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And no, I’m not talking about the Tagalog word for mango, either… manga is Japanese comics, those little books you find in most bookstores that have bubblegum colors on their covers, have Japanese titles, and reads from right to left (so if you’re one of those people who normally browses a book starting with the end to see what happens, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with manga, coz you will be logically starting from the beginning).

Anyway, just making it known that I will be posting reviews and download links to some scanlated manga very shortly…  Scanlated pretty much means “scanned and translated.”  As you know, manga are originally written in Japanese, and unless you were born Japanese or took up a very involved course in reading Japanese text (kanji, hiragana, katakana, etc), I’m pretty sure you won’t understand what the hell those cute drawings are saying.  So many independent online groups who have decent knowledge in Japanese have started the practice of scanning the original manga, and then translating the Japanese kanji into text we other folks can actually read.  These are called “scanlation groups” and they have been very instrumental in bringing Japanese “comics” to not just North America, but other parts of the world.  The same thing applies to other foreign-language comics like manhwa in Korean, etc…

Anyway, I will be posting some manga series here that I really liked, and I will make them available for download.  Now, you’re probably asking if I will be breaching some copyrights or intellectual property here, or promoting piracy by allowing commercial comics be available for download… Well, think again – most of what I’ll be putting here has not been released in the United States, or even licensed by any of the companies that are distributing translated manga.  In fact, most of them will probably never be available in the United States, and that’s a crying shame, really…  While series like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece or Death Note get widespread distribution, some little-known gems by manga legends like Mitsuru Adachi are nowhere to be seen.

Hence, I will be posting some series here, ones that I like personally… maybe you’ll like it too, who knows  If you are interested in downloading and reading the manga, make sure you download and install CDisplay.  It’ll allow you to read the manga even if they are zipped up.  You can download CDisplay here.

So anyway, that’s it for now… stay tuned

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