I normally only will begin reading a manga if i watched the anime already and heard the manga was better, or just when i am bored, what is quite often...

The first thing that attracts me is the art, if I'm going start reading a series the art must be good in one way or another. Though if the art is great and the storyline sucks then I don't want to read it. Basicly; for a great manga I require good art and an interesting storyline.

gud plot and super nice story line!!!!

For me it is the genre, followed by the art, and then I would read a few chapters. If all of those check out, I end up reading the whole manga. Although, some manga tend to only be good in the beginning but become kind of lousy as it drags out, in those cases I just drop the manga.

The drawings. XD

the drawing then the story. =D

Always the pictures [;

Definitely the story, even if the drawing is a bit sucky. But if you have both, the better.

Drawing and STORY.. make me feel like drawing

Mostly the storyline..i usually watch the anime or drama or whatever before reading the manga

Um, that would be the story and the characters, because even if the storyline for some manga is great but one of the characters is just a big breasted bimbo then I will DEFINITELY not read it. And of course pretty pictures always help!

the plot summary and the art. if those two suck, then i'm not reading the manga.

The plot and the art...

the storyline and also the drawing....

the story and the pics...... but if the pics are good the story bad i wouldn't finish it......