| I don't read manga often, but I find it a lot less enjoyable to read it online where I'm not actually holding the book and flipping the pages. It seems like a lot of people on MAL watch anime and read manga almost equally which leads me to believe that most people read manga online on Crunchyroll or Kissmanga. How do you like to read manga? |
| Can't buy physical ones here in my country because they're expensive. So I read thru my app everyday |
Symptomatic said: Can't buy physical ones here in my country because they're expensive. So I read thru my app everyday What country do you live in and how much are they? Manga is usually $13 here in the US. |
| i most often read them on my smartphone but i prefer to read them as physical books (especially tokyopop) |
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| Physical manga all the way! Reading it digitally just doesn't feel right... |
| Online source of course. I only bought berserk for archiving. |
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| Completely agree with OP here since physical manga is the best for sure.. It just that we need to read the online manga if we want to up to the latest chapter of our favorite series.. |
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| Most often i read manga from right to left. |
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| With my eyes. Physical. Except like one or two ongoing series (That I still get physicaly when they are released XD) and am too impatient to wait for. It just feels wrong reading manga on a computer or a phone (especialy a phone) or stuff like that. The only advantage reading online has (outside being free <_< ) is that you're not drowning in mangas. (Literaly) JESUS I NEED BOOKSHELVES T.T |
| if i could i would love to read manga in physical form, nothing beats the feeling of reading a book/comic/manga when you hold it in your hands and flip the pages...... mmmmmm but alas in India manga is not so popular and even if you find find one they are expansive , i have brought some of my favorite titles..... but reading online us more feasible for me |
| I only read manga online, too much of a hassle trying to find it in stores. |
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| Since I don't have the money to buy each thing that I read (nor is it available here), I read them online, but I do intend to buy the ones that I liked when I'll be able to. |
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| I prefer physical copies, but compared to what I bought, I've probably read more stuff online. |
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| I have to share a room, but the guy occupied every square centimeter. I don't even have place to store my college books, let alone keep manga. So yeah, online, normally. Though I really wanna buy physical copies. :/ |
| online. it's faster and i could read everything i want, and they don't sell many manga here anyway. i don't miss physical copies that much because i'm used to looking at images and text on the screen. |
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| Online only. I prefer to spend my money for other things. |
| Both actually. I like to support my fav series and also like to collect. |
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| Online wish i could buy copies to support fave series D: |
| I own quite a lot of manga but I read more than I own, so for the most part I read online. |
| Strictly online - and this for several reasons. 1. Most of the manga I read are not available in English let alone other languages so I have to rely on scanlations. 2. It is way more convenient to read them online than having them as a physical copy - you don't have to buy and store them. 3. They cost literally nothing (except the costs for your internet). These advantages outweight any concerns about "lacking support for the industry". |
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| Physical 100%. The manga I read online is Haikyuu, since the manga hasn't caught up here yet and I'm trying to avoid spoilers. Occasionally I'll read something that hasn't been licensed/collected here yet (especially one shots), but other than that it's all physical. ...It helps that I work in/basically run a bookstore with a huge manga section. Employees are allowed to "check out" books so we can be informed for our customers. I can read a different volume every day if I want, as long as it's in stock. I also get a 30% discount, so that takes a huge sting out of buying them. And I'm in charge of processing new releases, so I get to see every new book that comes in. So that's kind of spoiled me for slogging through ad-laden scanlation sites. Aureolus said: I'm too embarrassed to buy physical copies. As a bookstore employee, you really shouldn't be. I guarantee the cashier either A) has already rung up something weirder that day, and is completely desensitized to anything at this point or B) not even paying attention to what you're buying. There's also always ordering online. |
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| Too expensive to buy physical books here plus the selection is really bad, only the very most mainstream ones are even sold. |
| Not much variety here, also it is expensive as hell so I prefer reading online. |
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| I read online most of the time, but reading a physical copy does feel a lot better than looking at a screen. |
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| I hate reading manga on my computer, my laptop screen isn't tall enough to fit a page. But I love reading it on my tablet (a kindle fire) because it's the perfect size. I do like physical copies a lot, too. If a manga has an official translation though I try to read that by getting the physical volumes, mostly through my local library, which has a pretty extensive collection, so I can get them free and legally! |
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| I'll generally read the first volume online to decide if it's worth my time. But nothing beats reading a physical copy laid out as the author intended. |
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| hmm since childhood I read physical manga (book version). Internet brought a lot of manga website, so usually read manga online via smartphone or laptop. If the manga worth enough to collect... I buy the book. |
| in my life, i have been reading online manga the most but it really is the best experience reading a physical copy, it really is i easily get bored and off-track reading online |
| I keep physical copies of anything I'm reading that HAS a physical copy to be found in the US. For instances of let's say... Billy Bat, one of my favorite manga, not been released here... I download cbr files and open them via the Simple Comic app on mac. It's fine, but it does irk me, not having these volumes in my collection. |
| Manga is a weird exception for me. Unlike Anime, which I typically stream in less-then-legal fashion before buying physical copies of good anime, music, which I rip a lot of low-quality copies off the internet, and Video games, which I buy second and third hand... Manga is something that I only buy physical books of, at retail price. Granted, this means it costs a lot of money to even have the small collection I do have, but the knowledge that I'm directly sponosoring an oft-overlook industry from the West is great. And nothing is better looking then having a full series lined up in a bookshelf. |
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| Well, I've tried to use apps, but I don't really like reading manga on my phone. Atm, it's split pretty evenly between physical manga and kissmanga. I bought all the Asano Inio and Ito Junji shit licensed in the states. |
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| For me, ofc the physical copy is the best IMO, but due to the limited source (like in my home country the latest volume of naruto out almost 2 years after it's finished) so to keep up with the latest chapter, i've to read it online.. |
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| Online except for legit good keepsakes like GTO |
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| I usually read online but I would love to buy more physical manga. The feel of the paper is just too good to trade in even for ease of use. |
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| I read it online but if I really love it, then I buy all of the available volume copies. |
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| The only manga I own physically is Nausicaa. I prefer a high quality scan. |
| i used apps for reading manga |
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| I would love to hold a manga book but :( Manga is not even in the stores in my country (Sri Lanka) so online reading is my only option. |
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Arasy said: I usually read online but I would love to buy more physical manga. The feel of the paper is just too good to trade in even for ease of use. Word. There's nothing quite like holding a physical book in your hands and poring over the details. I'll buy physical manga if I could but the variety for English-translated manga in Singapore is still quite limited compared to the Mandarin Chinese ones (which I'm unable to read fluently). Online is the way to go for now. |
| I read online but i would love to try reading physical books |
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Eneeli said: Arasy said: I usually read online but I would love to buy more physical manga. The feel of the paper is just too good to trade in even for ease of use. Word. There's nothing quite like holding a physical book in your hands and poring over the details. I'll buy physical manga if I could but the variety for English-translated manga in Singapore is still quite limited compared to the Mandarin Chinese ones (which I'm unable to read fluently). Online is the way to go for now. Hahaha.. Yeah, even here in Malaysia, I always see the variety of Mandarin Chinese light novels and manga. The covers look so pretty. Then, I kind of wish I took Chinese in primary school. |
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