school.

[@Louminosus]

also, about showing your face, I believe in this series yea you shouldn't, because the viewer must focus on the illustration and the explanations, however in your regular series having someone to watch is much more engaging than just a series of slides. Cheers!

[@GaijinQuest]

Great to hear! Thanks for the feedback, super helpful :))

[@EvilSapphireR]

This method of learning looks so promising and fun! I'm a complete beginner, will learning hiragana and katakana characters be enough to understand this manga and follow along with you?

[@GaijinQuest]

Yes for sure 👍🏼 The kanji characters have furigana on top which are hiragana and katakana :) have fun!

[@EvilSapphireR]

@@GaijinQuest wow thank you so much for replying so fast. I want to make the process of learning japanese fun (as much as it can be), and I'll start following you along on your manga reading videos and watch some of my favorite anime with japanese subtitles to fast track the learning as much as possible. Wish me luck! And have a great day!

[@cyanure1320]

this is great

[@MillenniumVT_Official]

More please 🎉

[@linkgod13]

Where did you get the manga where you can highlight the text?

[@dr.yu8a]

Yo, this is effective learning thank you did basic app Japanese but didnt work well but if there a story, audio and explaining ill be able to understand some sentence and when im done ill go write some Japanese word for test

[@mikuu144]

At 16:37 it says 「きようはまつけか？」But mine says 「きよとはまつけか！？」Is mine wrong?

[@geetha5037]

This is so good!! Wunderschön! Vielen Dank :-)

[@ReneBarcena7]

I love this! Thank you so much. 🙏🏼😊

[@GaijinQuest]

Glad you like it! :D

[@aunmanoi]

This Yotsuba to is PDF file ? where you get this ? Real PDF with selectable text .

[@HuongNguyen-dr9vu]

I love this video

[@GaijinQuest]

Im glad 😄

[@ラーリ-r6z]

Thank you so much 😭 it’s really helpful. ありがとうございます せんせい.

[@xila4545]

I can read but I don't know what it means /:

[@ajblank833]

Really? Yotsuba is one of my favorite 👏👏 And in theory there's not suppose to be any problem with the copyright. But if there will be than just zoom on the individual panels. Comic dub readers often do that and it works for them. Btw I'm blank blank, I just changed my name

[@GaijinQuest]

Thanks for the idea! Hope everything goes well :3 I could also just reupload it, with zoomed pannels, if it comes to it :D The new name AJ blank is swaggyy :p Like it!

[@ajblank833]

@@GaijinQuest Thanks man. Keep being awesome 👊✌

[@Mythos_XVI]

I really love your videos they help so much♥️. do you mind telling me how to get the letters the same way you have them because the version i downloaded has a different variation of letters and it makes it really hard to recognize them😅.

[@suzuri727]

Where is the japanese bookstore in zurich? :3

[@Dealanach]

Since the manga pages have the dimensions that they do, it would actually be better for me to have this shown in profile instead of landscape. But of course people using computers instead of a handheld would disagree.

[@chocosherry19]

Thank for the video

[@GaijinQuest]

my pleasure :D

[@HCRAYERT.]

If you can highlight then does that mean you can copy and paste? I've been looking for a site to read manga from that is compatible with Yomichan.

[@khalidgucci1933]

Yutusubto is the one of the best I've read it ever !!

[@opdhaka]

the so in the text looks different than what in have learned in hiragana?why?

[@kaiyu583]

They should make this into an anime

[@lemonedcore]

Yes pleaseee

[@dl4086]

Very usefull ! Tx !

[@sosuke4836]

what app did you use to read this manga? it's super neat :0

[@ukball3766]

Iam reading yotsuba in my school and one of my Friends brought that book 1-2