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I mean, "manga", "bande dessinée", and "comic" are broadly speaking each their own respective language's word for the same thing.
(And so: To the Japanese DC's Superman is a "manga", BDs are all "comics" in English, and at least by your account, One Piece is a "BD" in French)
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I mean, "manga", "bande dessinée", and "comic" are broadly speaking each their own respective language's word for the same thing.
(And so: To the Japanese DC's Superman is a "manga", BDs are all "comics" in English, and at least by your account, One Piece is a "BD" in French)
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Many English fandoms have picked up a tendency of calling comics by what they are called in their country of origin. So, "manga" for Japan, "manhwa" for Korea. And likewise to my limited experience, fans of European comics and culture recognize certain categories such as the "bande dessinée" as, when used verbatim like that in English, referring to French comics (and possibly Belgian...? I'm a little fuzzy here).
That is to say, as long as we are speaking in English this is a "French comic", quite possibly also a BD (I can't speak with authority there, not my area of expertise), and most probably not a manga (though it seems there's a few unusual circumstances that leave a little room for debate on that in this case; generally just the style alone however would not qualify it, at least not in the eyes of most fans).
(And yes whoever said it was "franga" was being an idiot, though I'm not sure if they were also just joking.)
(Sorry if I've misunderstood what you've said and am just stating the obvious.)
That is to say, as long as we are speaking in English this is a "French comic", quite possibly also a BD (I can't speak with authority there, not my area of expertise), and most probably not a manga (though it seems there's a few unusual circumstances that leave a little room for debate on that in this case; generally just the style alone however would not qualify it, at least not in the eyes of most fans).
(And yes whoever said it was "franga" was being an idiot, though I'm not sure if they were also just joking.)
(Sorry if I've misunderstood what you've said and am just stating the obvious.)