[0:00] getting into manga is one of the best
[0:02] decisions you'll ever make but only if
[0:04] you do it the right way if you let
[0:05] yourself get intimidated by all of the
[0:07] different kinds of manga that are out
[0:09] there or you just start reading what
[0:10] everyone else is reading you're gonna
[0:11] miss out on the dozens even hundreds of
[0:14] manga that almost feel like they were
[0:15] made just for you and for those of you
[0:17] who have been reading manga for years
[0:19] but you haven't really tried anything
[0:21] else you're gonna miss out on everything
[0:23] this industry has to offer so whether
[0:25] you're completely new to manga or you're
[0:27] looking to grow as a manga fan I'm gonna
[0:29] give you three easy steps that will help
[0:31] you develop a love for the industry as a
[0:33] whole and make rating manga as fun as it
[0:35] can possibly be the first step as
[0:37] obvious as it might seem is to find out
[0:40] whether you actually like reading manga
[0:42] it might be cool to talk about anime
[0:44] with your friends and those covers might
[0:46] look really cool in the bookstore but
[0:47] until you actually pick up a manga and
[0:49] try it out you won't really know if it's
[0:51] for you like I said I know this might
[0:53] seem obvious but this will be the
[0:55] difference between getting into manga as
[0:56] a whole or just getting into one series
[0:59] you just happen to really like now the
[1:01] easiest way to start is by reading the
[1:03] manga of your favorite anime for me this
[1:05] was Dragon Ball I loved playing the
[1:07] games as a kid but that was my main
[1:09] source of learning about the story one
[1:11] day I saw the original manga for sale
[1:12] and decided to give it a try years later
[1:14] I was a fan of the one piece anime I
[1:17] couldn't wait to find out what was
[1:18] happening later in the story so I
[1:20] decided to catch up to the manga this is
[1:22] the easiest way to get into manga
[1:24] because you already liked the story so
[1:26] it's really just a matter of reading
[1:28] that same story as it was originally
[1:30] portrayed but what if you don't have any
[1:32] anime you're interested in well then
[1:34] that's when you do what I said earlier
[1:35] if you go to the bookstore or the comic
[1:37] book store and you're like wow I have no
[1:39] idea what that is but it looks really
[1:41] cool then my suggestion is to start with
[1:43] that odds are if it looks cool then
[1:45] you're probably gonna enjoy it in fact
[1:47] that's exactly how I got into Shaman
[1:50] King I kept seeing it at the comic book
[1:52] store and this absolutely gorgeous cover
[1:54] was just like buy me buy me buy me so I
[1:57] said screw it and now I'm in love with
[1:59] it once you eventually find that one
[2:01] manga you do like then the last part of
[2:03] this step is to try out a few other
[2:04] manga like I said it might be the case
[2:07] that you really just like this one story
[2:08] if that's the case then you really
[2:10] shouldn't force yourself to Read Manga
[2:12] if you've tried a few and they just
[2:13] weren't for you but on the other hand
[2:15] you won't know until you try it's like
[2:17] people who try one crappy beer and then
[2:19] they're like yeah it's not really for me
[2:20] it's like there's hundreds of beers out
[2:22] there and you decided you don't like all
[2:24] of them based on this one shitty one you
[2:26] owe it to yourself to try at least a few
[2:28] more but let's assume you did all that
[2:30] and you've decided that you really do
[2:32] want to get into manga before I tell you
[2:34] the Second Step make sure to like the
[2:36] video if it's been helping you so far
[2:37] it's the easiest way to support the
[2:39] channel and to help spread the video to
[2:41] other viewers like you anyway now that
[2:43] you know you're a manga fan the next
[2:45] step is to find out what kind of manga
[2:47] fan you are this might seem kinda
[2:49] pointless at first but let me explain if
[2:51] you are trying to read more manga then
[2:52] you owe it to yourself to get the most
[2:54] enjoyment out of that experience as you
[2:56] possibly can and the best way to do that
[2:59] is to find out what kind of manga you
[3:00] like and which ones you don't like and
[3:03] to that you might say well aren't they
[3:04] basically all the same yeah no that'd be
[3:07] like if you said all fighting games are
[3:09] basically the same there's 3D Fighters
[3:11] 2D Fighters anime Fighters team Fighters
