| 1) Plot or Characters (if it's a slice of life, plot obviously doesn't matter) 2) Critical reception (if available) 3) mangaka or similar series to it (via the recommendation here) 4) Art (bad art won't discount me from reading it unless it's unfollowable art, now that's an actual problem) Then, if the criteria seems to work right, see if I can rent it from the library first. Nothing will ensure it's correct other than actually reading it, all I can do is try to weed things out. |
| Usually if it's Drama, it draws me in. Otherwise it's often down to description, art and reviews. As well as the Mangaka. |
| Genre and demographic - the reason why 80% of my collection is shoujo. Sometimes, i buy manga because because it's very cheap rather than being interesting. Like Hissing vol 3 was like $1.99, except they BN gave it to me for free, it happen to be boring, yet interesting. With bargain books, you care more about quantity than quality, while, with normal in-store and online shopping, you select fewer, but more of your taste. Now, there are some that wasn't my choice, some dude just keeps throwing them in the trash, yet it still happen to be in good condition afterwards. The first time, i didn't like what was in it, while the second time i got Clamp manga in French. D: WHERE IS ROSETTA STONE WHEN I NEED IT? |
MaoraFeb 25, 2012 3:33 PM
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| Read one chapter, if it's good read another. If it's not, go to the next one in order of popularity. I just use manga reader and manga fox's popularity ranking. If a lot of people like it then it's usually good (Hopefully). Sometimes I use genre if I'm in the mood for something ;) |
| It is very much based on if I like the art or not. I look at the picture, and then read the description... if I still like it, I will read it :3 |
| First the genera. I read all genres of manga, but I prefer shoujo. Second: If I first saw the anime and if it has no ending I read the manga. Third. The review. If I like the story review I read it. |
| 1. Genre and plot 2. Chapters 3. Art style |
| Randomly finding stuff at the library. |
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| Mainly cover art and occasionally genre. I'm not too picky about what I read and watch. I don't really care to read the synopsis because it feels like a spoiler. I like to just dive in and read on, getting a feel for everything without any prior information on the story. |
| First I search through genres looking for anything that has romance that's not josei or shojo and has been recently updated, then I read all the plots to see if there is one that sounds really good then if it's completed I scan through that last chapter to see if it's good, if it's new I start reading it from the first few chapters, but if it's on-going I read comments about it and see what other people think about it and read it depending on whether the reviews are good or bad. Sometimes I read manga if I saw a really good anime and there's a manga adaption though |
| [Input amazing signature] Jelly? |
| By using heart of an otaku |
| I think the best way is to read the first chapter. |
| Not Found (aka 404) You're looking for something that does not, has not, will not, or must not exist ... ... but you're always welcome to search for it. |
| Mostly genre and/or synopsis, since I don't fuss much about artlines. :D |
| Genre/plot/art style |
| I look on the art and the synopsis.If the art and story are good,my choice is easy =P .And based a little on my favourite mangaka too. |
| the genre has to be something i fancy (although there are/have been exceptions) also the art! the art is a huge part of it, if i dont like the art then chances are im not going to stick with it because manga is obviously ALL art. |
| I use advanced search in mangareader or mangafox and choose the genre's I'm interested in (mostly seinen/romance or seinen/psychological/action), then simply check the covers, names, and synopsis. If I don't find an interesting manga by doing so, then I check profiles of people with similar tastes and check their high rated mangas. |
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| Me....oh that manga cover looks interesting....scans it to see if I will like it...the end...lol. |
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| There are various factors and I often choose manga for different reasons. I some times ask for recs, sometimes seek out manga from a particular author or sometimes for a particular theme/genre. I haven't actually read that much manga so I think that probably sums it up. |
| Well I really love shoujo and magical romancy mangas.. but also decent art and if the summary sounds interesting ill give it a try.. thats pretty much it... *bonus if I can relate to the story though* so I enjoy school life to sometimes.. ~(^_^)~  |
| ~ pereztaastic ~ |
