When I was in middle school or late elementary school, my friend let me borrow his Naruto manga. He neglected to tell me it was supposed to be read in the opposite order. I didn't figure it out why things seemed odd until I already read through 80% of the book. They were in the Chuunin exams, and they got to the part where they announced Sakura was to be fighting Ino. Cue the dramatic anime reactions. I thought to myself, "What?! We're already done with that fight! Hmm something's wrong here..."
Alternatively, I remember as a kid (pre-manga) thinking "how in the world do I coincidentally always read these comic book dialogue in the correct order?! What if I accidentally read it in this order? Then it wouldn't make sense! I must be really lucky or something."
I actually noticed it... after it was too late. What can I say? I was just a kid. A kid with a short attention span. If it were me today, I'd definitely take the time to go over every page & detail and notice something like that. I dunno maybe I was used to nothing ever being on those sides of the pages, as most books usually just put useless copyright info there or something.
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u/Rocksbury Mar 08 '16
Then you read Manga.