| After watching the anime I want to read as a manga or if the story is interesting, popularity and the most - recommandations ^^ |
 And that's it. Na-no-ne/De-aru/Relo XD |
| Lately, people's recs plus my mood seem to decide what I read. |
| Depends what catches my eyes first: the title or the art. Then I just read the summary & if it interests me, I'll read it. I never pay attention to the ratings, lol I forget they exist sometimes. I don't base it on genre either because I want to be open to a lot of things that could be worth my time reading. |
| I have a program on my Tablet that pulls from several diffrent sites and use the ranking tool they have on there, then if the synapsis looks decent I'll flag it. |
| I look at the art first than read the description or short summary. |
 Anime List//Manga List - C.C.O - T.C.O - T.S.C - M.C.A |
| Usually by synopsis, mangaka or if it's complete. Art and genre help but I never choose just based on that. |
| Well, I'm somewhat new to manga, so for now I choose by either genre or if an anime series stops but the story continues on in the manga. |
| Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again. Evelyn Underhill |
| Art and genre. |
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| I often search for specific tags on bakaupdates. I know I like seinen psychological exploration types, such as survival manga, and I also know that I like seinen romance that lacks the neverending melodrama seen in shoujo titles (as well as including the penetration not seen in shoujo titles). That makes choosing pretty easy. If only to avoid white-world backgrounds and nothing-ever-fucking-happening, I ignore ALL BUT THE TOP-TIER shoujo. I also ignore shounen titles that don't have any remarkable qualities... which means I ignore pretty much all of them. And with so little josei to read, that means my selection process is made so narrow it's easy to pick what I want. I also sometimes see what else (other than what I'm reading) that manga translation groups are currently working on. If lucky, I might stumble on another title or two of interest. |
Procella said: 1. Search by genre 2. Pick whatever looks interesting by it's cover and title 3. Look the synopsis, rating and reviews (not always all) 4. Decide weither it's readable or not Basically this. |
| Top priority for me is of anime I've watched so I can compare the two. Second is synopsis. I'll read any genre. I suppose art is a factor too. I don't mind art most of the time as long as I enjoy the storyline, but you can't go wrong with gorgeous art like Chobits has. |
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| 1- Mangaka 2-Genre 3-Art If I find a manga I like I'll try and read everything by the same Mangaka. |
| No. |
| Usually I search by genre, but occasionally I'll just search through whatever list I am at. But either way, I judge what I will read by this: 1) Picture The drawing style is really important to me. I'm rather picky about how the characters look. If I believe the manga will be really good, then I can bear through crappy illustration, but if I'm randomly picking and choosing, the picture/cover HAS to appeal to me. Besides, I don't read Japanese, so I can't really go on a title. 2) Summary Well, dude....How am I supposed to enjoy a manga if I don't even like the plot line? 3) Comedy is a big thing for me. I know that fits into genre, but I'm okay with almost any manga genre, as long as there is some sort of comedic relief in there. If a story is more drama-focused, and has little to zero humor, then it better be damn well intriguing to keep me interested. The only time I'll really read reviews on a manga is if I'm uncertain about if I should go to the effort to try it. Other than that, I'm fine with deciding for my own. After all, everybody has different tastes, right? |
Cpl_BallerinaFeb 16, 2012 3:08 PM
| If I like a series I usually check out other works by the same mangaka and I love to klick on the random button on some sites too^^ But there are also times where I choose some specific genres and search through large manga DBs. |
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| Reviews matter the most to me.If there's tons saying it's great by people with good taste then I'll definitely look into it and see if all the praise is deserved. |
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| First I look at art. Then I look at genre. Then I look at description if interesting. If it passes all these then I'll give it a shot. |
| to be honest i mostly just go to mangareader and hit the surprise me button until i find something that interests me |
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| Look if has ecchi, if no then I skip over to check if its Mature, if no then I check the story and art. |
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| Ecchi and the amount of likeable characters. |
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| Genre > Cover > Rating > Synopsis |
| Art style and reccomendations. I'm pretty open to anything, really. I like all genres and themes, etc. so it's hard for me to turn down a manga. |
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Beedlebud said: First I look at art. Then I look at genre. Then I look at description if interesting. If it passes all these then I'll give it a shot. ^ exactly this. |
| It has to sound interesting to me & the art has to be pretty |
| 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. |
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