Honestly dude, if you can't draw, drop the whole manga idea for now and work on your art.
Trying to draw a manga when you can't draw the characters is like being illiterate and trying to write a book.
Really, all you can do to improve is just draw every day, use tutorials, maybe even try copying other work without tracing it.

THIS is what I used to learn to draw years and years ago.

Good luck!

They also have books that teach you how to draw your own characters as well that you can get from your local bookstore.

You really need to get your characters down before you even start. Practice first.

Speaking of books, here are some links to some that have helped me make Manga over the years, i guarantee they will help:
Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley (US)
Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley (UK)
Mastering Manga 2: Level Up With Mark Crilley(UK)
Mastering Manga 2: Level Up With Mark Crilley(US)

Komachi Onozuka wrote:

Speaking of books, here are some links to some that have helped me make Manga over the years, i guarantee they will help:
Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley (US)
Mastering Manga With Mark Crilley (UK)
Mastering Manga 2: Level Up With Mark Crilley(UK)
Mastering Manga 2: Level Up With Mark Crilley(US)

This is good, go get those.

Go for it!

You know how you get good at something? you practice it!

If you can't draw you keep on trying! (keep trying to draw anything anime related) keep a note on all your work and im sure in a year you'll be SO MUCH better!

Do what you love to do! *brofist*

I'd say that first try to draw your own characters many ways and many times as long as you are satisfied with them. Try some different poses and always try to make them look like your characters. Making your characters look perfect takes some time.

Then you should look at how to draw different kind of halftones because they are really important to make it look good and you can easily fill pages with them. As you can see manga rarely have background detail except if there's something very important to see.

It's good that you already have story and setting and that's good point to begin. When you have trained those things above you can try and place some drawings on paper and look if they seem good.

Don't revive old threads. Closed.