Start Reading Manga

[00:00] so my last video I talked about five

[00:01] tips to getting into reading novels and

[00:03] in this video we're going to be talking

[00:04] about five tips to help you hopefully

[00:07] get into reading manga for me personally

[00:10] I've been reading books my entire life

[00:13] and have always been a very very Avid

[00:16] Reader but only within the last couple

[00:17] of years have I fallen in love with the

[00:21] medium of manga as well and now I'm an

[00:23] active reader of both this is all still

[00:25] relatively new to me and I still have a

[00:27] lot to learn but I've also been getting

[00:29] a lot of comments of people who have

[00:31] been following me for a while because of

[00:32] books and because I'm now getting into

[00:35] manga they are trying to get into manga

[00:37] as well so thought it might be helpful

[00:39] to make a video if you are trying to dip

[00:42] your toes into the genre hopefully these

[00:44] are a couple of things that might help

[00:45] you get there a little bit easier first

[00:48] and foremost is to explore what's out

[00:50] there the primary biggest names in manga

[00:54] stuff like one piece Naruto Dragon Ball

[00:58] Attack on Titan Hunter I you know the

[01:01] big names that you probably hear a lot

[01:03] there's so much variety out there so if

[01:06] one of those big names doesn't appeal to

[01:08] you maybe look a little bit farther

[01:10] because manga has a vast variety of

[01:15] options interested in something that's

[01:17] light-hearted fun Slice of Life but

[01:20] still very active and keeps the plot

[01:22] moving at a great Pace try spy family it

[01:25] has been such a surprise and I

[01:28] absolutely adore it big fan of series

[01:30] and authors like Joe Abercrombie Malazan

[01:33] Song of Ice and Fire stuff that really

[01:35] delves into the complexity of violence

[01:37] and War and human emotion uh try Finland

[01:41] Saga or berserk you love absurdist

[01:43] fiction like Hitchhiker's Guide to the

[01:45] Galaxy or the Discworld series

[01:47] maybe try my favorite one piece or maybe

[01:49] you love horror and you want to explore

[01:51] a visual component alongside your

[01:53] reading check out junji Ito all of his

[01:56] stories are self-contained and good or

[02:00] if you want something a little bit

[02:01] darker but not quite that dark Death

[02:03] Note is a really fun series or maybe if

[02:06] you're into literary fiction and romance

[02:08] and exploring trauma and really heavy

[02:10] topics you have stuff like a silent

[02:12] voice and fruits basket even if you're

[02:14] into cooking and sports and rock

[02:16] climbing you name it there are series

[02:18] that are dedicated to these things I

[02:21] mean it gets real Niche a lot of manga

[02:23] series are really big and really long

[02:25] and the size of the series might be

[02:27] intimidating but there are so many

[02:29] series that are very short that run only

[02:32] 12 or 24 volumes and getting through a

[02:36] volume is very fast a lot a lot faster

[02:38] than reading a traditional novel my next

[02:40] tip is to read digitally I promise you I

[02:44] understand the compulsion to get get

[02:48] everything that you want to read

[02:49] physically and read it with your hands I

[02:51] love that if that's something that

[02:52] you're into too I

[02:55] hard relate but once I bought this which

[03:00] you can use your computer that you

[03:02] already own you can use devices that you

[03:04] already own but once I got a device that

[03:07] I was dedicated to reading manga oh my

[03:10] goodness Game Changer why one having a

[03:14] big screen to be able to read on is

[03:16] great because then you really get to

[03:18] appreciate the artwork and you don't

[03:20] have to like if you're reading on your

[03:21] phone always zooming in on stuff it

[03:24] ain't good but two of the cost because

[03:25] you get through a volume of manga so

[03:28] fast buying physically everything that

[03:31] you read it adds up so fast and that

[03:35] cost can be a huge deterrent plus I

[03:38] strongly believe in allowing yourself to

[03:40] quit series you don't like because there

[03:43] are so many different types of stories

[03:44] out there and because in the beginning

[03:46] you'll probably be experimenting a lot

[03:49] on figuring out what kind of stories you

[03:52] want to read in this medium you have to

[03:54] be allowed to quit on stuff that's not

[03:57] working and if you're physically buying

[03:58] everything oh it just feels like a waste

[04:01] of money

[04:02] when a series doesn't work out for you

[04:04] and you don't finish it and then you

[04:05] look at that stack of manga that you

[04:07] spent a hundred dollars on

[04:10] it's just reading digitally is great so

[04:12] there's apps like Shonen jump or

[04:13] bookwalker that allow you to have a two

[04:16] dollar monthly subscription or to

[04:19] purchase the volume at a heavily

[04:21] discounted price digitally and it makes

[04:25] it a lot less of a extreme commitment to

[04:29] start a series and if you're reading a

[04:31] long form series like one piece just

[04:33] having a two dollar a month subscription

[04:35] to Shonen jump and being able to read

[04:38] the entire series that way oh it's

[04:40] amazing my next tip is if you're a

[04:43] complete and total newbie to this take

[04:45] some time to understand the medium more

[04:47] than likely you have read some sort of

[04:50] comic in your life or at the very least

[04:53] Calvin and Hobbs or even if you haven't

[04:55] done that why

[04:57] why even if you haven't done that you've

[05:00] probably read the Sunday Funnies or

[05:02] something like that something so you

[05:04] probably understand the way this format

[05:06] works

[05:08] you're just reading it you know from

