Anybody that knows me well enough knows I enjoy reading manga.

Yes, I do, I absolutely love it. It probably stemmed from reading Comics like Asterix and Tintin, as well as all the Asiapac comics back in Primary to Secondary School, combined with the watching of anime in Secondary schools.

However, watching anime took far too much time, and there simply isn't enough witty comics around to keep me interested for long. Soon you come to a compromise - Manga.

As I type, I try to recall the last time I read a comic and watched an anime. I believe its JC2 for comics, probably a copy of Sherman's Lagoon, and JC1 for anime, when I finished watching Library Wars just before the start of Promos. Explains my results back then.

However, manga has really been a great source of entertainment for me for the past few years. I mean, the number of choices online are countless, the length can range from a oneshot to Kochikame-length. You pick your length, you pick whether you want a completed series, or a series in the making as we speak. Its like reading books, and I get pictures to help me imagine, without having the whole anime kill off any possible imagination I could have in my mind.

It might sound like a stretch, but I'm following about 25 manga series as we speak. It might seem to be quite a bit, but when you consider that I only take 5 mins to read every new weekly/monthly chapter, its really doesn't take up too much time at all.

In fact, I find it that I only take really long to read manga only when I start on a series and wish to get to the newest chapter ASAP. Like starting on Toriko, or One Piece from the very beginning.

However, when reading completed mangas, I'll rather just read to a point, and bookmark it for later when I get bored of it. Its like savouring a book, you make the choice.

Perhaps it says much about how I read books, when I say I only have two completed manga series that I have not finished at the moment, Mahoraba (Chapter 6), and Tales of Destiny (Chapter 4). Love to finish stories in one sitting. (I have just finished Kimi ga Suki today. In a single sitting.)

But I do have to admit, reading something like manga isn't for all. I know of friends that just needs to watch the anime. They still prefer to have the action and scenes drawn out for them, and that it should be a form of 'mindless' entertainment. Don't spend too much energy on it.

To them, I say, Touche. Try watching Kino no Tabi or Library Wars and we'll see you not think.

Nevertheless, I think I should end with my list of ongoing manga I'm reading now, from my favourite at the top. All of them should be available on mangafox. Otherwise, leave a message on the tagboard, I'll leave a link.

Bartender - Chapter 41
Iris Zero - Chapter 4
History's Strong Disiciple Kenichi - Chapter 410
The World God Only Knows - Chapter 124
Toriko - 122
Bakuman - Chapter 113
Nononono - Chapter 82
Nineteen, Twenty-One - Chapter 8
GE - Good Ending - Chapter 61
Hajime no Ippo! - Chapter 917
Bambino! - Chapter 53
Seiken no Katanakaji - Chapter 17
Angel Beats! - Heaven's Door - Chapter 9
Kisswood - Chapter 11
Samurai High School - Chapter 9
etc etc.

I almost wanted to write the whole list down, and I realized that its pretty impossible given how many I got. Anyways, go ahead and read some mangas, most of you will probably find it not just quicker, but much more rewarding than just anime.