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.

  • id10t
    2•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.

  • @imagoodmushroom@lemmy.world
    2•1 year ago

    My very first manga was Naruto after I ran out of anime episodes. Didn’t touch another manga for years until I did the same thing with demon slayer which lead to me doing the same for a few of the really popular animes at the time. It wasn’t until I’d heard about chainsaw man when the anime adaptation was announced that I’d say I shifted from “anime watcher that sometimes reads ahead” to “actual manga reader”

    • ShinOP
      1•1 year ago

      CSM really hooks people huh, I can’t blame ya. It’s a really unique series. I can’t wait for S2, even though I’ve already read all of part 1.

  • @fogetaboutit@programming.dev
    2•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.

  • Curvature
    2•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.

  • @wersooth@lemmy.ml
    1•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…

  • @petroskoi@sopuli.xyz
    1•1 year ago

    Watched the original anime of Fullmetal Alchemist and found out it was originally a manga that was still ongoing, so I just had to read it any way I could.

  • @ReluctantZenny@lemmy.world
    1•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.

  • Tobi
    1•1 year ago

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

  • Ace Lucario
    1•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.

  • @nero@lemmy.world
    1•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.

    • gpl
      1•1 year ago

      Quintessential Quintuplets was my gateway to Romance manga, now it’s my favorite genre. BTW, Nino best girl

    • ShinOP
      0•1 year ago

      I need to get back to that!!! It was hilarious, thanks for the reminder.

  • @goldgate@lemmy.world
    0•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.