[3:14] whatever the heck smashes once you get
[3:16] into it you realize there's a bunch of
[3:18] different kinds of fighting games and
[3:20] those games are for different kinds of
[3:21] players and the same is true for manga
[3:24] readers there's battle Shonen fantasy
[3:26] Dark Fantasy gag comedies romances
[3:29] Sports Manga romance Sports manga the
[3:33] list goes on so it's like okay so how do
[3:35] I find out which ones I like the most
[3:37] well the best way to start is by reading
[3:39] different manga by the same author for
[3:41] example let's go with one of my personal
[3:43] favorites hiromashima let's say you went
[3:46] from the fairy tale anime to the Fairy
[3:48] Tale manga and now you're looking for
[3:49] something else well before fairy tale
[3:51] mashima wrote Rave Master Brave Master
[3:54] is a similar fantasy type story but it
[3:57] also takes a lot of different approaches
[3:58] to certain story elements so if you read
[4:01] that you might like the differences or
[4:03] you might not the same is true if you
[4:05] read even zero the manga he's writing
[4:07] right now you might find out that you
[4:09] prefer fantasy over science fantasy
[4:12] personally I came to realize I love the
[4:14] way this guy writes stories in odds are
[4:16] you probably will too but even if you
[4:18] don't at least you will start to see
[4:20] what your preferences are and why those
[4:22] are your preferences with that you'll
[4:24] have a much better idea of the manga you
[4:26] do enjoy for when you look for something
[4:27] new and on that note don't stop there
[4:30] once you read different manga by the
[4:32] same author reads a manga by different
[4:33] people you'll come to find which writing
[4:35] styles you like which kinds of
[4:37] characters you like and probably most of
[4:39] all you'll start to see which kinds of
[4:41] art styles you prefer there's a bunch of
[4:43] manga with really good art like Dr Stone
[4:45] one punch man and witch at adelier but
[4:48] you won't know if you like them until
[4:50] you try out stories by different mangaka
[4:52] after that it's just a matter of trying
[4:54] out different genres obviously the big
[4:57] one is Battle Shonen which is the more
[4:59] DBZ type story but like I said there's a
[5:01] bunch of genres there's Sports manga
[5:04] like haikyuu gag comedies like
[5:07] and there's romances and you might be
[5:09] like okay bro I'm willing to try out a
[5:11] manga about volleyball but I'm not about
[5:13] to try all that romantic stuff but trust
[5:16] me I didn't think I'd be into it either
[5:17] and now I love romance manga it's just a
[5:20] matter of finding the one you like or
[5:22] maybe you really don't like romance
[5:24] again try everything out try as many
[5:27] different manga as you can by figuring
[5:29] out what your preferences are and
[5:31] stepping outside of your comfort zone
[5:33] you'll be able to enjoy everything you
[5:35] possibly can out of the medium okay so
[5:37] now to the best of your ability you
[5:39] figured out what kind of manga fan you
[5:41] are the final step is pretty
[5:43] straightforward but it's one that a lot
[5:45] of people Overlook the third step is to
[5:48] become a more knowledgeable manga fan
[5:50] that probably sounds so pretentious but
[5:54] let me explain what I mean not too long
[5:55] ago everyone was claiming that the manga
[5:58] Phantom Seer was definitely going to
[5:59] blow up but then everyone was shocked
[6:01] when it got cut well if you had been
[6:03] paying attention to the magazine then
[6:05] you would have seen it coming Phantom
[6:07] Seer had good sales but it often placed
[6:09] in the lower spots of the table of
[6:11] contents and weakly Shonen jump and it
[6:13] almost never got color pages color pages
[6:15] are how the magazine promotes its manga
[6:18] for example Dr Stone was Often
[6:20] overshadowed by manga like one piece and
[6:22] jjk but it got tons and tons and tons of
[6:25] color pages even more than those two so
[6:28] you knew it wasn't going anywhere so if
[6:30] you ask me becoming a better manga fan
[6:33] means becoming as knowledgeable about
[6:35] manga as you can so you can see all of
[6:37] the different Trends and get a better
[6:39] appreciation for the industry the first
[6:41] way you should do this is one I just
[6:43] mentioned you should follow the magazine
[6:45] rather than a few manga you happen to
[6:47] like for example let's say you like one
[6:49] piece jjk or my hero Academia those are
[6:52] all published in weekly Shonen Jump so
