Have you ever droped a manga that you had been following for a long time and with great interest?

Not outright dropped, but I put it on the on hold list and then forget about it.

For example Gantz. I never was particularly unsatisfied and even really enjoyed the 2016 movie.
It's just that I haven't touched it since 2012. Still planning on finishing it, though. Maybe next decade.


There are long running stories I dropped after reading most of it, but it's not like I read those over years. For example, Solo Leveling got really, really stupid later on. Not even the Manhwa, I read the novel because I enjoyed it. Unfortunately the novel got really stupid, so I dropped the Manhwa to save me the disappointment.

Also have manga I bought many volumes from and then just dropped them because it got stupid. Again, nothing I read over years.


Maybe Berserk. That one got pretty stupid and then the author played Idolmaster instead of continuing it for like two decades and then also died. Not sure if I'll ever catch up with Berserk again.

@TransferUser And you weren't sorry to end it? There are a number of titles that I droped after many years of investing and I still feel uncomfortable when I think about them.

@RobertBobert

No.

They either turned to shit or I forgot about them. Why would I lament about it?

Plenty of manga I had a good time reading over years turned to shit with the ending, too. Like Claymore or Gunslinger Girl. It's unfortunate, but I can't do anything about it, so I move on.

Come to think of it, I don't have a single completed manga on my shelf. Either they never end or they turn to shit.
No wait, I lied. The Voynich Hotel ended with three volumes and it's excellent. That one is sitting on my shelf, but it's inconspicuous, since it only has three volumes.

@TransferUser Has it really gone that far? I've heard that anime is very different from manga.

@RobertBobert Which anime/manga are you talking about?

@TransferUser Claymore and Gunslinger.

@RobertBobert

Claymore only has an anime only ending, otherwise it's pretty close. I was disappointed by the anime ending for years, but the manga ending is even more disappointing. Felt like it got canceled and then wrapped up in a chapter.

Gunslinger Girl is a curious case, where there's a stark difference between the first and second season, but both of them are actually fairly close to the manga. The difference is only in style choices. First season was trying to appeal to the western market, but after that idea crashed so hard that it even took Studio Gonzo out, the second season instead tried to appeal to the Japanese market. All its weaknesses were also present in the manga, but not as magnified.

@RobertBobert No, Claymore's anime ending came out seven years before the manga ended. Back in those days it was commonplace for the anime team to create anime original endings to ongoing manga series.

Not by choice, no. There were cases when I was enjoying a manga or novel series and the licensor or translator dropped it, so I couldn't continue it. I just put them in the On Hold list instead of Dropping them though.