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.

  • fogetaboutit@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Ace Lucario@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Curvature@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • ReluctantZenny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • id10t@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Tobi@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    One piece was my first manga because reading it was faster than watching 700 episodes 😂

  • nero@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • wersooth@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    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…

  • goldgate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was unhappy with how samurai x ended. I found the manga when searching samurai x in Google. After I finished that, I remembered my friend in elementary school had a pencil box which had cool pictures with slam dunk written on it. So I looked for slam dunk “comics” next. These are the first two manga I read.

  • Man Zonder Poespas@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    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.