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.

  • fogetaboutit@programming.dev
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    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.

  • nero@lemmy.world
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    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.

  • wersooth@lemmy.ml
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    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…

  • haganbmj@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    My first manga was Gin no Saji and I started that after the anime ended. Once I got into the habit I just picked up more and more.

  • Ace Lucario@lemmy.ml
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    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.

  • goldgate@lemmy.world
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    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.