From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Thanks for the suggestions. I think you're right -- the   
   female characters, in particular, are acting childish   
   because that's considered normal feminine behavior in   
   this world. I would normally find screaming at work and   
   disrupting nightclubs to be very off-putting behavior,   
   but in this world, I think I'm supposed to take it as   
   normal humor.   
      
   I'll try some of the classic works you mention, to get a   
   better handle on the field.   
      
      
   Melissa   
      
   In article <10ehbtm$tomp$1@dont-email.me>, bliss-   
   sf4ever@dslextreme.com says...   
   > 	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   
      
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