Reading for beginners

You should just start reading shounen or shoujo manga. It doesnt get any easier. Every single kanji has furigana. And every single phrase has a picture for reference.

You probably know this already, but Dragon Ball is loosely based on Journey to the West. (according to wikipedia.)

I can really recommend Japanese Short Stories for Beginners. It’s not exactly captivating (despite its name), but it’s a fantastic first “Wait, I can actually understand that and it doesn’t even have pictures, woah.” reading experience. At least that’s what I felt when I started reading it.

Apart from that, yeah, the already mentioned learnnatively.com got your back.

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Has anyone read this? I just got ordered it and am hoping I know enough to at least struggle through it.

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