Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
面白い書ですね！木村家はとても親切ですね〜お母さんは料理するのが上手だと思います。てんぷらはおいしいですよ。
Yes, I recommend this book to all first year students! It is a story about one meal of a warm Japanese family. It is not too hard. We can see how they use short form in daily life and see some everyday Japanese that we did not learn in class.
「聖☆おにいさん」はブッダとイエスの以外に日常的な話だ。漫画を舞台にすることで、この聖人たちの変顔を見せたり、時には伝説的な光景を描いたりできるから、すごく興味を持った。私にとって一番面白いのは、ブッダとイエスの友情だ。普通は二人のことを同時に想像しないだろうけど、見ているうちに二人の仲の良さはなかなか納得した。必ず、読んでいる人は誰でもそうだと思う。
This manga is so good that I would like to recommend it to everyone I meet, but it can be a bit tricky to understand at times because of the lack of furigana. I think 3rd and 4th year students would be able to understand it enough to really enjoy it. It’s not your typical manga, but that’s what makes it enjoyable: you only start to predict what will happen after you really get to know the characters Buddha and Jesus and how they relate to each other and the world at large. Everyone who can read it should definitely give it a try.
