| Having the manga physically is best. However, I'm used to reading it electronically. |
| If I were able to procure the real thing, I would, but I can't, so it's online manga for me. |
| I don't really mind reading online manga, but I prefer having the physical manga. Sure, they're more expensive than online reading, but I still like them more. It's faster for me to go through pages, especially if I flip back and forth or want to reread something, and in the actual volumes, usually there are small extras between chapters or at the end. Those are fun. There's also just a nice feeling to having legit manga in your hands... ^_^= |
Onibokusu said: Reading physical manga is better on the eyes. Yeah. I agree on this. Eyes get strained from staring at the screen for too long and I tend to get headaches if I read continuously for more than 2 hours. Unfortunately, I don't have the chance to lay my hands on a 'live' manga. Bookstores here don't sell manga and even if they do, their prices are exorbitantly high, and in online stores I don't find the manga I'm looking for. It's always the popular series like 'Bleach' and 'One Piece' that are stocked in the online stores. So I read manga online. It has become a habit now. |
| I prefer reading from the hard copy, I feel more engaged in the story that way. |
| Hard copy is always better. |
Onibokusu said: Reading physical manga is better on the eyes. This. Since I have the chance of borrowing a lot of manga from my library I always go with this option. In extreme cases I go online. |
| yeah id rather have the actual book much more but i dont mind online. |
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| Definitely prefer hard copies. I read 99% of my manga in print. |
| i do prefer hard copies, but they don't come out as quickly as the ones over the internet and can be quite hard to get. |
| The real thing is better only they're way to hard to get where i live i either have to order them from some weird sites or ride the train for an hour to be able to buy some manga and they never have the ones i want there :( |
| I prefer softcopy. I also bought the hardcopy of manga that I like then I just put the book on the bookshelf without even opening the plastic cover. I mostly read the hardcopy only when I can't read on my computer because of electricity problem or something. |
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| ok i am a collector by nature so I love having a physical copy of things. But I am not going to spend money on anything that I don't like. So I read online then decide what is worthy of me buying and adding to my collection |
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| I mostly buy my manga, but I just can't wait sometimes and indulge myself in some online scans. A lot. |
| I also prefer physical manga but I have limited changes to get them so I have to go mainly for online manga. |
Why does the world want to become one? Dreams and ideals are not supposed to be the same. |
| sadly, i'm still a poor student. so i often have to stick with reading online.. i own 60manga (i just counted them yesterday, haha:D) and of course, it's way better to actually being able to hold them physically.. if i'd just have that much money to buy everything i want *sigh |
| I almost always first check out a scanlation before deciding to put down the money on hard copies. The only exception is Gantz vol 1. There's nothing better than either reading a new volume or reading a hard copy, but reading a new volume on hard copy can (but not always) be a worthwhile experience. Also, when I really like a series, I feel sort of guilty when I don't buy the hard copies even though I'm aware of how many times I'm going to reread it. It's always good to support the ones who've made such amazing storyline/characters. |
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| I prefer physical copies, however, not all of the manga I read is translated. |
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| prefer hardcopy, but recently manga paper quality became so bad that i refuse to buy it. even toilet paper better than that. |
HanaVanilla said: Onibokusu said: Reading physical manga is better on the eyes. Yeah. I agree on this. Eyes get strained from staring at the screen for too long and I tend to get headaches if I read continuously for more than 2 hours. Unfortunately, I don't have the chance to lay my hands on a 'live' manga. Bookstores here don't sell manga and even if they do, their prices are exorbitantly high, and in online stores I don't find the manga I'm looking for. It's always the popular series like 'Bleach' and 'One Piece' that are stocked in the online stores. So I read manga online. It has become a habit now. I read for 8 hours straight and my eyes were fine nor did i have a head ache, but i do prefer books over reading online for the fact that i like reading from pages you turn. |
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| Physical manga, borrowed of course. Rental manga ftw. :P |
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| actual manga is the best. its small & you can carry them anywhere you like. you can read it in many position you really feels the best. I always lie on bed or sofa while having a drink besides. It feels nice. |
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| I really prefer an actual manga because i feel tired reading them online. |
| Ill buy the physical books if I enjoyed what ive read online. |
| I follow the road, blind until the road is dead end. Night's in my veins, it's calling me, racing along these arteries and law is just a myth to herd us over the cliff. |
| Of course it's much greater to hold the real thing. |
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| reading online makes me very antsy so i usually just don't do it, however it can be hard to find the manga you want at the local book store so the best way to get it is online shopping, but then, it's more expensive that way and takes awhile for you to actually get it *but then doesn't take you long to read :P* ... there's my excuse for not reading much manga :D but to some it up, yeah, if i read manga i like to actually have it. *a random complaint of mine : WHY on earth does spell check correct "ussualy" into "sexually" but NOT "usually" >.> |
| Is hard to find different mangas in the places I live so I just go for online manga most of the time. I have some mangas at home but it would be like 15 as much, is expensive and hard to find the manga you want. |
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| Reading online. With my tablet it feels as if I'm holding a huge library of manga right in the palms of my hand. It also comes in handy when I'm on a long vacation so I don't have to take a stack of volumes with me. But I'm planning on buying manga I really liked though. |
| I would prefer to read the hard copy of manga, yet it is easier and takes up less room when I read it online. Why buy what u can get for free? |
| This sums up the YuYu Hakusho anime well (paraphrased) “you can’t end a good party without someone on the floor.” Yusuke Urameshi |
| I personally prefer to be able to actually read the paper book versions but when I don't want to wait to read something or it is not available in book form then I read it online if I can find it. |
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| Online. Simply because you basically have any manga you want, don't have to carry volumes of manga around, bigger on screen, screen is bright so I can read it easily day or night without having to worry about lighting, I can just go to the next page with a click of a button instead of having to keep on flipping and holding onto the book to make sure the book doesn't close on me, and I save myself some cash. It's nice to have the real thing as well but to be honest I can probably only see myself buying it just to have it. Since after all it takes awhile for the physical copy to come out rather then just going online and reading it right as the next chapter has been translated. |
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| Finding the actual manga i want to read in book stores is usually difficult so i look up the online versions or i simply find some manga in the library that spark my interest and are taken out to read later on, so i side a little more on online since it's availability compared to the actual manga which may be hard to come across. |
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| i prefer to softcopy, but sometimes i likes to rent manga |
| Unless it's soemthing I really want (eva manga) Almost always online. If manga was over here what it was in japan ($1/$2 a volume) i'd buy it no problem, but $13-20 dollars for 300 ish pages is way too much. That, and the industry is contracting... Well and i'm a cheap bastard. Though I do spend around $50 dollars a week for two six packs worth of craft beer. |
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| if i were rich, i'd buy and collect lots of the actual book , but since i'm still young and poor and i don't have my own money.. i depend on mangareader and mangafox TuT |
| I prefer having the actual manga than reading it online but unfortunately its really expensive unless you get a good deal somewhere, so I tend to rarely buy the manga and just read it online. |
| Both :O |
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