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Crayon Shinchan, Vol. 1

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The back cover says I quote: "...celebrates the terrible power of destruction and indicency wielded by toddlers everywhere". And it's true and so much FUN!
Each volume of this English translated manga by Comics One contains two stories in color and the rest are in black and white, or with "tones" used in Japan. You get to see what is the life of 5 year old Shinnosuke Nohara,Shinchan being the diminutive of his name in Japanese; he is rude, loud, makes the most innapropiate comments at the worst time, and isn't afraid of exposing his nude body and private parts for all to see. Shinchan is a free spirit in every sense of the word. The stories are very honest, very funny and sincere; and some even typical for the behavior of a 5 year old boy.
The author has included many elements of the typical middle class Japanese family and Japanese culture in his stories, but the translator has cleverly changed some details to appeal American audiences. In the first volumes all names are Japanese then are changed to American names in later issues.
Though Shinchan and his aprents remain eternally young (like the Simpsons) the stories do follow an order and sequence of events in the boy's life, but he is five years old forever, unlike the stories on other anime and manga where there is a beginning, middle and end and the charatcers grow, mature and die or move on, NOT here!
Both the manga and the anime series it inspired are very popular in Japan, and as I recently discovered also in Spain and Argentina. I highly recommend these comics to all who have had to deal with small children or would like to read something funny, cute and semi-obnoxious from Japan.
Shinchan is a real character you'll love him! I know I do!
Personally I cannot wait till the release of the anime in the US.

This book was hilarious. Follow the life of 5 year old kindergartener Shinchan Nohara as he causes all sorts of trouble for his parents.
If you didn't already know this is a Japanese comic (manga). Although it's not drawn very well, the humor makes up for it.
For a 5 year old Shinchan is smart at times but dumbfound at others. He already knows pickup lines, uses children books to hide porn at the bookstore and outsmarts his mother. Other times he goes home to ask his mother their phone number so that he can tell the grocery lady so she can call his mother and ask how much ground beef she needs.
Although the book suggests it should be okay for 13 year olds and up, I still thought it had some adult themes to it (from an American point of view anyways. They see things differently in Japan). My only complaint is that the book is read from left to right. The original Japanese version would be the opposite, since that's how they read.
Definitely worth picking up.

I love Shin Chan the anime, and the manga is no different (aside from a slight difference in the way Mitzi is drawn). This is my first Shin Chan manga, I skimmed through the comicsone version a while back(the company previous to this one that translated Shin, in a non Shin Chan manner), but I didn't like it too much since they censored some of the original content. I never like when the original is tampered with. But this version, the CMX version (which is the manga division of DC comics) is completely uncensored. And not to worry, this won't change your perception of the characters at all, I had a slight fear of that when I read the explicit content sticker on the front. But it flows completely natural to what you would expect, and to what you have already seen in the anime, with a couple more scenes with Shins pants down, LOL.

I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 for a couple reasons.
1. It only has 119 pages, which I can forgive just because it's Shin Chan.

& 2. You don't get the version that is shown in the picture here on Amazon that has the Japanese characters on the cover. You get the English covered one instead with a big red Parental Advisory sticker on the front.

All in All, if your a fan of the Shin Chan animation and read manga, I wouldn't even think twice, just buy it already ;-)

One day, I was at Borders looking around at the anime (which ive scarcely done since the 5th grade), when I discovered Shinchan...By the next day, I had gotten all 5 volumes! This is seriously the FUNNIEST book I have ever read! Ive read it over a ZILLION times now! Shinchan NEVER fails to raise my spirits! My only complaint is how poorly made the book(s) itself is...Already 5 pages have fallen out! Otherwise, I am VERY pleased with the whole thing! Its the only anime I ever read now! As for him being the Bart Simpson of Japan?!?! Well...I wouldint exactly say that...hes done ALOT more worse things than any Simpson ever has! Also, the author really seems to understand about how kindergardeners think and behave...Shinchan seems so real! As for the artwork...I wouldint say it's BAD (you should see the CARTOON!), but really basic...Overall, I denfinetly reccomend this!

This manga is great. There are many different situations in this, which I like. There are even a few pages in color, which is uncommon for manga! It has fantastic characters (mostly Shin and Mitzi) but the humor you get from them is some of the best you'll get from any manga. My only complaint is that the books are short. I don't want them to end! If you've seen the show, you'll love this just as much.

Wow... Those books are hillarious. I found that they show the show on adult swim at 12:30 pm. The language is a little too much for younger viewers but the humor could cover all ages. I recommend the book for kids cause less language and more humor. Great book!

Awesome, Hilarious. Love the show? You will love the manga. Orig price is 10 dollars. but I wouldnt spend more than 7.
The book was clearly new. Ive ordered from other places and I could tell the book had been lightly used or the cover was yellowing. . .but not with this company. Very happy.

I love Shin chan, the anime. The manga is great. I read these over and over because the humor is so great and witty. It gets better the more you read it, and it's fantastic to start with. I highly recommend these books. I love Shin and Mitzi's chemistry. The humor is perfect with them.

5/5 Stars.

It is very hard to describe this manga. It is one of my favorite and I even went to the extent of translating a few of the stories and placing them on my website in the hope that it would help to create more US fans for it. Very recommended.

I've really gotten hooked on this show. And now I start on the Manga which is really good too. Although one thing is that the manga is set sometime before the anime because there is no little sister and no dog. Sadly this means no a##dancing either. But still a good read.

Most of volume one is about Shin and his mother. Both of whom are drawn differently! In Mitz cas it's a good thing not so much in Shin's case.