[6:54] the first thing you should do is check
[6:56] out all of the manga that are currently
[6:58] running in weekly shown jump that
[7:00] includes all of the four new manga They
[7:02] just added and that includes the
[7:04] incredibly over hated me and roboco now
[7:07] do you have to catch up to every single
[7:08] one you should try but at this point you
[7:11] know what kind of manga fan you are so
[7:13] there's no point in forcing yourself to
[7:15] read a series you clearly don't like at
[7:17] the very least you'll be able to follow
[7:18] the trends and jump and get an idea of
[7:20] how it compares to other magazines and
[7:22] on that note the next thing you need to
[7:24] do is check out other magazines so for
[7:27] example I mentioned hiromashima earlier
[7:29] well Eden zero is currently running in
[7:32] weekly Shonen magazine so you can check
[7:34] out the other battle Shonen from that
[7:36] magazine like fire force which actually
[7:38] ended not too long ago or its spiritual
[7:41] successor gotchi Akita it also has its
[7:44] own batch of romance manga as well as
[7:46] whatever the heck Ranger reject is I
[7:48] really like Ranger reject I just feel
[7:50] wrong for some reason calling it a
[7:52] battle Shonen it could be a battle
[7:53] Shonen I just I don't know I'm stupid
[7:55] point being there's a whole other world
[7:57] of manga outside of weekly Shonen Trump
[7:59] and these other magazines have their own
[8:01] Trends going on you owe it to yourself
[8:03] to check out the different magazines
[8:05] that way you'll be able to follow all of
[8:07] the different Trends in the industry but
[8:09] once you're on the up and up on things
[8:11] in the industry the next thing you
[8:13] should do is check out the classics
[8:15] again pretty straightforward but still
[8:17] essential manga has been around for a
[8:19] while and there's a lot of manga that
[8:21] inspired the ones that are out right now
[8:22] Dragon Ball obviously inspired the big
[8:25] three but there were other great manga
[8:27] out at the time like JoJo's Bizarre
[8:28] Adventure and Fist of the North Star
[8:30] they might be a bit different from the
[8:32] manga that are currently running but
[8:34] they're still really good plus once you
[8:35] read those manga you start to appreciate
[8:37] the trends in manga as a whole you'll
[8:39] see what it was like in the earlier
[8:41] decades and how it's changed over time
[8:43] then when a new manga comes out you can
[8:45] be like oh wow they're really changing
[8:46] things or Okay cool so they're going for
[8:49] more of a bobobo type story they're
[8:52] definitely not doing that I just really
[8:53] want you to check out
[8:55] anyway the only thing left after all of
[8:58] this is something you're probably really
[8:59] already doing at this point especially
[9:01] if you're subscribed to this channel
[9:03] that is make sure you engage with the
[9:05] community don't get me wrong one piece
[9:07] fans are the worst thing about one piece
[9:09] and Twitter makes everything worse but
[9:11] talking with everyone else about what
[9:13] they're reading is going to help you
[9:14] become more knowledgeable as a reader
[9:17] you'll see what other people like and
[9:18] don't like you'll see how people react
[9:20] to new chapters and you'll challenge
[9:22] Yourself by coming across some
[9:24] recommendations and New Perspectives on
[9:26] some of your favorite stories and
[9:28] characters but at this point that's all
[9:31] I can suggest see if you even like manga
[9:33] find out what kind of manga fan you are
[9:35] and then challenge yourself to get a
[9:37] better appreciation for the industry as
[9:39] a whole if you follow those three steps
[9:41] not only are you guaranteed to fall in
[9:43] love with manga but you will get as much
[9:45] fun out of it for as long as you
[9:48] possibly can now those were my three
[9:50] tips at this point I want to hear your
[9:52] thoughts what do you think is the best
[9:54] way to get into manga how can you become
[9:56] a better manga fan share your thoughts
[9:58] and see what everyone else has to say
[10:00] down in the comments I'll pick my
[10:02] favorite and share as a comment of the
[10:04] week on my community Tab and if you'd
[10:06] like another video like this one then
[10:08] check out my recent video on the five
[10:10] best Manga for starters you can find
[10:12] that video in the playlist linked right
[10:14] here until then thank you for watching
[10:16] and I hope to hear from you soon