Todd: Ah, Kawabe, (Yes, Sir) You are Japanese, so can you explain manga? And what is Manga? And why is it so popular?
托德：川边，（是，先生）你是日本人，你能说明一下漫画吗？什么是漫画？它为什么这么受欢迎？
Todd: Ah, Kawabe, (Yes, Sir) You are Japanese, so can you explain manga? And what is Manga? And why is it so popular?
托德：川边，（是，先生）你是日本人，你能说明一下漫画吗？什么是漫画？它为什么这么受欢迎？
Kawabe: OK, it’s a diff…it’s easy, but difficult question. (Yeah). OK, manga is the, is the drawing with the story.
川边：好，这是……这是个既简单又难回答的问题。（好）嗯，漫画就是把故事画出来。
Todd: Uh-huh! So like a comic book, but not really a comic book.
托德：啊哈！就像漫画书，但实际上那并不是漫画书。
Kawabe: Mm, that, many kinds of manga, so basically it’s the picture which is drawn by someone, and then you read it, and which has a story, it’s a comic. Mm, it’s a comic, and then,
川边：嗯，漫画有许多种，基本上来说，就是某人画出来的图片，然后你通过画来看那个故事，这就是漫画。嗯，这就是漫画，然后……
Todd: So there’s manga about many things.
托德：那漫画可以讲述很多事情。
Kawabe: About many things yes!
川边：对，可以讲很多事情。
Todd: For example, what topics or what themes might there be manga about?
托德：举个例子来说，漫画都包含什么主题呢？
Kawabe: It depends, it depends. There are thousands of you know, stories and if it’s about the animal,like a, it can be anything.
川边：这要视情况而定。你知道，有上千种故事，可以是有关动物的故事，也可以是其他事情的故事。