• Björn@swg-empire.de
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    7 hours ago

    Read somewhere that’s because the mangas in the store just show the title at the front. By putting the whole story premise into the title prospective buyers can see at a glance what the book is about without picking it up.

    Give it a little time and books will be intriguing again with a mysterious short title.

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      3 hours ago

      “Poop Gun”

      Wait, so is the gun made of poop? Does it fire poop bullets?

      Then the sequal:

      “Oscillating doormat”

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      6 hours ago

      That’s partially true. It’s because the web novel that the manga is adapted from used the premise as a title for optimized SEO so that their story can be seen by more readers.

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        Makes it a massive pain in the ass to find them on watch/read tracking websites, especially when they have those ~ and 《》in the title (or subtitle). As an avid Manga reader, I have started skipping those series because, more often than not, they are just as uncreative as their titles. SEO or not, a good story will be spread by word of mouth. These writers are just screaming they don’t have confidence in what they are creating.

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        It’s awesome practice. I don’t read manga, but do watch the anime adaptations. It gives you exactly what it says on the tin. I love it.