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Aug 13, 2011 4:33 PM

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shinkeikaku said:
There's way too much good stuff still publishing to ignore it
Feb 4, 2012 12:18 PM

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Some manga are too great to wait 'til they are completed.
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Feb 4, 2012 2:33 PM

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I enjoy on-going as i find those more enjoyable, but thats only for manga that have a regular schedule.

If a manga comes out about once every few months then i'll just wait till its completed before reading it unless its something thats really good
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Feb 4, 2012 7:37 PM

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Usually I like to read Complete manga, just like how I wait for complete animes. But than I do start reading ongoing manga if their weekly
Feb 4, 2012 7:52 PM

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Complete manga. I cbf to wait for ongoing ones anymore.

Feb 5, 2012 2:14 AM

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Ongoing.
Best is 1 that is going to end soon.

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Feb 5, 2012 2:15 AM

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On Going.


Feb 5, 2012 8:07 AM

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I prefer completed manga, because I don't like having to wait for chapters.

On-going mangas can be fun once in a while though, because it gives me something to wait for.
Feb 5, 2012 10:17 AM
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On-Going for me. When I get hooked with a completed manga, I tend to finish it in one sitting no mater how long it is.
Feb 5, 2012 4:24 PM

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I prefer it to be complete, but I'm happy to put up with waiting for ongoing series.
Feb 5, 2012 4:53 PM

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On-going
Feb 5, 2012 7:47 PM

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I would really love it if it was completed before I find it :P
But I get over exicted about new mangas or random mangas that seem interest, so I read them ahead, which sucks cuz than I have to wait for more to come out >.< it gets hard to keep track of the mangas that are on going, and I have to check time to time if new chapters came out. I would prefer Complete Mangas but sometimes I can't help myself. TT.TT
Feb 6, 2012 4:54 PM

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Discussing is enjoyable for me so i like reading on-going series.
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Feb 7, 2012 8:16 PM
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Flaky said:
On-Going for me. When I get hooked with a completed manga, I tend to finish it in one sitting no mater how long it is.

same here, it always a pleasent surprise to find an awesome series thats both complete and in adleast the triple digits or high double digits. i consider it a small pain when i start reading a series thats new like wolfen crest or cage of eden started reading those when they were under 10 chapters still following them though because you get invested in the series if chapters come out weekly then hits a suddden break i start rereading, anticapating when the next chapter comes out on the update list.
Feb 8, 2012 3:45 AM

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Flaky said:
On-Going for me. When I get hooked with a completed manga, I tend to finish it in one sitting no mater how long it is.


Same here...I like on-going more than complete, even if sometimes is pain and boring to wait for a monthly chapter to come out!!! but still I like them more, it's so fun to read something new every week or month!!! :D
Feb 9, 2012 11:45 PM
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I prefer completed, because if it shows out, that manga & story & etc. is interessting i just can't wait for another chapters. It's hard for me:D and i know it's hard to finf translators and editors but still ... i get a little bit annoyed. :)
Feb 10, 2012 3:45 AM
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Both are good for me 8D Finished cause I'd liek to finish asap xD And on-going cause it's fun talking abt it with ppl and stuff xD What I hate though are on going manga that get 1 chap per 6 months scanned so I tend to be rly careful wil ongoing ones xD
Feb 10, 2012 3:04 PM
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On-going since it's not too bad waiting a week depending on the manga.

I guess the series that release monthly or on weird intervals are a pain to read unless there completed. It's easy to forget what happened last chapter after a month or more....so you kind of forget what's going on.....
Mar 12, 2012 2:41 PM

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first i would read the ongoing manga and wait for like a year until i forget it and then after that i would remember it and read its completed series^^
Mar 15, 2012 5:52 AM
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I prefer waiting, I hate it when the manga becomes so good that I want to know the ending but it just isn't completed yet. The suspence is killing me!
Mar 16, 2012 8:01 AM
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I prefer to read ongoing manga personally. One of my biggest pet peeves is having something I'm reading spoiled and there's virtually no chance of that happening if the chapter just came out.
Mar 17, 2012 9:32 AM

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I prefer reading complete series, because if they're currently being scanlated I always fear that the scan group will drop the project, leaving me heartbroken XD However, there are manga that I can't not read (like... I can't resist or something XD). So I read bot on going and completed manga series.
Mar 18, 2012 9:47 AM

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I don't mind both.

Completed manga is easier for me to read and good to fill my free time since you got the full story in one go. But after that, bye-bye.

On-going manga tends to make me happier since the manga will last longer in my mind (due to the wait), but it kinda annoys me to wait for a bimonthly manga especially the ones I really love (one month is still tolerable. two months is torture). But once I got the tankoubon in my hand (or read online), that's the best feeling I got that day. :)
Mar 19, 2012 7:09 AM

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One of the first things I check before I start to read is if it's finished or not, I may check ongoing manga but I seldom care to put these on the list.
Mar 19, 2012 3:29 PM

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Finished, of course. I hate to wait, and don't want surprises like a 30-volumes manga.

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Mar 19, 2012 3:32 PM
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I like when something has a start and an end. :)
Mar 19, 2012 3:53 PM

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oh, why didn't you make this a poll? I would like to know the statistic.

as for me, completed. always.
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Mar 24, 2012 8:57 PM

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Completed manga.

