Do you guys have any particular memories of your first manga experience(s)? I remember walking into Barnes and Nobles as a wee little lad, and asking one of the kind store ladies where the “anime” section as. She told me that it was called manga, and guided me to the proper section. I still remember going every so often with my mom, it was magical every time. I can’t even remember how many times I re-read the first volume of One Piece.
I watched the “Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody”. It ended, but I was very interested in the story, so I ended up on mangadex…
I was into western comics. Then I got into anime. Seemed like a pretty natural progression to try out manga too after being fully immersed in anime. The exact reason I don’t really remember though.
My first exposure to “true” manga was definitely Nisekoi. That’s of course a direct effect from having watched its anime and Plastic Memories. Now all of my manga catalogs are full of romantic comedy. No ragrets.
Hell, I even read Berserk because there’s a bit of romance in it. If there were no sexy scene between Guts and Casca, I wouldn’t even touch it.
Anime, but manga is less tiring and i can read at my pace. Also there is way less fillers in mangas.
I actually don’t typically read manga, but I’m writing this comment because I have two exceptions that hooked me somewhat. +Anima, and Oyasumi Punpun. I’m hoping these combined with webtoons will get me to read more.
Don’t have any particular first memory, but i think my first complete manga was Gotoubun no Hanayome / Quintessential Quintuplets?
Watched the anime for it and didn’t feel like waiting for new seasons, so i started buying it.
Think my first actual manga was some random volumes of Konosuba, 1 from QQ and one MHA volume.
The good old Doraemon (ドラえもん) haha
I had been watching anime for a few years, and a Humble Bundle with Kodansha manga came out. I picked it up and have been reading since then.
Kaguya-sama Love is War. I loved the anime and couldn’t wait for another season.
For me, it was Chainsaw Man. I’d read a few manga years ago, most of Berserk, some Junji Ito, and Naruto way back as a kid, but none of it really stuck for me. And then I stumbled unto the Chainsaw Man anime, loved it and checked the subreddit, saw a ton of manga spoiler memes that made me feel like i was missing out, so I read the entirety of what was out, figured out manga is pretty dope, and now I’m working on reading Monster and One Piece
Must have been a wee lad no older than ten years old when my friend introduced me to Shaman King. After that, I eventually caught up with Naruto and Bleach (and To Love-Ru, bless my heart), and everything kinda spiraled from there.
Shaman kimg was so good! It’s shame no one really talks about it anymore…
Waiting for season 2 of Dorohedoro…
It started with just wanting to know what happens beyond where the anime was (Naruto at the time), then became my preferred medium.
I feel like reading Manga is faster, the action is always paced to my imagination, and it’s just easier to pick up and put down.
I first got interested in American comics. As it was UK and a few years before Pokemon was released, they were only sold as specialist comics stores, which weren’t too common, so I subscribed to a mail order service who had a monthly catalogue for all the new releases. They had all the manga towards the back, and it intrigued me because it looked so different from everything else. I ended up losing interest in American comics and reading manga exclusively after a few months.
I have always been a avid reader and spent most of my breaks in high school in the library. My high school just so happened to have a massive collection of manga, all it took was me getting a bit curious one day and I was instantly hooked! I specifically remember reading and re-reading the first couple volumes of one piece as well. I do miss that place quite a bit, I don’t have a public library nearby anymore which really sucks.
