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Furigana is the main reason why I can read raw manga at all. xD' I have one volume of Elfenlied, which has no furigana, and oh god the headache- Still better than reading Chinese though, cause the kanji are broken up by hiragana/katakana (which also provide context on how the kanji is supposed to be read).