• Björn@swg-empire.de
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    Read somewhere that’s because the mangas in the store just show the title at the front. By putting the whole story premise into the title prospective buyers can see at a glance what the book is about without picking it up.

    Give it a little time and books will be intriguing again with a mysterious short title.

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        That sounds like the PG version of Chuck Tingle titles.

        Of course with AI it’s impossible to tell which covers are real without going to a site with a definitive list, but I confirmed this one

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      “Poop Gun”

      Wait, so is the gun made of poop? Does it fire poop bullets?

      Then the sequal:

      “Oscillating doormat”

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      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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        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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        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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          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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        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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          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