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 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
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?
