| I was introduced to it during a school trip by some friends. I ended up spending the entire trip inside our tent reading. Been reading manga ever since. |
| School is boring so i read them during class.... and 20 years later i still read them.. |
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| (before internet awailability) I was reading comic books which i bought regularly on news stands, accidentally I found Akira which was published by chapters (two chapters came out in total... so I had it on-hold before I even made lists until I found scans on internet), so that was my first manga more than 10 years ago... anyway I started reading seriously 7 years ago or something (read online pages started blooming all over)... first I read shounens because I wanted to know what will happen before anime continued (like One Piece) and manga whoose anime finished but more of the story was in publishing manga like Berserk, Claymore and such. Afterwards I started reading every great manga that didn't get anime. Now I read because I enjoy reading and exploring the very medium. After I bought myself tablet I read manga on it on train rides to college and back (when I do not have anything to study it is great to have some low baterry consumption activity for total of 3 hours in both directions + waiting for the train time so I'm not bored, longer brakes in between classes... waiting in line somewhere....etc.). -random thought: i like comics more than I like novels mostly because it saves me the time reading descriptions of surroundings, characters and such, well I can see them so I only have to read what they are saying.... sounds somewhat shallow. I love fantasy and historical fiction adventure novels if writer has good style of writing (in my impatient case: devoid of excessive drama and descriptions so I can imagine them freelly rather). I love writing style in Harry Potter series or in Eragon series, but i hate the writing style of Royal Assasin for example. |
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| Because I was sick of waiting through filler arcs in anime. |
| My family is a treasure, you need a map and shovel to find them. |
| I was tired of lame Naruto fillers at one point. That's the sole reason I started reading Naruto manga (can't say I'm very happy with it though). Later, I found out some other works which made me realize what I missed. |
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| Found a copy of Cardcaptor Sakura in my local B&N when I was around 7 or 8 and have been hooked on manga ever since. Hadn't really watched anime before that, though I was pretty into Pokemon and stuff like that I wasn't aware that it was "anime". |
| Well, I've always read manga my entire life. Recently, I got back into manga because a lot of series by authors that did some of the anime I like had manga that didn't get adapted yet so I wanted to check their stuff out. |
| Back before Bleach became obvious shit and still had hope, I was visiting my cousin who read the manga back then and he just like blurted out a ton of spoilers and I thought, "Well, fuck it now. I cant wait for the anime to progress beyond my new knowledge so I guess Ill read the manga too." Bleach eventually became shit but then I found out that a lot of animes are actually different than their manga counterparts so I continue to read to either, satisfy my gluttony for the next piece of the story or to see how the story actually goes. |
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| I was watching Bleach and got sucked into the plot and wanted to know what was going to happen next without having to wait another week. And in the end I'm over a year behind on the manga. Ha ha |
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| I didn't have internet at my house back around 5-6 years ago, so I made a habit of hanging around at the local library. I mainly read Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh! graphic novels (no money for a gaming console or to buy trading cards) until one day, volume 1 of Kitchen Princess was lying on the check out desk. I thought the cover art was pretty (yes, I'm shallow) and checked it out with the rest of my stuff. I read through it, and it was good. I proceeded to check out just about every manga my library had (which wasn't a lot sadly). tl;dr I was bored. It was eye candy and an alternative to online stuff. Two birds with one stone. |
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| Because of my friend lol. I haven't knew anime at that time. |
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| My otaku classmate introduced me to it. During that time, I was pretty obsessed about Tsukihime. |
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| 1. Because many anime end abruptly just when I think the plot actually gets interesting. 2. I read that many anime deviate from the original manga story, and turns out the manga ALWAYS has more awesome story in such cases. 3. And yeah, some of the most amazing manga aren't even adapted to anime! If I stick only to anime, I would never know these mangas. |
SlothieSloth said: Elfen Lied's ending left me unsatisfied & I knida wanted more of it. Finished the whole thing in 1 day. Same here. And it was totally worth it, every minute. |
| It was kind of the natural step for me. I watched anime since my early childhood -thanks based mum- and when I grew it was like "if I read books which are adapted to movies and many of those books are better than the adaptations... maybe reading manga would be fine". And it was. |
| If it has solution, don't bother; and if it hasn't, why bothering? Do you like manga? http://gunjoteam.com |
| Meh, for me it just kinda happened, downloaded a Manga app, chose a random Manga, and started reading till my eyes started to hurt (which they did). Been reading Manga ever since, and regret nothing. =^-^= |
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| I was caught up with watching Naruto/OP/Bleach and really wanted more so i gave it a shot and now im addicted :/ |
| anime > not enough > manga. |
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| I think from a friend.. I am not even sure.. |
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| Because I like Nintendo, Corocoro Comics caught my attention and so that's how I started with manga |
IntroverTurtle said: Saw it at the library. Pictures catch my eyes more than words, especially in a library. Same for me, first manga being Death Note. And then the shoujo craze started, now expanding on more genres. |
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| I was interested in seeing how far past the anime the manga was; so i started reading and got hooked. Also, found a couple good manga not animated that were real good. |
| Because of Vinland Saga. |
| Being 7 when I started, I just liked the pictures. |
iLoveFeelings said: Elfen Lied's ending left me unsatisfied & I knida wanted more of it. Finished the whole thing in 1 day. dat. except it took me more than a day |
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| I started read manga since there's some must read manga that aren't ever going to have an anime adapation. |
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| Manga has more obscure and weird stuff. Also you can read it at your own pace and are not forced to watch 20 min. |
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| Because of Naruto |
| I was fed up of anime ending with unfinished storylines like Pandora Hearts. |
| My Manga List My Anime List Shabada shabadabadaba I am DjG545 aka Dj Fo Fo aka The Mutha Fkn Name I'm Usin Now |
| Why watch anime? |
| Because the anime of Berserk ended in such a way that I needed to check out the manga. |
| There Is A Light That Never Goes Out |
| I've run out of any anime to watch/rewatch. |
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| Wanted to get ahead in naruto back in the day... |
 "Everything you see on the internet isn't true." -Abraham Lincoln |
| It was when I bought my first volume of CCS when I was 11, and i got hooked ever since. :D |
"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good"   |
| I wanted to expand my horizons and transcend to a more aesthetically pleasing, superior vehicle of story telling than anime. |
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| My first ever manga was +Anima which was when I was way back in middle school so from then on I got more interested in reading it and am still reading it to this day.~ |
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| I had just started watching anime, but when I went to Barnes and Noble I found manga, so I just ended up buying a bunch, hah |
onefairyeater said: i couldn't wait for the next eps of a anime so i read the manga IntervisioN said: To finish where the anime adaption left off at. ^ Same as their reasons :v |
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. |
| Reading a bit before bed helps my sleep, why not read manga. |
| There is not limit to what you can do in a manga |
| I hung out in the library a lot when I was younger. Later, I discovered the internet. |
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| I was like 5 and got a Shounen Jump at Blockbuster or something because it had Goku on it. |
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| After I realized Chimera Ants would suck I read everything after the episode I watched in the manga so the pain wouldn't be that bad. I also started to read romance mangas and other stuff I found interesting (judging by the synopsis/reviews/rating/genre). Too bad most of the romance mangas are disappointing and the last one I read (Last Game) annoyed the shit out of me. I guess I will finish it just for the sake of it lol. Maybe the end will make up for the torture that were some (many) chapters. |
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