[0:00] so my last video I talked about five
[0:01] tips to getting into reading novels and
[0:03] in this video we're going to be talking
[0:04] about five tips to help you hopefully
[0:07] get into reading manga for me personally
[0:10] I've been reading books my entire life
[0:13] and have always been a very very Avid
[0:16] Reader but only within the last couple
[0:17] of years have I fallen in love with the
[0:21] medium of manga as well and now I'm an
[0:23] active reader of both this is all still
[0:25] relatively new to me and I still have a
[0:27] lot to learn but I've also been getting
[0:29] a lot of comments of people who have
[0:31] been following me for a while because of
[0:32] books and because I'm now getting into
[0:35] manga they are trying to get into manga
[0:37] as well so thought it might be helpful
[0:39] to make a video if you are trying to dip
[0:42] your toes into the genre hopefully these
[0:44] are a couple of things that might help
[0:45] you get there a little bit easier first
[0:48] and foremost is to explore what's out
[0:50] there the primary biggest names in manga
[0:54] stuff like one piece Naruto Dragon Ball
[0:58] Attack on Titan Hunter I you know the
[1:01] big names that you probably hear a lot
[1:03] there's so much variety out there so if
[1:06] one of those big names doesn't appeal to
[1:08] you maybe look a little bit farther
[1:10] because manga has a vast variety of
[1:15] options interested in something that's
[1:17] light-hearted fun Slice of Life but
[1:20] still very active and keeps the plot
[1:22] moving at a great Pace try spy family it
[1:25] has been such a surprise and I
[1:28] absolutely adore it big fan of series
[1:30] and authors like Joe Abercrombie Malazan
[1:33] Song of Ice and Fire stuff that really
[1:35] delves into the complexity of violence
[1:37] and War and human emotion uh try Finland
[1:41] Saga or berserk you love absurdist
[1:43] fiction like Hitchhiker's Guide to the
[1:45] Galaxy or the Discworld series
[1:47] maybe try my favorite one piece or maybe
[1:49] you love horror and you want to explore
[1:51] a visual component alongside your
[1:53] reading check out junji Ito all of his
[1:56] stories are self-contained and good or
[2:00] if you want something a little bit
[2:01] darker but not quite that dark Death
[2:03] Note is a really fun series or maybe if
[2:06] you're into literary fiction and romance
[2:08] and exploring trauma and really heavy
[2:10] topics you have stuff like a silent
[2:12] voice and fruits basket even if you're
[2:14] into cooking and sports and rock
[2:16] climbing you name it there are series
[2:18] that are dedicated to these things I
[2:21] mean it gets real Niche a lot of manga
[2:23] series are really big and really long
[2:25] and the size of the series might be
[2:27] intimidating but there are so many
[2:29] series that are very short that run only
[2:32] 12 or 24 volumes and getting through a
[2:36] volume is very fast a lot a lot faster
[2:38] than reading a traditional novel my next
[2:40] tip is to read digitally I promise you I
[2:44] understand the compulsion to get get
[2:48] everything that you want to read
[2:49] physically and read it with your hands I
[2:51] love that if that's something that
[2:52] you're into too I
[2:55] hard relate but once I bought this which
[3:00] you can use your computer that you
[3:02] already own you can use devices that you
[3:04] already own but once I got a device that
[3:07] I was dedicated to reading manga oh my
[3:10] goodness Game Changer why one having a
[3:14] big screen to be able to read on is
[3:16] great because then you really get to
[3:18] appreciate the artwork and you don't
[3:20] have to like if you're reading on your
[3:21] phone always zooming in on stuff it
[3:24] ain't good but two of the cost because
[3:25] you get through a volume of manga so
[3:28] fast buying physically everything that
[3:31] you read it adds up so fast and that
[3:35] cost can be a huge deterrent plus I
[3:38] strongly believe in allowing yourself to
[3:40] quit series you don't like because there
[3:43] are so many different types of stories
[3:44] out there and because in the beginning
[3:46] you'll probably be experimenting a lot
[3:49] on figuring out what kind of stories you
[3:52] want to read in this medium you have to
[3:54] be allowed to quit on stuff that's not
[3:57] working and if you're physically buying
[3:58] everything oh it just feels like a waste
[4:01] of money
[4:02] when a series doesn't work out for you
[4:04] and you don't finish it and then you
[4:05] look at that stack of manga that you
[4:07] spent a hundred dollars on
[4:10] it's just reading digitally is great so
[4:12] there's apps like Shonen jump or
[4:13] bookwalker that allow you to have a two
[4:16] dollar monthly subscription or to
[4:19] purchase the volume at a heavily
[4:21] discounted price digitally and it makes
[4:25] it a lot less of a extreme commitment to
[4:29] start a series and if you're reading a
[4:31] long form series like one piece just
[4:33] having a two dollar a month subscription
[4:35] to Shonen jump and being able to read
[4:38] the entire series that way oh it's
[4:40] amazing my next tip is if you're a
[4:43] complete and total newbie to this take
[4:45] some time to understand the medium more
[4:47] than likely you have read some sort of
[4:50] comic in your life or at the very least
[4:53] Calvin and Hobbs or even if you haven't
[4:55] done that why
[4:57] why even if you haven't done that you've
[5:00] probably read the Sunday Funnies or
[5:02] something like that something so you
[5:04] probably understand the way this format
[5:06] works
[5:08] you're just reading it you know from
[5:10] right to left instead of left to right
[5:12] now and from Back to Front instead of
[5:14] front to back so there's a little bit of
