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Feb 12, 2018 11:05 AM
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So how long do you take when reading a chapter , do you read the text only or look into every details ?
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Feb 12, 2018 11:24 AM
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it depends on the chapter legnth and amount of words/text/details.

usually somewhere between 2-6 minutes.
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Feb 12, 2018 12:12 PM
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Didn't read much manga, if there's a chapter that has about 20 pages then 2-3 mins. For 40-50 pages like in Attack on Titan it even takes me 10 mins because I look at every detail.
Feb 12, 2018 12:13 PM
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Anywhere from a few minutes to maybe 10 minutes?
Feb 12, 2018 12:52 PM
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From 3 to 10 minutes. It's not worth ignoring the artwork, it's there for a reason. Also there are chapters shorter than 10 pages and longer than 60. Some doesn't even have text on them, some others are filled with it.
Feb 12, 2018 12:56 PM
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It depends on how many THICC drawings are included in that one specific chapter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Feb 14, 2018 2:44 PM
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Like others have said, it varies because unlike anime episodes, (which are usually around 22 minutes) the length of manga chapters are not set in stone.

Regarding the original question, I tend to read slower when the plot is more complex and I need to read every bubble more carefully to understand what's going on. If it's a comedy/slice of life series I read much faster. But all in all it takes me a few minutes to read chapters that have few words and are more focused on the art to maybe 15 minutes (?) if it's a super long chapter with a lot of words.
Feb 14, 2018 4:09 PM
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Depends, a wordy one like Food Wars takes 10 minutes, but a manga like Horimiya takes 2-3 minutes simply because there arent giant blocks of text explaining god-tier cooking techniques.

PS: I HIGHLY reccomend reading both of those
Feb 14, 2018 5:44 PM
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5-40 seconds per pages .
Feb 14, 2018 6:02 PM

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20 secs usually per page, but it still depends how much the dialogues are.

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Feb 14, 2018 6:03 PM

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less than 10 mins if it's 20 pages or something, I dunno I don't really track my time.

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Feb 14, 2018 9:04 PM

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For comparison, let's take Umineko and Joshikausei. For Umineko with 40 - 60 pages with a lot of text, I'll take 10 mins or more. For Joshikausei with no text at all (gotta appreciate the thicc thighs tho), 2 - 3 mins.
Feb 14, 2018 9:12 PM

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i like to pause and appreciate the artwork, the character expressions, small insert jokes not part of the story but only added for author's amusement. i don't know, but i probably take somewhere between 5 to 10 minutes.
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Feb 15, 2018 5:21 AM

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The average weekly(20-page) chapter takes me about 10 minutes.
Feb 15, 2018 5:24 AM

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Bleach chapters took me 2 min, Basara chapters took me half an hour. Depends on the length on them, really, but I'd say usually 10 minutes for a 20-page chapter without too much dialogue, 15 minutes if the art is pretty because I like to pay attention to detail.

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Feb 15, 2018 7:12 AM

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depends how many pages there are

ranges to like 12 - 60



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Feb 15, 2018 8:49 AM

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I usually read by volumes (1 volume ~ 200 pages) and it takes me around 2-3 hours (longer if it uses too many complex words without furigana) depending on the amount of text used. There isn't any fixed length for each chapter and I usually just end up reading the volume till the last page without bothering about chapters so I've never really bothered to see how long it takes per chapter.
Feb 17, 2018 1:49 AM

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Depends on the way they make it and your speed but i would say 5-10m not more than that
Feb 19, 2018 7:37 PM

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An hour per volume. I post and browse MAL in between chapters or alongside reading and that makes it longer.







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Feb 23, 2018 10:35 AM

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It took me less than 2 minutes to read the latest chapter for haikyuu
I think for longer or more wordy chapters it takes me about 5-6 minutes
Never more than 10 minutes unless it's a long one shot story
Feb 16, 2019 1:49 AM

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To my sheer frustration and hatred, 20-30 minutes for a single 20 page chapter. For 30 pages and upwards, it takes easily an hour. A painful, repetitive, straining hour.
Feb 16, 2019 1:50 AM

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SkyFullOfStars said:
It took me less than 2 minutes to read the latest chapter for haikyuu
I think for longer or more wordy chapters it takes me about 5-6 minutes
Never more than 10 minutes unless it's a long one shot story


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Feb 16, 2019 5:48 AM

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Not that long. I can read an entire volume in 60-90 minutes, but for something wordy as Bakuman, it takes me considerably longer to read even a single chapter.
Feb 16, 2019 11:31 AM

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I read volumes in 25-90 minutes depending on how wordy it is (Claymore took me 25 min per volume but Host Club took me 90 per volume.So assuming the standard amount of chapters is 4-10 in one volume, then anywhere from 2.5 to 22.5 minutes per chapter.

