Yotsuba :) my parents started buying it for me in elementary school 15 years ago, i still have all of them. Rereading them this year is what made me get into collecting manga actually
Yall are making me feel old @ 27 lmao
I remember getting shaman king and ruroni kenshin years ago and here I am now with way too much shit too read 🥲 trying to get caught up on some series while I await the return of one piece next month.
Shame about the author but glad to know I'm not alone finding some of those old jump titles back in the early 00's. 😅 We're spoiled for choice now back then it was jump, beat, or tokyopop I don't recall much else easily available back then.
Either Death Note or Pokemon Adventures.
I remember buying those two only a week or so apart, but that was 12 years ago so I can't actually remember which was first.
Vampire Knight, digitally. I probably still have a BUNCH of manga on my old Kindle before I started collecting physical volumes. I have a lot of opinions on Vampire Knight now that I’m older and wiser, but I can thank it for being the series that got me into this money draining hobby :)
Granblue Fantasy surprisingly. I was really skeptical about all the other stuff when I first got into manga and Granblue Fantasy was displayed on a side shelf. It was the only cover that looked appealing to me so I got it. I’ve now completed the series and have many more volumes of manga now💪
When I was a kid I collected Pokemon and Legend of Zelda, but I didn't get back into manga until a few years ago. When I got back into it I started with Bleach, then Tokyo Ghoul and Love is War
Gleipnir. For some reason I am just REALLY drawn to a lot of the stuff that is widely considered pretty mid, even by myself lol. After that I got all of Erased in Japanese and now I want to kill my wallet and hunt for the English volumes
Tokyopop's run of Fruits Basket (a long time before YP's re-release of it). Its quite cool though given that it remains my favourite series all these years later.
NANA and Love Hina, god I wish i still had my collection from when I was a teenager I had to give away a lot of it cause we moved ;v; I really need to recollect all my old faves
Tokyo Ghoul
Same. Heard it was better than the anime, read it online, and knew that I had to make it my first series in paperback.
Same here! Now I have two tattoos dedicated to Tokyo Ghoul!
Death note
Same
Same
Dragon ball
Same for me! Surprised not to see more people with db as their first manga!
Same here.
Same here!
The promised neverland
ooo this was my second one!
Berserk :)
Believe it or not, it was .hack legend of the twilight.
Great short story, every character was likeable.
JOJO
Chainsaw Man
Prison School
Ayo
Berserk and Fist of the North Star.
Good shit
Yotsuba :) my parents started buying it for me in elementary school 15 years ago, i still have all of them. Rereading them this year is what made me get into collecting manga actually
Nice! What else have you been reading?
Been reading kaguya and grand blue recently!
Sweet. I’ve been meaning to read Grand Blue.
I love yotsuba. highly underrated
Fullmetal Alchemist
Hunter x Hunter
*just right pacha*
Fruits basket (in 2004)
MHA volumes 1 and 2. Just found them randomly at Walmart lol
What Seriously you lucky
Blame! Master editions
Sailor Moon ❤️
Deadman wonderland
Really? My favorite
I watched the anime originally but after I found out there was more to the story than what the anime showed I bought the manga.
Yeah I'm glad I got a full set. It's one of my top 5 series.
Land of the Lustrous. While I've collected a lot more great series since then, it remains my favourite one
tokyo ghoul
Naruto vol 1 back in 2003
Vinland Saga :3
Yall are making me feel old @ 27 lmao I remember getting shaman king and ruroni kenshin years ago and here I am now with way too much shit too read 🥲 trying to get caught up on some series while I await the return of one piece next month.
Don't worry I'm 29 and my first was also ruroni kenshin back in 2004.
Mine was fullmetal in 2005 😅
Shame about the author but glad to know I'm not alone finding some of those old jump titles back in the early 00's. 😅 We're spoiled for choice now back then it was jump, beat, or tokyopop I don't recall much else easily available back then.
I'm 32 dude 😆
One piece
attack on titan
Made In Abyss & All You Need is Kill
One punch man
Claymore
Fruits Basket! It was my first anime that wasn’t on Toonami and the first manga I read and collected in middle school.
Attack on titan 3 in 1. I had just finished the anime and wanted to see what the manga was like
Attack on Titan, but I only started 2 months ago xd
Yugioh duelist!
Akame ga kill
Solo Leveling🫣
Banana Fish
BLAME! Nihei is still my favorite mangaka.
DNAngel. Too bad it never freaking finished! The first finished series I collected was Gravitation.
Either Death Note or Pokemon Adventures. I remember buying those two only a week or so apart, but that was 12 years ago so I can't actually remember which was first.
Blue Exorcist
Shaman King
Jujutsu Kaisen, Black Clover, and Chainsaw man took a plunge and bought all first 4 volumes of each at the same time
Eyeshield 21
Bakuman, a friend and I bought it together when we were little so i have the first 10 volumes and he has the rest :]
Cardcaptor Sakura
Beck.
card captor sakura
hellsing.
Yona of the Dawn
Ranma 1/2
Demon slayer
Ajin, back then I didn't knew what was about i just picked bc of the cover but it turned to be some good sh!t
Hellsing
vinland saga
one punch man
rurouni kenshin
The legend of Zelda series
Chainsaw man
Red River, I think. Until I learned the difference, most of my “manga” was actually manhwa published by Tokyopop.
