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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When I caught up to one piece anime. Then I started reading others. Took a bit to get used to the medium, but now I highly enjoy it.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • musaoruc@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Kaguya-sama Love is War. I loved the anime and couldn’t wait for another season.

  • Tmastergamer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Phantasm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When I was younger, anime was my way to go but now that I’m older, with less available time, I find reading mangas to be more time-efficient, filling my idle time.

  • 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.