The average volume takes me about 40 minutes to read, so the average amount would be 4 to 10 minutes

Edit: wth I thought it was Feb 12 2019 at the start of this thread >.> not 2018
Feb 16, 2019 1:04 PM
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That's a really abstract question. If you mean like the average 20 page chapter with minimal to sparse dialogue 3 - 4 minutes. Something with a best more meat 8 mins + or if it's just action with sparse dialogue a minute. In short it varies
Feb 18, 2019 10:28 AM

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It really depends for me. I can read a chapter in a few minutes and I can also read it for a hours especially when I get super distracted. It would take me overnight or two just to finish a chapter. (╯•﹏•╰)
Feb 18, 2019 12:16 PM
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Depends on the amount of pages and the text, action is usually faster than romance stuff because it is more dialogue heavy. So for me 3-8 mins.
Feb 18, 2019 3:10 PM

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Weekly manga = 3-4 mins usually.
Monthly manga = 6-10 mins.
Feb 18, 2019 3:18 PM

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It depends. If it's something like One Punch Man, or any shounen fighting series I usually finish a 20 page chapter in 5-6 min.

If it's a wordy manga like Bakuman, I use probably between 10-14+ min.

I also tend to read slower when i'm reading a physical copy than online scans, might be because I payed for the volume so I wan't to look at all the details and such
Feb 18, 2019 3:31 PM

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Way too long, my MAL stats never reflect the actual time I spend reading. I think one of the reasons I dislike reading manga is that it feels so freaking slow compared to watching anime, even though most people seem to have the opposite experience. I often see people who say they prefer reading because it's faster than watching, well I prefer watching because for me it's way faster than reading.
Feb 19, 2019 11:36 AM

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Around 10 minutes as most of the ones I read are around 40 chapters. I usually read the text first and then look at the pictures to see what is going on. Strangely, Inised to think 40 chapters were long but I can now read them without much problem and I think “It’s over already?”

Mar 5, 2019 5:32 PM
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Depends on the length of the manga. Usually it takes minutes for me depending on the chapter.
Mar 5, 2019 7:17 PM

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depends on how many pages are in the chapter, but usually 5 minutes or less.
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Mar 6, 2019 8:38 AM

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From 1 to 8 minutes I'd say
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Mar 16, 2019 10:01 PM

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Depends on the amount of pages, text bubbles, and how much one pays attention to the art.

I would say the average is 4~7min of non-rushed and attentive reading.
A Gintama chapter can take me up to 9min+
A Bleach chapter can take me less than 3min.
Mar 16, 2019 10:02 PM
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Depends.

On average,

English around 5 minutes, Japanese probably double that.

I like to take my time.
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Personano said:
To my sheer frustration and hatred, 20-30 minutes for a single 20 page chapter. For 30 pages and upwards, it takes easily an hour. A painful, repetitive, straining hour.
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Oct 5, 2021 8:53 PM
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Average is 5 mins for me if it's not dialogue-heavy
Oct 8, 2021 8:51 AM

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Really depends on length of the chapter, the genre, and artwork. I read through light, fluffy manga a lot faster than something heavier. If the art is original or Boichi level skill, then imma take my time enjoying the scenery. On average, I would say 10-15 min on any given manga, longer probably if I'm taking my time.

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HarounAnime said:
So how long do you take when reading a chapter , do you read the text only or look into every details ?
Dunno... I like to look into as many details as I can, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't take me more than 10-15 minutes to finish one chapter.
Oct 8, 2021 11:12 PM
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Anywhere between 5-10 min depending on the chapter length
Oct 9, 2021 7:02 AM

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Depends on the serie, reading Gantz right now and doing it pretty fast, but sometimes I can take my time to look very detailed at some pages, had that when reading Kono Oto Tomare.
Oct 9, 2021 7:29 AM

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It is usually between 3 and 10 mins depending on the length of the chapter and artwork.
Oct 9, 2021 8:10 AM

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it depends on the manga, after finishing danganrona i'll probably look more into details
Oct 9, 2021 1:37 PM

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Depends on how heavy the theme is, if there's a lot of text compared to drawings, and how many pages there are in a chapter.

MAL counts 8 minutes per chapter (visible on malgraph, anime.plus site), most commonly I need less than 5 minutes for a chapter.

-Youjo Senki took me at least 10-15 minutes, sometimes even 20 minutes for a chapter.
-Ultra Heaven's first chapter (200 pages) took me wayyy longer than those 8 minutes, I think longer than half an hour but I didn't count.

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Oct 15, 2021 6:03 AM
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6 minuts for weekly manga over 30 for some monthly ones
Oct 15, 2021 7:14 AM

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depends

depends if my brain is smooth enough to comprehend texts without rereading it to understand it
depends if the manga has arts that are hard to understand

average 6 minutes maybe
Oct 15, 2021 9:01 AM

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For me it's less than one minute if I'm solely on a reading binge-if I really like something, I'll absorb the text and images essentially. 5 minutes or longer if I'm doing something else at the time like watching tv.
Oct 16, 2021 1:01 AM

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I'm a fast reader, so it takes on average, around 1-2 minutes to complete a chapter. Obviously it depends on how dialogue heavy the specific manga is and also chapter length as they vary.

As for art panels without any dialogue, I probably look at it long enough to tell what is happening.
Oct 17, 2021 5:27 AM
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Depends on the length of the chapter and the amount of text. I usually dont look to hard at the art or fights since I gave up on realizing whats going on. So if theres not a lot of text which is hard to understand I'm pretty fast.


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