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Recently Richard persuaded me that I could not comment on liking, or in this case disliking, something without actually having tried it in the first place. He really must have caught me on a good day or just one where I could not be bothered with being my usual stubborn self because I gave in and agreed to read a few volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist. I also agreed that if I disliked this series then I would try at least one other so that I had manga a fair trial before fully dismissing it.

Well I have read, rather slowly to Richard’s dismay, the first volume and some of the second so I thought I would post what I think so far, mainly because I am giving in (yet again, something is wrong here!) to the demand for me to update the blog with a new post.

I have tried to read a few chapters of some of the books that Richard has taken to college before and never really been able to understand the way that most manga reads from right to left. I usually get confused at how you are supposed to read comics that read from left to right so trying it the opposite way just confused me more. However once I actually took the time to try it out I soon got used to it and was up and running in no time. I got into the first volume and was rather surprised at how short it was, I hate to admit it but I actually wanted to know what happening next. The storyline is not bad and is much better than I first thought, Richard really can not describe things well.

Overall the whole manga thing is not as bad as I first thought and I was wrong to dismiss it as a kiddy thing. However, I am still not sure that I could claim to actually like it until I have probed further into what is on offer.  I can think of many worse things than passing time by reading manga and I will continue trying it for a while as promised. This being said I know one thing is for sure, and that is that I will not be buying any manga myself. It is simply far too costly per book for how much entertainment they provide. Even with the slow speed at which I read, I could easily read a volume in an hour or two and that is just not value for money to me.

Here’s hoping that my trying of manga and posting this update will keep Richard off my back for a while.