Narrative:
It’s a Saturday morning, and Angie, an active manga reader has nothing to do. She decides to go to the public library to check out some manga to keep her busy. After browsing through a couple of titles, she picks up a book that she’s heard about a lot. “ Hey, my friends were reading this one, and they sounded like they really liked it!” she thinks to herself. Angie reaches out and grabs the book, and begins to read it. After looking at a couple of panels, she feels confused at the order of the book. A minute later, she realizes that the book reads backwards; instead of the usual right-to-left format that most manga is written in, it read left to right. “Great, just great,” Angie thought to herself again, slowly walking towards the checkout counter, hoping that the plot of the book was worth it.
Descriptive:
For those of you who don’t read manga, you would feel that reading left to right is perfectly normal. In the manga world however, it’s flipped and read right to left. This, at first, can seem confusing, but after a while you get used to it. To most manga fans, reading right to left is preferred. To have some manga in right to left and left to right format has been known to confuse readers. Not only that, but it offends the original artist. This is a problem that needs to be addressed and and solved by the fans.
Descriptive:
Manga; a Japanese style comic book. They are usually written in small books, or published with or titles in a manga magazine (ex: Shonen Jump). They are very popular around the globe, and becoming increasing popular in the US. They are read right-to-left, which is confusing at first, but eventually becomes second nature to read it. I wish it was as simple as that, but it’s not. Starting in 2002, manga publishing companies have started to “flip” manga to read left-to-right,(despite the preferred right-to-left reading reading format by fans,) and has begun to anger fans and the artists.
Really well explained! -SkyeBlue
ReplyDeleteWay long but still good
ReplyDeleteGregar :)
I liked the first lead a lot, mainly because the reader can probably find that one easiest to connect with. Another type of lead would be to describe one of your favorite mangas, or maybe even to talk about how you first felt when you picked up your first manga volume. -Lily
ReplyDeleteI thought that the best lead was lead 3. It was very informative, but not too boring or dragging out ^-^. Number 1 was too personal and a little choppy, like reading step by step. Number two was confusing to me because you kept on saying left to right to left right left,O-O and yea.. it was kinda confusing.
ReplyDelete-Chocolate Rabbit
My favorite lead is Lead 3. I think number one was a bit too personal but if you want to use it, maybe try writing it in first person. Even so, number 3 is the best because people who don't know that much about manga can also read it, thanks to the helpful background info.
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I think it would be a good idea to write your lead around the main idea of the opinion. I think that you are writing more about Manga than about your opinion. I think that your best bet would be to go with something similar to the third one, because it best introduces the reader to YOUR opinion. Also, in the first and second leads, remember that your readers will probably already know about Manga.
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I like the first one the best, but it seems to be in a little too much detail. I think it could be improved by not giving the girl you are talking about a name, and by not having any diologe. Because that was it is less like you are telling a story about the GIRL and more like setting a scence about the manga.
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I like the narrative/anecdote the best because it makes it a little more interesting and draws me in.-Haley
ReplyDeleteI think that lead number three was the best. It gives you the information necessary to know what the article is about while also sparking an intrest. good job:)
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