Manga Guide to Databases

For one of our classes's assignments, we were told to read the Manga Guide to Databases, an odd yet effective way of approaching teaching us this topic. At first, I'll admit I was a bit dubious of the concept even though I occasionally read manga for fun. How would a manga teach about a topic? However, as I started reading, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the manga did a genuinely good job at getting its point across. It had a fairy similar in role to Navi from The Legend of Zelda teaching two medieval characters (and by proxy the readers) all that they needed to know. It used the "tell them what you will tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them" method of teaching, and by the end I felt as if I had a basic understanding of the topic. While I don't think that this type of teaching can replace traditional methods, it's still an unique and fun way of imparting information to the reader.