I got into manga magazines via Harta, which Iāve been reading forā¦ looks like 2+ years posting updates on the extensive reading thread, and now Iām fully caught up with every currently running series in the magazine.
Itās definitely one of the most fulfilling things Iāve done with the language and a really fun undertaking! So good luck, and I hope you find it just as great an experience!
Iāve been ostensibly also following spin-off magazine ééØ士 and another Kadokawa magazine, Monthly Comic Beam, and Iāve tried one issue of other magazines here and there and every so often get the urge to try a few more, but the time commitment can be rough! Iām even a little behind on Harta right now, and lots behind on those other twoā¦
I would absolutely recommend anyone interested in manga to give manga magazines a shot sometime - thereās nothing quite like not knowing just what chapter or one-shot is around the corner, even if you donāt end up sticking with the magazine. And I would second the recommendation to go digital as well. I actually initially tried subscribing to Harta physically with Kinokuniya, but itās distributed as a book rather than a magazine so no dice (and I went with a non-manga magazine insteadā¦) but I think it was a blessing in disguise in retrospect since the magazine is very easily available on Bookwalker and since the charm of a format is how much is packaged into one volume the space concerns would getā¦ rough otherwise.