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I actually have the opposite problem, where I've read much more manga than traditional comics. It feels wrong reading comics left to right for me.
That's interesting - I too am curious to see a comparison of the layouts.
I wonder how many more copies Furuya will have to sell to feel that the extra work was worth it?
I wonder how many more copies Furuya will have to sell to feel that the extra work was worth it?
I had to read Watchmen for a class not long ago, and only after two chapters of confusion had I realized that I was supposed to read the boxes from left to right... Anyway, it just feels awkward for me after all the manga and doujinshi I read. I really hope they release an alternate English version with the original reading order.
I never understood people who don't feel natural about reading one way or another, makes no sense when it's so easy (this is NOT like trying to write with your non-dominant hand). After the first few pages of reading right-to-left I got it completely down and I feel natural both ways (reading Sandman? left to right. Manga? right to left) but I guess some people just can't fully adapt after doing it one way after so long.
I really never understood how people could have problems reading comics either way. Webcomics and superheroes? Left to right. Manga? Right to left. After a few pages it just comes natural. Oh well, if he really feels this is what needs to be done, more power to him.
To clarify, I have no problem reading right-to-left, and I'll do it instinctually if it looks like manga. It's just that, as the layouts go right-to-left and down, a small part of my mind is screaming about how the English text is going left-to-right. That, and everything else in my daily life goes left-to-right.
While I do respect him for working so hard, it's still pretty stubbornly idiotic to do that XD considering any would read manga has gotten used to this by now.
honestly i'd still buy the original right to left. basically i don't get why Japan is interested in this westernizing every thing thinking that its going to appeal to the majority i like things as they are because its Japanese trying to change things so it can appeal to westerners isn't helping.. look what happened to all the good RPG's out there... Damn FPS. japanese people might like other countries but i don't like the way the show affection.
There's already an excellent translation of Osamu Dazai's 'No Longer Human' (aka, Ningen Shikkaku), translated by Donald Keene. I just read it recently.
It's probably one of the more depressing novels I've read. Kind of like a Japanese 'Catcher in the Rye', but with less teen angst and more college-to-middle-age mental breakdown.
It's probably one of the more depressing novels I've read. Kind of like a Japanese 'Catcher in the Rye', but with less teen angst and more college-to-middle-age mental breakdown.
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