Show us your IRL manga Collection!

[tomoya-kun]

You'd be surprised how many people actually need those arrows

Name one person please.   

blonde american teenagers.


jk

North Koreans.   

[DLTE]

You'd be surprised how many people actually need those arrows

Name one person please.   

blonde american teenagers.


jk

North Koreans.   

Japanese manga has it too..

In fact, it was mentioned in 20th century boys about the hand pointing direction to how manga is read

[Sakubo]

You'd be surprised how many people actually need those arrows

Name one person please.   

Well I wont say they need the arrows on every page but they are there for poeple that have never read the work before. People that dont read manga much wont know that its read right to left. Just like someone that reads alot of manga and never manwha might not realize that manwha is read like english left to right. Alot of these books are sold in book stores were poeple that have never read these type of books before will see them.

[tomoya-kun]

You'd be surprised how many people actually need those arrows

Name one person please.   

Well I wont say they need the arrows on every page but they are there for poeple that have never read the work before. People that dont read manga much wont know that its read right to left. Just like someone that reads alot of manga and never manwha might not realize that manwha is read like english left to right. Alot of these books are sold in book stores were poeple that have never read these type of books before will see them.

I see.  How about having them only in the first volume, as anyone reading 2+ will have presumably read one and understand how it works. 

I'm under the impression that these arrows are not common, as I own 198 printed volumes but none have the arrows in them. 

[pingryanime]

You'd be surprised how many people actually need those arrows

Name one person please.   

Well I wont say they need the arrows on every page but they are there for poeple that have never read the work before. People that dont read manga much wont know that its read right to left. Just like someone that reads alot of manga and never manwha might not realize that manwha is read like english left to right. Alot of these books are sold in book stores were poeple that have never read these type of books before will see them.

I see.  How about having them only in the first volume, as anyone reading 2+ will have presumably read one and understand how it works. 

I'm under the impression that these arrows are not common, as I own 198 printed volumes but none have the arrows in them. 

only weeaboo mangas have them like death note, bleach, naruto, etc.


Although death note and bleach's story are actually decnet

[Chef]

I don't think you know what weeaboo means.

Rather than someone obsessed with Japanese culture, these mangas are designed for the exact opposite, a person without even a basic knowledge of how their language works. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anything... I just think if you don't know how to read manga, then you'll open it backwards and see the stop sign... If you know how to read manga you won't see it at all. Perfect. The "Read this way" at the top of multiple pages gives the reader no credit, and is also distracting.

[pingryanime]

I don't think you know what weeaboo means.

Rather than someone obsessed with Japanese culture, these mangas are designed for the exact opposite, a person without even a basic knowledge of how their language works. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anything... I just think if you don't know how to read manga, then you'll open it backwards and see the stop sign... If you know how to read manga you won't see it at all. Perfect. The "Read this way" at the top of multiple pages gives the reader no credit, and is also distracting.

weeaboo = "OH EM GEE THATS SO KAWAIII!!!! <3 <3"

[tomoya-kun]

I don't think you know what weeaboo means.

Rather than someone obsessed with Japanese culture, these mangas are designed for the exact opposite, a person without even a basic knowledge of how their language works. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anything... I just think if you don't know how to read manga, then you'll open it backwards and see the stop sign... If you know how to read manga you won't see it at all. Perfect. The "Read this way" at the top of multiple pages gives the reader no credit, and is also distracting.

weeaboo = "OH EM GEE THATS SO KAWAIII!!!! <3 <3"

Apparently it's also a wanna be Japanese or something.

note: is the term Jap considered offensive?

[pingryanime]

I don't think you know what weeaboo means.

Rather than someone obsessed with Japanese culture, these mangas are designed for the exact opposite, a person without even a basic knowledge of how their language works. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anything... I just think if you don't know how to read manga, then you'll open it backwards and see the stop sign... If you know how to read manga you won't see it at all. Perfect. The "Read this way" at the top of multiple pages gives the reader no credit, and is also distracting.

weeaboo = "OH EM GEE THATS SO KAWAIII!!!! <3 <3"

Apparently it's also a wanna be Japanese or something.

note: is the term Jap considered offensive?

not for me

[tomoya-kun]

I don't think you know what weeaboo means.

