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Thoughts on Graphic Novels, Manga, and Comics (www.theguardian.com)
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I have seen many people these days addicted to Tiktok, youtube shorts, or Instagram reels. Myself included, I feel like not many people read books these days. I for one rarely read normal books, but I do read a lot of manga and webtoons. My question do you consider them as reading?

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[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Manga and graphic novels are definitely 'easier' for me to read than traditional novels. There are fewer words, the action is more prominent, and the art kind of directs your focus for you. It's sort of in-between a book and a movie/show. That said, I do think it's a valid form of 'reading'. Reading doesn't have to be a book that is at least X amount of words.