Manga is too expensive...
17 years ago
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Oohoho~ Over here, it's almost always $10+. Always. Tsubasa is around 16 bucks per volume -__-. Fruits Basket is around 12 - 16 bucks.Gintama was at 20 bucks once. It's ridiculous! FMA is $12+... Yet, the japanese version, is $8.90. Even with a free book, it was around 15 dollars.The list goes on. 😔
Where the hell do you buy your manga? In america, if you're buyin generic manga Viz is like 7-8 dollars, Tokyopop is like 10ish, Del Ray is from 8-10 and those other publishers go the HIGHESt to 12 dollars.
(note this is not if you're buying omnibus or color manga)
Haha I just realised how messy my paragraph was D: . But anyways, I get it from Kinokuniya, (I might've spelt it wrong) Australian one. It's practically the only place to get it... And it's an hour train ride to get there too(for me~) D: . They sell Madman ones as well, (which are translated by Australians?) and that's around... 15-16 bucks. It's usually more expensive then Other companies, like Tokyopop.
I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
17 years ago
Posts: 2009
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I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
ah lol, yea, my parents used to buy me manga, until they realized it was produced in japan. Then they stopped letting me read it, something about "those japanese devils will corrupt your mind." Hence I started more online reading 😛 .
17 years ago
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I'm a student in England living away from home, I have 3 casual jobs to squeeze in around my demanding course and socialising so I don't get a whole lot of money. Half the time I can barely afford food let alone manga at £7 (approx $14 I think) a volume. Iwould love to buy some of my favourite published mangas but it's just so expensive. Most manga over here is Tokyopop though slowly but surely we are getting an influx of others, I still rely on scanlators online to get most of my manga which annoys me but I can only treat myself to a new manga volume very rarely so like to read before hand in order to ensure I'll like what I'm buying.
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17 years ago
Posts: 2009
I think when I do get money to buy manga, I'm just gonna be extremely cheap and still pirate from scanlations. After all, a external harddrive can fit more manga than my entire room 😛
17 years ago
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I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
ah lol, yea, my parents used to buy me manga, until they realized it was produced in japan. Then they stopped letting me read it, something about "those japanese devils will corrupt your mind." Hence I started more online reading 😛 .
That's hilarious
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17 years ago
Posts: 2009
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I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
ah lol, yea, my parents used to buy me manga, until they realized it was produced in japan. Then they stopped letting me read it, something about "those japanese devils will corrupt your mind." Hence I started more online reading 😛 .
That's hilarious
Well, my parents grew up in Communist China, they STILL teach hatred of the japanese even today.
17 years ago
Posts: 20
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Oohoho~ Over here, it's almost always $10+. Always. Tsubasa is around 16 bucks per volume -__-. Fruits Basket is around 12 - 16 bucks.Gintama was at 20 bucks once. It's ridiculous! FMA is $12+... Yet, the japanese version, is $8.90. Even with a free book, it was around 15 dollars.The list goes on. 😔
Where the hell do you buy your manga? In america, if you're buyin generic manga Viz is like 7-8 dollars, Tokyopop is like 10ish, Del Ray is from 8-10 and those other publishers go the HIGHESt to 12 dollars.
(note this is not if you're buying omnibus or color manga)Haha I just realised how messy my paragraph was D: . But anyways, I get it from Kinokuniya, (I might've spelt it wrong) Australian one. It's practically the only place to get it... And it's an hour train ride to get there too(for me~) D: . They sell Madman ones as well, (which are translated by Australians?) and that's around... 15-16 bucks. It's usually more expensive then Other companies, like Tokyopop.
I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
Oh no $16 top... i wish i could get it that cheap, mine starts at 17 and its the cheapest place i can find and i live in a capital city, melb for aussies.
17 years ago
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^It's that damn Aussie inflation rate/custom rates. A Mesa Boogie lonestar cost 1500 in the states and 5000 in Australia.
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17 years ago
Posts: 28
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[quote=ShootingStar~]I'm a student with no job! Quite hard building up a collection o; .
ah lol, yea, my parents used to buy me manga, until they realized it was produced in japan. Then they stopped letting me read it, something about "those japanese devils will corrupt your mind." Hence I started more online reading 😛 .
That's hilarious
Well, my parents grew up in Communist China, they STILL teach hatred of the japanese even today.[/quote]
Haha, I wouldn't blame them though. Hatred lasts a long time. I know first hand >;D.
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Oh no $16 top... i wish i could get it that cheap, mine starts at 17 and its the cheapest place i can find and i live in a capital city, melb for aussies.
It's not that cheap! Well, the $9.98 ones are okay... Still a bit pricey for me )": (Yeah I'm cheap <3) But, frikken 16 bucks at minimum? D: I wouldn't even buy it at that price if I were in Melbourne D: .
Samurai Deeper Kyo is cheaper now <3 ... But they're always missing volumes of it
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17 years ago
Posts: 300
I live in southern Alabama where I can get stuff put out by shonen jump for $7.99 and stuff put out by tokyo pop for $9.99.
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17 years ago
Posts: 2009
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I live in southern Alabama where I can get stuff put out by shonen jump for $7.99 and stuff put out by tokyo pop for $9.99.
Same with me, but I don't buy anymore 😛 DIRTY LEECHER FTW!!
17 years ago
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manga here cost like $15 + tax....canadian T^T
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17 years ago
Posts: 11
Hmm. Why not just, oh, buy the cheap imported Japanese versions and read the translations online? The Japanese books are soooo much cheaper. Even the full colourChii's Sweet Home with a nice little dust jacket (Which hardly any American books have) costs less than a black&white Tokyopop $10 manga. Is it worth the sacrifice of not being able to entirely understand it? Yeah!
17 years ago
Posts: 27
and if you really love the series why not buy it? its like telling the author to make one again in the future for us to read. well im not saying that you buy all those manga but at least try to support your most loved manga series for me its kawashita mizuki, since im just an average person with class C lifestyle. it took me a lot of time to complete the mangga...... T____T ouch
17 years ago
Posts: 1850
The best price I've found for the Japanese volumes, counting shipping charges, is generally about the same as buying the US version on sale or with a good coupon. I do buy the Japanese volumes if I really love the manga, along with the US versions, but goodness, it does add up. (_)'
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