| I definitely search them not just pick any random because reading takes time and I got my hands full since watching anime and reading manga has become my dilemma of which is which. I search for the top manga of each genre I want to read. Well, you can go to anime and manga recommendation if you don't have any idea. |
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atKatlin said: I search for the top manga of each genre I want to read. Well, you can go to anime and manga recommendation if you don't have any idea. Art style is important to me, too. But before deciding if I'll put it on my list or not, I read the synopsis first and if it doesn't persuade me enough, I'd read reviews. In some instances, when I completed a manga that's overall great to me, I would start searching for the author/mangaka's other works then same routine. |
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| Sort of random. I borrow from a library so it's highly dependent on what's available. But even with that, there's still so much to read. Besides the ones I've already started, I usually check out stuff I've never heard before or those with recent publishing dates. The reason for this is because I want to know what's fairly recent or what someone thought was good enough to publish in English. As much as possible, I avoid the titles that I hear about often. I try to distance myself from the hype first so that I can read without expectations. |
| Hm, it's very limited with manga. I don't want to waste my time reading something bad. I also go into something with a lot of past research on it, or a recommendation from a reliable source. I stay clear of a lot of genres with manga as well, and stick to shit I know will interest me, or at least I hope. |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
| I just go to the most popular manga and check the synopsis, if it's good I'm gonna read it. Also I read the ones which weren't fully adapted in an anime, I also check out the recommendations there etc etc. |
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| I don't read manga that much so mostly i choose by hearing good thing about them or finish anime version and start right after it. Some of I pick up after i read synopsis. |
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| My friend reccomended me a manga called "Nekota no koto ga ki ni natte shimatta" and it's the best thing i've ever stumbled upon so far. bless my friend |
| "This signature is under construction." ~Fabuubz |
| Back then...I only read manga after watching the anime. Then I started to read base on the sypnosis Then when I had a lot of free time before, I decided to read base on genre. I click the genre for shoujo and decided to read every manga listed for that. But now I am only reading what will be in new manga list for shoujo and updates for ongoing manga that I read. |
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| When I choose manga, I tend to stay within my favourite genre's and look through the database until I find one that interests me. Or with the manga club I'm in, monthly reads are suggested and I always look through those. |
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| I don't know, it just kind of happens. Sometime I'll be on the look-out for stuff by mangakas I like or something. (Twitter is really useful for this since most mangakas I like have an account ^^). Most of the time, it's just spam mail that Amazon JP is constantly sending me. Surprisingly effective spam mail. They really know what I like and make me want to spend my pay in half a minute. (If only eBay or whatever else online shop I use were this effective xD) But yeah, mostly I'll go by titile or cover, then look up a bit of what it's about, maybe some of the characters and go with that. |
| If it looks interesting by its cover art or synopsis, just start reading it. You'll eventually start to cater to your own tastes the more you read manga. Once you find stuff you like you'll be able to search specifically for mangakas or genres you like too. Personally, though, I'll admit. I look far more at the cover art than the synopsis when I consider reading something. Some synopsis' are very vague or generic, but the manga itself could be more interesting than it makes it sound. |
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| Im a big fan of romance. There are not a ton of romance anime that I havent seen that interest me, so I just look up romance manga and there are a ton. Or if I watch a anime and I check out its adapation like Oregairu, My Hero Academia, spice and wolf, etc. |
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| This is a good question, and one that I can't quite determine myself. I have a list on my phone of manga that I would like to read in the future, and the criteria are as follows: 1) Is the manga complete (or almost complete) with all volumes available for purchase? (Not counting the ridiculously priced OOP ones.) In general, I tend to go for completed manga, as opposed to keeping up with the newest trends. I just can't handle waiting several months between volumes! 2) How old is the manga? Aka, how likely is it to go out of print? Anything that's either been released recently or is ridiculously popular will likely stay in print for a few more years. But older stuff? That could go any day. Better snap it up! 3) How long is the series? Typically, I don't like long series. I am staying the hell away from the Narutos, Bleaches and One Pieces of the world, or indeed anything that comes close. Part of the reason is that I can rarely bring myself to truly give up on a series part way through, and will generally see it through to the end. If that means buying 30+ volumes, then I'm staying the hell away in favour of shorter series. 4) How well received is the anime in comparison? Once in a blue moon, when the stars align, hell freezes over, pigs fly and 4kids does something good in the world, an anime gets released that's somehow superior to its manga counterpart. (Or at least, according to the general consensus) In cases like these, I may just watch the anime instead. 5) How well received is the manga in general? This is the tricky one, since many fans will swear by certain series to be masterpieces while others would call them a tragic waste of ink. I have certain preferences, typically dark seinen, usually horror, thriller or drama related. (That said, I've been expanding my horizons a little with romance and shouted battle series.) So the hard part is deciding which to take the plunge with, and that can sometimes be a spur of the moment thing. It could be someone recommends it in a manga video, or that I see it for cheap online. There is of course one other thing... 6) Is it well known? Look, it gets really embarrassing when people ask for "underrated" or "underappreciated" manga and I see people respond with: (embrace the cringe) Bakuman (Yeah, not popular at all) Berserk (Yup, nobody's heard of Berserk) Slam Dunk (Multi million seller, sure, but it's below Naruto, so therefore unheard of) Uzumaki (Not as if it's the single most revered horror manga of all time, is it?) I mean, really, people!? For fork's sake... It's not that I'm a hipster (even though I am) but part of me would like to try lesser known manga series as well as the super-popular heavy hitters. Otherwise our collections will all look the same, damn. It feels good to read something that many may have overlooked, and it makes it that little bit more rewarding when it turns out to be brilliant. So there. I think that about covers it! |