Rather than someone obsessed with Japanese culture, these mangas are designed for the exact opposite, a person without even a basic knowledge of how their language works. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anything... I just think if you don't know how to read manga, then you'll open it backwards and see the stop sign... If you know how to read manga you won't see it at all. Perfect. The "Read this way" at the top of multiple pages gives the reader no credit, and is also distracting.

weeaboo = "OH EM GEE THATS SO KAWAIII!!!! <3 <3"

Apparently it's also a wanna be Japanese or something.

note: is the term Jap considered offensive?

not for me

I see, my history teacher said that it's offensive

[Chef]

It calls back to WWII when the phrase was dehumanizing and a way to think about the enemy without giving him a face. For similar reasons, Brits isn't particular offensive because it's what they called themselves in fondness.. Words come to gain associations, but they also lose those associations with passing generations.

I'd say if you enjoy wearing wifebeaters, you probably shouldn't use the word... And if you don't, you probably don't use the word anyway. What do you want to say? "Those Japs sure do know their sake!" ? "The Japs make great cartoons!" ? It really sounds awkward, when you consider the context that word is more familiar to.

[tomoya-kun]

I dunno, something like "Those damn Japs!!!"

[Keraito]

Ontopic? :L
But: Who (except for me) was so wacked in his head that he bought all 19 volumes of SGT frog? (and gonna buy 20 over a month when it will be released)
Cuz i want to know who's Keroro fan like me :3

[1000mAh]

bought the vol. 31 of Oh! My Goddess on friday... it was FUCKING AWESOME MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw. the manga I ordered from the US. Will arrive on the last week of November or during the 1st 2 weeks of December.

[Keraito]

bought the vol. 31 of Oh! My Goddess on friday... it was FUCKING AWESOME MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw. the manga I ordered from the US. Will arrive on the last week of November or during the 1st 2 weeks of December.

Question: Wut's the story of Oh! My Goddess? Im thinking of buying it cuz many people say it's awesum, but i don't really know the plot. Hope someone can explain a little w/o telling the whole story rofl

[Chef]

Ontopic? :L
But: Who (except for me) was so wacked in his head that he bought all 19 volumes of SGT frog? (and gonna buy 20 over a month when it will be released)
Cuz i want to know who's Keroro fan like me :3

On topic posts should include pictures I've heard that manga alluded to in Welcome to the NHK, and was almost curious enough to find out what it was. Unfortunately, the wiki states many times (incredibly redundantly) that the humour is focused on pop culture references, and I mostly watch obscure anime so I probably wouldn't get them.

[1000mAh]

bought the vol. 31 of Oh! My Goddess on friday... it was FUCKING AWESOME MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw. the manga I ordered from the US. Will arrive on the last week of November or during the 1st 2 weeks of December.

Question: Wut's the story of Oh! My Goddess? Im thinking of buying it cuz many people say it's awesum, but i don't really know the plot. Hope someone can explain a little w/o telling the whole story rofl

eeh... A litle, The 1st character you'll see, Keichi Morisato, calls to heaven via phone, a goddess awnsers it and comes down to earth to fullfill one, only one, wish for Keichi.
Keichi wishes for the Goddess to live forever with him, after that they just meet a LOT of VERY,VERY diffrent problems, it has fantastic style of drawing (all hail Kosuke Fujishima), a LOT of comedy, etc., etc.

also Chef,
I'll post more pictures when I get the order from US, I don't feel like taking pictures of 3 mangas that I've got after my last picture...

[tomoya-kun]

Ordered volume 1 of Kaichou wa Maid-sama, of the anime which i've seen

[wilfried]

I better not post pictures here every time I buy something, or I would spam this thread ... 

But you can see my recent buys here  http://wilfried.imgur.com/manga

[DLTE]

Good lord wilfried! Good picks