Anime, Manga or Both?
After reading Bleach in the issues of Shonen Jump I found, I got to thinking. Did I read 2 issues of spoilers? Should I avoid reading the manga until I’ve finished the anime? What about the other way, stop watching the anime until I finish the manga? Would it really spoil anything for me if I read ahead? What about the handful of titles that are finished, but were in production for years and years? That doesn’t even take into account the many ongoing manga and anime that are being released at the same time.
Manga Issues or Anime Spoilers?
Aaaargggh!
Those are some pretty tough questions for a poor otaku like me to answer. It’s even harder when I love the anime and the manga. If I liked one better than the other I wouldn’t have such a problem. I’d just skip the one I liked less and wait until the one I liked better was finished. Then I’d have something to look forward to once it was over.
This is the first time I’ve really had this problem. When it comes to books, even a series like Harry Potter, it’s not that big of a problem. Movies and books have a long gap between episodes. I can finish a book series before the next movie, or at least the next book. Anime and manga usually come out a bit quicker.
What do you think? Is it better to take it one at a time and decide between the manga or the anime? Am I just over thinking things? What do you do?
Ugh. I’m having trouble deciding and I haven’t even read the Naruto manga in those issues yet.
Anime, Manga, Otaku, Shonen Jump, Spoilers, Bleach, Naruto, Harry Potter
December 6th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
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