Where Do All The Manga Readers Hide?

[@realkingofantarctica]

Manga readers are like monks, meditating in seclusion for ages at a time, only to emerge at the verge of a great event to say, "yeah, the manga did it better."

[@Joshua_Cartus]

And the novel readers are like: novel's more detailed and better. Me (an anime, manga and novel fan): yes.

[@shyguy5473]

And to give spoilers to the anime onlys. God I hate that.

[@Joshua_Cartus]

@@shyguy5473 well for me, at least, I won't give you a spoiler if you don't want to. I'm just gonna give you the differences. We're not THAT bad...

[@Joshua_Cartus]

@Unabashed Hedonist dude.... Same.

[@jackdamenace13]

Anime onlys can be toxic too. I know some Anime super fans that only watch anime and have issues separating cartoons from reality.

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

As a predominantly manga reader I just want to look at the fun pictures

[@chrishey4480]

Fun pictures 😉

[@waterking74]

You sir are awesome

[@harie2297]

I just like looking at sad bois...

[@Justaintcopyrighted]

I see a fellow Dorohedoro reader

[@vixiestarfire]

Him: where are the manga readers?! Me: shh 🤫 we’re reading

[@christianlin2008]

Title: Where Do All The Manga Readers Hide? Me: "The basement?"

[@lucasbrasil6269]

Austria vibes

[@markallieu7097]

Mother's Basement

[@SantanaThePM]

Hello From Mexico

[@NightcorEDM]

Fun fact: If you go to Endia 🇮🇳you'll see lots of dirty disgusting stinky slums

[@yuno_k]

@@NightcorEDM yeah who asked

[@Natsukiiiiiiiiii490]

There's something so satisfying about following a manga for a while and then having it being adaptated into an anime

[@yuzuruwu6437]

I know, for some reason you get a sense of pride in it 😂

[@valla7644]

I know that feeling. God bless the random recommendations button 🤣

[@xXanimapleXx]

this!! especially when you follow the manga from the first chapter. Though it gets super upsetting when the anime doesn’t do the manga justice.

[@komos3719]

VINDICATION! (Unless the adaptation sucks...)

[@Andreych95]

Happened to me when Goblin Slayer got an anime

[@Raph___A]

*Komi stans when Komi finally gets an anime:* "Now what?"

[@markallieu7097]

I got baited once that Komi-san get an anime adaptation

[@ghostagent3552]

@@markallieu7097 yeah... is it that one where KyotoAni had a komi profile or something?

[@Sloth0553]

I can die peacefully the day Komi-san wa komushyo desu gets a anime

[@kurokammi_Akio]

I do have my fears if it's going to be translated well as an anime, but I still hope it does, Komi-san is too good

[@Exel3nce]

@@kurokammi_Akio its horrible

[@AnimeVids1Sub]

"Where do all manga readers hide?" "We are the final boss"

[@kurokammi_Akio]

*novel readers just chilling as the post-game boss*

[@cestalia]

LN reader is the hidden boss

[@o0...957]

@@cestalia then are webnovel readers more hidden than the light novel readers

[@o0...957]

@@cestalia then are webnovel readers more hidden than the light novel readers

[@raychii7361]

@@cestalia The writer who stop writing the story and only him know how it end: poor peasant

[@lazyink1694]

The thing about us manga readers is that we rarely speak about these manga unless someone needs recommendations. Like I’ve been reading horimiya for years now and never spoke about it.

[@lazyink1694]

@SoulReaper 85 not really. It’s a good manga/webcomic but the anime is eh okay

[@lazyink1694]

@SoulReaper 85 Well I like the manga better. That’s just my opinion

[@addison_1661]

@SoulReaper 85 you’re tripping the anime is great cause I love horimiya. But the pacing is AWFUL they skip ALL the good shit it’s not even the same

[@neidhardt8093]

@@addison_1661 You're really exaggerating about the "pacing". Nothing important has been skipped.

[@willywitchdoctor]

Just feels like common knowledge to us

[@apostleofninomaeinais3578]

Chainsaw Man readers will also rise up once the Anime trailer comes out

[@addison_1661]

Yes

[@2far2good12]

Oooo yasss!.

[@imperialsarcasm]

Facts

[@itsyuboi3218]

Fact

[@jgobea0188]

WOOOOO IT'S GOING TO BE ANIMATED BY MAPPA WOOOO

[@tiptoe_springles5631]

"Where do all the manga readers hide?" Me: in the comment section to spoil you of course... P.S. Do not read the answers because of spoilers that contain! I think I just attracted all manga readers to spoil me so I won't read your answer even if it is not a spoiler because only when I will have read it, I would know that it is a spoiler. And thanks for the spoilers...

[@VictorBR45]

Nah. Those are anime watchers who saw episode 1 and then read the manga.

[@gijskerkhof1294]

@@VictorBR45 so...... manga readers

[@VictorBR45]

@@gijskerkhof1294 ...Understand the context. Manga readers _before_ the anime aired. That's what they're talking about in the video.

[@professionalritarde4989]

@Jack Schneider then eren finds the one piece and is finally allowed to join the soul reapers

[@alficammy6159]

@@VictorBR45 yup manga reader rarely read the manga after the anime already airing thou like right now I'm only read Chainsaw Man and Re:Monster. The people that always spoil AOT spoiler probably pick up the manga after the anime got huge thou if not they probably didn't even care I mean thats the reason why Demon Slayer beat One piece for best seller manga cause the anime is such a huge hit last year

[@depressionisoursavior5070]

From what I've learned about becoming a manga reader, is the fact that many studios like to skip over important details that explains why certain characters do what they do and why certain arcs turn out the way they do.

