Let’s start off this series of questions with a big one:
What got you into Mangas in the first place?
For me, it was Neon Genesis Evangelion. I loved the Anime and it, naturally, left my still developing young teenage brain very confused. So when I learned that there was a “Comic” about it, I was convinced that it was going to provide some additional info the show left out (like books usually do). I didn’t like the black/white aesthetic at all at first and stopped reading halfway through the first volume initially, but picked it up again a few weeks later and practically devoured the whole series over the course of the next few days.
It didn’t really give me any of the answers I initially hoped for, but it definitely hooked me onto this whole “black and white comics for adults”-vibe I got from it back then. And I just never stopped picking up new ones for close to 20 years now.
Now, let’s hear your own background stories!
My first manga was “Detective Conan”, as it was part of the German “Bild Comic Bibliothek” (comic book collection with various themes and artists) . From first sight I loved the accurate drawings and the tense, mystery stories. The great ideas, the hard to grasp Japanese culture and the humor of the cases were so special and unique to me that I never stopped reading Conan. Of course I also enjoyed watching the anime show and the movies.
Shortly after I found “Dragon Ball” and experienced the craziest fights in comic history (for me), it was clear, I am a not only a comic book but also a manga addict :)