| As the title says. How do you choose your manga? Do you choose it by looking at the title first, the cover, the description or the genres, etc. Let me re-write and enlighten the thread even more. This was in the past and now I am in the present, so I do have a new way I happen to choose my manga. First, I would look at the name, if the name does not sound correct to me, I may tend to skip it, if not I will continue onto the cover. Some manga have terrible covers so after I take a glance at the cover, and then I read the description. If it happens to be something that peaks my interest, I will read it. Mainly, if I do not have time to search or I am just not in a patient mood, it would go title, art, synopsis. |
WhySoMadDoeJun 27, 2013 12:26 AM
| "Neither devil nor death. I am just murder." |
| Based on the description. Weird or funny titles would get my attention. |
| Based on the picture/art and synopsis. |
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| Mostly from the Synopsis and sometimes from the reviews also |
| I go by genre and then description then the cover art. There are a few times where the description isn't enough so I just read that manga anyways. |
| Genres (I've been abusing all manga sites' advanced searches) and cover. I rarely choose by description and ratings. I don't even look at the title until I know whether it's interesting or not, lol. |
| Mangaka, imprint/publisher, and cover are fairly important. I also go genre fishing and sometimes look for specific "eras" like 80's/90's shoujo |
| Genre for me- if it's Senin, Josei, or Shounen, I'm all over it |
| You're gonna carry that weight, Space Cowboy |
| I base my choices mainly on cover art, genre, and the categories field over at MU. I rarely read synopses, as I like going into a manga knowing as little or next to nothing about the story before I read it. |
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| I choose mine manga based on genre and synopsis |
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| Based on genres and the synopsis. Art is not important that much to me. |
"People fall in love with a person, not a gender." |
| I usually pick based on genre. |
| Based on mangaka, art(not always though), and sometimes I look at the popular rating to see if it is good or not and what it is about. |
| 1. Search by genre 2. Pick whatever looks interesting by it's cover and title 3. Look the synopsis, rating and reviews (not always all) 4. Decide weither it's readable or not |
Why does the world want to become one? Dreams and ideals are not supposed to be the same. |
| First I look for genre then art style, if I can live with it I check out the themes, synopsis, reviews and last I see how many chapters are out. If its updated regularly and has 10+ chapters I usually go for it. |
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| Synopsis, genre, reviews, art etc. |
| After watching the anime I want to read as a manga or if the story is interesting, popularity and the most - recommandations ^^ |
 And that's it. Na-no-ne/De-aru/Relo XD |
| Lately, people's recs plus my mood seem to decide what I read. |
| Depends what catches my eyes first: the title or the art. Then I just read the summary & if it interests me, I'll read it. I never pay attention to the ratings, lol I forget they exist sometimes. I don't base it on genre either because I want to be open to a lot of things that could be worth my time reading. |
| I have a program on my Tablet that pulls from several diffrent sites and use the ranking tool they have on there, then if the synapsis looks decent I'll flag it. |
| I look at the art first than read the description or short summary. |
 Anime List//Manga List - C.C.O - T.C.O - T.S.C - M.C.A |
| Usually by synopsis, mangaka or if it's complete. Art and genre help but I never choose just based on that. |
| Well, I'm somewhat new to manga, so for now I choose by either genre or if an anime series stops but the story continues on in the manga. |
| Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again. Evelyn Underhill |
| Art and genre. |
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| I often search for specific tags on bakaupdates. I know I like seinen psychological exploration types, such as survival manga, and I also know that I like seinen romance that lacks the neverending melodrama seen in shoujo titles (as well as including the penetration not seen in shoujo titles). That makes choosing pretty easy. If only to avoid white-world backgrounds and nothing-ever-fucking-happening, I ignore ALL BUT THE TOP-TIER shoujo. I also ignore shounen titles that don't have any remarkable qualities... which means I ignore pretty much all of them. And with so little josei to read, that means my selection process is made so narrow it's easy to pick what I want. I also sometimes see what else (other than what I'm reading) that manga translation groups are currently working on. If lucky, I might stumble on another title or two of interest. |
Procella said: 1. Search by genre 2. Pick whatever looks interesting by it's cover and title 3. Look the synopsis, rating and reviews (not always all) 4. Decide weither it's readable or not Basically this. |
| Top priority for me is of anime I've watched so I can compare the two. Second is synopsis. I'll read any genre. I suppose art is a factor too. I don't mind art most of the time as long as I enjoy the storyline, but you can't go wrong with gorgeous art like Chobits has. |
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| 1- Mangaka 2-Genre 3-Art If I find a manga I like I'll try and read everything by the same Mangaka. |
| No. |
| Usually I search by genre, but occasionally I'll just search through whatever list I am at. But either way, I judge what I will read by this: 1) Picture The drawing style is really important to me. I'm rather picky about how the characters look. If I believe the manga will be really good, then I can bear through crappy illustration, but if I'm randomly picking and choosing, the picture/cover HAS to appeal to me. Besides, I don't read Japanese, so I can't really go on a title. 2) Summary Well, dude....How am I supposed to enjoy a manga if I don't even like the plot line? 3) Comedy is a big thing for me. I know that fits into genre, but I'm okay with almost any manga genre, as long as there is some sort of comedic relief in there. If a story is more drama-focused, and has little to zero humor, then it better be damn well intriguing to keep me interested. The only time I'll really read reviews on a manga is if I'm uncertain about if I should go to the effort to try it. Other than that, I'm fine with deciding for my own. After all, everybody has different tastes, right? |
Cpl_BallerinaFeb 16, 2012 3:08 PM
| If I like a series I usually check out other works by the same mangaka and I love to klick on the random button on some sites too^^ But there are also times where I choose some specific genres and search through large manga DBs. |
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| Reviews matter the most to me.If there's tons saying it's great by people with good taste then I'll definitely look into it and see if all the praise is deserved. |
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| First I look at art. Then I look at genre. Then I look at description if interesting. If it passes all these then I'll give it a shot. |
| to be honest i mostly just go to mangareader and hit the surprise me button until i find something that interests me |
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| Look if has ecchi, if no then I skip over to check if its Mature, if no then I check the story and art. |
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| Ecchi and the amount of likeable characters. |
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| Genre > Cover > Rating > Synopsis |
| Art style and reccomendations. I'm pretty open to anything, really. I like all genres and themes, etc. so it's hard for me to turn down a manga. |
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Beedlebud said: First I look at art. Then I look at genre. Then I look at description if interesting. If it passes all these then I'll give it a shot. ^ exactly this. |
| It has to sound interesting to me & the art has to be pretty |
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