[@flipflop5459]

Bro , I finished reading kengan ashura just now , those fuckers at Netflix removed entire characters and chapters that were so important to the plot , they did the same to Baki

[@depressionisoursavior5070]

@@flipflop5459 bro I feel your pain

[@lmaAsian]

@@flipflop5459 Forget what they did to the story or plot, the Kengan anime was dead in the water the moment they decided to do it CG. Kengan Ashura without the sick art is simply just not Kengan Ashura.

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

@@lmaAsian Dude, it's really not bad at all, the CG is actually good here and I seen the manga, personally I think it's an improvement. The style kind of just works here, and I think most people are just being snabbs.

[@flipflop5459]

@@lmaAsian Absolutely , I had seen the anime first and then the manga , they made all the characters soulless when in the manga even the refs had a good presence , but it was clear the way they just wanted money the way they removed characters important to the plot , removed entire chapters worth of content and didn't even do the CGI part properly

[@DaSgtWaffles]

I think that 4th manga he was thinking of was "Kingdom"

[@mcana.6675]

I was ripping out my hair when watching this.

[@kohaikun5437]

Off course it is but they forgot monster how sad

[@Strat-o-caster]

@@kohaikun5437 monster isn’t the same genre. It’s a masterpiece in its own right but it’s a psychological mystery, the others they were referring to are compared a lot because of their similarities

[@kohaikun5437]

@@Strat-o-caster naruhudo

[@michaelanazodo7231]

@@Strat-o-caster monster is a seinen tf 😂

[@MarkyMatey]

Manga readers have always been there. The thing is anime fans in the west don't give a shit about reading.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

We do, just not manga I guess. XD

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Really idk, I feel like manga reading used to be a lot more popular before the internet got so prolific. Seems like it's taken a back seat for anime.

[@kuuroda7914]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks its still popular, tho idk about the west, rarely see them talk about it

[@MarkyMatey]

@@kuuroda7914 In Japan in and several part around the world manga is huge. In the west mainly the US it is known, but anime is far more popular

[@saqlainhyder5412]

We Westerners are spoiled by video streaming services like Netflix where movies and tv shows are all easily consumed on almost any device.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

The "Big Four" of Seinen are all historical action Seinen: Berserk, Vagabond, Vinland Saga & Kingdom Edit: This title doesn't necessarily mean "best" or "most popular". These four series all being action based are typically compared to each other in a fashion similar to the Big Three. Hence the similar naming convention

[@zacurrya9485]

Yeah, he forgot about kingdom 😢

[@einfachnurleo7099]

Did they ever talk about Kindom? I somehow started watching the Anime for that last year right when the 3rd season came out and caught up to it rather quickly. I really enjoyed it but sadly they still didn´t come back with the 3rd season yet.

[@coldrexxxx6091]

>historical >berserk

[@hrithikjoshi6918]

@@einfachnurleo7099 i hate to be that guy, but the manga's art is absolutely gorgeous and you should give it a try. Its pretty long though...

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@einfachnurleo7099 Kingdom is like One Piece because it's huge in Japan (650+ chapters) but not so much overseas Also the anime adaptation isn't that great so it gets underlooked

[@raunacbhuiyan2087]

Some of us Horimiya fans have been waiting a decade for an anime adaptation. Also, the manga isn't even finished.

[@SadPeypey]

Yup

[@graycat7704]

Literally decades lol

[@valla7644]

Dont forget the Ova anime adaptation. Also Chapter 122 came out recently, but it's just gonna take an eternity for every chapter to come out at this point. 😓

[@fadel_rama]

@@valla7644 the author only release one chapter every month, so in my calculation we going to see the ending in the next 50 years

[@UberSpartanVG]

Well the manga is actually adapting the original web novel that is finished and looks no where near as good and has 150 chapters of plot and 300 of side stories. It got an OVA adaptation in its art style. The manga adaptation is going chronologically combining the main and side stories into one and right now we've been in the side stories for a good bit which is why it gets called slow.

[@Venkitty]

Manga reader readers are people who sit on their bed reading a manga then go to the next, but then as soon as it gets an anime they awake from their sleep and get OFF their bed

[@atinygoldendeer2045]

I'm in this comment and I don't like it

[@Venkitty]

@@atinygoldendeer2045 I'm like this too dw, but I try my absolute best not to spoil. I know how it feels to alr know everything in aot and we don't want to spread that.

[@isthatbraised]

@@Venkitty People who spoil the aot manga, are probably just kids who skipped to the last few chapters to spoil. True manga readers let the only-anime fans enjoy their stuff.

[@kaitoti21]

I honestly dont watch anime that I already read on manga

[@eeeok2731]

I feel like the only manga readers who expose their identities are the ones who want to spoil anime’s

[@Snow-ej5fm]

all the manga readers are losers that’s why we don’t talk much

[@gliiitched4429]

*cough* attack on titan *cough*

[@methos4866]

Okay so about that anime you're watching? Someone fucking DIES!!!!

[@atinygoldendeer2045]

Idk I usually just "get out of my hole" as a manga reader when I find another manga reader who can give me recommendations. I don't like spoiling, I think it's useless and worthless

[@atinygoldendeer2045]

@@Snow-ej5fm yeah

[@risasouma2558]

I don't really hide. But the problem is that those around me with whom I talk about anime/manga seem to shut down at the mention of "reading". They prefer content where they can simply "absorb" it without any effort.

