Oops, the name of the restaurant is "Kodama", not "Kodomo"! ^^;

Of course it is!

I go there once a month to buy cheap manga. They have manga and other related manga stuff ranging from $1-6 dollars. So if you want to buy Japanese manga for dirt cheap, this is the place to go.

I read so much mangas, I'm too lazy to watch anime! 😛 😛 😛

Manga I'm loving ATM: Heart no Kuni no Alice

Soooo I have been there & am now back~~

Had no trouble finding BookOff, found some fun stuff, but didn't have time to look through more than the $1 section and some kids' books; didn't see a $3 section though (manga that weren't in the $1 section were $5, as I remember). Would have been fun to go back again at the end of the visit & see if they'd gotten in anything new that I wanted, but we didn't have time.

Did also go to The Strand, and picked up some cheap English-version manhwa and a few bargain books about Japanese history/culture (and a book in Japanese that seems to be about Samurai armor and battle strategies - for $2 I just couldn't pass it by!).

Didn't read about Asahiya before I left so didn't go there, and not so interested in Kinokuniya as I've been there before (though not in NYC) and was more looking for used books.

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

Huh. Guess bookoff may have raised the prices since I was there. Not surprising since I haven't been there since at least 2003.

Glad to hear you liked Strand's. I'm surprised you found books that cheap actually. My luck sucks at finding stuff I want at a good price. Either I don't have the cash on me or the stuff ends up being only around 25% off the cover price. Then again, I'm usually attracted to the big pretty hard covers on the nice display tables. 😛

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didn't see a $3 section though (manga that weren't in the $1 section were $5, as I remember).

It depends a lot on the publisher and how famous/popular something is. Some of the non-$1 things are $3, some are $5, and a few are $10-15.

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didn't see a $3 section though (manga that weren't in the $1 section were $5, as I remember).

It depends a lot on the publisher and how famous/popular something is. Some of the non-$1 things are $3, some are $5, and a few are $10-15.

Ah, I see...I must have just happened to only look at the $5 ones, I guess??

Wish I'd had more time there (kids were pretty bored) and/or time to go back at the end of the trip (Jpop that I wanted...they had a marker for it on the shelf so I know I was in the right place but the shelf was empty... 😔 ), ah well, it was still fun. 😃

"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

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(Jpop that I wanted...they had a marker for it on the shelf so I know I was in the right place but the shelf was empty... 😔 ), ah well, it was still fun. 😃

Most of what they have is what local people sold them, so the music can be pretty variable and weird. (A lot of their customers are clearly middle-aged Japanese people who don't much like recent jpop.) A lot of what people ditch there (manga too) is clearly stuff they bought like 10-20 years ago.

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