Minatogawa Ai (born 1989) is a Japanese manga artist who explains information technology through comics and diagrams. Drawing on her experience as a web designer, she creates introductory books that show beginners where technical skills come into use. “Wakaba-chan to Manabu Web Site Seisaku no Kihon” follows its young protagonist from planning a website and building it with HTML and CSS to publishing and maintaining it. “Kaitei 2-han Wakaba-chan to Manabu Git Tsukaikata Nyumon” introduces the basics of tracking changes with Git, then gives readers exercises in collaborating through GitHub and publishing a web page. In “Manga de Wakaru IT Passport,” a young man who dislikes studying is assigned to a software division. As he deals with problems at work, he learns the concepts needed for Japan’s IT Passport examination; the book pairs his story with explanations and practice questions.