[@matcnt8861]

I actually find watching anime more "energy consuming". When I read manga, manhwas or webtoons it's easier to simply "absorb" without really concentrate. But maybe it's just me?

[@lmaAsian]

@@matcnt8861 No its not just you, it is literally the reason why most readers switch over from anime. That or because the selection of anime pales in comparison to manga, webtoons, and novels. To the 2nd point, this is a guess but I wouldnt be surprised if all the anime titles combined doesnt even account for a percent of all manga. Not even webtoons or novels, just manga. Which is ironic that it feels like manga readers are the few hiding under a hole even though its really the anime fans who are stuck in a little bubble

[@shyguy5473]

@@lmaAsian There are also original animes out there. For example this season we got Sk♾️ to the infinity ( a skateboarding anime ) animated by Studio Bones which is an original anime. Eva was an original show. So was Cowboy Bepop.

[@kiggerst]

@@lmaAsian because it's massive the readers are also diverse in their own niche "hole". I, for example, love Yuri and Historical fantasy (War between kingdoms, epics, succesion drama, stuff like that) but, i can only discussed it with a bunch of people on the comment section of some manga website (which not that interactive) or reddit if someone even read it. Of course there's popular tittle from those genre that can easily discussed within the community but most of the time i think everyone has passed that and hyping some hidden gems they currently reading.

[@vixiestarfire]

@@matcnt8861 do you watch sub? I wonder if that’s why cause you’re reading one thing listening to another thing and trying to watch what happens while reading vs just reading in a manga and your imagination just automatically fills in the gaps. I like when my imagination takes off with a story. I think it might just depend on the person and how well they can visualize themselves without much effort. For instance I definitely don’t read as much as I used to. Books would absolutely dazzle me as a child and I still love them but like most things in your childhood they change to a degree in your adulthood. Like Christmas 🥺 I miss how Christmas used to feel lol

[@longlehoang2556]

It is actually the big 4 of seinen manga: Vinland Saga, Berserk, Vagabond, and Kingdom

[@s71d3r]

Lmao at Vagabond

[@s71d3r]

It’s definitely the big three seinen right now

[@longlehoang2556]

@@s71d3r wait, I haven't been really up to date with Vagabond, is it that bad now? And Kingdom also have quiet a significant drop in quality right now.

[@markallieu7097]

I've read 3 of them except Kingdom

[@yoavco99]

@@longlehoang2556 I think he meant that because it's on hiatus then it's not really the big 4 seinen *now*

[@MrBonzeMedal]

Shoutout to Oda for sacrificing his soul to write 1000+ chapters to explore his colossal sized world. Talk about daunting

[@sancturillore]

The good thing about the manga community is that it still functions the same way it was 20 years ago, more or less. The easiest way to picture it is this: Remember how the anime online community used to be before anime became mainstream, before the anime community started to almost only focus on seasonal shows? That's the way the manga online community still is. With people reading stories without only following what's new, instead just reading whatever we find and whatever recommendation we decide to follow. Then, there's also the Fan Translation aspect to this. Like how people used to follow anime translators who fan subs, people follow scanlation groups and due to the way fan translators are, no matter what year we currently, we can still see old manga stories pop up in the manga reading sites when someone decided to translate an old series that hadn't had a translation yet. And so, we simultaneously follow manga stories that were released in many different years. We also talk a lot in the comments for the chapters and in forums about the stories we read. The main reason the manga online community isn't well known among anime fans is because it is incredibly lowkey on KZbin, with almost no presence there. A lot of anime fans also don't want to delve into manga. Most of the time manga readers try to recommend stories and talk about said stories, we're instead brushed off and ignored because "reading." On a similar note, the web/light novel online community is in a similar situation as the manga one, except that in the novel community there's a much bigger tendency for people to follow the translators themselves and read on their sites instead of reading on aggregator sites. Most WN and LN fans find novels through the Novel Updates site (which only contains info about the novels and about who is translating them and where to find said translations, but you can't read them on Novel Updates) or from recommendations. The way I see it, the Anime Community hasn't been one with the Manga Community for YEARS (for almost a decade now). For example, Horimiya started being very popular in the manga community back in 2012, and back then it was even talked about by several anime/manga KZbinrs. However, even back then the anime and manga communities weren't exactly the same. Those who focused almost entirely on anime (like Gigguk) never came in contact with it. Gigguk does read manga, but not that much (he mostly reads manga of anime he's watched and those that were recommended to him or those that are very mainstream (yes, Berserk IS mainstream in terms of manga)). The manga community is actually VERY active. It's not that we're not trying to reach out to the anime community. It's more so that we're being ignored and brushed off.

[@lmaAsian]

No one will read this (lol) but what you say is true. The majority of the western anime community simply doesnt give a fuck about reading. Whereas I bet manga and anime discussions are intertwined over on the japanese web. I wonder why this divide came to be?

[@sancturillore]

@@lmaAsian It came to be mostly as a result of the mediums through which anime became more mainstream: official subs, the obsession with seasonals for relevance and the KZbin anime community. All of that while on the other hand the manga side of things didn't change.

[@graycat7704]

100 percent agree, I enjoy the manga community so much more now that I’m in college. I really don’t have time for anime anymore so I read manga,Manwha, and webnovels and the community is so welcoming and funny. The anime community doesn’t feel the same to me anymore because it’s become main stream. So I enjoy sitting and replying to comments about a manga I’m in love with and sometimes it feels more wholesome. Unlike very toxic anime watchers lol

[@mintpudding7908]

Yup you got it covered. Also many of us reader feel that its better to stick to its original source. Being manga/LN/WN reader make one taste of story become broader as we tend to explore more gems. Sometime when it get animated after years, the anime either good, ok or bad for us because we long become attached to the series and have expectation especially for the one we valued a lot.

