From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 11/5/25 08:54, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > Hello, manga fans. I've been retained as the editor of a   
   > fanfic set in a manga world, and I'm not familiar with   
   > manga.   
   >   
   > Is it normal for the characters to be very immature   
   > compared to real people? I find most of these characters   
   > extremely off-putting, because they act like middle   
   > school kids.   
   >   
   > For instance, a handsome co-worker briefly talks to two   
   > women, at their workplace. When he leaves, one of them   
   > squeals, "Hotness overload!" and goes on for a while   
   > longer. At another point, a woman literally *screams*   
   > (while at work!) because she just learned she'll go on a   
   > trip with an attractive man.   
   >   
   > I just finished a scene in which two women in their mid-   
   > twenties become irresponsibly drunk and are retrieved by   
   > one's father, and they don't even have the grace to be   
   > ashamed. Instead, they hector the man to make them   
   > grilled cheese sandwiches. I think I'm supposed to see   
   > this as cute.   
   >   
   > Is this normal for manga? If it is, I'll ignore it.   
   >   
   >   
   > Melissa, an editor who just never got into manga   
   >   
   >   
      
   	Manga varies greatly.  Perhaps you should read some manga   
   which can be found for free reading online at various sites.   
   	The cited behavior sounds a bit over the top to me.   
   	I started Manga with series like "Maison Ikkoku" which is   
   a Romance-Comedy between a rather young widow and a   
   young man who has failed his first college exams and now must   
   study hard but his housemates are quite willing to distract   
   him from that worthy goal, the widow is not but she is a   
   distraction because he fell in love at first sight.   
   	The author is Rumiko Takahashi and she is a well-known   
   mangaka.   
      
   	Another of note when I started reading was "Kimagure Orange Road"   
   which is about High School students though the story in anime as well   
   goes into young adulthood. It involves a young man who cannot make   
   up his mind as to which of two girls is his true love. He has psi   
   powers and makes amusing mistakes with reality and his girl friends.   
   The author artist is  Izumi Matsumoto   
      
   	Two other stores are "Yawara, a fashionable Judo girl" by Nanki Urusawa   
   which may be child abuse as she is taught Judo from the age of 5 by her   
   grandfather and now close to graduating from HIgh School wishes to   
   quit Judo but Grandpa has plans   
      
   	Finally a story about a club "Genshiken" which means that the members   
   study modern visual media, it is set in an imaginary but realistic   
   university   
   near Tokyo. Visual media include in this case, manga, anime, games, models   
   and Cosplay. The author is one, Kio Shimoku and he has done other works   
   as well but I ran out of space to keep books some years back so gave up   
   collectiong manga.   
      
   	I have a lot of stuff downloaded and when I would read a good story   
   from online sources I would buty the anime or manga asap.   
   	   
   	Now one thing in line with the depictions you mention   
   is that Japanese women seem to assume an infantilized persona   
   in order to attract the men.  Customarily in anime or manga as   
   very high voice is used by the female characters.   
      
   	While I was reading manga intensively I read a lot of   
   manga and generally it is more adult material than Ameican   
   comics.   
   	   
   	Good luck with your job, True Melissa.   
   	If you want to get in touch for further information feel   
   free to reach out to me and to other posters.   
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   be easily decoded.   
   	   
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