Learn Hardcore Japanese: musuko ha supootu no manga ga suki de, siai no mae ni yomu to yaruki ga deru to iimasu. - My son likes sports manga, and he says that reading them before a match motivates him.

Word

息子むすこ　は　スポーツ　の　漫画まんが　が　好すき　で、　試合しあい　の　前まえ　に　読よむ　と　やる気き　が　出でる　と　言いいます。musuko wa supootsu no manga ga suki de, shiai no mae ni yomu to yaruki ga deru to iimasu.

Meaning

My son likes sports manga, and he says that reading them before a match motivates him.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Lesson 30

Breakdown of musuko wa supootsu no manga ga suki de, shiai no mae ni yomu to yaruki ga deru to iimasu.

Questions & Answers about musuko wa supootsu no manga ga suki de, shiai no mae ni yomu to yaruki ga deru to iimasu.

Why is it スポーツの漫画 and not スポーツ漫画? Are both correct?

Both are correct, but there is a nuance:

スポーツの漫画
- Very clear: “manga about sports.”
- Uses の to show a loose “about / related to” relationship.
- Feels slightly more neutral and explanatory.
スポーツ漫画
- A more compact compound noun.
- Common in titles/genres (e.g. スポーツ漫画が好きです = “I like sports manga”).
- Feels a bit more like a fixed label or genre name.

In everyday speech, both are used. In this sentence, スポーツの漫画 just makes it very explicit that these are manga whose topic is sports.

Why is it 漫画が好き and not 漫画を好き?

With words like 好き, 嫌い, 上手, 下手, etc., the thing you like/dislike/are good at normally takes が, not を.

漫画が好きです。 – “I like manga.”
テニスが嫌いです。 – “I dislike tennis.”

Grammatically, 好き is a na-adjective (形容動詞) meaning “likable / pleasing,” so the thing that is “pleasing” is marked by が as the subject:

(私は)漫画が好きです。
→ Literally: “As for me, manga is pleasing.”

Using 漫画を好き is generally ungrammatical in standard Japanese.

What does the で in 好きで do here?