>When I was a young weeb in America I loved Jump manga. Bakuman was one of my favorites, and because of it I really wanted to read Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan. It was kind of a dream of mine.>I eventually moved to Japan and I never read the magazine because for a long time while learning Japanese it was beyond my level>I didn't read any Jump series for several years because I used other stuff for studying, so I'm not familiar with anything currently in the magazine except for One Piece and Ruri Dragon. (I read some Jump+ stuff though)>I'm now fluent in Japanese and could read the magazine without issue (in terms of language), but the thought of picking it up randomly and starting every series from mid-way sounds bad.>The time it would take to read every series currently in serialization from start to current chapter would take too long and by the time I did it the table of contents would probably be completely different. As an adult I just don't have that much free time (believe me, I wish I did).What should I do? Just pick up every series from the current chapter and keep reading?
>>289496167Just pick out 2-3 series you think would be interesting from the description and read from chapter 1.
>>289496167Don't force yourself to read every series because you will not like ALL of them. Just read Chapter 1 of each and see what you like.
Boku no Pico.
>>289496384What if I want to read every series?>>28949679311/10
>>289496885Then pick the 3 you like the most and read them
>>289496885Read the first three chapters of every series, and let your preferences naturally decide which ones to continue
Fuck junior high or younger mc.Older mc series when?
>>289498787It's a magazine for children you dumb fuck
>>289496167Just read Centuria
>>289496167reevaluate your life choices
>>289499018>>289499071Don't tell me what to do
>>289496167Make a list of mangasGive each a numberUse random number generator 3 or 4 times You have 3 or 4 mangas to readRead each a little to see if you like themIf you dont you have a free pull for another mangaRepeat till satisfied or you dont have a backlog
>>289499347That's retarded
>>289496167>Just pick up every series from the current chapter and keep reading?That's what a new reader would do. If you like something, you then grab the tanks and read the earlier chapters.
>>289499778Ok how you know
>>28949616>What should I do?read something actually good instead
>>289500443Because you suggested it
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>>289500504Jump is good
Look at the lineup and find a spot where several series launched one issues after the other. Get those issues, read the new series and possible oneshots. Check out the volumes for series that began in the past year and catch up to them when a new one comes out.This approach provides a relevatively quick access to significant parts of a magazine so you can justify actually spending money on the issues. After that you can slowly catch up on other series that interest you.Alternatively you can look at the various subscriptions (Comic Days, Bookwalker, Book Hodai, Book Pass, CMOA, FUZ etc) and check out the magazines they have to offer.
vibe read the series
Anyone who isn't a serial shitposter but is actually interested in reading shonen manga may find this post useful, in it I share some resources for finding shonen manga and more, make sure to check it out.>>289496167Hi OP, I'm in the same boat as you for other magazines, since I'm thinking of starting to read the other weekly Shounen magazines but am not caught up to all of them.I am up to date with Jump though and read it in Japanese.I would recommend you just start reading from the newest issue with the newest serializations only and you can work your way backwards over time.As for my recommended list of series and order to read them, I strongly recommend you to see this list here pastebin.com/ddXYQqtY and I'd be curious if you have any other series you'd recommend.>>289503039Good advice. Look above if you feel like it, I linked some other good subscriptions.>>289502895I agree, check above for other good series I linked. Jump was way better before though.
>>289496167>boohoo, woe is me, I don't know how to read manga in an orderly fashionseriously nigger?
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>>289503599Anons beware if you see this guy replying, his guy has NOTHING in that pastebin except for a discord link.You should be banned already for doing this
>>289504874I understand that you may be annoyed but that's no reason to ruin it for everyone else, it's for a genuinely good cause (providing a platform for anons with common interests to connect).
>>289503039I think your suggestion is probably the best. Wait until a new series launches and start with that issue, and pick up tankobon for anything that started recently or has less than 10 volumes so far.>Alternatively you can look at the various subscriptions (Comic Days, Bookwalker, Book Hodai, Book Pass, CMOA, FUZ etc) and check out the magazines they have to offerDo any of them have Jump? The only one I'm familiar with is Rakuten's magazine subscription service and it doesn't have Jump unfortunately.I at least want to do Weekly Shonen Jump, but if possible I'd like to eventually pick up the sister magazines like Jump SQ and maybe V Jump. It would be cool if there's any kind of sub that includes all of the Jump stuff in one.Will probably do digital for the magazines and physical for the tankobon. If digital is cheaper, that is. Easier to check back issues and could save them, don't have the space to save a physical magazine beyond a few weeks.
>>289505460Bookpass and Kindle Unlimited have Grand Jump.https://bookpass.auone.jp/collections/10265442https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0H2LMKH9GShueisha does have a subscription on Zebrack that includes weekly Jump and Jump GIGA.https://shonenjumpplus.com/subscriptionBut for 980 a month you don't save a lot compared to buying the individual issues for 320 minus whatever your favorite store offers.