[@mikazakhaev5011]

@@fourthjewel There's also a third rare case in which manga is directly recommended to you. I did watch TV-aired anime before I got into manga but what got me into reading manga was my friend recommending me romcom titles.

[@tysonfontanez]

"Remember when they were vampires and they disappeared?" JoJo's bizarre adventure: *nervously sweating*

[@johnnoahdeandres9458]

Hahahaha 🤣

[@barryallen2240]

I think they are all dead actually

[@electricant55]

Toaru series be like: what are you talking about, we didn’t have vampires

[@SSj___3]

Gigguk: its vinland saga, berserk and vagabond Kingdom: am I a joke to you?

[@arafatlone1162]

The kingdom anime (season 3 currently) is the same as Kingdom manga?

[@Koballin]

@@arafatlone1162 no the anime is much worse in quality, honestly a poor adaptation. Read the manga it’s as good as berserk or vagabond

[@sweatyman1234]

@@arafatlone1162 the manga is actually good (although i dropped it after big lips died and mc met his son) but the anime was so bad in quality that i couldnt even spend 2 minutes watching the episode

[@adyan4010]

Maybe you aren't active in the Manga community.I've now been active in the Manga community and pretty much know mangas that haven't been adapted yet and the mangas that are currently publishing. For example Spy Family was trending not so long ago which doesn;t even have an adaptation.

[@George-jc3mt]

Can I enter

[@ProphetBuddha]

Exactly like I knew about JJK months before the anime announcement and Horimiya when only 20 chapters were out. Honestly prefer to read Manga because I'm a fast reader but that's just me

[@marciturani6416]

Spy x Family is so solid and consistent. Every chapter is good.

[@ProphetBuddha]

@@marciturani6416 spy x family is good too

[@George-jc3mt]

@@marciturani6416 Yh I love spy x family

[@SadPeypey]

As a manga reader it just feels so nice to have such a huge catalogue of stories. It's also nice to not have to think about if it's going to have good animation or bad animation since the only thing that can be a turn off is the art style in that sense.

[@graycat7704]

That was me for toilet bound hanako kun, one piece, and berserk. I’ve stuck to manga ever since lol. Even if one piece the new season looks good I rather read the manga.

[@graycat7704]

Romance manga never gets adapted It’s make me mad. Horimiya has been out for like 10+ years but now it’s just getting a anime.

[@ernitm6692]

Well... Most of romance manga get adapted into live action movie or drama tho..

[@graycat7704]

@@ernitm6692 That's true but I wish they would animated them. The most that romance anime peak was like early 2010's

[@mintpudding7908]

Romance manga that great but don't have season 2 is 'Akatsuki no Yona' and 'Soredemo Sekai Ga Utsukushi'. The plot of both series is top tier

[@upsidedownmachiatto2670]

@@mintpudding7908 I'll take your word for it. Going to check these out. Very limited in terms of romance or romcom genres. I've only recently read Horimiya, both read and watched Love is War and Tsurezure Children.

[@edlie6541]

Recommend some good romance manga

[@bruhdude1132]

Most of the manga I read is slice of life and have heard that quite a lof of people found the genre boring. So, I just genuinely don't know what to say when other people talked about shounen and stuff

[@Graestra]

A lot of the issues they had with manga in this episode seem to be more prevalent with action and shounen manga, at least in my experience. Perhaps it’s why I primarily enjoy slice of life, shoujo, and rom com manga

[@feelslikebatman6091]

slice of life comedy is the best.

[@DSMAMridulankaNath]

@@Graestra Yeah me too bro..i only watch shounen and some good rated animes as they have fights whish i think are better watching rather than reading..other than that in terms of other genre like comedy,slice of life,horror,fantasy,harem,shoujo..etc i prefer manga

[@jgobea0188]

I don't like slice of life because I've never feek attached to the characters

[@mydream7820]

Same. My favourite Slice of life is Nukozuke and no-one knows it. Ever.

[@OBIIIIIIIII]

I only know oyasumi punpun because I’ve heard Joey mention it several times

[@Codebluesituation]

Oyasumi Punpun is amazing, literally one of my favorite manga. Asano's works are all amazing

[@kohakusstrongestsoldier8316]

Gave me depression fr

[@Motivational_Quot3z]

im reading it rn

[@GrubbyGub]

I love it so much ;-; it makes me die but I love it it’s a Fucking masterpiece

[@rubykumari8887]

It's pretentious AF

[@graycat7704]

Oyasumi punpun broke me, I had to take a break because I got too depressed

[@tacocatt6808]

We have discord servers for some good scantalation groups, there are some good subreddits... Apart from that we’re spending 60% of our time in our bedrooms reading manga/manhwa/manhua 😂 Edit: oh and you can get into some niches. You begin knowing the best sites (but we buy a lot too once official translations come out of course ❤️) like the yaoi community has their whole community of mangago and then there’s the otome isekai community, then the horror community, the webtoon communities, etc.etc. You begin meeting people in comments even lol

[@jrged2959]

Danm that’s a lot.....

[@lmaAsian]

Oh does the otome community have a main website home too or is it scattered throughout discord servers? I'm guessing the webtoon community is just... the official webtoons site lol

[@RogerioSilva-bq7he]

@@lmaAsian also if you can pay for it, you can use lezhin comics for webtoons too

[@ishuika]

Yes!!