[05:10] right to left instead of left to right

[05:12] now and from Back to Front instead of

[05:14] front to back so there's a little bit of

[05:15] adjustment that needs happening there as

[05:18] far as which direction you read in but

[05:20] you've probably experienced comics in

[05:23] some form or another in your lifetime

[05:25] but if you're a total noob if you

[05:26] haven't experienced comments heart

[05:28] Comics hardly at all and the idea of

[05:32] changing the direction that you read in

[05:34] is very intimidating to you I'm gonna

[05:36] link a video I found where somebody

[05:37] breaks it down very clearly and very

[05:41] easy to understand which panels to read

[05:44] first how to move across the page how to

[05:47] understand the paneling if you're

[05:49] completely intimidated taking the time

[05:51] to understand the formatting so that you

[05:54] can just focus on enjoying the story and

[05:56] being engaged is a great plan next tip

[05:59] is to pick something that's praised for

[06:01] having a really loyal adaptation a

[06:04] couple examples are Full Metal Alchemist

[06:06] Vinland Saga free Fruits Basket you

[06:09] could probably find a good list just

[06:11] through Google the reason I recommend

[06:13] this is because I think that it's

[06:14] totally understandable to be intimidated

[06:17] by experiencing an entire new medium

[06:20] that requires a new reading style for

[06:23] your brain when I first started reading

[06:25] one piece there were things that I was

[06:26] missing and misunderstanding because it

[06:28] was a completely new experience for me

[06:31] as a reader and it just took me time to

[06:34] really click with it I still loved the

[06:37] story but it is a challenge for your

[06:40] brain to reformat the way you read and

[06:43] experience stories not to mention the

[06:45] fact that manga do they do use a

[06:48] different storytelling method and a

[06:49] different story structure a lot of times

[06:52] so if you're just totally unfamiliar

[06:54] with the medium I totally understand

[06:56] being intimidated and afraid that you're

[06:58] gonna miss stuff so being able to read

[07:00] volumes and then watch the series side

[07:03] by side is really helpful because you're

[07:05] experiencing the story twice one way

[07:07] that you experience Transit through the

[07:08] adaptation is probably more familiar to

[07:10] you even if you're not accustomed to

[07:12] anime you understand how shows and

[07:14] movies work and I found that a lot of

[07:16] times anime are a lot more on the nose

[07:19] than manga are they'll either add extra

[07:21] scenes to further explore something or

[07:24] just kind of outright say something

[07:25] that's more hinted at in the manga so if

[07:28] you're afraid of missing something that

[07:29] could be a big asset experiencing the

[07:31] anime along with the manga will

[07:33] definitely help with the final tip in

[07:35] the video and the final tip in this

[07:36] video is going to be the same as the

[07:38] final tip in the getting into books

[07:40] video which is to get involved with the

[07:43] community if you're a fan of Goodreads

[07:45] Goodreads has manga on their listings

[07:47] there's also my anime list which is

[07:50] basically the same thing as Goodreads as

[07:53] far as I can understand it but there's

[07:55] also online communities and forums and a

[07:58] lot of YouTubers that focus on Manga and

[08:01] Anime as well and you can find

[08:03] communities through them getting

[08:04] involved with a community of people that

[08:06] are excited to see you experience it's

[08:08] their favorite story for the first time

[08:09] people who will be there to answer

[08:11] questions clarify things that you

[08:13] misunderstood help you when you when you

[08:16] don't when you need help on

[08:17] understanding something or on what to

[08:19] read next people that are excited to see

[08:22] someone new fall in love with their

[08:23] story bringing in the community aspect

[08:27] to reading is so so beneficial for me

[08:32] it's a great way to make friends it's a

[08:34] great way to make it more social but

[08:35] it's also a great way to make the story

[08:37] feel a lot more personal to you because

[08:39] it's become a personal thing a personal

[08:42] connection between you and other people

[08:44] like I said in the previous video social

[08:46] media is just a part of our Lives now

[08:47] it's just it's something that we

[08:50] actively participate in Daily so making

[08:52] books a part of our social sphere a part

[08:55] of our way of engaging with people

[08:57] across the world it just makes it more

[09:00] it exciting and more realistic to make a

[09:03] part of your daily life there are so

[09:05] many phenomenal manga fans that want to

[09:08] hang out with you and want to share

[09:10] their stories with you I've had a

[09:13] phenomenal experience being a complete

[09:15] newbie stepping into an environment that

[09:19] people grew up in and that are essential

[09:22] part of who they are me stepping in

[09:25] knowing nothing and wanting to engage

[09:28] I've been so welcomed and you will find

[09:31] people that don't want to welcome you

[09:32] but you will also find so so many people

[09:35] that are just so excited to share

[09:37] something they love so those are a

[09:38] couple of my tips as a newbie to manga

[09:40] that will hopefully help you get into

[09:43] manga as well maybe one or two of these

[09:45] will be a good launching point for you

[09:47] if you have some tips of your own to get

[09:50] more immersed into the genre or if you

[09:52] have some further recommendations that I

[09:55] didn't mention in this video please feel

[09:57] free to leave them in the comments I

[09:58] 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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