How many of you actually buy physical/digital manga instead of read online
| How many of you actually buy? Maybe you buy and read online, if you do. Comment! I certainly buy and read online |
| If a series I enjoy has physical copies available in queen's english I will snap them up. I don't like reading on a screen and I enjoy collecting stuff anyway. I never bought a digital release, there is not really any point to it since it can always be had for free elsewhere. |
SoftImpalerSep 11, 2020 11:33 AM
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| I actually have a pretty decent physical collection, but I’m planning on taking a break from collecting them and focus on blu-rays tbh. |
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| I've bought three physical manga (Both volumes of Beast Master, and the first volume of Pandora Hearts) but as I've decided to not be a collector anymore (I never was but it was an idea as a teenager) I've started buying licensed digital manga whenever I can't read a manga I love that I want to continue but can't for free anymore. Since 2018 to be exact. First with the last two volumes of Yukarism. Later on Cross Manage, Btoom!, Orange V6, and Toradora! I only buy what isn't scanlated though. I have a few I plan to buy eventually whenever I'm in the mood to binge-read them, such as; Real Account and Demi-chan wa Kataritai V8 which I just noticed is finally available to pre-order. ... That's all I think. One day I plan to learn japanese, so I assume by then I may buy some original manga if needed, unless I can read them all raw online. |
| I do buy manga at times when I see them, but English manga is just too expensive to afford if I want to buy every single one I'm reading. |
| Most manga I read online, but there are some I buy physically. I actually want to build a manga collection and I think it’s coming along quite nicely. As for buying digital I don’t see the point because the reason I buy physical copy is for the feel of the book. If I wanted to read on a screen I’m just gonna read it for free. |
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| I only buy second hand really, and even then not the whole collection. |
| Part of me likes to buy to own the physicals and sort of have a collection, and the other part of me is a jobless minor who cannot afford to buy every manga I want. Along with that, some things you can read online are untranslated if they haven't gotten popular enough for the western industry, so it's easiest to read them online. |
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| i do like to collect the physicals for the series i really enjoyed, it's just that some of them are really hard to find and if i do find them they sometimes can be very expensive and i'm a broke college student so i usually just read online lol |
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| I only buy physical manga if I know it will be good |
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jaesuopso said: Part of me likes to buy to own the physicals and sort of have a collection, and the other part of me is a jobless minor who cannot afford to buy every manga I want. Along with that, some things you can read online are untranslated if they haven't gotten popular enough for the western industry, so it's easiest to read them online. We're in the same boat :D Yup, online reading is usually better because more profitable and accessible, but it's always good to have some of our favorite series in hands! |
| I love collecting physical copies of Manga series I enjoy where possible. I also will purchase digital copies where a physical copy isn't available but I try to wait for them to go on sale in comixology as they have some really good value for money sales. I don't want to be all doom and gloom but going by this small sample of responses and the current economic climate I think there could be a another Manga crash coming soon. Just like 2011 crash, the Manga business is bursting at the scenes. We have more publishers than ever in the scene and Tokyopop has recently entered the game again after there downfall. There is an overwhelming choice of series to choose from including many light novels which seem to have middling to low sales figures. The ever expanding fan scanlation scene probably isn't helping either though I can't complain as I read scanlations too and many will continue to do so as it is the cheaper option. It should also worth noting that changes in taste tend to occur about every decade. Anime and Manga is often dictated by the Japanese tastes and the Iseki and fantasy boom will not last forever. Not sure how the publishers which are always going to be behind the trends will cope when they are publishing multiple long running series which nobody is buying. This is creating a high supply and low demand, something just has to give. A big giveaway would be if publishers start cancelling series before completion which as a fan is incredibly frustrating. I sense much uncertainty in the future of physical Manga... |
| I have bought physical copies of Kyo Kara Maoh manga and LNs and from the experience I don't want to buy physical ever again. Manga isn't sold in my country so the shipping fee of getting them from another country is very expensive and like with KKM if I end up hating the series then getting rid of them (reselling) is yet another problem. Since this year I have started to buy a few digital copies, if it was possible then I would have loved to pay for whatever I read but I'm not in the financial position to buy everything so for now I just collect points and buy 1 manga every few months. For the authors/mangaka I want to support and for the ones that I cannot find online (unofficially) I just add them to my "to buy" list. |
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| I buy physical manga. I like having the collection of it. In my dad's childhood house there is a little library, with books, board games and a couple of good chairs. I wish to get a house one day with this kind of room, but I'll fill it up with manga and blu-rays instead. |
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| I buy physical copies but when they are easily to find. When it's hard to find a series, I read scans and then if it become easy to find it I'll buy it later. |
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| I buy physical. I don't like to read manga digitally, only comics. I have just over 2k volumes in my collection, currently. |