[@atinygoldendeer2045]

@@lmaAsian otome community is just as underground as the manga but the webcomic readers interact way more than manga readers. I've seen it specially on Ig and the comments. Idk outside that

[@maizahhanimabdullah7539]

My lifespan decreased by a few months when Garnt forgot about Kingdom

[@Cutis0n]

In my bedroom... it’s me, I’m the manga reader...

[@annritsu]

you can come to my bedroom 😳

[@JAW8D]

@@annritsu x2

[@leobaka9044]

@@annritsu x3

[@markallieu7097]

@@annritsu 'coom' 😳

[@frogboi5199]

Noona 8 miles away...

[@Oroxom3]

KINGDOM that's the mange Gigguk was thinking about. Last year not only Demon Slayer surpassed One Piece in Sales in that year, but also KINGDOM

[@captainskullkidd]

Recently I’ve realized I’m more manga reader than anime watcher.

[@hrithikjoshi6918]

I dont think Vagabond will ever be finished, gotta take that special chapter as the ending now.

[@adastra2238]

The pain is real... And sadly you're probably right.

[@not_alessio]

Wasn't it based on a book?

[@night1952]

Vagabond won't come back. They recently released an epilogue chapter that was made in 2008 for an expo but was never released to the public and that's basically the ending.

[@NguyenHoang-horizon]

And the releases of the new serie by the same author (real) are painfully slow.

[@meunoir]

as both a manga reader and anime watcher, there's so many gems that deserves an anime but aren't really talked about even though there are so many readers

[@lonrabbit7776]

As a Horimiya manga reader, even I didnt know it was actually that popular. In fact, I didnt know if it was popular enough to get adapted when I first heard about it becoming an anime.

[@khimeraQ]

The second an anime is announced the manga readers have to shut their mouth and hide because from that point on everything they know about the show is considered a spoiler. In the public sphere anime viewers get the power to control what info is allowed to be public.

[@moltencheese]

But there are the chaotic bunch that just spoil some major scenes, or the reasonable one that gives you hints but not spoil as much. Like the quintuplets anime community RN

[@bhume7535]

I've recently become a Manga reader and it is so weird. When I mention I read Manga to other weebs they look at me like I am an uber weeb despite my only outward weebinees being my Fire Emblem amiibos on my desk. Also I am here to preach the good word of Dungeon Meshi and I Sold My Lifespan for 10,000 Yen.

[@sleepyeliz]

i think that the reason why i like our manga community, it make me feel safe and if any bad hate toward a manga it completely ignored.

[@scummywizard3561]

manga readers are just the inner evolved weeb inside you that's waiting to be awakended. it's because when you finished the first season of an anime, you want more so you decided to read the manga and then time goes by you lost interest in anime and only read the manga. before you realized it, *_you've became a manga reader._*

[@kllrnooooova]

Your pfp is my phone wallpaper

[@atinygoldendeer2045]

I feel so called out

[@aidanatienza]

Oh damn dats true, and the cycle continues and you go to LNs

[@javelauren9557]

I feel this. But I still watch Anime and read Manga/LN/WN. Cuz some stuff are Original.

[@Xu_Xin.]

@@aidanatienza yep and MTL

[@and.whistles]

Random page on Xianxia novel: "There is another/more to this world/realm"

[@kurokammi_Akio]

"You think you're strong? No, we're just in the east part that is the weakest and you have the central part as the strongest, don't worry tho, when you conquer the central part you can go to other worlds and discover just how weak ours is" But different from how they said it was in the podcast, xianxia novels build that up and follow through with it so it feels more like world building, which I, for one, welcome. DE is still one of my favorites because of it's world building

[@vldt5934]

lmao the cultivation never ends

[@tiredboard]

or when they pull the bs with the cultivation levels like, 'oh yeah the peak power level is martial god' and then later when the pro tag gets near it or reaches it, they go 'jk there's more, the martial god that you know of is only martial god prince and there's martial god king and martial god emperor levels" and when they reach martial god emperor, they're like "actually, martial god emperor is split into low, mid, and high".

[@silvaryangiot.7295]

You can't forget that if you beat an arrogant young master. His father, grandfather, great grandfather, and ancestors with his whole sect! Will come to your ass.

[@MenRot]

@@kurokammi_Akio It worked in Super Gene!

[@reeferbeard5140]

4:08 I yelled bleach! and my wife thinks I’M the crazy one.

[@gabetalks9275]

Made in Abyss is also in the tier of the greatest seinen manga ever made

[@jeom3808]

5:00 The thing about the introduction of the dark continent is that it also lend it self for us to know more about the actual observable world. They('trash podcast') say we know what we need to know, but when we get into the expedition arc, we get a lot of info about all the kingdoms and factions of the world and all the headfigures that we never really had a reason to know about yet are clearly important to the way the world has been working. You can't actually make a picture of what the makeup of society and the political sphere of the HxH world is, not untill the expedition arc starts, and Togashi has a fun interesting reason to show them to us as important players in this new "game" of conquest.(every arc we had a good chunk of knowledge based on different "games"/"peak of their respective worlds" that the respective arc plays on, first high class hunting games, then high class assassins, high class Fighting, the high class Underworld, the high class Videogame spehre, Exterminations, local politics/social-structure, and now expeditions/conquest.) So while I can sorta understand the criticism that can be had there, I also think saying it's a cheap "there's more" undercuts how every arc has been "there's more", and only now it feels like we are getting to the bottom of the barrel in terms of what makes up all the countries and kingdoms of hxh now that they have a common cause to band/fight/be involved in the expedition to this "new land". Not to mention that it happened due to a character/figure that has their own unique twist on "let's shake things up for fun"+"let's conquer new ground".

