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What factor sells you any manga instantly? Do you feel ashamed/uneasy to get hooked on it?

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Aug 7, 12:11 PM
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Mhm, that's what you think it is. You just look on the cover, open first pages, and instantly decide: "Im buying this s^^t here and now."
So, what's that for you?

As for me it'd be any story with High Stake Games / Stategy Game vibes. Dunno, but after Liar Game and Tomodachi Game I much loved it and planning on trying any similar topics series.
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Aug 7, 3:36 PM
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Romance manga with supernatural elements.

Also, it's fine if you say "shit" on MAL. It's supposedly better than saying "poop," according to @149597871.
Aug 7, 4:12 PM
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Aside from my favorite genres? I guess maybe a cover that I find appealing, and then after looking it up online to get the gist of the storyline. I know there have been a lot of manga in the past that I have gotten into whereas I wouldn't have otherwise either because it wasn't a genre I was particularly into, but the cover enticed me enough to at least look it up and maybe persuade me. That of course and if the said manga is about food, then I'll watch any story involving it. So long as I can remember not to lick the pages.
Aug 8, 1:43 AM
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Aug 8, 7:38 AM
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Aside from my favorite genres? I guess maybe a cover that I find appealing, and then after looking it up online to get the gist of the storyline. I know there have been a lot of manga in the past that I have gotten into whereas I wouldn't have otherwise either because it wasn't a genre I was particularly into, but the cover enticed me enough to at least look it up and maybe persuade me. That of course and if the said manga is about food, then I'll watch any story involving it. So long as I can remember not to lick the pages.
@Retro8bit

Did you ever... lick a page?👀👀👀

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Hell, what kind of stuff Im asking about now in my life🤣🤣🤣. Where did I turn wrong direction, if ever?
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Aug 8, 7:44 AM
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Romance manga with supernatural elements.

Also, it's fine if you say "shit" on MAL. It's supposedly better than saying "poop," according to @149597871.
@fleurbleue

"Poop" is too cute and.. simple? As English isn't my native lang, this word just looks to me like a sound in manga, you know? :D

*poop*

Anyways, sorry if you were eating that moment.
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Aug 10, 12:47 AM
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Of course I'm biased towards my favourite genres but I'm not ashamed to admit that I bought two of my three series I currently read because of the cover-art.
Aug 10, 5:03 PM
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@Retro8bit

Did you ever... lick a page?👀👀👀

...
..
.

Hell, what kind of stuff Im asking about now in my life🤣🤣🤣. Where did I turn wrong direction, if ever?
@Cute_Marseille

Ahem, I would never do such a thing as it would wrinkle the pages. Though, I may have contemplated it for a couple of minutes, or hours. >.>;
Aug 10, 9:16 PM
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Shoujo romance oneshot/short series with art style and/or created by mangaka I like.
Aug 12, 11:54 PM

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I wouldn't say it sells me instantly on the manga, but unless the artwork or character design looks interesting, I'm probably not going to delve deeper into considering reading the series unless it gets recommended that the story is really good or something. I like a lot of different genres of manga so elements like it being a sci-fi, romance, or comedy doesn't necessarily draw me in.
Aug 13, 12:51 AM

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No I'll read any mystery or yōkai or Yankee to escape reality...
But it must have lots of comedy
Aug 13, 5:18 AM

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No I'll read any mystery or yōkai or Yankee to escape reality...
But it must have lots of comedy
@RainyEvenings

I thought you were into Detectives mostly. Though I guess it's not that popular genre in Japan as on the West, so there's left only choices to go for mystery and psychological from time to time :O.
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@RainyEvenings

I thought you were into Detectives mostly. Though I guess it's not that popular genre in Japan as on the West, so there's left only choices to go for mystery and psychological from time to time :O.
@Cute_Marseille yes that's right. I meant detective fiction.. The whole world put detective fiction as a sub genre under the mystery genre.
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@Cute_Marseille yes that's right. I meant detective fiction.. The whole world put detective fiction as a sub genre under the mystery genre.
@RainyEvenings

That's actually unfair! The authors and publishers literally say they don't care to write great detective story, just because it's harder, longer, and automatically brings up nsfw marker for gore scenes and the investigations behind them :c (if they're drawn that much realistically, ofc).
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Aug 15, 12:03 AM
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I'm a sucker for an overarching mystery, I can push through even an overall 'bad' story on account of wanting to find out that 'big reveal'.
Aug 16, 2:06 PM

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If the world in it seems bigger and more fleshed out than the main character will even have time to comprehend, but mainly if the mangaka put care into the main character relationship(s). Specifically the type of care that the lifetime of experience of the writer parsed through to pick out and develop for the story.
Aug 16, 2:45 PM

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Wholesome taboo themes, like incest or age gap romance.
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