I prefer when manga aren't too much realistic.

I see enough realistic things in real life.

It depends on what kind of "unrealistic" we're talking about. I like fantasy and supernatural manga; but if I'm reading a slice of life and the protagonist suddenly sprouts wings and flies off into space to fight an alien overlord who's never been mentioned up til this point, then I'm not happy. A little bit of stretching logical boundaries within the confines of the genera is fine. I read as an escape from reality, so I don't require "normal" or "logical" in order to like what I'm reading. Throwing in something completely off the wall in the midst of an established manga/story line, though, is not okay.

Indifferent in part as I like both, realistic and unrealistic, there's probably a limit to both but a good story can be anywhere.

I love fantasy and supernatural elements, but i dislike when the characters themselves act unrealistically. I find that extremely annoying.

Depends on what genre and aspects.

Define unrealistic...

yeah this heavily depends on how you define it for yourself.

for me anything unrealistic is ok. and generally much appreciated, it is fiction after all. the 'over the top' stuff would be when the characters do completely unrealistic stuff i.e. their thought process is just not realistic (or doesn't make sense). yes, I look at you crappy generic shoujo heroines and crappy generic shounen heroes...
this is pretty much the only thing I cannot stomach...

If we are talking about genres such as slice of life versus fantasy, I like both but prefer realistic manga.

But when it comes to story development and characters' behavior, I hate unrealistic manga. I don't like reading manga where I'm thinking in the back of my head "No one would react like that" or "There's no way anyone would make that decision." Unfortunately, this happens a lot in "realistic" genres such as romance.

Either its over the top or realistic, as long the writing is good, I'll read it. And guess what, art also not a priority for me. If the author write something profound like Moby-Dick level manga, even if the art is crap while using realistic/over the top scenes, I'm gonna buy it.

That's why I gave Monster, Slam Dunk, Berserk, Tower of God, Angel Densetsu, Azumanga Daioh, Ping Pong a very high rating, even though they are from different genre with distinct style of writing.

It doesn't really matter.

Most people tend to be able to ignore what's unrealistic on a story, but not what's unlikely.
99% of manga is unrealistic, it's just that some have aspects that are easier to identify as realistic, even if that's not necessarily the case.

Indifferent

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

Well for "over the top" that phrase can mean a good thing or a bad thing. I believe the whole point of fiction is to be independent of reality, and I love it when manga gets really crazy to the point of being creative.

Not so much when the manga is doing things that is even stupid in their own setting.

What a wonky poll.

Due to its poor phrasing and even worse choices, I choose Indifferent.

If it makes sense in context of the story, the more unrealistic, the better. If it doesn't make sense in context, such garbage.

i find with it as long it follow it own logic, so the manga have to set up it own logic if a fanasty type or sci fi. if i a sport manga better be realistic.

I hate the unrealistic kindness & forgivness shown by shonen characters. Otherwise unrealistic is fine but the characters personalty & behaviour should be realistic.

Either realistic or unrealistic are fine, as long as it's "realistic" within its own world meaning no plot holes etc.. I also wouldn't say I hate "unrealistic" behaviour of any of the characters, but that's only as long as they're not acting out of character.

This really depends. If it's supposed to be fantasy based then it doesn't matter. If it's set in a modern time and there is no fantasy aspect with no weird plot twist eg basic girl meets boy school plot, then yeah, a slice of life would be more of a fun read after a certain amount of time. But it really does depend on the plot (people get touchy with different circumstances)

I agree that the question and the answers in this poll are kind of vague. Is realistic = not fantasy? Is Prince of Tennis realistic? On the one hand there is no magic or fantasy elements, but on the other hand some things that happen (e.g. a character playing while blind and such) wouldn't happen in real life.

I answered "as long as it's not over the top" because I generally prefer manga that has something other than plain old "slice of life", but in manga "over the top" often means "chaotic and completely crazy", which I don't like either

Yay my suggestion was picked .... and good thing lambchopsil fixed my typos in the options.
But I'm not sure why some think the options are confusing? oddly phrased?
Seems pretty understandable to me ....
Indifferent for those that just care about how well the story is and don't have a preference on how realistic it is.
Dislike where they want it to be mostly realistic, so like your manga school life type stories. (As most aren't completely realistic but give the impression as if they try to be realistic).
Like for the those that have an element of unrealisticness. For example, being able to sense ghosts, or a bit of magic or something.
Love it, for those that like all the craziness that would never happen in the real world. What comes to mind here would be something like Excel saga or anything else where the laws of physics don't apply.
Hate it, for those that would rather stick to slice of life, or historical or something.
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I picked "Like it, as long as it's not too over the top" . I rarely like mangas where someone gets punched and flies off into space, but I do enjoy the types of stories that have something made up but still tries to stay realistic, like zombie mangas.

Don't care for the phrasing of the question at all since it's only about perception and nothing else - I sincerely hope whoever made this wasn't planning on using it for a paper or whatever (as has been the case in the past) since any data derived from it would be useless.

On the topic of unrealistic manga, though.

I'd say 99% of all romance developed in manga has even less to do with how it works in real life than RomCom-movies, and that says a whooooole lot.

Though I answered, " Like it, as long as it's not too over the top "...

But, I'm actually totally Up for Crazy mangas with Crazy and CooL and BadAss protagonist...^^

What kind of unrealistic? I like it when the world or settings are "unrealistic" as in fantasy, or original. But absolutely hate it when it comes to characters. Unrealistic characters, as in shounen shoujo manga protagonists...

I live what I read, for me a book is like a movie and one with much more detail. I find drama boring because it a everyday thing around us if I want to read something realistic I read the news. that why went i'm alone with my book I live the life of the protagonist, I don't care about the life of another human like me I want to live something new, something never seen, something filled with emotion so strong and strange. Went I read like that at night I make the most vivid dream ever of a story of my own that integrate part of the book. That what I live for .

Crazy story give Crazy idea that give Crazy good dream I Crazy addictive.

Yup i'm addicted to reading fantasy, one day without any I don't want to think about it.

The only unrealistic thing I don't like in manga are HUMONGUS BOOB ....... that just pervertedly sad