Category: manga
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Series Review: Kitchen Princess
Title: Kitchen Princess キッチンのお姫さま Mangaka: Kobayashi Miyuki 小林深雪 and Andō Natsumi 安藤 なつみ US Publisher: Kodansha USA Status: Complete. Level: Secondary. May also work for some upper elementary students. How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: My school has a culinary program, and students have used the recipes in this manga for projects!…
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Japanese Food in Anime and Manga and Reaching Students
[F]ood and its portrayals in Japanese media can help students build a more positive relationship with the fuel we put in our body, deepen student enjoyment of these media, and even provide opportunities for personal enrichment and career opportunities.
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Series Review: Flying Witch
Title: Flying Witch (ふらいんぐうぃっち) Mangaka: Chihiro Ishizuka いしずかちひろ US Publisher: Kodansha USA Status: Ongoing. Level: Elementary and up. High school and up. Please see the update to this post. How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: Slice of Life, Humor, Magic, Fantasy. Anime: Crunchyroll. Content Warnings: None. Last night…
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Series Review: Fruits Basket
Title: Fruits Basket フルーツバスケット Mangaka: Natsuki Takaya 高屋 奈月 US Publisher: Formerly TokyoPop, now Yen Press Status: Complete. Level: Middle School & Up. How Essential Is It?: Must Have Curricular Connections?: SEL. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Grief, abuse. Anime: 2001: Funimation, Hulu. 2019: Funimation, Crunchyroll. Content Warnings: Discussions of mental and physical abuse, light sexual innuendos…
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