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Originally Posted by Manabi
They're Japan's version of young adult novels and mostly targeted at high school & middle school students. So add "young" before adults and maybe it'll work. 
They're pretty neat if you like reading since new volumes release every six to nine months. That's faster than most novel series in the west come out, even young adults ones. Plus the more popular ones get adapted into manga (comics) and anime. Fans of the series get to experience them in three different mediums when that happens. 
Of course you need to be able to read Japanese to benefit from the faster release schedule...  |
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Originally Posted by salty-horse
I think the "comics for adults with literary pretensions" was meant as a jibe at my reply that they're "novels with illustrations", which can be read as another way of saying "graphic novels" 
What I meant that they're mostly text, but there are a few full-page illustrations.
They're not comics, nor are they "illustrated books" (like the first edition of Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. |
Yep, Salty Horse is correct. My wife tells people that I am a smart aleck, although she uses a different word that starts with A.
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