WHO WANTS MANGA?
Mar. 3rd, 2005 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
logicbuttonOnline again, and still not making my Gigantic Post of Doom. It's coming, I promise. Anyway.
I have discovered that German manga is plentiful and inexpensive. And by plentiful, I mean that the one bookstore I went to yesterday seems to have everything the US does, and in some cases, more. By inexpensive, I mean cheaper than in the US.
FOR EXAMPLE. You know how three volumes of English translations of Kizuna are available in the US for $16 each? Well, nine volumes of German translations of Kizuna are available at the bookstore five minutes away from me for €6 each.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gweniveeve! HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT ME TO GET YOU? With Kizuna, it's not like you need to know what they're saying anyway. Of course, if you've had more success finding it in Scotland than I last heard, disregard this entirely, but I'm totally serious, I'll get you as much as you want.
That goes for everybody, by the way. And I expect that soon I'll find even more than I already have, because there are two big bookstores and about a million smaller and used bookstores in the Innenstadt (the city center, very close to where I live), and the only one I've been to is one of the big ones. Seriously, you can not throw a stone in the Innenstadt without hitting a bookstore, or a cafe, or a bakery. But I'll talk about that more in the Post of Doom.
Like I said, just let me know. The only series I've seen that cost more than €6 per volume was Saiyuki, and that was probably only because the page dimensions were peculiarly large. Volumes of Saiyuki cost €10, and everything else seems to cost €5 or €6, which with current exchange rates is not a huge discount, but it's definitely something. Also, it's awesome when the German publishers are more up-to-date than the US publishers, like with Yami no Matsuei, which is up to volume 11 here. Speaking of which, I have some thoughts on volume 4. I'm not done with it yet, having bought it yesterday before doing any homework, but I can say with confidence that this series is getting more and more shoujo by the page. "Here's Tsuzuki getting naked! Here's Tsuzuki with a bunny!" Both of these showed up within the first forty pages. Also, the hoyay is overwhelming. "You know what hot, muscular guys with wispy hair like to do sometimes? Take nude steam baths together!" You know, I should have at least a little shame concerning YnM, but I just can't manage it. I think it's because a) I have too much related to Fruits Basket as it is, and don't need another Series of Shame and b) the mangaka quite obviously has absolutely no shame, so why should I? I am so glad to have stuck with this series.
Seriously, though. Anybody tell me what manga you want and I'll see what I can do.
I have discovered that German manga is plentiful and inexpensive. And by plentiful, I mean that the one bookstore I went to yesterday seems to have everything the US does, and in some cases, more. By inexpensive, I mean cheaper than in the US.
FOR EXAMPLE. You know how three volumes of English translations of Kizuna are available in the US for $16 each? Well, nine volumes of German translations of Kizuna are available at the bookstore five minutes away from me for €6 each.
gweniveeve! HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT ME TO GET YOU? With Kizuna, it's not like you need to know what they're saying anyway. Of course, if you've had more success finding it in Scotland than I last heard, disregard this entirely, but I'm totally serious, I'll get you as much as you want.That goes for everybody, by the way. And I expect that soon I'll find even more than I already have, because there are two big bookstores and about a million smaller and used bookstores in the Innenstadt (the city center, very close to where I live), and the only one I've been to is one of the big ones. Seriously, you can not throw a stone in the Innenstadt without hitting a bookstore, or a cafe, or a bakery. But I'll talk about that more in the Post of Doom.
Like I said, just let me know. The only series I've seen that cost more than €6 per volume was Saiyuki, and that was probably only because the page dimensions were peculiarly large. Volumes of Saiyuki cost €10, and everything else seems to cost €5 or €6, which with current exchange rates is not a huge discount, but it's definitely something. Also, it's awesome when the German publishers are more up-to-date than the US publishers, like with Yami no Matsuei, which is up to volume 11 here. Speaking of which, I have some thoughts on volume 4. I'm not done with it yet, having bought it yesterday before doing any homework, but I can say with confidence that this series is getting more and more shoujo by the page. "Here's Tsuzuki getting naked! Here's Tsuzuki with a bunny!" Both of these showed up within the first forty pages. Also, the hoyay is overwhelming. "You know what hot, muscular guys with wispy hair like to do sometimes? Take nude steam baths together!" You know, I should have at least a little shame concerning YnM, but I just can't manage it. I think it's because a) I have too much related to Fruits Basket as it is, and don't need another Series of Shame and b) the mangaka quite obviously has absolutely no shame, so why should I? I am so glad to have stuck with this series.
Seriously, though. Anybody tell me what manga you want and I'll see what I can do.
