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You guys prefer novel or manga?
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Nice to meet you. I also read manga a lot. I read novels a little when I have time.
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Nice to meet you too. Nice..Nice to meet you. I also read manga a lot. I read novels a little when I have time.
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I absolutely love manga! ❤❤❤
The illustrations, details and being able to see everything in action is so much better than a novel.
The illustrations, details and being able to see everything in action is so much better than a novel.
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Novels can fully express a worldview and character psychology; their length and amount of text allow for a complete story.
Comics are suitable for short, intensive reading; pictures are easier to understand than words, but their depth of expression and artistic conception are quite limited.
I don't have much time now, but I enjoy reading comics so I can quickly catch up on what's happening.
Comics are suitable for short, intensive reading; pictures are easier to understand than words, but their depth of expression and artistic conception are quite limited.
I don't have much time now, but I enjoy reading comics so I can quickly catch up on what's happening.
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I'm more into manga than novels, but it's a love-hate relationship. The downside of manga is that it takes ages to produce, and many mangaka leave their work unfinished for all sorts of reasons - deteriorating health, lack of motivation, writer's block, conflicts with publishers, death... and that's not even mentioning the long hiatuses.
I envy novel readers because novel volumes are usually released more quickly, and most books provide some sort of conclusion. You can start reading a manga in elementary school, continue through middle school and high school, graduate from college or university, get a job, get married, have a kid... and the manga still isn't even close to ending—if it's lucky enough not to have been abandoned halfway through.
Because of that, I don't start unfinished series anymore.
P.S. Greetings to CLAMP. I'm still waiting for you to finish X, even after this 23-year-long hiatus.
I envy novel readers because novel volumes are usually released more quickly, and most books provide some sort of conclusion. You can start reading a manga in elementary school, continue through middle school and high school, graduate from college or university, get a job, get married, have a kid... and the manga still isn't even close to ending—if it's lucky enough not to have been abandoned halfway through.
Because of that, I don't start unfinished series anymore.
P.S. Greetings to CLAMP. I'm still waiting for you to finish X, even after this 23-year-long hiatus.
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Don't think I've read both the novel and manga of the same work before - each format has their good points and if it's in a language that I can understand, I wouldn't mind either :3 and I agree with @藍色水珠 !
Sometimes the novel does a great job at the storytelling but may be limited when adapted to manga.
Ooh, it stings to know that some series has yet to be finished (Garasu no Kamen) but yeah, some of CLAMP's stuff that I liked - they dropped it ;w; @haiane
Sometimes the novel does a great job at the storytelling but may be limited when adapted to manga.
Ooh, it stings to know that some series has yet to be finished (Garasu no Kamen) but yeah, some of CLAMP's stuff that I liked - they dropped it ;w; @haiane
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While I read both, I mostly read novels since I have enough imagination to imagine scenes in my head and to get enough inspiration to get better at writing. Also, because I prefer reading standalones and complete series and novels are a lot likely to get completed than manga (unless something happened in the writer's life). And I prefer to read offline with local files and ebook files are very small so it's a lot easier to hoard them than manga.
Though, if we're specifically talking about light novels, their manga or webtoon adaptions are a lot more likely to get localized since there's less text to translate.
Though, if we're specifically talking about light novels, their manga or webtoon adaptions are a lot more likely to get localized since there's less text to translate.