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



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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.
The following contains my email address which can
be easily decoded.

bliss dash SF four Ever at DSLextreme dot Com


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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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