The Manga Guide to Calculus

Preface

There are some things that only manga can do.

You have just picked up and opened this book. You must be

one of the following types of people.

The first type is someone who just loves manga and thinks,

“Calculus illustrated with manga? Awesome!” If you are this type

of person, you should immediately take this book to the cashier—

you won’t regret it. This is a very enjoyable manga title. It’s no

surprise—Shin Togami, a popular manga artist, drew the manga,

and Becom Ltd., a real manga production company, wrote the

scenario.

“But, manga that teaches about math has never been very

enjoyable,” you may argue. That’s true. In fact, when an editor at

Ohmsha asked me to write this book, I nearly turned down the

opportunity. Many of the so-ca ...