| Same as KuroDubZero, I usually pick manga based off cover art without reading the summary. |
| in this order: I look if it's completed and not rushed or discontinued, demography, cover (not necessary art, you just can say a lot about some manga just with cover), type (no OEL for me), mangaka, rating, how long it is (I prefer longer, but not too long either), story, then I preview it in case I wouldn't like it (I usually read a bit of second or third chapter), read a few comments with the lowest score, art. but some manga I want to read are those when I see some images of it somewhere and they are good. like in "name that manga" thread, funny pics on net, or avatars and such. |
| http://dunderheads.weebly.com/ ever had this urge to stalk a person on MAL and read/watch everything they read/watched? I had. |
| -If I like an anime, I'll see if it has a manga. -Recommendations. -I've heard of it and I'm curious about it. Once I've picked one I'll get the first few chapters and read them. If I like them I'll get the rest. |
やがて気づく本当の気持ちは そして 人間が大好きでした |
| I look at the recommendations, synopsis, then rating. |
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| it's all about popularity and stuff :P |
| I don't find all manga (whether I actually read them or not) through different ways, be it randomly showing up on someone's profile (in that case, an interesting title is important), reading about it on the net, through a mention in a recommendation or finding it among other works by an author whose works I like. Whether I decide to read it depends on the description, but even if the plot is nice, I'll check for the genres, e.g. if there are ecchi elements I'd avoid it in the end. |
| The art, how popular it is (rating) / has a great storyline and stays interesting. |
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| First I google, 'best Seinen manga' or 'best comedy manga' depending on what genre I want to read, then I go through the results on various sites, then I select the most recurring titles, which I have not yet read. After that I read reviews and summaries of those manga, and finally I select the manga which fits best to my taste. |
| Genre. what im interested in first. See the popularity if its good or not. usually if its popular its good because we fellow manga readers have similar minds. Then read reviews to confirm. Read the first 5 chapters. Not good then drop. |
| http://myanimelist.net/animelist/LuckyMango http://myanimelist.net/mangalist/LuckyMango Feel free to comment on my profile for anime recommendations. Ill try my best to help! Remember don't message me. Comment! |
| Simple. If its got a hot chick on the cover, and its a yuri. :) |
| 1.) Genre 2.) Art Style 3.) Plot/Synopsis 4.) Characters |
| I go to the page with manga and choose a random title. I read one chapter. When I like it thrn I read more.Occasionally I read the reviews about manga. |
| "Embrace each morning as your last, so you may die in the evening free of regret." |
| I don't choose the manga, the manga chooses me.... Or is recommended to me by a friend who knows a lot more about manga than I do :P |
| 'There are no facts, only interpretations' - Nietzsche |
| Art and plot. It's as simple as that |
| To be honest I really only read mangas with good artwork. And when I'm reading shoujo, I go for a manga with a single love-line .And with single love-line, I mean a story with one guy and one girl. I simply hate love triangles. Even though I'm a girl, I prefer reading Shonen, so I don't read that much shoujo. |
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| Does it seem to have good yuri? I'll read it. |
| Artwork, but I usually read the first volume to see if I want to continue. Good artwork dosn't always mean good story. |
| Nowadays mostly because I know the anime and really wanna know how it continues. |
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messedup said: Nowadays mostly because I know the anime and really wanna know how it continues. Yeah that tends to happen with a lot of animes (Twelve kingdoms, Air Gear, Berserk, Gantz, Hajime No Ippo, ect) |
| By the synopsis, cover, and whether or not they have shiny eyes :P |
| Genre art description,rating,reviews author magazine |
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SenseiChris said: This is pretty much how I do it.First I look for genre then art style, if I can live with it I check out the themes, synopsis, reviews and last I see how many chapters are out. If its updated regularly and has 10+ chapters I usually go for it. |
| It really depends. 1. on art 2. if the story is worth paying attention to 3. author/artist Sometimes.... even when they fill my criteria I don't read them. -___- |
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| Good scanlation= I'll read it. Shitty ones goes into dumps. |
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