What is a manga? What types of manga are there?

Japan is a country that produces extremely popular manga and anime works, known and loved by many readers around the world. In the previous post, the Network Administrator sent you a read about an anime about interesting anime in Japan. In this article, we will learn about manga, a genre of comics that is also extremely popular and attracts many people around the world. So what is a manga? There are many types of manga. Please read along to find out through the article below?

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1. What is a manga?

Manga ', the Chinese transliteration is' romantic'. 'Fantasy' means drawings that are full of pages. This word 'side' also means freedom, no obligation, (this is also the meaning of 'romance' in 'romance').

The word "manga" is Japanese, temporarily translated into Vietnamese meaning "moving or moving image". The first word was commonly published and used in the 18th century as typical comic books: Shiji no yukikai (1798) by Santō Kyōden and a number of manga works began in the early 19th century. Appeared as: Hyakujo (1814) by Aikawa Minwa.

The manga series associated with the childhood of many, especially the 8x, 9x generations of people, must have had their youth to find and read their favorite manga chapters. Referring to comics, readers will think of Sailor Moon, One Piece, 7 dragon balls, Sacred dragon mark, Conan, Kid Maruko, Shin pencil boy . Comic book marketed not only is something to entertain, they are also used for many purposes such as educating people.

2. Development history of manga comics

The manga that appeared very early in Japan after World War II came from ukiyo-e in a painting style. It is this that the people here have had an interest in this type of picture comics very early on, it holds an important position throughout the history of Japanese art. The manga in this period is still a comic book, but its entertainment value is very high, which no one can deny.

3. The manga comic genre

Currently Manga has no clear distinction between categories, can only be divided into categories such as:

1. By audience, there are: Kodomo, Shounen, Shoujo, Seinen, .
2. By emotion, it is: Comedy, Tragedy, Drama, .
3. Some other genres, according to the content it shows, are more like terminology than just one category such as Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural, .
4. And some genres are not divided by any type such as Omake or Doujinshi, .

Here are the main contents of some manga comic genres

1. Shōnen: Comic chapters about young healthy boys and young men:
   Sukedachi, heavenly life, prosthetic limbs in heterosexual
2. Shoujo: Gentle stories about beautiful girls: The wife loves to marry later, Tien Nham Huu Doc
3. Kodomo: Chap story for children
4. Seinen: Manga suitable for adults and young people: Team Medical Dragon, Minamoto Story
5. Josei or Redikomi: For adults (mostly women)
6. Seijin: Similar to Redikomi but for men
7. Yaoi: Gay gay comics talk about physical relationships
8. Shonen-ai: In contrast to Yaoi, Shonen-ai is also a story about gay love, but there is no physical relationship, but only gentle emotions and feelings: Thac Nha Hao subject of talent , Cinderella curse
9. Yuri: Stories about lesbian love and physical relationships:
10. Shoujo-ai: Lesbian comics don't talk about physical relationships but only emotions / feelings: Ano Ko ni Big Kiss Shirayuri wo, Magan & Danai, Thac Nha Hao Mon General
11. Doujinshi: Like the image, the comic has stories from hard fans and the content is still based on the original (original): Getsuyobi No Tawawa Sono, Dragon Ball New Age
12. Gekiga: Graphic novels (graphic novels)
13. Horror: These are comic chapters with deadly horror content, you should consider carefully before reading: Bloody Ghosts, Celestial Flowers
14. Martial arts: Combat martial arts are the main content of martial arts comics: Military Generals Beginning, G Paper Knights
15. School life: It will be stories that happen in school. These series will be very suitable for the age of purple ink, still innocent, more dreamy: Peach Love, 999 Kissing of the Gods
16. Comedy: Funny comics
17. Ecchi: There are often revealing scenes with the aim of creating laughter for readers, especially without sex scenes: Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake !, Soma Kitchen King
18. Hentai: A comic about a physical relationship between the opposite sex (18+)
19. Fantasy: Fantasy story genre: From This King Vuong Gia No Early Korean, Manh Su In Thuong
20. Adventure: Adventure and adventure comic genre: Quyen Ba Thien Ha, Ngu Linh World

The difference between Manga and other genres is probably the author recounting the story to readers with extremely vivid and interesting images. A special feature of the images in the story lies in the technique of dividing frames, showing light, shadow, action, symbolizing unexpected situations, movements, specifications . to recount the most vivid story. to send to readers. This makes manga more similar to cinema. It can be said that manga is the 'movie' on the page.

Hopefully our above article has helped you somewhat understand what manga genre is.