I never bought manga because I can't afford it, I'm grateful sites like this exist bc I wouldn't be able to enjoy these stories otherwise. A local comicsbook store was selling manga at cheap price last week, but I needed the money to take the bus, so I didn't buy any, but I think the real copy are very pretty! Also I know it's better to buy the ori...... reply
I buy alot. I mostly purchases paperback etheir in offical english or the japanese version because I the feel of having the book in my hand. I don't like reading online much because it hurts my eyes and sometimes the words are too small for me to read. I know this is weird but I don't really collect yaoi. I only have one yaoi which is false memori...... 1 reply
I rather buy hard copies than digital, its something I can collect and hold, and it wont hurt my eyes for staring too long. I have a semi large collection over the years and mostly got them from thrift stores, library sales, and/or on sale. reading online is nice but nothing will beat having something you can hold in your hand(at least for me). Th...... 1 reply
I do buy copy of manga because I think it's important to support the artist, especially new ones. I keep telling myself that if I love a manga, and keep buying those, the mangaka will be able to make so many more, so happy me !
But I get that it's expensive, furthermore I don't buy mangas everyday. I keep special days to buy them like convention, m...... 2 reply
I generally don't buy paper copies of manga, since I almost exclusively read yuri manga and I would be unable to buy that stuff without my family knowing about it. That said, I did recently buy the Azumanga Daioh omnibus. reply
Its expensive to import print, but I do it once in a while, generally I only buy my favorites. I will buy multiple, for instance I have Jackass! by Scarlet Beriko in both English and Japanese paper copies. I hope more current Yaoi's get translated because I do prefer to buy English translations. I think that reading online is good to keep up with c...... reply
I mean, of course, I'm all for buying paper copies of manga. It supports the creators who spend days and nights trying to make it the best they can. But like you said, buying manga is money consuming. Where I am we don't have a lot of places where you can walk in and get less popular manga (since it's usually only ever Shonen Jump manga), and I wou...... reply
I have two view points about it, one thatvit is really interesting and fun to collect manga and read hard copies but it is a bit money consuming to only read hard copies which leads me to my second opinion of reading online and buying my favorites only. What do you think?
