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Reading manga in public? Nay or yay

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15 years ago
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Depends for me. Manga's okay to in public (as long as it's not yaoi/yuri/hentai/ecchi)...but Doujinshi...I wouldn't do that.


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I don't purposely not read manga in public, I just rarely end up with time to read in public at all. 😐

This.

If I'm waiting for a long period of time (usually at an airport) then I'll bring along a book that will last longer.

I think I get more strange looks for reading epic poetry than I do for reading manga 😐


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15 years ago
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Depends on the manga. If it doesn't have "embarrassing" scenes in it where I'd be mortified if someone looked over my shoulder and saw, I totally will read it on the train or in public ^_^


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15 years ago
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What's there to be shy about lol. You gotta be a bit insecure if you're somehow worried that others think it's stupid to read manga and see you do it in public? But isn't it popular enough nowadays that reading manga in public is nothing to wonder?

However I don't read manga in public, simply because I always read it from computer. I have no manga to read in public. But it's not like I read books in public either, usually when in public places I have other stuff to do.


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I have read manga in public plenty of times before so I don't really mind it, but I usually don't. Because I want to keep the manga that I do have in book format nice and there's too many distractions in public.


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I read them in public whenever I go to Border's or Barnes & Nobles, mainly because there are other manga fans out there. The only thing I won't read in public (or on the computer) are shoujo or josei mangas.


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Why wouldnt you read if you got interested in it then take your time lol..... Why care about your surroundings when your enjoying yourself unless your the shy embarrassed type then cover it up with something else least thats what ive seen lol


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i dont like reading in public. i always feel like people are staring or something...
i dont mind if its people i know, but complete strangers make it weird


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yay for me as long as its full of comedy and its not pervy


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i dun mind at all reading in public....manga is fun reading them in public....i can always keep smiling along the way....sometimes laughing by myself and if someone staring i dun care.... 😮


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I'd probably find it amusing to read something pervy in public. Either someone's going to be very upset about being so nosy, or I'm going to meet a fairly interesting and open-minded individual. 😉 But you have to be comfortable enough with yourself to not be embarrassed by it. =)


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Lol thinking again i remember when i stood there reading love hina in public and at the pervy parts people would look over good times good times


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I wouldn't really read much in public, I rather listen to music for an hour journey then reading. Music seems to stimulate me more don't know why. I personally wouldn't read manga in public because I did once and had random other manga enthusiast talk to me randomly. Sadly I didn't want to know them in a very annoying way, so I decided it would be best to avoid those encounters in the future.


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15 years ago
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although i'm still in high school, i don't mind reading manga in school or in public...of course, i would have to carefully choose a certain meaningful manga series worthy of my public appearance 😃

to me, manga are as meaningful and valuable as books...some series have amazing plots and moralistic messages that leave such as deep as an impression on you as books do...

therefore, i'm proud of my manga and of reading them in public 🙂


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Reading in public? It's called an ipod 😀 The only time I read manga in public is when I go to Borders or at the library, otherwise I'll be on the ipod playing games or reading books/light novel/manga (on the ipod).


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