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U must have heard alot about manga, anime, scanlation, etc. But u might not know what is the real description or what it is. So, here I will try to describe what it is for u that dont know about it :

- Manga is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons (from wikipedia). But in internet, manga usually terms use for comics (printed ones) that has been scanned to be some pictures files on computer. So, manga is comics that has been scanned so that we can read it on computer.

- Anime in Japanese is an abbreviation of the word "animation" (from wikipedia again). So, anime can be described as animated version of manga that we can watched on computer or tv.

- Raw manga is scanned manga that is still in its original language (usually in japanese or chinese language)

- Translation manga is translated text for the raw manga (usually in english). So u can use the translated text and raw manga together to understood more about the manga (if u dont understand the raw manga language)

- Scanlation manga is scanned manga that has been translated. So, some people use the raw manga and edited the original language into the language that is most used (usually into english).

I have put some links for scanlation that I followed in the forum. So, look there for more.