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“Parody graphic novel mocking "how to draw manga" guides with absurd promises of fame, fortune, and artistic success.”
Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
サルでも描けるまんが教室
7.06
8,531 rank · 1,740 readers · 4 favorites
Seinen
Educational
Parody
Comedy
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Synopsis
Parody graphic novel mocking "how to draw manga" guides with absurd promises of fame, fortune, and artistic success.
Now you too can learn the secrets! This mock-instructional tome is actually a hilarious parody in graphic-novel form of those books which seek to advise one on "how to draw manga". Now even a completely untalented, artistically uninclined novice such as yourself can learn what it takes to properly use a pen, create characters, license ancillary rights for anime and toy manufacturing, and become rich, famous, and sexually potent beyond one's wildest dreams. (Source: MU)
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Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
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Running avg · Aug 2013 → Mar 2016
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga serves as a genuine deconstruction of classic shonen tropes, masterfully dissecting everything from panty shots to the role of the sidekick, making it a must-read for genre enthusiasts....”
- 10 “This work is a brilliant, hilarious satire that perfectly captures the absurdity of the manga industry through over-the-top characters and masterful, genre-cannibalizing art. While it misses the...”
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Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 21 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 48m approx
- Published Jan 1989 – Jan 1990
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2959 catalog