英語リスニング - No.325 Manga
Kawabe talks about the popularity of manga in Japan.
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Todd: Ah, Kawabe,(Yes, Sir) you are Japanese, so can you explain manga? And what is Manga?And why is it so popular?
Kawabe: OK, it'sa diff...it's easy, but difficult question. (Yeah). OK, manga is the,is the drawing with the story.
Todd: Uh-huh!So like a comic book, but not really a comic book.
Kawabe: Mm, that,many kinds of manga, so basically it's the picture which is drawn bysomeone, and then you read it, and which has a story, it's a comic.Mm, it's a comic, and then,
Todd: So there'smanga about many things.
Kawabe: Aboutmany things yes!
Todd: For example,what topics or what themes might there be manga about?
Kawabe: It depends,it depends. There are thousands of you know, stories and if it's aboutthe animal, like a, it can be anything.
Todd: Really!(Yeah) Like for example, baseball or?
Kawabe: Yeah!Baseball stories! A kid's stories, American football story, Shakespeare'smanga.
Todd: Shakespearemanga!
Kawabe: Yeah,you don't have to read! (Really) Yeah, of course! And then, what else?Everything, you can.
Todd: Ramen manga?
Kawabe: Ramenmanga! There is. Seriously! Ramen manga! Salaryman manga. School teachermanga, and any kind of home drama, or the stories of novel can be manga.Manga script. So, it's, OK, imagine the movie. Yeah! You can make upeverything. Troy! Old ancient Greek stories! Or the like the, the futurestories, like, and the, you know, whatever it is. You know. You justmake it up, and write it or draw it.
Todd: Why do you think manga is so popular?
Kawabe: Because,it's like the Hollywood movie, in the states the Hollywood movie isso popular, because it's the field you can express your imagination,where you can play with your imagination, and how do you say?
Todd: Like it'snot real.
Kawabe: Yeah, it's not real.
Todd: Escape reality.
Kawabe: Uh-huh,it's the, like a Neverland.
Todd: Fantasy!
Kawabe: Fantasy!So, in Japan it's the manga instead of Hollywood movies, I think.
Todd: That's reallyinteresting. So do you still read manga?
Kawabe: I usedto read a lot, read a lot, but now I don't read much as I was reading,OK, for example, how much do I read? Like one story in three months.
Todd: You meanone manga story in three months. Oh! so you still read manga sometimes?
Kawabe: Sometimes!Like sometimes my friend recommended, or sometimes I saw a good reviewon the magazine. Yeah, I pick up some and I read them when I got time,but not very much recently.