Ask for their fav story, find something manga equivalent that's kinda similar, introduce it to them, and ask for their opinion later
Make it a thing like "Read this and I won't ask you to read manga ever again or sum"
Ofc you could just rec something that has their fav genres, good art, good plot etc.
What genre are they usually into?
depends on their preferred genre... maybe you bait them with the anime first? manga won't be that easy to get into if they don't like it (it may be confusing—complicated even— for first timers)
I used to not like mangas before but I have a friend of mine who's got this collection of doraemon mangas(a perfect past time huhu), then they introduced me to anime— that stopped at the first season, and you got no choice but to read the manga if you wanna know how it endssss.
so yeah, if they aren't into bl, maybe shoujo or shounen, or shoujo that appeals to both, like 'wotakoi' or 'kaguya-sama: love is war' or 'horimiya'
Id js recommend my fav of all time lol
I would avoid recommending romance focused mangas because ofc they won’t take it seriously.
i usually read psychological so id say that genre or action/thriller
Example like :
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/imawa_no_kuni_no_alice/
Alice in borderland is manga that was adapted as a series on netflix. It’s about a man named Arisu who was suddenly teleported to the borderland along with his friends, a land between life and death. He has to participate in games so he’d get to live for a few more days (…)
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/innocent_sakamoto_shinichi/
For someone who's into history. Its main focus is on the sanson family who at that time were the executioners, pre to post the French Revolution. it's not entirely historically accurate though most characters were based on real people/historical figures.
You see where im going? You kind of have to explain and make it sounds interesting. Try to find a manga that links to their interests. Like football, painting, games etc
....um is my boss at that library i work at and im trying to get manga in the library there none now so i want to . She is Christian like 70 and narrow minded...so i dont think ill get them to read anything but i want tittle that they cant say isn't a really story with depth or just smut any nudy would be smut spice and wolf would be smut to her and it has a great story
Slice of life and probably tearjerker should be the way to go for her
- https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/love_letter_ozaki_kaori/
- https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/colors_of_you/
A d probably this? Because it's poetic
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ocean_by_the_forest/
If you were trying to get someone in to manga or at least acknowledge it as "real" reading, do you guys have any ideas?