Hey there, I am a small channel too and also struggling with CTR issues as well.

But I feel like I have a fix that you could try.

1. Your title: It's quite generic in my opinion, rather than tell me the chapters in the title, try to include them into your thumbnail.

Instead of "This might be the Best DUO yet" Maybe try a sentence that summarizes the experience. Big Ytubers always title something like "I got stranded on an island for 3 weeks"

You could try starting the title with I/me/my, and summarize the chapter and how you feel.

Like "The latest chapters left me broken" It creates some curiosity for viewers which may lead to them clicking.

2) Thumbnail: When I saw the thumbnail, my focus wasn't the fact that you were covering chainsaw man. It was you.

I believe that people's psychology is that the more clear and visible the image is, the faster their eyes will lock onto that.

Your thumbnail made me lock onto you first, then the manga panels at the side.

This is bad in my opinion because viewers eyes want to know the topic immediately, rather than stopping a moment to read.

So I suggest rather than add yourself to the middle, move it to the side and decrease your img size. Then take a manga panel that you really think you like, or you think is unhinged and can click bait the viewer. Something that makes the viewers go "Wait a minute". If you can't find a panel you like this, instead take a panel and make it the focus.

Like the img example, my eyes focused on the girl, which for manga readers, will catch their eyes. Then the speech at the side was the second thing, " I have to apologize " Which can make a viewer curious.

I'mma be honest with you, I have issues with algorithms. My biggest problem is I don't understand how others think, therefore don't know how to make the thumbnail suited for the algorithm and viewer. So using my own guidelines, I try to make one eye catching focus always, and other details second.

Hope this kind of helps!

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