Discussion Manga or Novel?

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which?

  1. manga

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  2. novel

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  3. both

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  1. Glass Shard

    Glass Shard 【Fʅσσϝ Hυɳƚҽɾ】【Cαƚ Lσʋҽɾ】【⚓️】

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    If you have a choice to read manga or novel which would you choose?
    I would choose manga. I dont like constantly staring at screen and reaading novels. it strains my eyes. I only do if the story is super interesting. Meanwhile manga is comic type and i find it a bit easier for my eyes.
     
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  2. SylviaViolet

    SylviaViolet Toast to the ones that we lost on the way⚓️

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    Novel any day. I might give the manga a try if I really loved the novel, but first novel for sure.
     
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    Uselessdead23 〘Dead but alive at heart〙

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    No option for both?
    I like both tbh, with novels I can let my imagination run wild and I appreciate all the small details that mangas tend to skip, while in manga, I appreciate the art and how it's usually more easier to read~!
     
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  4. ciana

    ciana lazy glutton |⚓|

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    mine is novel~ i just like reading texts, and i get impatient sometimes reading mangas, i tend to skip the illustrations sometimes and just read the texts XDD
     
  5. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    manga is easier to fap to as a side-dish, novels are better to prepare for the fap. :blobtriumph:
     
  6. Sky2829

    Sky2829 Well-Known Member

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    Mangas might be easier to read but it also misses a lot of plot to make it so. Like 5 chapters of a novels may be shortened into 1 chapter of a manga. So, a lot of scenes you liked in the novel will be missing as they aren’t important or liked by others.
     
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    Lois. ❲.❳ Wooosh.

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    Novels because a lot of manga&/ anime tends to skim through certain details or plot points which are pretty important in the novel. Manga also seems honestly pretty half-assed but then again it's just for the fans since having a popular novel published as manga is easy money since they already have a steady fanbase that'll be sure to follow and purchase the print.
     
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    Sutad Aatma Well-Known Member

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    manga for trash plots since you can read it quicker
    and novels for good plots so i can relish it

    and um... manga for some action novels too because translator/author (idk which one) sucks at action scenes
     
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    Kirikaize Well-Known Member

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    I like to read both, if the novel is ahead of the manga/manhwa I'd read the novel and sometimes I don't even know of the manga/manhwa. If the story's really good, I might go looking for a manga/manhwa.
    Now I mostly stick to novels, I don't visit much of the manga sites. So only if it's mentioned that it has a manga adaptation do I go look for it.
     
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    Vi2 Well-Known Member

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    I'm not a very visual person, I prefer text, so novels for me. I also tend to not notice or forget details when I look at pictures, but I have a much better memory when reading novels, so I don't miss anything important. I still like reading manga though.
     
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    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    Depends on the art style of the manga for me~ :cookie:
     
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    aintg Fairy Queen of the Demonic Sect

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    It depends on certain factors, but I usually prefer to read the novel first. I think novel can give more in-depth description and freedom of imagination than manga.
     
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    Novel. I can read Cnovel and Knovel but for manga/manhwa/manhua, I usually prefer the Kmanhwa only. Cnovel is more variety in plot but I can't stand the manhua version.
     
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    rhianirory Well-Known Member

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    I'd say 90% of the time the novel is better, but there is that 10% where the story is actually more readable and the MC more likable in the manga version so I would say both.
     
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    Wannabe-shutin Well-Known Member

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    When I am not sure about a novel, I look at the manga first and if I like it I read the novel. Saves a lot of time since, as others have pointed out, manga tend to skip details.
    And when I read the full translation of the novel: MTL

    edit: small grammar question: is the plural of manga "mangas" or "manga"?
     
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    Depends which is easier or better to read.
    Example: beginning after the end is better in manga form than novel form
    Coiling dragon is better in novel form than manga
     
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    The Hamster Overlord Mad scientist/Revered wizard/Alleged antichrist

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    Novel. Manga is hard to appreciate when you cant be bothered to put your attention on a drawing for longer than a second. A lot of details go over my head
     
  18. thatweebudontknow

    thatweebudontknow Apparently I exist

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    I'll take what I can get, if there's a manga for it I'll read it if not the novel is fine too
     
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    It depends on the manga. Generally I prefer manga, but I'vr read many where the things the adaptation brings get overshadowed by the things it loses. Like generally I dont care to read action scenes in novels, but if the manga art is dull and badly coreographed I will just read the novel.
     
  20. Munimuyi

    Munimuyi Chili <33

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    Both ahh~ I'll read both manga and novel ~