I've gotten to the point where I'm about finished with the 1st issue of Pokémon Adventures and decided to pick back up Mashle. Earlier this year I struggled to even pick out many words I knew, but I just read about 8 pages without much too difficulty and not having mined it specifically, just about 10k words from some anime. I expected there to be a much larger gap between the two with Pokémon obviously being targeted to a younger audience and therefore expected to be significantly easier, but they felt almost the same; not quite effortless, but certainly doable even when I come across words I haven't learned yet and not looking them up.
However, I know that way higher levels exist since I can barely read any news that isn't NHK Easy News level, and I still get the "Nope" feeling when looking at JP text in general before making myself dive in. But in regards to shounen manga specifically, is this mostly "it" in regards to difficulty? At this point, should I be looking at trying some more challenging stuff, and if so, what might be some good steps (seinen manga, light novels, etc.)?
Or did I just happen to pick another easy shounen manga and haven't even scratched the surface of what this level has to offer?
by linkofinsanity19