[@nef36]

I remember seeing Spy x Family on a manga site I used way back when it first came out. Being a high school freshman at the time, I thought "naw, this is way too stupid to be good". So I passed the series up. Fast forward a few years to present day, and the first episode had me hooked.

[@Jesus_Zendejas]

Everyone is hooked on that now

[@johnman8398]

5:25 To be fair DB actually explored the other universe concept and has multiple arcs involving characters from other universes.

[@Windows11Sucks]

that's the arc I want to see in the manga in dbs like a universe invasion saga or saiyan invasion saga

[@Kimpangg]

I read lots of H̶e̶n̶t̶a̶i̶ manga

[@ofcchae]

same

[@markallieu7097]

I love all the nuke codes

[@Snow-ej5fm]

some hentai mangas have really nice plots 👍 although i did read one about two kindergarten twins getting ______

[@ofcchae]

@@Snow-ej5fm so whats the two kindergarten twins getting um yknow yt dont want me to say it bc itll get deleted called pls

[@alecfongy3175]

@@Snow-ej5fm FBI open up

[@duchi882]

*When you realize* if a Christian Story gets Animated people can say _"The Manga was better"_ as a joke reference for Manga readers but also possibly make people go and actually read the Bible 😅

[@baconmacon5553]

There is a Manga about Jesus

[@baconmacon5553]

@@diolikesborgar5168 Manga Messiah

[@ChemySh]

*laughs in Saint Oniichan

[@joebin3106]

@@baconmacon5553 yes, it's called JoJo

[@luckylaky5]

In Hxh, the dark continent was hinted throughout, it wasn't truly ' a drop out of no where' Also, it makes sense since we never knew the origins of the chimera ant or 'Nanika'

[@siranalysts8798]

That is all true but it will never be finished and even when it got chapters it still didn’t progress art wise like other big manga.

[@luiscaballero8484]

Yeah but I think it would have been better to mention it instead if going to explore it. Honestly, HxH 2011 ended in the perfect time. I just lost interest in the DC.

[@shlomoshlomo963]

@@luiscaballero8484 true the manga just stopped tho

[@your_name96]

Sadly even the manga won't be finished and we all know that deep down. But it was cool to watch Hisoka vs Chrollo though

[@tutumazibuko2510]

It's still one hell of an unnecessary add on to the story. Gon found Ging, that was the premise of the entire series. That's where it should end. Togashi fanboys are going to try and justify Togashis bullshit, just like they did and still do when he started turning his Manga into a Light Novel. Hell, Togashi himself tried to justify it in an interview... And it still doesn't hold justify a damn thing of what's currently going on.

[@VetyBurr]

"Where do all the manga readers hide?" We hide where the previous Titan shifters are, it's great here, we build sandcastles everyday with Zeke

[@rohithp5201]

PATHS TIME

[@moonmoun2983]

I’d argue there are so many niches in the manga world that never make it to the anime. The reason why Garnt never heard of horimiya is problably because he never reads shoujos and joseis. Although some would argue horimiya is neither of the two categories mentioned above it would usually pop up as a recommendation to shoujos and joseis. I’ve been reading horimiya since the first 30chapters(that was like ages ago) but I don’t discuss it much with my Otaku friends since what they watch is mainstream and what they read is another niche I’m not very interested in. Which is probably what happened here to garnt, and I doubt any of the trash taste guys are remotely interested in shoujos to hear about the rare good ones that would appeal to a general audiance.

[@gk3weeb701]

In r/manga

[@jackdamenace13]

I love the Reddit for Manga collectors, makes my collection look minuscule.

[@adastra2238]

r/manga and Mangadex.

[@thejimo]

Basically yeah. I feel like most of the stuff that gets adapted to anime has some following on r/manga. It's strange how Garnt doesn't follow this subreddit. Joey, I can understand because he doesn't need scanlations at all given his level in Japanese.

[@isumairu25]

I've discovered that manga on that subreddit where 100 Girlfriends really like you.

[@mintpudding7908]

Ey a comrade

[@ncthomas420]

they spend all their time reading. not interacting on internet boards

[@dbzcupcake]

Can confirm

[@far4955]

👌

[@boredfangerrude]

Reminds me of the higher dimensions of the Magi universe. I figured up to the point where it was introduced that there was at least one higher dimension but there are apparently many more however, the ending of the series was rushed so we never got to explore any of them despite how it was built up and seemingly supposed to happen. Makes me wish the series would get a semi-reboot where it picks up from right before it started to get rushed so we could explore the higher dimensions for what was supposed to be the plot which, was actually a rather novel idea. I don't accept the lackluster ending we got.

[@zombiecat1851]

Bruh, finding Jujitsu Kaisen like a year before the anime came out? I almost screamed 5 minutes into the first episode when I realized the story was familiar to me because I'd read the manga

[@nuqi3019]

I felt the same why there are so many masterpiece manga that I haven't notice such as I Sold My Lif e For Ten Thousand Ten Per Year or others call Three Days Of Happiness. It is MASTERPIECE. I suggest people read this manga. It really make people cry. I also put Vagabpnd, Goodnight Punpun and Beserk on my reading list

[@Blumble]

Check out Azure and Claude if you loved "I Sold my Life"

[@titobarillas3603]

The 4th manga they were talking about is Kingdom

[@alascala1544]

How did they not remember Kingdom? It was the second most popular manga of 2020. Beating out One Piece even and only losing to Demon Slayer.