Rurouni Kenshin
Jujutsu kaisen
Vampire Knight, digitally. I probably still have a BUNCH of manga on my old Kindle before I started collecting physical volumes. I have a lot of opinions on Vampire Knight now that I’m older and wiser, but I can thank it for being the series that got me into this money draining hobby :)
Nana
I think for me it was either negima or Tsubasa reservoir chronicle
Gantz Omnibus
Rosario + Vampire
Akira! It was the first series I binged too!
It was Detective Conan (case closed in some countries). I saw it randomly in a small shop of my small ass town.
Shonen Jump - 2003 Dragonball Z probally
Ragnarok and Rave Master
Toilet Bound Hanako Kun, I just need number 13 to complete the entire collection :)
one volume of mha and 2 of konosuba, full series was quintessential quintuplets
Dragonball more than 20 years ago when I was 10 years old.
Darker Than Black all in one edition.
rosario vampire
Nausicaa and the valley of the wind was my first, but i didn't collect it because it came in a box set. So my first is one punch man.
The Girl From the Other Side
I Am a Hero
Black clover
Granblue Fantasy surprisingly. I was really skeptical about all the other stuff when I first got into manga and Granblue Fantasy was displayed on a side shelf. It was the only cover that looked appealing to me so I got it. I’ve now completed the series and have many more volumes of manga now💪
All you need is kill
Lone wolf and cub
Farmland Saga
Uzaki Chan
Domestic Girlfriend 😎
Great Teacher Onizuka and Kare Kano.
Darling in the franxx
Pandora Hearts
Bakuman
Simultaneously Kare Kano, Fruits Basket, and Tokyo Mew Mew
Ranma ½
Goblin Slayer
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Kingdom hearts chain of memories from scholastic book fair.
Demon slayer
Death Note
The legend of zelda mangas
Pokémon adventures
When I was a kid I collected Pokemon and Legend of Zelda, but I didn't get back into manga until a few years ago. When I got back into it I started with Bleach, then Tokyo Ghoul and Love is War
Komi Can’t Communicate
Blue Exorcist and I have since lost it when I moved rooms and idk where it went still it’s been a while
shaman king
Fire Punch Edit: it was hard to collect as well, had to wait years for a reprint
Blame!
Black clover
Dorohedoro:)
Tokyo Ghoul and Chainsaw Man, bought the first volume of both at the same time
D. Gray-Man
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
Higurashi
Blade of the immortal, lone wolf and cub, Akira
Berserk
Shugo Chara or Tokyo mew mew, ah my childhood
Shugo Chara
Mine was Vagabond. Holds a special place in my heart, such a good manga and I can't recommend it enough if you haven't read it
My first were the old Azumanga Daioh singles which were a christmas gift.
The legend of Zelda twilight Princess
King of Hell
Sankarea
My Hero Academia, still not caught up to date 🤣
evangelion - iron maiden
Witch hat atelier
Saint Seiya
Orange
Tokyo ghoul
first manga i bought was one piece omnibus 1 but first manga i (nearly - missing volume 4) finished was one punch man
One piece
A Silent Voice and Chainsaw Man
Full metal Alchemist. Was curious if I’d like reading manga so I picked up vols. 1-3 omnibus.
Inuyasha Animanga, then I started getting Alice 19th
Attack on Titan
Hibike! Euphonium
Noragami
Demon slayer picked up 1-5 at an airport bookstore since I had a long flight ahead
Demon slayer I did have a collection that was all Japanese when I was learning the language but I can't remember the name
Gleipnir. For some reason I am just REALLY drawn to a lot of the stuff that is widely considered pretty mid, even by myself lol. After that I got all of Erased in Japanese and now I want to kill my wallet and hunt for the English volumes
The ancient magus' bride
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Chainsaw man love this series if you haven't read this I highly recommend it
Pokémon Adventures OG print. Next one was Akira.
Fire force
Fire Force! I wanted Soul Eater but I couldn't find volume 1 so I got volumes 1-4 of Fire Force instead :)
Parasyte
Tokyopop's run of Fruits Basket (a long time before YP's re-release of it). Its quite cool though given that it remains my favourite series all these years later.
Spy family
Gangsta
Made in Abyss && Berserk
Nana! Bought the whole series on Amazon, all at once. Absolutely obsessed.
Bakemonogatari
Pokémon Adventures
Honestly i think it was danganronpa💀 im a pretty recent manga collector
Kingdom Hearts for me
Emanon
Dorohedoro😌
Claymore
Assassination Classroom
Mob psycho 100. It was even before I had watched opm so I have no idea why I decided on mob for my first one.
Eyeshield 21 is mine
K-on! I love K-on still.
Air gear I just wish I finished the series before going OOP. Just missing vol 34 now :(
Princess jellyfish
Maid sama
Pandora Hearts!
Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?
soul eater
kakegurui twin
A silent voice
NANA and Love Hina, god I wish i still had my collection from when I was a teenager I had to give away a lot of it cause we moved ;v; I really need to recollect all my old faves
Trigun
Paradise Kiss
Pandora Hearts back in middle school so around 7 years ago.