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Do you go back and read the extras and side stories that are released after you've already finish the main series?
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New Poll - Unrelated Series Oneshots

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6 years ago
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This week's poll was suggested by juliarox214. You know how some series have a oneshot at the end of the volume that are totally unrelated to the main series itself? They might have unique characters, or it's just a previously published oneshot that they're packaging in this volume. What's your feeling about those?

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No option for "no preference"/"don't particularly"?


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No option for "no preference"/"don't particularly"?

Ditto on this.


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6 years ago
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Yes, even if these are usually of middling quality. It´s interesting to read how an author started, as these tend to be earlier or debut works. Or even better, the original pilot chapters. Kenshin had 2 of those. Stuffing a volume with random crap to get to 180 or 200 pages sucks on the other hand.


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6 years ago
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I just hate not knowing that the oneshot is unrelated to the series. A lot of times I've read manga and think I have one more chapter left only to be disappointed that the chapter is completely unrelated to the original story.


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6 years ago
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I read a lot of oneshots anyway... If I finished the series I probably like authors storytelling, so might as well read that oneshot...


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6 years ago
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I don't mind reading them. Though usually I'll read them after I've read the entire main series.


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6 years ago
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Where's my "sometimes" option?


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6 years ago
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As a general rule if I like a series enough to read it I would be open to reading other stories from that mangaka, so sure, I like them.


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6 years ago
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I voted No for this reason. I was thinking about Manga I've bought where there's only around 130 pages of the main story and then there is a sub-par oneshot added in at the end to reach the minimum page count. It feels like being ripped off. If it's at least related to the story somehow (prequel/side characters) or there's already 180 pages of the main title, I don't mind the oneshots.


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