How To Become a Better Manga Reader

[00:00] getting into manga is one of the best

[00:02] decisions you'll ever make but only if

[00:04] you do it the right way if you let

[00:05] yourself get intimidated by all of the

[00:07] different kinds of manga that are out

[00:09] there or you just start reading what

[00:10] everyone else is reading you're gonna

[00:11] miss out on the dozens even hundreds of

[00:14] manga that almost feel like they were

[00:15] made just for you and for those of you

[00:17] who have been reading manga for years

[00:19] but you haven't really tried anything

[00:21] else you're gonna miss out on everything

[00:23] this industry has to offer so whether

[00:25] you're completely new to manga or you're

[00:27] looking to grow as a manga fan I'm gonna

[00:29] give you three easy steps that will help

[00:31] you develop a love for the industry as a

[00:33] whole and make rating manga as fun as it

[00:35] can possibly be the first step as

[00:37] obvious as it might seem is to find out

[00:40] whether you actually like reading manga

[00:42] it might be cool to talk about anime

[00:44] with your friends and those covers might

[00:46] look really cool in the bookstore but

[00:47] until you actually pick up a manga and

[00:49] try it out you won't really know if it's

[00:51] for you like I said I know this might

[00:53] seem obvious but this will be the

[00:55] difference between getting into manga as

[00:56] a whole or just getting into one series

[00:59] you just happen to really like now the

[01:01] easiest way to start is by reading the

[01:03] manga of your favorite anime for me this

[01:05] was Dragon Ball I loved playing the

[01:07] games as a kid but that was my main

[01:09] source of learning about the story one

[01:11] day I saw the original manga for sale

[01:12] and decided to give it a try years later

[01:14] I was a fan of the one piece anime I

[01:17] couldn't wait to find out what was

[01:18] happening later in the story so I

[01:20] decided to catch up to the manga this is

[01:22] the easiest way to get into manga

[01:24] because you already liked the story so

[01:26] it's really just a matter of reading

[01:28] that same story as it was originally

[01:30] portrayed but what if you don't have any

[01:32] anime you're interested in well then

[01:34] that's when you do what I said earlier

[01:35] if you go to the bookstore or the comic

[01:37] book store and you're like wow I have no

[01:39] idea what that is but it looks really

[01:41] cool then my suggestion is to start with

[01:43] that odds are if it looks cool then

[01:45] you're probably gonna enjoy it in fact

[01:47] that's exactly how I got into Shaman

[01:50] King I kept seeing it at the comic book

[01:52] store and this absolutely gorgeous cover

[01:54] was just like buy me buy me buy me so I

[01:57] said screw it and now I'm in love with

[01:59] it once you eventually find that one

[02:01] manga you do like then the last part of

[02:03] this step is to try out a few other

[02:04] manga like I said it might be the case

[02:07] that you really just like this one story

[02:08] if that's the case then you really

[02:10] shouldn't force yourself to Read Manga

[02:12] if you've tried a few and they just

[02:13] weren't for you but on the other hand

[02:15] you won't know until you try it's like

[02:17] people who try one crappy beer and then

[02:19] they're like yeah it's not really for me

[02:20] it's like there's hundreds of beers out

[02:22] there and you decided you don't like all

[02:24] of them based on this one shitty one you

[02:26] owe it to yourself to try at least a few

[02:28] more but let's assume you did all that

[02:30] and you've decided that you really do

[02:32] want to get into manga before I tell you

[02:34] the Second Step make sure to like the

[02:36] video if it's been helping you so far

[02:37] it's the easiest way to support the

[02:39] channel and to help spread the video to

[02:41] other viewers like you anyway now that

[02:43] you know you're a manga fan the next

[02:45] step is to find out what kind of manga

[02:47] fan you are this might seem kinda

[02:49] pointless at first but let me explain if

[02:51] you are trying to read more manga then

[02:52] you owe it to yourself to get the most

[02:54] enjoyment out of that experience as you

[02:56] possibly can and the best way to do that

[02:59] is to find out what kind of manga you

[03:00] like and which ones you don't like and

[03:03] to that you might say well aren't they

[03:04] basically all the same yeah no that'd be