[5:15] adjustment that needs happening there as
[5:18] far as which direction you read in but
[5:20] you've probably experienced comics in
[5:23] some form or another in your lifetime
[5:25] but if you're a total noob if you
[5:26] haven't experienced comments heart
[5:28] Comics hardly at all and the idea of
[5:32] changing the direction that you read in
[5:34] is very intimidating to you I'm gonna
[5:36] link a video I found where somebody
[5:37] breaks it down very clearly and very
[5:41] easy to understand which panels to read
[5:44] first how to move across the page how to
[5:47] understand the paneling if you're
[5:49] completely intimidated taking the time
[5:51] to understand the formatting so that you
[5:54] can just focus on enjoying the story and
[5:56] being engaged is a great plan next tip
[5:59] is to pick something that's praised for
[6:01] having a really loyal adaptation a
[6:04] couple examples are Full Metal Alchemist
[6:06] Vinland Saga free Fruits Basket you
[6:09] could probably find a good list just
[6:11] through Google the reason I recommend
[6:13] this is because I think that it's
[6:14] totally understandable to be intimidated
[6:17] by experiencing an entire new medium
[6:20] that requires a new reading style for
[6:23] your brain when I first started reading
[6:25] one piece there were things that I was
[6:26] missing and misunderstanding because it
[6:28] was a completely new experience for me
[6:31] as a reader and it just took me time to
[6:34] really click with it I still loved the
[6:37] story but it is a challenge for your
[6:40] brain to reformat the way you read and
[6:43] experience stories not to mention the
[6:45] fact that manga do they do use a
[6:48] different storytelling method and a
[6:49] different story structure a lot of times
[6:52] so if you're just totally unfamiliar
[6:54] with the medium I totally understand
[6:56] being intimidated and afraid that you're
[6:58] gonna miss stuff so being able to read
[7:00] volumes and then watch the series side
[7:03] by side is really helpful because you're
[7:05] experiencing the story twice one way
[7:07] that you experience Transit through the
[7:08] adaptation is probably more familiar to
[7:10] you even if you're not accustomed to
[7:12] anime you understand how shows and
[7:14] movies work and I found that a lot of
[7:16] times anime are a lot more on the nose
[7:19] than manga are they'll either add extra
[7:21] scenes to further explore something or
[7:24] just kind of outright say something
[7:25] that's more hinted at in the manga so if
[7:28] you're afraid of missing something that
[7:29] could be a big asset experiencing the
[7:31] anime along with the manga will
[7:33] definitely help with the final tip in
[7:35] the video and the final tip in this
[7:36] video is going to be the same as the
[7:38] final tip in the getting into books
[7:40] video which is to get involved with the
[7:43] community if you're a fan of Goodreads
[7:45] Goodreads has manga on their listings
[7:47] there's also my anime list which is
[7:50] basically the same thing as Goodreads as
[7:53] far as I can understand it but there's
[7:55] also online communities and forums and a
[7:58] lot of YouTubers that focus on Manga and
[8:01] Anime as well and you can find
[8:03] communities through them getting
[8:04] involved with a community of people that
[8:06] are excited to see you experience it's
[8:08] their favorite story for the first time
[8:09] people who will be there to answer
[8:11] questions clarify things that you
[8:13] misunderstood help you when you when you
[8:16] don't when you need help on
[8:17] understanding something or on what to
[8:19] read next people that are excited to see
[8:22] someone new fall in love with their
[8:23] story bringing in the community aspect
[8:27] to reading is so so beneficial for me
[8:32] it's a great way to make friends it's a
[8:34] great way to make it more social but
[8:35] it's also a great way to make the story
[8:37] feel a lot more personal to you because
[8:39] it's become a personal thing a personal
[8:42] connection between you and other people
[8:44] like I said in the previous video social
[8:46] media is just a part of our Lives now
[8:47] it's just it's something that we
[8:50] actively participate in Daily so making
[8:52] books a part of our social sphere a part
[8:55] of our way of engaging with people
[8:57] across the world it just makes it more
[9:00] it exciting and more realistic to make a
[9:03] part of your daily life there are so
[9:05] many phenomenal manga fans that want to
[9:08] hang out with you and want to share
[9:10] their stories with you I've had a
[9:13] phenomenal experience being a complete
[9:15] newbie stepping into an environment that
[9:19] people grew up in and that are essential
[9:22] part of who they are me stepping in
[9:25] knowing nothing and wanting to engage
[9:28] I've been so welcomed and you will find
[9:31] people that don't want to welcome you
[9:32] but you will also find so so many people
[9:35] that are just so excited to share
[9:37] something they love so those are a
[9:38] couple of my tips as a newbie to manga
[9:40] that will hopefully help you get into
[9:43] manga as well maybe one or two of these
[9:45] will be a good launching point for you
[9:47] if you have some tips of your own to get
[9:50] more immersed into the genre or if you
[9:52] have some further recommendations that I
[9:55] didn't mention in this video please feel
[9:57] free to leave them in the comments I
[9:58] post videos every Monday Wednesday and
[10:00] Friday on this channel Tuesdays and
[10:01] Thursdays on the second Channel which is
[10:02] linked in the description of this video
[10:04] I'll see you again soon bye
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