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manga comics. What does this type of comic book mean to

you? What does that word mean to you? For a manga

enthusiast, the word “comics” probably has very emotional

meaning, which automatically brings a smile to their face. It

may even be one of the most important words in their lives!

For someone else, the term “comic book” may mean a bundle
of paper worth close to nothing. Both individuals have

different maps of the world and for that second person, it may

be really difficult to understand the otaku’s map of reality.
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They could argue for hours whether manga comics are cool

and interesting or maybe lame and boring, but what sense does
it make? Someone might be willing to pay exorbitant amounts

of money for a single quirky painting, an old car which barely

works, a postage stamp, a book so old you can’t even read it

anymore or anything else. Someone else might be wondering

for weeks what’s so special about an old copper fork from the
17th century when you can buy a new one for pennies. Who’s

right? Both of them. They just have different mental filters.

Here’s another example. Has one of your colleagues ever

heard something completely differently than the way you had

intended in your mind? It’s happened to me many times and I
could never understand why it was happening. It turns out that

one simple message can have a completely different meaning

for different people. In one person, the word “love” can cause

dreaminess, in another it can cause pain and negative

emotions. Therefore, you should always choose your messages

carefully and take your colleague’s map of reality into serious
consideration.

Here’s another situation. Because of the thick fog, a return

flight from France to the United States is cancelled. What is