is manga an ancient relic or smth? lol

i mean yea but nowadays im starting to see colored manga on this site bc like obviously manga was done by hand back in the day but now its more digitalized so it gets colored in but then with like printed manga and stuff it's still black and white bc of ink production (?) i think im not too sure abt that one but manga has been more colored bc of the digitalization

The thing is, i don't think a lot of people know the difference between manhwa/manhua and manga. This site doesn't have diff terms and just calls every work manga so it's possible that sometimes ppl just don't think there's a difference (￣∇￣")

Lowkey pisses me off when they refer to the work using the wrong term. Like to me it’s so easy to differentiate between the 3. Even manhwa and manhua have completely different vibes even if they are colored. But yeah I guess not everyone be educated on the terms.

I see your point there. I've also seen webtoon stylization of manga (which I hate) but digitalizing has allowed more freedom with colors. I think back in the day there were "colored pages" for manga too, although I'm unsure if those were official or fan made. Regardless though, manga is still japanese even if it is colored. I think when people ask for manga, even without mentioning the b/w, you'd automatically assumed it is a japanese production the person is asking recs for, so when someone gives recs with manhwa/manhua, it makes me wonder if there's a huge lack of differentiation there?? (￣∇￣")

manga, manhwa, manhua are essentially the same. they're comics. even koreans don't call manga manga, but manhwa. the same with japanese and chinese. only foreigners strictly differentiate between the three

Could be. But wouldn't you notice the names of the characters are different though? Akito Tonoyaga vs Kim Joonhyun? And as mentioned, the b/w vs colors? Wouldn't you wonder about it and start looking around? Idk lol. Either way, it'll just be hectic for recs but no harm done in general ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Yea personally would just politely educate when it happens (▰˘◡˘▰)

not you speaking for all three different countries bro like take manhua for example, manhua just means comic in Chinese, so even manhua is a more generalized term. So Chinese people are more likely to refer to anything resembling a comic, a manhua. but there is literally a term in chinese dedicated for manga, since it’s not the same thing to manhua. So why would you group all three works from different countries into one? They all have their own history and style…

Oh fr? I didn't know that. So they'll say the manhwa One Piece, rather than manga One Piece? Interesting info.

no ╥o╥ I mean some people think manga is manga, manhua and manhwa so like if they looking for sayyyy "rainbow city" they be like "hey guys whats that one manga with the cute lil researcher that likes rocks" not knowing the difference. or they be asking for manhua/manhwa recs and be like "yall rec me some manga with blah".

okay sorry i admit dont know much on the japanese and chinese side, i do know that koreans actually refer to anything comic a manhwa so i assumed the other two countries are the same. in kr, the word 망가 (manga) is used too but 일본만화 (japanese manhwa) or just 만화 (manhwa) is more common. not rly sure on the jp side but i saw some called manhwa "kankoku manga" instead of manhwa.

Thank you for the Rainbow city ad again but I still won't read it (づ￣ ³￣)づ

i tried ╥﹏╥

Also intentionally generalizing them is just pure ignorance.

im only relaying info on what locals actually refer to the three term. grow tf up

Source: trust me bro. Lame af trying to speak for all three countries with their own unique history. Notice how I only spoke about Chinese culture? That’s because the place im familiar with. Maybe try speaking for your own culture rather than speaking on other peoples

Hold up wait, I'm genuinely curious what is the term for manga in chinese? Cause I'm chinese and I thought we just called it "Japanese manhua" as in “日本漫画”

(I just realized I replied to the wrong reply oops) Idk about names but I know sometimes when I recommend and people say "can I get manga recs about blah blah blah" I go on their pf and you can sometimes tell if they mean just manga or all three of them. And if its all three, i recommend manhwa and manhua. but names you can def tell the difference

Japanese manhua is indeed 日本漫画, it’s the direct translation. But I usually use 漫改 (majority do just use 日本漫画tho) since 漫画 isn’t specific to anything unlike mangas. To me it makes more sense to call everything 漫画 than manga tbh since it is such a general term! Like mangas meant for black & white, hand drawn works. 漫画 just means anything relating to comics, it’s lowkey hard to explain lol

ahhhh, i get it (kinda) thxxx