Last Updated: Sep 2, 2024
Welcome to ReadThingsRight, a website designed to help you navigate the complex world of interconnected universes. With some of these universes as massive as they are, a good starting point and viewing sequence isn't always simple to find. This website is here to try and determine to perfect order for the best audience experience, prioritizing story and cohesive flow over chronological order or release order. I have broken my orders down into ones based on comic books, ones based on movies, and ones based on television shows, all of which generally shoot for the same goals. So if you're stuck on how to read or watch something, here's how to ReadThingsRight.
Each reading and viewing guide is ranked on 3 scales, each from 0 to 5. Quality determines how good the story is on average. Cohesion is how much the story makes sense, even when put into it's best possible order; sometimes things are just really disconnected until the crossover. Accessibility is how accessible the story is for newcomers, assuming they have no pop culture knowledge of the characters.
Starting in 2018, Netflix produced a cozy animated series based on Luke Pearson's graphic novels. They star a girl named Hilda (voiced by Bella Ramsey) and her friends as they interact with all sorts of mythical creatures that inhabit their world. While mostly episodic, the show has pretty consistent character arcs that give it a sense of progression. They also made a movie that acts as a direct sequel and finale to Season 2.
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Following Wolverine's death in 2014, Marvel decided to bring him back from the dead in the Hunt for
Wolverine crossover. Headed by Charles Soule with assistance from Tom Taylor, Mariko Tamaki, and Jim
Zub, this event sees Wolverine's allies and enemies split up to try and figure out how he returned.
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From 2000 to 2020, 20th Century Fox released 13 films based on the X-Men, all connected in an extended universe.
However, considering that the universe contains two timelines and a number of spin-offs, it can be hard to figure
out what goes where. Fortunately, the films generally contain a streamlined narrative when you look at the details,
so everything should make sense, even across timelines. Mild spoilers for Fox's X-Men film franchise.
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Based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga, this long-running franchise follows Goku as he grows from a
comedic kid into a fighting machine, facing off against anything from terrorists to aliens to gods. While
there are a lot of non-canon Dragon Ball features, this watch order will focus solely on the canon shows
and films in the Dragon Ball franchise for the most accurate story.