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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (5 children)

But which way are the pictures displayed?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

Top left is going to be first, bottom right is last. Since bottom left is pretty close in structure to bottom right, I'm going with top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right.

That fits the reading pattern of western cultures.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Left right top bottom, like how we read. You can see a pretty linear evolution in the style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that's the intended way too, but it's not exactly a given as other languages have different reading patterns. Japan, for instance, reads right to left, and others read vertically.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yea but this is in English made for an English community. It's pretty safe to assume.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I believe this is a screenshot of a Twitter post, which would make the order your first example.

[–] Tar_alcaran 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well if it's japanese, I'd say option B..

But the paintings look more like A is correct.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If it's Japanese if should go

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Good point! I haven't been reading enough manga to remember it's from the right to the left ..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Right to left, top to bottom

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4 2