I read my first manga today

[[Gavo]]

Hey, keep buying FMA if you can. I would then say continue online, but it's really one of the best around. I've got all 18 (all so far) and read waaay ahead on onemanga.com. Buy if possible.

Death Note has a good start, but for me it went downhill mid-series. Either way, online or manga, the manga only has 12 volumes.

Same thing, Bleach starts out good then pretty much turns out like a lot of other manga. Um....this one, I would say, financially, go for the online, they're up to volume 27 in English now, but there's waaaaay more.

And Naruto, while I would never buy it or watch the anime, is pretty good (again, onemanga). Then again, I read the whole thing so far for free pretty recently. Read this online, same thing as Bleach.

 

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[Citrus]

I picked up a manga at a library once. I read five pages of it, wondering what the hell was going on, before I realized that you read them from right to left.

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

It was the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist and I really enjoyed it, I liked the story and the two protagonists as well as the whole concept of alchemy. It dipped in chapters 3 & 4 which I thought were just there to show off Edward and Alphonse's combat prowess and intelligence but overall it was a good solid read and I'll look to pick up the next volume.

It's a good comic. Probably the one I've collected the most of. The storyline's much better than the original anime.

 

[Darth Pope]

It was the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist and I really enjoyed it, I liked the story and the two protagonists as well as the whole concept of alchemy. It dipped in chapters 3 & 4 which I thought were just there to show off Edward and Alphonse's combat prowess and intelligence but overall it was a good solid read and I'll look to pick up the next volume.

If you new to manga/anime you couldn't have picked a better start. I can't count the number of manga/anime haters who loved FMA

 

[TehMadness]

Okay, I think I'm fairly well up on manga. To date, I've read Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, the first half of Death Note (because the second was absolute tripe) and now, FMA.

Naruto becomes crap after the timeskip, when it becomes Shippuden. Bleach is rapidly following in that direction too. One Piece is one of the greatest Shounen manga I've ever read, and FMA is not too far behind it. I just got up to date on FMA on Onemanga today, and it's fairly epic. I laughed, I cried, and I cheered. Wait until you meet Alex Armstrong. That guy has to be one of the most amazing characters from a manga ever.

 

[Darth Pope]

It was the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist and I really enjoyed it, I liked the story and the two protagonists as well as the whole concept of alchemy. It dipped in chapters 3 & 4 which I thought were just there to show off Edward and Alphonse's combat prowess and intelligence but overall it was a good solid read and I'll look to pick up the next volume.

It's a good comic. Probably the one I've collected the most of. The storyline's much better than the original anime.

The manga is the original.

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

It was the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist and I really enjoyed it, I liked the story and the two protagonists as well as the whole concept of alchemy. It dipped in chapters 3 & 4 which I thought were just there to show off Edward and Alphonse's combat prowess and intelligence but overall it was a good solid read and I'll look to pick up the next volume.

It's a good comic. Probably the one I've collected the most of. The storyline's much better than the original anime.

The manga is the original.

I'm aware of that. I'm saying "the original anime" to distinguish it from the new one that's following the manga's storyline.

 

[TehMadness]

Hmmm... I've never read a manga before, unless looking over a friend's shoulder counts. There is a manga I'd like to read, but I can't find it, mainly because I don't know the name.

D'you have a basic description of it? I might be able to help.

 

[BlindTom]

Congratulations. Now do everything you can to avoid becoming a loathsome wapanese. On a thoroughly contradictory note, read Yotsubato.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

I recommend Naruto. The story is twisted in part 2, and the fights are good, one of my favourite shonen Jump manga right now.

And if you want a good mystery thriller manga, Monster is a classic. Also Lunar Legend Tsukihime is interesting and worth a look for sure.

Never read Akira or Cowboy Bebop, but I've heard they're, like, genre-defining.

Unnecessary side note time!

Akira is genre-defining from all I've heard too (described as much, much better than the anime, and the anime was pretty good), but funny you bring up Cowboy Bebop. That one's actually a reversed case: the anime came first, and is much better than any of the manga adaptations I've read. Same goes for spiritual successor series Samurai Champloo.

He's right, the manga adaptation is nowhere near as good as the movie and series, it's hardly avoidable but you could spend your time on a better series. The Akira manga is much deeper actually, both are awesome either way.

And NeutralDrow, you posted here and didn't post Lunar Legend: Tsukihime? And I thought I knew you, see you after re-education in three months. GUARDS!

 

[historybuff]

Death Note is cool. I really liked it.

Manga can be really hit and miss sometimes but once you find a comfortable genre--you can find some really excellent stuff. I really like the ones where I learn something.

 

[TehMadness]

I recommend Naruto. The story is twisted in part 2, and the fights are good, one of my favourite shonen Jump manga right now.