| i just look at sites like mal and school down until i find a suitable one then google the shit out of it, if good enough it'll be added to the ever expanding list. |
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| Honestly favorite lists are extremely repetitive here (mine included), after a while you start to notice what is extremely popular and/or acclaimed by reviewers and hipsters and you just pick it up out of curiosity. It's generally not that hard to find someone with similar taste to yours, just check out what he loved that you haven't watched yet and your "Plan to Read" list will grow fairly quickly. |
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| I tend to chose the ones that has unique or "weird" covers. |
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Fuchsia said: i just look at sites like mal and school down until i find a suitable one then google the shit out of it, if good enough it'll be added to the ever expanding list. I've found this method to be pretty dangerous, and not just for manga. So many times I'll search for info on something only to have the entire story ruined by a major spoiler. I'm the kind of person who hates having even the slightest details (beyond the basic synopsis) revealed to me, so quite often I just go in blind. It especially annoys me when reviewers basically tell you everything, and then say "I don't want to spoil everything, but I will say there is a big twist in the ending!" or something like that. Yeah, thanks. No need for me to read it now! >:( Hell, I even had part of Death Note ruined for me (haven't read it yet, never watched the anime, I'm late to the party, okay?) because I'd watched the anime intros on YouTube, and so a video was put in my recommended list that ruined a particular plot point with just the mere title alone. Damn it! I wanted to go in blind! :( This is actually another advantage of going after more unknown series; you're less likely to have it ruined simply because fewer people know about it. |
Soho-Jin said: Fuchsia said: i just look at sites like mal and school down until i find a suitable one then google the shit out of it, if good enough it'll be added to the ever expanding list. I've found this method to be pretty dangerous, and not just for manga. So many times I'll search for info on something only to have the entire story ruined by a major spoiler. I'm the kind of person who hates having even the slightest details (beyond the basic synopsis) revealed to me, so quite often I just go in blind. It especially annoys me when reviewers basically tell you everything, and then say "I don't want to spoil everything, but I will say there is a big twist in the ending!" or something like that. Yeah, thanks. No need for me to read it now! >:( Hell, I even had part of Death Note ruined for me (haven't read it yet, never watched the anime, I'm late to the party, okay?) because I'd watched the anime intros on YouTube, and so a video was put in my recommended list that ruined a particular plot point with just the mere title alone. Damn it! I wanted to go in blind! :( This is actually another advantage of going after more unknown series; you're less likely to have it ruined simply because fewer people know about it. Haha, well I mean that I read the synopsis, look at pictures of the art, and possibly even read a few reviews, so far I haven't been majorly spoiled. Sometimes descriptions are just SOO vague that I find it necessary to research into it a bit, like Tower of god for example. |
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| Art and character design is very important. At least even if the story is not to par as per the expectations, I can still look at them. So I look at the art and character design and then the story. I rarely drop a manga unless the main lead pisses me off big time. |
If you want to join a club, you could join the one I'm in (Antiquity MC) if you click the link on my Sig. |
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crimsonYukito said: Yes, it does help to have nice crisp art/animation when reading a series, but as well there should be a consistency. Some series that have really nice artwork for it tend to lack in the plot-department lol. Whereas I've seen some series that weren't animated all that good but the plot within it was told really good, which made up for the lack of animation quality. It's rare for a manga to have the complete package. |
| Pretty much whatever looks interesting at the book store. 95% of the manga I read these days is stuff I have bought, and I choose the series to read by just looking through them and reading the first through chapters. Sometimes I will just choose a series because I have heard of it, or because there is an anime adaptation coming out / I have watched and I want to see how the manga compares. The other like 5% comes from series I have heard a lot about and want to check out, but there are no physical copies in the west yet. I only pick up these series when I hear a lot of good things about them. |
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crimsonYukito said: ClavisM said: If you want to join a club, you could join the one I'm in (Antiquity MC) if you click the link on my Sig. Nice, I will check it out! Edit: Could you send me the link to that Club? I see Club names that go by a similar name, but can't seem to find one by the title you shared. Here you go https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=70196 |
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| The Antiquity Manga Club is indeed a very good way to familiarize yourself and discover new stuff, I would definitely participate in the read alongs if I had enough time on my hands and could actually keep up with schedules lol. |
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| well i follow various methods for it firstly i would look top mangas or underated mangas of a particular genre i am in mood to read. then i search on it and read a summery if i like it i read it. occasionally i do random searches and read whatever manga i get (not the best method but if your lucky you just might find a hidden gem) also i ask people with similar taste like mine for suggestion. |
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