I don't like it stopping in the middle of something great.
Mar 24, 2012 9:14 PM

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Well I like both for different reasons, I mean with completed manga I can read at my own pace and with ongoing I have to wait. It depends on the manga really if it is something exciting it is quite cool to have the wait between chapters and have the time to speculate, but for everything else I would rather just read it at my own pace.
Mar 25, 2012 2:16 AM

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Completed. I hate waiting for new chapters. >>"
Mar 25, 2012 7:24 AM

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I don't see a difference. Every on-going manga ends up completed and every completed manga was at some point on-going. So I see no reason to deprive myself the enjoyment of reading current manga by waiting until who knows when for them to be completed.

Mar 25, 2012 11:48 AM

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Well with on-going manga you eventually get something new, while completed manga are well... over.
So I prefer on-going manga. Not that it makes a difference when I choose one anyway, I usually only find out if its on-going or completed when I get to the last released chapter.
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Mar 26, 2012 2:56 AM

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I prefer to wait till it is complete.
Mar 26, 2012 7:28 AM

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I could see the appeal behind both, but if it is a series I really enjoy I'm happier if it is still on-going, so that.
Mar 26, 2012 9:25 PM
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I prefer to read when it's already complete, but there are some mangas that I can't wait, so I start reading... but I'd like if they were already completed... =(
Mar 26, 2012 10:44 PM

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completed but most good mangas are not completed cause there new.
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Mar 27, 2012 1:52 PM

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I read completed manga while i wait or the ongoing ones to finish. Sometimes w/completed manga I would forget where I stoped and have to start over again and remember oh yeah I read that.
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Mar 27, 2012 2:01 PM

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complete manga please~ I hate cliffhangers ): that's the main reason why I stopped reading all of the ongoing series I used to follow a few years ago ^^" I'm still a huge fan of those but waiting a whole month for the next chapter is simply masochistic Dx
Mar 27, 2012 2:10 PM

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I've read oneshots where at the end it seems like there could more, but there is not or completed manga where at the end it's like tht's it where's the rest of th story?
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Mar 27, 2012 3:16 PM

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I prefer, when manga is copleted. Especially when it is interesting, because I do not like to wait for the next chapters.Despite this, I read on-going manga, but waiting for the next chapter is killing me.
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Jun 15, 2012 7:53 AM

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I'd always wait for it to finish.
I just don't like cliffhangers that much xD
There're also lots of completed series that are pretty much good so.. Why read the cliffhanging ongoing series ? XD

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Jun 15, 2012 12:14 PM

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I prefer for it to be completed; that way I can just marathon through it xD
Jun 15, 2012 3:05 PM

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Definitely completed. I have quite a few ongoing manga on my list, but I'm nowhere near caught up on them because I either forget, lose interest, or give up. The only manga that I was actually able to follow when it was still ongoing was Tsubasa, and a lot of the time I would still forget when a new chapter came out and get behind a few chapters.

I guess I'm just bad at commitment.
Jun 15, 2012 3:25 PM

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MasayahingArtist said:
I'd always wait for it to finish.
I just don't like cliffhangers that much xD
There're also lots of completed series that are pretty much good so.. Why read the cliffhanging ongoing series ? XD


You still get cliffhangers when the manga is completed. It doesn't matter if the manga is ongoing or completed, if a chapter ends in a cliffhanger then that's a cliffhanger that won't be resolved until the next chapter. The only difference is you might have to wait a week if the cliffhanger happens in the most recent chapter of a manga while for a completed series you just have to wait until you open the next volume.

Jun 15, 2012 7:35 PM

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No way I'm going to be on stand-by for ongoing manga. There are enough completed ones to choose from as it is.
Jun 15, 2012 9:18 PM

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It depends on the series. If I'm already into the first two or three books, then I would keep reading it whether it's ongoing or not. Ongoing is a plus because there's more excitement in not knowing what comes next and reacting at the same time as other fans and talking about it. But then if it's already complete, you can find out if the ending was horrible and then decide whether or not to proceed. Completed is also nice because you can sometimes buy a set.
Jun 16, 2012 2:59 PM

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Both, but it depends on how patient I'm feeling. These days I'm very busy with uni stuff, so when I read manga I prefer reading stuff that is complete so it doesn't seem like forever til the end. When I'm not busy, I tend to like on-going ones, not knowing when they will end doesn't seem to bother me.
Jun 16, 2012 3:19 PM

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What I do with on going Manga is - for weekly, I wait about a month or two so I can read about 10 - 20 chapters in one go, so I'm still upto date just not reading one chapter at a time.
Then the same with monthly but I wait about 3 - 5 months :)
You still have to wait of course, but this way you get to read a number of chapters instead of just one :3
Jun 19, 2012 7:48 AM

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I really enjoy on-going Manga!Weekly though!Like OP,Eden on ori,Reborn,Gantz etc There are good Monthly that i read like DW or Claymore but still one month is too much to wait!BUT the Hiatus are the worst!!!What is going on with Liar Game and Berserk is ridiculous,and they are both in my top list*sigh*

If something is really good i can't wait for it to finish and then read it!No way!On the other hand i'm really happy(and lucky) that i start reading Deathnote,20th century and FMA after they finished!Just imagine, that i had to wait for the next chapter, makes me crazy
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Jun 19, 2012 11:56 AM

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I don't like on-going manga, waiting for the end of the story is too annoying, and when a new chapter come, i've forget some stuff i've ever readed, so i prefer to wait most of the time, at least to have a decent number of chapter to read at once.
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