～ちゃお～なかよし～りぼん～

☆':.*ヾ(●･ｖ･人･ｖ･○)ﾉ*.:'☆

I don't know how many manga readers out there know about these

large monthly magazines, but these are a real favorite of mine~

From right - left they are:

Two issues of Ciao, Ribon, then Nakayoshi~

These mangas are usually aimed for girls around the age of 16.

And they are entirely in Japanese ( which is good for me )

And since they are aimed at younger girls all the Kanji written has Hiragana

counterparts next to it for easy reading~

Another thing that is interesting about these are that they are very thick,

they remind me of a standard phonebook.

All of them also come with a lovely thing called ふろく or Furoku.

Which are presents inside of these mangas that can only be obtained

from the books themselves.

I purchase these from two different stores.

Asahiya Bookstore

Website:

www.asahiyausa.com

 Address:

2130 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025-6267

Phone:

(310) 575-3303

Kinokuniya Bookstore

 

Website:

www.kinokuniya.com/

 

Address:

123 Astronaut E S Onizuka Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012-3847

Phone:

(213) 687-4480

I suggest driving to the physical store to purchase, it is cheaper and also

Most of their magazines/manga they will only sell in subscription form online and it gets pricey~

 

Each issue costs around $9