Just got the full set of Tokyo Crazy Paradise day before yesterday (in Japanese of course). 😃 I'm hoping that someday I'll actually be able to read it.... 🤣

"[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

Quick count tells me that I buy 30 different series in English. I'm one of those people who stops downloading after the series has been licensed. 😎 I have a lot more in Japanese, though...but I have no idea how much...

I buy manga I like whenever I can, but I have to special order most of them unfortunately. I have... thinking 39, but I really want more. You always want more manga. =] I cannot wait until Christmas, because then I will have a little cash. My family members always get me Barnes & Noble gift cards, for this purpose. 😀
I read A LOT online, too.

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yea..I do.

I usually read the scanslated online mangas first, if it's worth it..I usually check if it's licensed and check it on amazon or ebay.

**My current MANGA SHOPPING LIST: (will order them, TOMMOROW)

Akusaga Viz (vol.1 and 2)
Hana No Namae (Vol.1)
Otomen..Chuang Yi (vol. 1 and 2)
1001 Nights (Volume 6)

Prolly will Buy...(but.....)
Crimson Cross [color=red](CAN ANYONE help me where I can GET THIS MANGA?)[/color]
Karakuri Odette [color=red]And Tokyopop has licensed this manga, but can't find it anywhere... 😐 [/color]
Gakuen Ouji (Once it is released this year)
Suikoden III <- need to complete ALL!
Shigeshoushi <-- waiting for vol.5 ..... =(
Ludwig Kakumei, Vampire Girl, Antique Romance Night Exile Sugar family <-- All of this should be LICENSED ASAP!**

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[color=black]The Hidden Agenda=[/color][color=red]Gol.D.Ace[/color]

[color=black]This Week's favourite:[/color]
DoLL (Okado Tatsuya)
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How many of you actually buy and own the US releases of manga? (I know this site is all about downloading...but I just had to ask)

the honest answer would be not one becuse I live in germany 🤣
Ok and the German realeases I have
Girls BravoComplete
Naruto Voulom 32
Bleach I hate me becuse I have started both Naruto and Bleach
Negima Voulum 19
Love HinaComplete
Vampire Knight
X/1999 Vouluom 5 on hold until its finish
Midori´s DaysComplete
ChobitsComplete
Ai Yori AioshiComplet
GTO Voulum 3
Dragon BallComplete
Buso RenkinComplete
Eureka Seven Voulum 3
Ranma1/2 Complete
Ten Ten Vouluom 4
To-LOVE-Ru - Trouble - Voulum 2
Now I know where my mony is evry month lol....
I dont have one Piece becuse 3 friends of me have it
and I am the only one with Naruto and Bleach 😐
And NO HAREM ECCHI isnt my favorite gernre but in germany not on good mange get licensed....

For the sane people I am insane,for me the sane people are insane!

I've seen a lot of mangas coming to minimarkets and stalls near where I live. So this tuesday I had nothing to do while waiting a train and went to nearby stall to look for something to buy. There were about 6 different series in sale there. I picked up Hellsing vol. 2 just to see how it would look like in paper media and to support the industry, although I already have read the whole series in scanlations.

It was nice to actually have the book while I read it, but I have to say that I really prefer the english scanlations to the "official" ones in my language. They just sounded a bit ridiculous to me.

Maybe I'll start to buy more of them, but I think I'll buy the english versions next time.

Absolutely. I believe in supporting artisans. However, I set a budget, and I won't buy anything until I've at least read a little of it (whether through friends' copies or scans).

And yes, I keep scans for series that I purchase because amateur translations are often more accurate.

Short related rant: I wish US booksellers would seal their books in plastic like Japanese/Taiwanese booksellers. Kids keep damaging books they don't buy, and what the heck is an eight year old doing reading Battle Royale volume 12? If you've read the earlier volumes, you should be buying the later volumes; or go to a library. Don't ruin books that other people are collecting. Ok, I guess that wasn't so short...

i only buy mangas that i have read online i really think that it is important to support the manga artist so i try to buy as many as i can afford (kudos to buy one get one free sales^^ ).

i have no source of income but over the span of 3-4 years i've managed to accumilate about.... 51+ U.S. lisenced manga volumes. So, answering your question, yes, i buy manga, but i can't really purchase as much as i want b/c i dont really have any money 😐 ....

I'm contemplating buying all nine volumes of Mahou Tsukai Kurohime.

Haven't decided yet, though.

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No. Because I don't earn money yet, my education reqiures quite a lot expensive books and stuff and it is hard to find something decent in my city anyway.

If I had some cash and could find a decent place that stocked something other than one volume of Sgt. Frog, then maybe, but sadly that is not the case and so, no.

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Actually, YES. But, if I have the scanlated version, only if the manga was reeeeeally nice.

Just a bit too into bad things

(and part of the yaoi scanlation group
Terribletrio!)

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Actually, YES. But, if I have the scanlated version, only if the manga was reeeeeally nice.

Yea I agree, I currently own a few volumes of Vampire Knight, gentleman's Allaiance, Wallflower, NANA and Fruits Basket. And my wishlist is Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu (if it ever get licensed)

I started buying manga without knowing I could read them online at first 🤨 But I now only buy manga's that are worth reading alot.I now have these manga's in my possesion.
-Inuyasha(1,4,9,18,20,25)
-Maison Ikkoku(1 till 6)
-Urusei Yatsura(1 till 4)
-Mermaid Saga(2,3)
-One Pound Gospel(1,2)
-Please Save my Earth(3,4,5)
-Oh! My Goddess(1,2)
Now I read manga online much more often though 😀

There are no stores that sell manga around where I live.
I usually place orders for manga once a month.