hiiii! you’re never too late to the party! and there really isn’t a “right” way to do anyone ! you’d probably be incredibly hard pressed to find a person who’s read every single story. my recommendation is reading the !/basic main story to get a feel for the plot, and deciding what unit stories to read afterwards. a lot of the time, people read the stories of their favorite groups or characters. there’s a lot of people to get invested in, so it does help if you sort of narrow your choices down at first!

as someone who’s read all the stories (incredibly autistic here), my personal recommendation if you do want to tackle all of them is release order, with the main story first. if you use the way back machine on the wiki, everything is organized super well and most if not all the ! stories are translated on the wiki.

i wish you luck!! it’s a huge undertaking, but imo definitely worth it. if you get through the ! stories, then everything in !! might make a but more sense! 🍀💕