[@alascala1544]

@SoulReaper 85 it has an anime but it’s dogshit unfortunately. Got dealt the berserk hand

[@omnomnom2]

Personally, I prefer manga over anime because of how quick I can nyoom through the chapters and use my imagination to play the scene. Yeah, anime provides awesome music and voices the characters, but have you read a manga at your own pace, your imagination providing all the colours and sounds in your mind? Have you been so excited to turn the page, your eyes darting from word box to word box, your heart loudly beating in your chest, wondering what's going to come next? And that feeling when your favourite manga is adapted into an anime and its actually GOOD? It's a different kind of happiness.

[@saaaaaaaaalt838]

Horimiya was the first manga I ever read on its own and not as a means to get to the ending of an anime I liked. Fast forward probably about 5 years and I don't even watch anime anymore but I still read a lot of manga. It's gotten to the point where I'll hear about a good anime currently airing and my first reaction is to seek out the manga.

[@the.spriggan]

I don't know if I'm the only one here who's read wuxia xuanhuan but yeah... That's exactly what happens when protagonist becomes powerful, defeats every enemy and then we find out there another freakin continent with insanely strong people selling cabbages on the streets🙄

[@meatymateo705]

6:54 SPOILERS FOR GANTZ The reason the vampire gang never showed up again is because Izumi fucking killed them all besides two of them. Literally only two vampires are left by the end of the Gantz manga. There wasn't really a point in having them stay because the only reason they were strong is because they had an entire platoon of them and they attacked in numbers. Two vampires can't do shit against a Gantz squad, especially when they know how to use the suits and tech that Gantz provides them.

[@ev1ll33t]

+1 :-) The vampires arc did feel a bit out of place, but GANTZ is still one of my favourite mangas of all time. It's unfortunate that's it's so underrated though... People quickly judge it as being "just about the violence", but it's actually an amazing sci-fi roller coaster, touching very interesting topics, and executed so vividly that you almost feel part of the story sometimes.

[@blaze0899]

I don't talk about the mangas cuz I feel like I might spoil someone

[@squirtleislife1312]

Thank you in the name of all anime onlies

[@gerardalvarado4432]

You are what i likw to calk a good person

[@joshua_prime3743]

May both sides of your pillows be cold all the time

[@mrdan523]

Every kingdom fan internally screaming inside when Gigguk couldn’t remember it.

[@XxAhriman65]

Im not hiding. I enjoy reading as much as watching anime. Problem is, being the collector i am, manga stacks up pretty quickly XD

[@marauder870]

I know that feeling, I got this (not so legal) app where I have like 600 mangas, and i finished the majority, but there is also a part that I haven't even started, and now that look back at it, I see it as too much effort to start something new

[@XxAhriman65]

@@marauder870 best to work through whatever you start. Than start something new. That way you don't pile up to much

[@marauder870]

@@XxAhriman65 I know, that's why I haven't picked up any manga recently

[@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle]

I live in my room in the dark until I hear rumblings of an anime adaption is coming up.

[@dieselmerkle7876]

To anyone reading this: The Fable, The Way of the Household Husband, and Chainsaw Man. Please enjoy.

[@alficammy6159]

Chainsaw Man is so good and I'm really suprise that any animation studio didn't make any anime adaptation thou

[@HikariMiwa]

@@alficammy6159 no anime adaptation is coming

[@punani_slayer4209]

@@alficammy6159 Mappa is making an anime for chainsaw man

[@moltencheese]

Where's the "100 girlfriends that really really really really loves you" gang?

[@valla7644]

@@moltencheese here waiting for more since chapter 1 came out

[@Twocat5side]

2:28 I am literally screaming Kingdom at the screen rn

[@liynne]

"Where do all the manga readers hide?" me: Eren Jeager has us hostage.

[@genevie1998]

personally I prefer to read manga over watching anime, because there are a ton of hidden gems that deserve an anime adaptation but never gained enough traction to actually get one, which is a damn shame

[@nsk1911]

Facts, in the end, I ended up treasuring a unique story and/or artstyle more than some nice animation. Furthermore, if the adaptation has a good OST, I can just pair it up with the manga. It’s what I do with Berserk, for example

[@brandonaraya4132]

I just hide in a bunker with my 1200+ manga I read

[@shivanshmehra3365]

2:34 it's oyasumi punpun

[@shivanshmehra3365]

Or Kingdom

[@aweeb7029]

As a manga reader, I just love the feeling of reading stories in solitude.... I love it when you can saviour a manga without being disturbed....

[@rinjinnoko]

2:40 Kingdom, Garnt. It's Kingdom

[@waterking74]

I’m just so happy Horimiya is getting animated and the girl from the other side is getting a movie thats gonna try keep its original artstyle

[@satilinethejay]

wait The Girl from the other side is getting a movie?

