Continuing to collect manga in English while learning Japanese?

This may be a non-issue for most, but I tend to overthink everything. I enjoy collecting many of my favorite series, but I've come to the reization I'll (ideally) eventually be able to read all of my favorites in Japanese comfortably. However where I stand today, early N4, I cannot, and it will take some time.

I own all of よつばと and ルリドラゴン and can parse my way through reading them (albeit I'm at the stage where it's still a headache to read the language for too long), but there are many of my genuine favorite series' I want to continue to collect. Whether I continue chasing them in English, or Japanese is the decision I'm having trouble making.

Has anyone else faced this dilemma? Did you stop collecting English manga at a certain point? Did you stop and wait until you reached a level of proficiency to collect more difficult series?

by ChizuruEnjoyer

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