| I almost always buy physical copies. I enjoy the experience of reading physical material more than digital, and it helps keep my PTR list in check. It can be disappointing when I find a series that hasn't had an official translation published in English, but given my current backlog, that isn't a major problem for me yet. |
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| I almost always buy the physical copies if they are available. There's just something enjoyable about having a book in hand for me, and I love having things so readily available. Generally the only time I read online if it is a title that hasn't been translated or published yet. |
| Once I have enough money, I'd prefer to buy the physical manga. I don't really like reading digital manga. |
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| I used to have about 2-3 years worth of Shonen Jump Monthly from around 2005-2008. I gave them all away because they took too much space, but I regret it. That's the last I collected any hard copies :( |
| I buy used volumes online when i feel like i can afford it. collecting is an expensive hobby RIP |
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| Physical copy>Digital. Like a famous man once said, buying the digital ver is like just watching boobs in front of a screen but buying the physical volume is grabbing, fondling, feeling those boobs all you want. |
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| I generally buy digitally off places like bookwalker or amazon. I do buy a few physically but it’s much more convenient to just buy digitally. |
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| I already got used to reading online. Plus, the manga I've bought is usually something I've already read digitally before, so I just do it to reread it again (which I never do). So I don't really buy physical manga, plus it's 1) Expensive. and 2) takes a while for them to translate them to spanish (and I read manga in english, so reading in spanish comes a bit weird to me at times). |
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| I've recently started buying physical manga, though I only own two volumes at the moment. |
| I buy physical manga for many reasons. I've never considered purchasing digital manga, I don't really understand it tbh. |
| I buy both physical and digital. I preferred buying digital for a while but I might want to buy physical in the future so I can share them with my partner more easily. |
| I went through a phase of buying digital but I do like to own physical more. I actually prefer to read Manga digitally, so that's interesting, right? It's just more comfortable in my opinion. I can get through the chapters faster as well. Nothing like reading Manga on a tablet comfortably in bed. With a book, my hands/arms would become sore no matter what I did while laying down. |
espy01 said: I've recently started buying physical manga, though I only own two volumes at the moment. Also, buying digital manga is stupid IMO, at that point you should just read it online for free. lmao true but I like official translations/versions of manga more than fan-subbed.. OT: I bought some from Thrift stores though, some were quite cheap and no tax too. |
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| When I first got into manga, I read it digitally, simply because the thought of spending hundreds on manga was a dumb idea to me. Well, looking back, I kinda feel dumb, because the volumes make my shelves look colorful. |
| I used to spend all my money on physical copies of manga as a teen and young adult. But then life happened and I had to sell everything :/ But a few years ago I started collecting again. I really like having a whole shelf of them^.^ However, I do read some manga digitally too. There are a lot of series whichnever got a release here. |
| English or japense, you support the creator if you buy one so I usually by volumes from series that I like. |
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| i read online most of the time and if i really like that title i would buy the physical book so i can re-read it |
| Most of the time,I read online and I buy physical manga if I like the manga, though I don't buy as much as I used to in the past. I don't see any reason to buy digital manga as reading physical book is more handy and comfortable. Well, unless there's only digital version of the manga. |
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| i buy a lot of manga from bookstores because i like collecting them. as long as i enjoyed the manga ofc |
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| I like buying physical copies of Manga. I like the feel of turning the pages and putting it on display afterwards. I think it looks real nice to have my Manga collection on display. |
| I'm a little upset that your poll doesn't include the way i prefer to read manga. In context, it should probably be referred to as "Read offline" - i download the entire series as a whole first and then copy it to my e-book to read while commuting daily. Though i suspect not many people do it that way nowadays, i think it's different enough from reading online as it doesn't require constant internet connection or membership on the websites that offer such services. |
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| I only buy physical manga because purchasing anything digitally when there is a physical counterpart is a terrible investment. |
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| I prefer physical copies. I have a tiny collection so far and I intend to buy more as long as I can afford and enjoy it. |
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| I buy physical manga and physical LNs. I have around 400 physical manga volumes and 700 physical LN volumes. |
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| I do have some manga collection, I would always buy my favorite manga to support the mangaka. So far I collected almost the whole series of Saiyuki, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Shinshi Doumei, Tsubasa, and of course OTHER CLAMP MANGAS (forgot to mention, I would prefer JP ver. since I prefer the original package/cover.) |
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I don't buy the manga. My mom buys it for me. The first 3 volumes of this total $280: |
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