[03:07] like if you said all fighting games are

[03:09] basically the same there's 3D Fighters

[03:11] 2D Fighters anime Fighters team Fighters

[03:14] whatever the heck smashes once you get

[03:16] into it you realize there's a bunch of

[03:18] different kinds of fighting games and

[03:20] those games are for different kinds of

[03:21] players and the same is true for manga

[03:24] readers there's battle Shonen fantasy

[03:26] Dark Fantasy gag comedies romances

[03:29] Sports Manga romance Sports manga the

[03:33] list goes on so it's like okay so how do

[03:35] I find out which ones I like the most

[03:37] well the best way to start is by reading

[03:39] different manga by the same author for

[03:41] example let's go with one of my personal

[03:43] favorites hiromashima let's say you went

[03:46] from the fairy tale anime to the Fairy

[03:48] Tale manga and now you're looking for

[03:49] something else well before fairy tale

[03:51] mashima wrote Rave Master Brave Master

[03:54] is a similar fantasy type story but it

[03:57] also takes a lot of different approaches

[03:58] to certain story elements so if you read

[04:01] that you might like the differences or

[04:03] you might not the same is true if you

[04:05] read even zero the manga he's writing

[04:07] right now you might find out that you

[04:09] prefer fantasy over science fantasy

[04:12] personally I came to realize I love the

[04:14] way this guy writes stories in odds are

[04:16] you probably will too but even if you

[04:18] don't at least you will start to see

[04:20] what your preferences are and why those

[04:22] are your preferences with that you'll

[04:24] have a much better idea of the manga you

[04:26] do enjoy for when you look for something

[04:27] new and on that note don't stop there

[04:30] once you read different manga by the

[04:32] same author reads a manga by different

[04:33] people you'll come to find which writing

[04:35] styles you like which kinds of

[04:37] characters you like and probably most of

[04:39] all you'll start to see which kinds of

[04:41] art styles you prefer there's a bunch of

[04:43] manga with really good art like Dr Stone

[04:45] one punch man and witch at adelier but

[04:48] you won't know if you like them until

[04:50] you try out stories by different mangaka

[04:52] after that it's just a matter of trying

[04:54] out different genres obviously the big

[04:57] one is Battle Shonen which is the more

[04:59] DBZ type story but like I said there's a

[05:01] bunch of genres there's Sports manga

[05:04] like haikyuu gag comedies like

[05:07] and there's romances and you might be

[05:09] like okay bro I'm willing to try out a

[05:11] manga about volleyball but I'm not about

[05:13] to try all that romantic stuff but trust

[05:16] me I didn't think I'd be into it either

[05:17] and now I love romance manga it's just a

[05:20] matter of finding the one you like or

[05:22] maybe you really don't like romance

[05:24] again try everything out try as many

[05:27] different manga as you can by figuring

[05:29] out what your preferences are and

[05:31] stepping outside of your comfort zone

[05:33] you'll be able to enjoy everything you

[05:35] possibly can out of the medium okay so

[05:37] now to the best of your ability you

[05:39] figured out what kind of manga fan you

[05:41] are the final step is pretty

[05:43] straightforward but it's one that a lot

[05:45] of people Overlook the third step is to

[05:48] become a more knowledgeable manga fan

[05:50] that probably sounds so pretentious but

[05:54] let me explain what I mean not too long

[05:55] ago everyone was claiming that the manga

[05:58] Phantom Seer was definitely going to

[05:59] blow up but then everyone was shocked

[06:01] when it got cut well if you had been

[06:03] paying attention to the magazine then

[06:05] you would have seen it coming Phantom

[06:07] Seer had good sales but it often placed

[06:09] in the lower spots of the table of

[06:11] contents and weakly Shonen jump and it

[06:13] almost never got color pages color pages

[06:15] are how the magazine promotes its manga

[06:18] for example Dr Stone was Often

[06:20] overshadowed by manga like one piece and

[06:22] jjk but it got tons and tons and tons of

[06:25] color pages even more than those two so

[06:28] you knew it wasn't going anywhere so if

[06:30] you ask me becoming a better manga fan

[06:33] means becoming as knowledgeable about

[06:35] manga as you can so you can see all of

[06:37] the different Trends and get a better

[06:39] appreciation for the industry the first