[@waterking74]

@@satilinethejay kzbin.info/www/bejne/foG0mqFjqtp8b9E Hoping it doesn’t get canceled 😢

[@Liberanimus]

Vampires in Gantz? What about ESP in Gantz, two characters with it and that was it! Also, aliens. I wanted more of all of that honestly.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

I find that people don't really have an interest in manga unless it gets turned into an anime Hence why masterpieces like Oyasumi Punpun, Vagabond, 20th Century Boys & REAL aren't that well known

[@enzoabbacchio3326]

True but even if it gets an anime like Monster,it's not that popular and pretty underground

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@enzoabbacchio3326 Yes but if Monster is underground, manga like these are subterranean

[@enzoabbacchio3326]

@@Ash_Wen-li i think monster, punpun and vagabond are on a same level of underground but 20th century boys, pluto, Billy bat as other works of Urasawa and especially Real are subterranean af

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@enzoabbacchio3326 For manga fans yeah, but if you ask the average anime fan a lot more will have heard of Monster compared to the others

[@amethystgacha4697]

That is kind of true. Although I’ve read many manga, the reason I’ve read quite a few was because of the anime. Take Akatsuki no Yona, for example. I watched the anime (except the OVA’s I didn’t know about them yet) and I really annoyed it, and felt that there was meant to be so much more to the story, (spoiler alert, there is, the manga is still on-going) since the anime was about meeting main characters, and introduction. This has also been the case with a few other manga. However, I do read a lot of manga now.

[@TheToneBender]

I rarely ever read manga. But when Danberu nan kilo moteru got announced, I finally understood that burst of serotonin that manga readers get when their favourite manga gets an anime adaptation

[@Glassandcandy]

I feel like the difference between manga enthusiasts and anime enthusiasts is that most manga readers don’t make manga an inexorable part of their identity. I see that WAY more in hardcore anime fans.

[@puppymagnet8269]

as a manga reader i can confirm that it do be like that, we kind of just assume everyone else knows about the big mangas so we just don't talk about it until it gets an anime

[@Shyress]

I am really jealous of you people sometimes. You always are informed and have the newest chapters on popular anime already and I have to wait until it gets animated XD Wish I could read manga but I just dont have the attention span for that anymore. Dont know why I cant focus on reading but watching is fine

[@angelcrush1582]

Komi-san anime has been announced We need to rise up manga readers let's spread the greatness of Komi-san now "LET'S GOO"

[@kezyh2574]

This year/season I’m posting this comment (spring/summer 2022) a lot of the romance manga that I’ve been reading for some time or been catching up to it have been getting an anime adaptation. And I’ve been absolutely surprised how much manga that I’ve been reading that have been getting an anime adaptation. I really enjoy reading romance so this has been nice, but I might be putting extremely high expectations for the mangas getting adapted (because most of them I enjoy a lot or my favourites), so il be observing for now :D

[@brutal3385]

When they said the big 4 seinen i already imagined kingdom..

[@jneumann341]

The vampire thing is funny but I read a bit of Gantz and adding vampires sound par for the course for that series

[@andreaclairemiras7612]

Joe: "the manga's fking awesome" Let's not forget how he put Hori at C level (on his tier list on waifus, if i remember it correctly) because he doesn't know heeeer 🤣🤧

[@2x4noah]

3:35 that is why I don’t usually recommend manga they never finish

[@shyguy5473]

Currently reading these manga on Shounen jump Phantom Seer Kaiju no. 8 I tell c My Hero Academia The Elusive Samurai ( From the author of Assassination Classroom ) Ghost reaper girl. F - Ken ( A one - shot from the author of Assassination Classroom. ) The first 2 are the best from the list IMO. Also read Our Blood oath but unfortunately it ended abruptly, maybe because of the sales.

[@keish0174]

love kaiju 8 it's such a nice subversive of common hidden monsters stories XD also MC is the best

[@antoinemoulin1206]

2:36 KINGDOM, that's the big fourth

[@Dimensionalfish]

authors: introducing new worlds readers: get super annoyed cultivation novel readers: first time

[@azanesanimations9571]

As a manga reader the art is just really gorgeous like just gorgeous and enjoying it in black in white without colors is just another level

[@ajronmaster8259]

Manga reccomandation: "Please go home,akatsu-san"

[@glub3y]

That’s literally one of my favourite mangas currently publishing.

[@muhdfikri7161]

Add Kubo-san Doesn't Leave Me a Mob Behind and a few hundred more wholesome manga and we're brothers

[@ajronmaster8259]

@@muhdfikri7161 i can read the first one but couple hundred...............dont know about that

[@ajronmaster8259]

@@glub3y mine too!!!

[@muhdfikri7161]

@@ajronmaster8259 Nah, I was joking, man. But seriously though, I didn't expect to see people recommending that manga. It's good to see that some people will recommend some of these lesser known manga.

[@unkch1303]

2:33 i think probably 20th century boys is the one he was talking about

[@velocityx6920]

Gigguk : "where do manga readers hide?" *New anime gets introduced* Manga readers : 'my time has come'

[@masterdementer]

I don't read Manga but I read Manhua, Manhwa and Webtoons(cuz they are in the same Webtoon style which I love to read). As for myself I only see the hype on Discord Servers and Webtoon apps. I'm most hyped for The beginning after the End. Cuz it had a LN and those who have read it have clearly hyped it up in the ongoing Tapas original series. It's a great one really.

[@avagabondsmanga9807]

"Vagabond is still going" Me: LOL

[@0senBlade]

The author of that manga kinda gave it an ending through his limited time art book.

[@six2make4]

I remember telling my friends and everyone I knew about this cool new manga Kingdom years ago, nobody had any clue what I was talking about, now everyone has heard of it. I think it is because manga don't let you vege out like anime and sometimes you also have to actively look for what you want as well in a giant ocean of stuff. Some become well known and others don't but with anime you will always have your seasonal stuff you can connect and talk about.

[@Beregorn88]

The answer to your question is: mangadex.

[@adastra2238]

Don't you mean "Mikudex"

[@someusername9591]

4:46 straight up God of Highschool, or every high fantasy Wuxia manhwa

[@Joseph-ch2ym]

They baited us with komi san.

[@OpuYT]

Garnt forgot about Kingdom :C