If you could read manga in any way, shape, or form, what would you choose?

Question: Preferred medium if all forms were available for your favorite series?
Choices:
Original language raw (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc: volume / magazine / online) - votes: 539 (5.8%)
Scanlations (in any language you like) - votes: 4760 (51.2%)
Printed volume (in any language you like) - votes: 3788 (40.8%)
Printed magazine (in any language you like, ex: USA Shonen Jump) - votes: 204 (2.2%)
There were 9291 total votes.
The poll ended: November 22nd 2008

A just ruler amongst tyrants

Erm, I don't exactly read manga in my native language (spanish). Only read scanlations in english (lucky me, at least I can read it 🤣 )

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Printed volume in English or Chinese preferably traditional Chinese...

Then again, scanslation being "borrowed" is tempting

Printed volume in English, then I wouldn't get distracted by the internet, wouldn't get in trouble for being on my computer, and would be able to flip the page instead of waiting for it to load (I read online most of the time lol). Scanlations are the next best thing I suppose, or magazines like the WSJ cuz I pretty much read everything in there...

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I liked reading it in Japanese when I can, but because I'm not fluent, printed English volumes, since actually holding the book is a more pleasant experience to me.

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First choice, printed volumes in English
Second choice, scanlations in English
Third choice, printed volumes in Japanese, if I ever get going again on learning the language (I can read a bit, but nowhere near enough to really read manga)
Fourth choice, printed magazines...I have yet to see a magazine that printed all stories I want to read and none that I don' t want to read, plus the paper quality is usually pretty bad, and of course there's just one chapter of each story

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
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Printed volumes, but not in my native language.
Finnish does have a better lyrical value, but I don't
really like it in manga. Thus, I prefer printed English
since I can't read moonspeak.

Would read manga in Swedish if I could avoid it. If it was the ONLY option then I might but no otherwise.
English for me, Either magazine or on my computer.

Scanlations in English for me. I can barely read Spanish and Japanese, and if the only way was waiting for volumes to come out, I'd drop it quickly. As for the printed magazine option, my brother has a subscription to Shonen Jump. Tried showing him the new chapters and even the chapters that haven't come out yet over here, but he prefers to go at his own pace.

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I read some in my native language(Spanish), but It's really difficult to find, normally a friend give me the scanlations in Spanish... So sad!!

Most of the manga I read are in English, I'm happy that I can read it!!! 🤣 🤣 😃

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Scans, for they be unedited just a translation. Which is what Manga in English should be. I'm also pretty sure they don't have to be charging the prices they do, just feeding off its popularity.

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I prefer to actually hold a book in my hand then read it on my computer....but I'm usually broke and can't get anywhere near manga... 😢

Ok, I changed the phrasing slightly for the poll. Everyone can revote

A just ruler amongst tyrants

Scanlations because the translation is in general about 98% better than the translation when printed.

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