[06:41] way you should do this is one I just

[06:43] mentioned you should follow the magazine

[06:45] rather than a few manga you happen to

[06:47] like for example let's say you like one

[06:49] piece jjk or my hero Academia those are

[06:52] all published in weekly Shonen Jump so

[06:54] the first thing you should do is check

[06:56] out all of the manga that are currently

[06:58] running in weekly shown jump that

[07:00] includes all of the four new manga They

[07:02] just added and that includes the

[07:04] incredibly over hated me and roboco now

[07:07] do you have to catch up to every single

[07:08] one you should try but at this point you

[07:11] know what kind of manga fan you are so

[07:13] there's no point in forcing yourself to

[07:15] read a series you clearly don't like at

[07:17] the very least you'll be able to follow

[07:18] the trends and jump and get an idea of

[07:20] how it compares to other magazines and

[07:22] on that note the next thing you need to

[07:24] do is check out other magazines so for

[07:27] example I mentioned hiromashima earlier

[07:29] well Eden zero is currently running in

[07:32] weekly Shonen magazine so you can check

[07:34] out the other battle Shonen from that

[07:36] magazine like fire force which actually

[07:38] ended not too long ago or its spiritual

[07:41] successor gotchi Akita it also has its

[07:44] own batch of romance manga as well as

[07:46] whatever the heck Ranger reject is I

[07:48] really like Ranger reject I just feel

[07:50] wrong for some reason calling it a

[07:52] battle Shonen it could be a battle

[07:53] Shonen I just I don't know I'm stupid

[07:55] point being there's a whole other world

[07:57] of manga outside of weekly Shonen Trump

[07:59] and these other magazines have their own

[08:01] Trends going on you owe it to yourself

[08:03] to check out the different magazines

[08:05] that way you'll be able to follow all of

[08:07] the different Trends in the industry but

[08:09] once you're on the up and up on things

[08:11] in the industry the next thing you

[08:13] should do is check out the classics

[08:15] again pretty straightforward but still

[08:17] essential manga has been around for a

[08:19] while and there's a lot of manga that

[08:21] inspired the ones that are out right now

[08:22] Dragon Ball obviously inspired the big

[08:25] three but there were other great manga

[08:27] out at the time like JoJo's Bizarre

[08:28] Adventure and Fist of the North Star

[08:30] they might be a bit different from the

[08:32] manga that are currently running but

[08:34] they're still really good plus once you

[08:35] read those manga you start to appreciate

[08:37] the trends in manga as a whole you'll

[08:39] see what it was like in the earlier

[08:41] decades and how it's changed over time

[08:43] then when a new manga comes out you can

[08:45] be like oh wow they're really changing

[08:46] things or Okay cool so they're going for

[08:49] more of a bobobo type story they're

[08:52] definitely not doing that I just really

[08:53] want you to check out

[08:55] anyway the only thing left after all of

[08:58] this is something you're probably really

[08:59] already doing at this point especially

[09:01] if you're subscribed to this channel

[09:03] that is make sure you engage with the

[09:05] community don't get me wrong one piece

[09:07] fans are the worst thing about one piece

[09:09] and Twitter makes everything worse but

[09:11] talking with everyone else about what

[09:13] they're reading is going to help you

[09:14] become more knowledgeable as a reader

[09:17] you'll see what other people like and

[09:18] don't like you'll see how people react

[09:20] to new chapters and you'll challenge

[09:22] Yourself by coming across some

[09:24] recommendations and New Perspectives on

[09:26] some of your favorite stories and

[09:28] characters but at this point that's all

[09:31] I can suggest see if you even like manga

[09:33] find out what kind of manga fan you are

[09:35] and then challenge yourself to get a

[09:37] better appreciation for the industry as

[09:39] a whole if you follow those three steps

[09:41] not only are you guaranteed to fall in

[09:43] love with manga but you will get as much

[09:45] fun out of it for as long as you

[09:48] possibly can now those were my three

[09:50] tips at this point I want to hear your

[09:52] thoughts what do you think is the best

[09:54] way to get into manga how can you become

[09:56] a better manga fan share your thoughts

[09:58] 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