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Honestly I've read as much translates stuff, then I read the pictures of the yet-untranslated manga up to chapter 38. Honestly long, drawn-out romance with tons of het interference irks me a ton. So can anyone convince me to keep up with this series?
FF is actually a yaoi series 0/10 would not recommend
Thank you, @halmoni !
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@katfemale Yep. Totally did not get the you liking it part out of what you posted. ha-ha-ha-ha
interesting definition. I like ff simply bc I can relate to events/characters. most events seem quite 'normal' :)
@jmv I'm with you. I think it's kind of like what @confused1203 said. I don't watch TV, but FF just brings a lot of detail to a perfectly normal aspect of many people's lives. There are some nice manga, even Yuri manga, that you could imagine tell a similar tale, but it's in the details where this sort of thing happening in each of our lives makes them different and special to us. We could "fill in the blanks" in a faster-paced story with our imaginations, but it's different to watch it (think touching movies...or just life).
I prefer reading novels (and even fanfiction) to watching movies and even reading manga because they tend to be more detailed when it comes to conveying the character's thoughts. But movies and anime have the advantage of all the high-bandwidth communication afforded by our other senses (e.g., body language). Movies often are weaker when it comes to conveying characters thoughts, a major part of the human experience (think of the internal monologue or hypothetical you're having as you experience things). Manga sits in a different spot that affords it richer delivery in ways that are somewhat unavailable to novels, movies, TV and animation, etc. That said, it's a ton of work to do well with the visuals and the words. An incredible amount of work.
Fluttering Feelings' release cadence is WEEKLY. How many other manga or mangwha are this long with consistent quality in this genre? And have a single story? (I just checked Sasameki Koto, which was the first to come to mind. 53 chapters. Then I guess Maria-sama...But, it's not one story. It establishes a setting and kind of tells the story about a place over time and interweaves lots of different characters' narratives.) Most of the good, longer, single-story manga that come to mind are action-oriented, which can rely more heavily on the drawing and visual side to offer gratification and progress to the audience. Telling one story in this much detail, I think, is always bold on part of the author. There's so much pressure from fans to speed things up (thinking about some of the longer fanfics I've read). Chance of burnout, etc. I'd never expect to have many manwha or manga like this. Takes too much energy.
I'm really grateful for Fluttering Feelings, and I'm putting my faith in Ssamba to avoid some of the perils of long, single-story manga. This Ina arc actually has me a bit on edge, but I'll be good after No-rae gives a visible sign that she's in this (romantically). C'mon No-rae... ಠ~ಠ
P.S. So this happened... ...It's been quiet some time since I've written so much on a subject not work related. Not sure how I feel about that. I'm going to go read Halmoni's translation now. Yeah... >_>_