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Question: How do you keep track of the manga you read?
Choices:
MangaUpdates - votes: 1086 (47.8%)
Other manga database site - votes: 302 (13.3%)
A personal file, spreadsheet, or database - votes: 209 (9.2%)
Web browser bookmarks - votes: 105 (4.6%)
Handwritten on paper, etc. - votes: 27 (1.2%)
Through the website I read manga - votes: 270 (11.9%)
Other method - votes: 82 (3.6%)
I don't keep track of manga I read - votes: 191 (8.4%)
There were 2272 total votes.
The poll ended: May 18th, 2024 9:59am PDT
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» residentgrigo on May 18th, 2024, 10:10am
Edit: Astro Royale´s is 101 pages long + a pin-up after chapter 3 to prove my point. It´s mediocre and not bad but 100 pages are more than enough in such cases too. Glow-ups can happen but such cases market themselves and if I know that something sucks before getting good, Star Trek TNG took over 2 seasons to get good, then I might march through it.
» Amplify1 on May 18th, 2024, 10:21am
» YuriM on May 18th, 2024, 10:28am
My answer didn't change: 7 chapters.
» Shellshock on May 24th, 2024, 8:07am
I said Whatever but honestly these days I'll finish it regardless.
» Ruruskadoo on May 18th, 2024, 11:55am
Mean: 15.744186046512
Median: 10
Mode: 1
With the highest chapter I dropped a series at being 122
Sometimes if a series is off to a bad start or something really grinds my gears about it I can drop it after reading the very first chapter (I NEVER drop anything mid-chapter, I just can't, no matter how much I hate it I have to finish whatever chapter I'm on), but if the description/cover seem particularly intriguing, it seems like there might be more to the story and it could actually be really good, or if I've seen a lot of people talking about how good it is, then I'm much more likely to persevere.
Occasionally I'll find a series has a pretty bad or a slow start, but the rest of it is actually really good, so it was worth hanging on there, but that kind of thinking also tends to make me keep reading series that I don't like at all. Other times I'll just be curious to find out what happens next or how things will turn out for a particular character even if overall I don't like the series at all and think it sucks, and that'll keep me reading even though I'm not enjoying it, or I end up hate reading hoping to see a particular character suffer or fail. And sometimes I just keep reading for no reason at all even though I'm not enjoying it just because I'm already reading it and it's hard to make the firm decision to call it quits.
I've gotten so overwhelmed these days with all the series I'm trying to follow that I have improved at dropping stuff I don't like though, particularly if it's predictable and cliche. I can only take so many emotionally constipated black haired dukes of the north forming an unhealthy and yet somehow still boring and predictable obsession with a noblewoman who's actually a reincarnated or transmigrated Korean woman because he finds her "interesting". If the romance is going to be that rinse and repeat then it needs a story and a main character that are compelling enough to make up for it, otherwise it's not worth the read.
» mallika23 on May 18th, 2024, 1:27pm
When it comes to manga, I can take it 4-5, or even 10, if it piqued my curiosity. But for manhwa I'll leave after 1-3 chapters if I'm not interested.
» Erratic-Hopper on May 18th, 2024, 3:27pm
» mah_lenneth on May 18th, 2024, 4:32pm
Anime around 4 eps. I can see if I'll like it or not.
» HikaruYami on May 18th, 2024, 11:01pm
There will be manga where I read 1 chapter, go "what. why would I want to see what happens next." and then drop it.
But on average, if I thought it looked interesting enough to even open, I will give it 10 chapters to get interesting. That's usually when I decide to drop the few Jump manga I find truly boring.
The trouble comes when an interesting manga becomes boring... unless it has become an actual painful slog to read I will finish it out. Like Bleach from Hueco Mundo onwards....
» Midlife_otaku on May 18th, 2024, 11:06pm
» flowinmyboat on May 18th, 2024, 11:45pm
» Alimeru on May 19th, 2024, 12:56am
» ginx2666 on May 19th, 2024, 4:03am
» Trimutius on May 19th, 2024, 4:37am
» Afiaki on May 19th, 2024, 7:51am
» MitzumiKare on May 19th, 2024, 12:24pm
Of course that isn't weighed the same for those nos - i will read something with a child mc if they age up before the end of season 1. I will read something with bad art if it has a good plot/good cast. I will read rape/torture if its not romanticized or not the main plot of the story or the mc (female and otherwise) doesnt go back to the one who did that and is actively trying to overcome the trauma of it.
TLDR: Depends.
» Chilled SDK on May 19th, 2024, 12:43pm
» IchoSuzu on May 19th, 2024, 1:14pm
» Alwerien on May 20th, 2024, 4:57am
» VawX on May 20th, 2024, 4:57pm
» vigorousjammer on May 23rd, 2024, 1:14pm
If it has no redeeming qualities by that point, I'll drop it.
If I'm still not sure, or there's something keeping me interested (good art, intriguing storyline, etc.) then I'll continue on for at least a few more volumes.
If I'm still not really feeling it that much after three volumes, I'll usually drop it at that point (which I suppose is typically around the 15-25 chapter mark).
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