Twisted? What about "unrecognisable"? Shittuden was certainly a change for Naruto. I personally don't think that it's anywhere near as good at Part I of Naruto. Classic arcs like the Water Country arc, or the Sasuke Retrieval arc are replaced by crap like Sasuke vs. Itachi, which promised to be amazing but turned out to be... fairly rubbishy.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Only manga I ever liked was Sgt. Frog.

 

[Matronadena]

ALso I throw in Desert punk ( really hard to get ahold of, but worth it)...and no it's NOTHING like the butchered anime they attempted to make of it...

Saint young men for a decent laugh..

there is alot I could suggest but alas I'll be lazy.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

I recommend Naruto. The story is twisted in part 2, and the fights are good, one of my favourite shonen Jump manga right now.

Twisted? What about "unrecognisable"? Shittuden was certainly a change for Naruto. I personally don't think that it's anywhere near as good at Part I of Naruto. Classic arcs like the Water Country arc, or the Sasuke Retrieval arc are replaced by crap like Sasuke vs. Itachi, which promised to be amazing but turned out to be... fairly rubbishy.

I think Naruto Shippuuden has fluctuated, but I have liked what I have seen, save for one or two structural and narrative cop outs. But either way, Naruto part 1 was great, but the story was nowhere as deep as part 2. I liked that Sasuke vs Itachi actually gave way to another layer to the overall story, as well as other factors, like

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Kabuto ffs. We know nothing of what is happening with him save for that image we saw of him way back when.

and the most recent arc, save for one part I despised, was awesome.

And did you not see the first arc of part 2? That shit indeed be bangin'.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

ALso I throw in Desert punk ( really hard to get ahold of, but worth it)...and no it's NOTHING like the butchered anime they attempted to make of it...

Saint young men for a decent laugh..

there is alot I could suggest but alas I'll be lazy.

Promise me you'll return and edit more in though, I've never even heard of Desert Punk!

And I had the gall to call myself a manga nerd. Will check that out.

 

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[Jonxxx]

Death Note and Full Metal Alchemist.
i refuse to read about "insert whiny teenage character here" getting insane super powers and somehow living even after another person with super blasts coming out of there arms totally owns them.
And FMA was just good cuz of Al. Armor character FTW.

 

[TehMadness]

I see spoiler tags work the same here as the anime/manga board I frequent. This is all good =D

I think Naruto Shippuuden has fluctuated, but I have liked what I have seen, save for one or two structural and narrative cop outs. But either way, Naruto part 1 was great, but the story was nowhere as deep as part 2. I liked that Sasuke vs Itachi actually gave way to another layer to the overall story, as well as other factors, like

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Kabuto ffs. We know nothing of what is happening with him save for that image we saw of him way back when.

and the most recent arc, save for one part I despised, was awesome.

Wait, you think that Part II is deeper than Part I? Weeell, I'm not sure about "deep", but I know it just hasn't gripped in the way that Part I did. Personally, I don't like 90% of Shippuden, simply because I think naruto has lost it's focus. I mean look at Sasuke now; he's just a much worse character than he was before, as well as having evolved into a Mary Sue.

As for the Sasuke - Itachi fight...:

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I think that image sums it up quite well xD

And did you not see the first arc of part 2? That shit indeed be bangin'.

Oh god, I didn't like that arc at all!

As for the rest of the discussion:

Oh, and I forgot to add: read Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho. YYH is a classic old Shounen, whilst HxH is more of the new breed. YYH is good, in a DBZ-style way, whilst HxH is truely superb. HxH has a pedophile psychotic clown as the Big Bad - how can you go wrong!

Hmmm... I've never read a manga before, unless looking over a friend's shoulder counts. There is a manga I'd like to read, but I can't find it, mainly because I don't know the name.

D'you have a basic description of it? I might be able to help.

Well... my Spanish friend was talking about it a while back... and all he was saying was how awesome it was... but he didn't exactly say anything about the plot... and he was mostly speaking in Spanish, a language I wasn't to proficient in, at the time. I think the manga has something to do with aliens... and I think the main character is a girl. Really, I only want to read it because my friend seemed so ecstatic about it. but... before I got the chance to ask any more, he had to go back to Spain. Frigging exchange students, always leaving before you have a chance to ask them about a manga you want to read.

I'd e-mail him about it, but he never uses his e-mail (or at least, the one he gave me). *sadness*

Ach, sorry. Drawn a blank there, mate!

Death Note and Full Metal Alchemist.
i refuse to read about "insert whiny teenage character here" getting insane super powers and somehow living even after another person with super blasts coming out of there arms totally owns them.
And FMA was just good cuz of Al. Armor character FTW.

Butbutbutbutbut- ARMSTRONG! =D