how many pages should a chapter be

My take on page count per chapter varies. Delivery of the material is of prime importance. If you are writing something like 'Harry Potter', so various plot twists are coming in the book, then each chapter perhaps could stretch to 15-20 pages.

But for a lighter slice-of-life manga, suppose "Barakamon". You can fit an entire chapter into just 10 pages like Bakuman.No, length doesn't matter you see. Instead, what is at stake here is that your ability to make the story come alive inside these pages!

From years of immersion, I can only state that there is no rule for chapter length. For a thriller like 'Attack on Titan', finish a chapter or pages to devote acrossand intense action scenes. However, in a pocket manga like 'Yotsuba&!' each chapter should stick to around to 12 pages for bite-sized comedy--even if it means denying you the punch line of your last.

For this reason, I think an 'ideal' chapter length is impossible to define. It's more important to think about pacing and how well the story progresses than word count anyway; whether a reader will want someone turning off your speech bubbles without giving any indication of what's coming-- and for good measure making them read through multiple lines of text in Japanese is quite outstripping inavid-to-ignite frustration: nothing could possibly make sense at that speed.

The question of chapter length is not an easy one. A more detailed and plot-intensive series like 'One Piece' usually requires longer chapters: we can say 15-20 pages or more will give us room to tell its story properly.

However, for breezier, lighterweight fair such as 'K-On!' chapters may be only 6-10 words at best. The length of your chapters should be determined by the needs of the story, not what some arbitrary number says.