Letting the First Volume of Manga Choose my 2024 TBR | Manga Taste Test Part 1

Published 2024-01-21
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Part 1 of 2 of my Manga Taste Test video where I read the first volumes of 16 manga (8 for each video) and I rank them from first to last. Whatever ends up in my top 5 get to be the manga I read throughout 2024 and probably some going into 2025 knowing me. Sorry for how long this is but it took a crazy amount of editing so I hope at least some people enjoy it.

Thank you so much for watching!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:53 Manga One
4:58 Manga Two
8:31 Manga Three
12:45 Manga Four
18:42 Manga Five
22:00 Manga Six
24:42 Manga Seven
29:26 Manga Eight
34:07 Current Ranking
34:41 Manga Left to Read
35:23 Outro

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All Comments (14)
  • @szgatigress4226
    I read the first two volumes of AOT. When I read them, I loved them but rn I honestly couldn't tell you a thing that happened xD And I don't want to re-read it without getting volume 3. Whenever that may be
  • @lollylovesbooks
    This is such a great style of video! I haven't read any manga, so hearing about a variety was fun.
  • @faeryreads
    thank you for showing the canvases 😁😁 I had pretty much the exact same feelings about Wotakoi lol I also would probably watch the anime but ah, did not enjoy the manga. I was hopeful because it feels harder to find contemporary romance manga about adults. I was so tense waiting to see what you thought of FMA hahaha it definitely gets less random as it goes along I cant wait to see what you think of the others in the next video!
  • @libraryunbounded
    This was such a fun video! ❤   Gave me a lot of new manga to consider 📚
  • @lynx2001
    This is such a fun video I started reading manga in the end of December definitely good ideas I got to add to my list thank you for sharing your thoughts c:
  • @clampies3815
    Wotakoi is a sketch comedy manga about handling otaku hobbies and relationship as adult. It's episodic in nature instead of a continuous story. It have progression in all relationships, but the goal it's to be relatable for otaku and laugh.
  • @NerdyNatReads
    I love this idea to try new manga! I've watched FMA:B, but haven't read the manga. I really wanna try it out tho.
  • @szgatigress4226
    Manga is a wild bag for me as well. Also, when I don't like the artstyle, I kind of tend to not like it as much, which is kind of dumb of me, I know. I've read SOME but never have I ever finished a manga series. Let's not talk about it😆 My problem is, that in manga, there are so many volumes that aren't exactly cheap and, though my library has a few, none of them are really interesting to OR they aren't up to date (Looking at chocolate magic, where they have up to volume 13 but there are already around 19 Volumes)
  • @mermaidpilot
    MANGAAAA TIMEEEE . I love orange too I watched the anime of it and ugh 😭😭 . I read higurashi manga it’s horror it’s messed up the anime is also messed up and 👀 there was lots of screaming but I was digging the manga and I read it in high school 😂😅
  • @szgatigress4226
    Omg, ok. I watched and almost finished (I swear guys, I'm working on my commitment issues) Fulmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and I LOVED it. Like, ugh. I have the first 2 or 3 volumes and I keep procrastonating.
  • @oopswarlock
    OOH I love the pokemon canvases. Where did you get them from?
  • @LitCouture
    ~Has never read manga, will watch anything on this channel~ You’re going to make yourself actually rank from 1-16?? OUCH, this is my NIGHTMARE, I can barely give star rankings…ooohhhh, you have the titles on papers and you’re drawing them and then you’re re-ranking them, this is even better than just ranking them once…”I think you’re going to be amazing, now you can only fail me. Or, you know, not be as awful as I thought. Good luck to all of you volumes, my name is Ash and I have no mercy.” I need to know, is this the order in which you like the colors? “I think this is going to be one of my favorites but I have no summary because there wasn’t one in English.” Hahaha, yes, this is the chaotic entertainment I need tonight. Wait, they’re back and white? Huh. Good book gods I’m gonna have nightmares…no one should smile like ever. People…yummy. Anime just means it’s animated, right? Are the plots the same? Or do they do what they do to books and mess it all up… Awwww cute baby koalas, thank you for the cuteness break in between the grim…everything else. Nooooo more creepy teeth…is this gonna be a theme? How about one with a unicorn, Ash, or a princess? Or is happiness not allowed? OH! Fished my wish! Based on the cover this looks like something Ali Hazelwood would write. You’re looking for ”toxic bully romance.” Oh. Oh dear. Romance manga, you are freaking letting all of us down pretty HARD. There should be kicking feet and giggles and blushing here, no one should have to work this hard to make it sound this good. YOU DON’T LIKE TOXIC ROMANCE? Oh REALLY??? Not gonna even say it. Pretty cover…don’t understand half the words you’re saying at this point but that pronunciation sounds ON. POINT. “Something akin to boring” is my new favorite review. It’s just brown water…you’re making my own tea suuuuuuper appetizing right now, thanks so much for that. …trapped in a suit of armor. Well okay then. And good luck getting those limbs back to you too, buddy…SQUIRREL! (That was you, not me. But I’m glad I’m not the only one who interrupts myself.) Two and a half months! The commitment! Ouch….red. And you prefer…the scarier art, of course you do. But WHOA, you ranked that way higher than I thought, oooooh twist! Yeah, ME TOO, a contemporary in the top five would be SUPER 💕
  • @szgatigress4226
    Oh maybe I should do something like this with webtoons haha