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Originally Posted by Sutiiven
well mmm theres some people i have talked to so it can be considered manga or comics but yet it is another way from people to geta feel for american things right just as manga is another way to get more of a way of knowing some about japan right and i think if it i am making a story and some friends find it interesting to see from a different view
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The word "manga" means comics in Japanese. That's all.
The word "kuruma" means car in Japanese. I couldn't say "You know what, I'm not going to build a car, I'm going to build a kuruma."
It doesn't bother me that people are influenced and excited by the ton of manga available in English today. Quite the contrary. I think it's terrific.
My feeling is that when non-Japanese say they want to make manga, it's a disservice to Japanese manga because it implies that manga is a genre. Manga isn't a genre, it's a medium.