| guys what do you prefer buying manga on online shops and read legit or reading manga at pirate streaming websites. Have you ever have you ever bought any manga? |
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| I prefer buying manga and reading it physically, it's a better experience and a different feeling to have a book in your hands instead of just clicking a picture on the screen. I have 85 manga volumes as of today, 6 of them were gifts, but the other 79 I bought, either online, in Barnes & Noble or other manga stores. It's also great to be able to collect your favorite series, and also help the author and manga as a whole at least a little (if you can). |
| Yep. I've bought manga before. It's nice to read it physically but I'd still prefer to read manga up online since I don't have much money to use in order to buy manga in the first place. |
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| I own something like 900 volumes of manga. I've bought a lot of manga. I won't say "I don't use scanlation sites" because I do but if it is something I like a lot (which is a lot lol) I will buy it. |
| I prefer reading legit. I don't buy much but I utilize my local libraries - I'm very fortunate that I can get them to buy the books for me. After all, if I'm to buy something, I'd rather sample the actual book I'm buying. Plus, when they are discarding copies, I get to buy manga dirt cheap during their book sales |
| Sure thing, since 2000. I started with that old Ranma edition. You know, the Viz ones with few chapters. Since then, sometimes I buy on stands, other times on libraries and on the comic store of my city. Btw, 99% of those are Brazilian editions. Once in a while I find USA editions. When I can, I also buy original Japanese tankos online. The store varies. |
HitsujiOuApr 11, 2016 5:47 PM
| "Could you not talk with me? I'm busy breathing." |
| I almost buy everything if i think it's worth it. Comics, tv.shows, movies, manga's, and even anime's. I like having physical copies and covers :p |
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| I think I still have the first manga I bought back in oh 92 probably, from Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham. An issue of Ranma 1/2 This it was one leading up to the fight with the ice-skaters. I've bought a few books since then, but I do find it much easier to flick through a manga online. I tend to find one I like and blitz through 60 issues in a couple of nights. |
| yeah i guess i do   i prefer scanlations tho, if the quality is better |
| uh..yeah, i do (when i can). But it's hard to find manga to my liking here locally so my last resort is to find online. |
| I bought around 130 volumes of manga actually. :/ |
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| Yes. Having a physical copy is still better. Sadly finding non-mainstream manga is hard here. |
| I prefer to buy manga, I feel like you get way more out of it. Anime wether you buy it or not you'll be watching it on a screen, manga wasn't meant for that and I think sometimes reading it online can hinder the experience. A recent example would be when I started to read noblesse (online) and there's that scene where they ask a question to the main character and he just stares at them, the next page is the exact same scene to enhance the long awkward silence in the conversation and I think the impact would be different if you had to physically turn the page rather than when you read it online. There's some other stuff like the way your eyes move across the paper is different since you don't have to scroll and shit like that. |
| I have quite a few manga books, around 100 or so. |
| I'd rather buy manga but it's pretty hard to do that where I live at the moment. |
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| I only own a few volumes since my parents allow me to buy them once every few months and I usually buy the volume that peaked my interest the most. Other than that I use online reader to satiate my thirst for chapters. I can't wait for my first paycheck.. Hehehe |
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| yes a few times actually, and i didn't regret it one bit |
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| I usually read scans since they produce the content earlier than the legal outlets, I do subscribe to the legal outlets as well because the translations are much better and the chapters are easily understandable. However for completed series and series I like enough to support I will buy the volumes if they are translated. |
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| I have never bought manga T.T In the country where I live you can not buy it in stores and if I tryed buying it on the internet the shipping would probably cost A LOT. I really wish I could buy manga... |
| I own like 200+ volumes of mangas which i've bought from bookstore (most of them are the long-running shounen manga. And yes, i haven't purchased any manga from online store). But now, i prefer to read online since the price becomes more expensive every year :/ |
| I read in websites because i cant really find any store where i live that sells manga with all the chapters in order, but sometimes when i found some manga that i liked i buy it. |
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| Yes, i bought manga before but i prefer reading it online because in the place i live, people thinks that, people who reads manga or watches anime are just "childish" and they find manga "meaningless". I just don't want to be bothered by someone who calls me child or weird. So that's the major reason why i don't buy manga from store Also manga is very expensive when you compare with normal books and i can't really find a store that sells them near the place i live |
ButterflymansionApr 13, 2016 12:30 PM
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| Hasn't everyone? |
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| Yeah, I prefer physical copies. Since I'm a materialist. |
| I read it online and if I like the manga I'll buy it to support the creator. Plus, they look nice on a shelf. |
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| I've been buying manga for like 5 or 6 years now |
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| Buy manga if I liked it enough or know I will like it, scanlations are my first choice though unless the scans are shit. |
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| only once. i respect FMA so much that i refuse to read it online (i want actual books). i was given a barnes and noble gift card and i spent it on one of the 3 storied books. |
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| i have a lot of them lol |
| I usually dislike reading on screen. So I buy my favorites. Currently collecting Spice and Wolf, Tokyo Ghoul and Magi :) |
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| I prefer to buy it and read physically. |
| "Move as swiftly as the wind" "Stay as silent as the forest" "Strike as fierce as the fire" "Undefeated like the mountain" |
| I do both but if I really like a series then I'll make sure to get my hands on the physical volumes if possible. Online is just for convenience, and I still prefer the feel of a physical copy tbh. Don't like buying digital copies. |
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I bought volume 2 of Kagerou Daze and I bought volumes 1-13 of Pandora Hearts.  |
| nope, i dont have my own library to hold the mangas |
| Not as much as I would like, so I end up reading more through scanlations. |
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| I used to buy physical copies manga a lot often than now, mainly because I liked shounen manga back then. I don't think the manga that I'm into even has been licensed in English. |
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| Got my manga for free from the library. |
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| Yeah, I buy physical copy of manga I really like, like Tekken Chinmi and Doraemon, reading manga in book form somewhat makes the series more addicting to read over and over again. |
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| No, I'm Jewish. Buying anything that I could get online for free makes me sick to the stomach |
| You bet, if it's a series I like I'm going to own it. My husband's and my manga library is massive XD |
| The only manga that I bought with my own money was Samurai Deeper Kyo (http://myanimelist.net/manga/513/Samurai_Deeper_Kyo?q=deeper) volume 31 back in 2006 |
| I have bought many mangas, the first one was Ichiho 100%. Since then I have completed DB and One Piece, but lately I tend to read mangas online because it will take years before the series will get an english translation. |
| I own nine volumes of Chi's Sweet Home because back then I was too young to realise I could get it for free. |
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