>>289505673It's a difference of nearly 5000 yen
>>289507311How do you reach that conclusion? Jump has some 44 issues per year so even if you paid the full price it would only be 14080 compared to 11760 but stores will give you coupons, points back and other options to cut the costs so you're looking more at 250 yen per issue or 11000 in total, possibly even less if you can use extra campaigns.
>>289496167>BakumanNice
>>289496167Just choose a few series and read that, if you want older series you can buy the volumes on Amazon Japan, most of them are cheap
>>289503599>Pastebin link>To fill a google form>To get into a matrix server (not even discord which it's way more used and accesible)lol what a clusterfuck, do you want to share loli porn or what? Try to keep it direct and simple next time (just a straightforward discord server link).
>>289512113Yeah why matrix of all things
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>>289496167There's this thing called a synopsis, made specifically to address the problem you're having.Now stop bumping your public display of retardation.
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>>289496167You moved all the way to Japan and learned the language just because you liked fucking shounen manga?
>>289516594It's like a Japanese guy moving to the US just because he liked Marvel lmfao.
>>289516594Honestly I can appreciate the dedication, so many pseuds here post about "I want to learn japanese" (they never did) or about wanting to travel to japan (but they don't even step outside of their room). Dude might have normalfag taste but at least he can put his mind to accomplish something.
>>289516784You never hear this about the scores of non-Anglosphere anons who went and learned English just to watch anime, which takes just as much dedication.I dunno, learning Japanese is an integral part of taking the hobby to the next level but I don't see it as an exceptional level of dedication. Traveling to Japan is another matter though.
>>289502895Jump used to be good from the 80s to early 00s.
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>>2895158121) a synopsis doesn't solve hat problem2) I haven't bumped this thread even once, it's other anons doing it. Take your meds schizo.
>>289516594Yes, and?Not Shonen specifically. Manga in general. Also Japanese games and music and whatnot. Literally everything I like is Japanese, so moving to Japan just seemed like the logical next step.
>>289496167>What should I do? Just pick up every series from the current chapter and keep reading?Yes. Read every chapter in an issue even though they're in the middle of the story, then look up the first chapters of whichever series seemed the most interesting from the random chapters you read.
>>289522619STOP BUMPING INTO ME
>>289512113It's meant to be a bit of a gatekeeping thing, I'm not knowledgeable enough to think of better ways. Maybe the cost is worse than the benefit, I'm not sure.>>289515059There was a time when we thought it was better than discord... There's still hope for discord alternatives though, it seems Fluxer is quite nice and its roadmap is great.Anyway, if you guys enjoy manga, feel free to take a look.
>>289523454>It's meant to be a bit of a gatekeeping thing, I'm not knowledgeable enough to think of better ways. Maybe the cost is worse than the benefit, I'm not sure.It makes you look like a weird control freak though, having to fill a google forms to get into a sekrit club cult is asking way too much commitment from someone you don't even know.
>>289523639Damn, I've actually never thought about it that way before. Maybe I'll take some time over the weekend to think about alternatives.
>>289523639ThisYou let people in with minimal commitment and then monitor their behavior within the server and filter from there. Or you just ask friends and friends of friends I dunno, that seems to be how things are going in the closed net
>>289496167>>>The time it would take to read every series currently in serialization from start to current chapter would take too longHave you tried not being illiterate?
>>289518373Wait so how did You get a job? I respect that though. I'd go too if I wasn't so lazy>>289516307>>289515022sorry>>289522702sorry>>289513598>>289518239sorry... I liked the thread. not OP btwis there a reason why you don't want bumps?
>>289525281>how did you get a jobThe same way you get a job in any other country: have an employable skill. I'm a software engineer but you can work in any field you want, just have the necessary qualifications and speak Japanese.>but I heard you can work in [field] and use English!Maybe within a handful of shitty companies but trust me you want to avoid those.>is there a reason why you don't want bumps?Those aren't my posts. I was curious why the thread kept getting bumped though, I assumed most anons would just tell me to kill myself and then scroll off to another thread.
>>289525281Half the time someone claims to be working in Japan it's always some techfaggot
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>>289525281>>289526954>>289528031Fuck off already
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>>289525505Pretty based, I assume the pay isn't competitive with US rates but you can still get by pretty well as a softeng right? And living in a nice place is well worth the tradeoff>>289525789I thought 90% of the time it was an english teacher>>289527850sorry...
>>289523941You lack so much self-awareness it's almost alien-like, please watch more youtube videos on social interactions or something, you're lacking some core fundamentals.
>>289531265a good number of people on 4chan are literally autistic man, that doesn't negate the fact that anon's choice in advertising style is strange but come on now
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>>289530075Sure I don't get paid what someone in the US would, but I have job security, I own my home, all of my shit is paid for and I don't have any debt. I'm pretty sure most people doing the same job in the US can't say the same thing. I own a home in the best city on earth, meanwhile the average techy in the US struggles to afford their $5000 rent in Gotham City.
