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Originally Posted by Random32
Faster than looking through a dictionary by hand for the words you don't know. I think most manga with furigana tend to be for kids, thus simpler less interesting plots and characters on average. VN's ftw.
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You'd be surprised. I picked up Welcome to the NHK a few weeks ago and opened it up to find it had furigana. Apparently they got away with printing this in Shounen Ace, despite some very sketchy scenes and adult themes.
Keep in mind that even up through high school, students are still learning kanji. Anything not aimed exclusively at young adults and higher is likely to have full or at least partial furigana.
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Originally Posted by Lord of Fire
*I forgot to mention that it probably helps if you ask him/her not to write kanji right away, else you won't understand any of it. You could try and ask to have him/her write in romaji or hiragana first and work your way up from there.
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Ask them to write kanji with readings. Romaji is a crutch that should be discarded as soon as possible, and reading all hiragana is a massive pain.