Tano

When using 他の(noun), am I saying other (things) of noun, or other than noun?

I suspect the former and if so, how would I make a construct that would say "other *than* (noun)"? Just 「(noun)は他のです。」 or something else..?

May be worth mentioning the noun is a category, kind of.

Thanks in advance.

Could you please post a full sentence of what you want to say? Seeing in just the phrases are a bit difficult to understand exactly what you want to ask...

yes sorry, I'm wondering how to differentiate between two sentences, take these for example:

1. Are you interested in other manga?
2. Are you interested in other things besides manga?

does that make sense?

1. Are you interested in other manga?

他の　マンガ には　興味が　ありますか？
(Hoka no/ta no manga ni wa kyoumi ga arimasu ka?)

Hoka no/tano manga = other manga

2. Are you interested in other things besides manga?

マンガ以外のこと には　興味が　ありますか？
(Manga igai no koto ni wa kyoumi ga arimasu ka?)

manga igai no koto = things other than manga

If you want to use "hoka no/ta no" for this, you could say:
- Manga yori hoka no koto ni wa kyoumi ga arimasu ka? (Are you interested in things other than manga?)

ok, thanks.