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[–] 49 points 6 months ago (6 children)

That's partially true. It's because the web novel that the manga is adapted from used the premise as a title for optimized SEO so that their story can be seen by more readers.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Makes it a massive pain in the ass to find them on watch/read tracking websites, especially when they have those ~ and 《》in the title (or subtitle). As an avid Manga reader, I have started skipping those series because, more often than not, they are just as uncreative as their titles. SEO or not, a good story will be spread by word of mouth. These writers are just screaming they don't have confidence in what they are creating.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Might start a web series called "My journey into becoming a mangaka online but the evil CEO of 《SEO CORP》has stolen my creativity and now I must fight an army of robots!"

    Whatever the hell people would expect from that title, it won't be that.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's awesome practice. I don't read manga, but do watch the anime adaptations. It gives you exactly what it says on the tin. I love it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Some can get a short name after some time. Like

    • TenSura: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
    • LasDan: Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town

    And others have a short name followed by a longer one like

    • Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
    • KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
    • Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince
    • Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster": About that Time I Became Able to Eat Unlimited Numbers of Skill Fruits (That Kill You)
    • The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids: A Tank with a Rare 9999 Resistance Skill Got Kicked from the Hero's Party
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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    I'm just repeating a thing I read elsewhere, but I heard it's not strictly SEO optimization in the classic Google rank sense, it's that the most popular webcomic portal in Japan doesn't include descriptions in its browse page.

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