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Boku Girl

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Followed the link in the afterwords by Boku no Manga and I actually got a volume. It's very nicely made, much smoother than Western localized manga that we get here (which is seemingly printed on regular book publication formats, which are very blocky compared to their American graphic novel counterparts). It even came with a bunch of ads from Japan which of course I was happy to see.

 

Anybody else supported the mangaka? I love Boku Girl so much. It's a lot like a modern Ranma 1/2 without the filler fighting scenes.


Edited by Anddo, 27 February 2015 - 05:32 AM.


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nice!! yeah i like to buy mangas i can't read all the time, stack them up in the corner like a shrine.  also i like the japanese prints witht he sleeves a lot better as well.



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Well, obviously I can read them, but the way I explain it to people is like this:

 

Most people will read a volume in 30 minutes or whatever and put it on the shelf. How is it much different reading the manga online while putting the Japanese volume on the shelf?

With the added benefit of directly supporting the author, and they often have neat stuff like extras at the end of the volume, doodles between chapters, and alternate art under the dust jacket.

 

Sadly, translated volumes overseas aren't tracked as a metric for keeping the author in the magazine, and it's my gut feeling any royalties the author may see from them is also much smaller. (Since the publisher gets less money from a license payment, hence the author gets less as well.) I've tried emailing Yen Press for clarification on how royalties/author support works for overseas titles, but never got a response. Maybe I should try Seven Seas, they seem to license a lot of fan favorites.

 

This picture is pretty old at this point. I have about double that amount now. I finally bought a 2nd bookshelf, so once that's assembled and stocked, I'll update my collection picture.

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Edited by Aereus, 27 February 2015 - 10:00 AM.


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I'm stuck in the "too-much-on-the-list-so-I'm-not-buying-anything"-limbo. Totally sucks ;D





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Well, obviously I can read them, but the way I explain it to people is like this:

 

Most people will read a volume in 30 minutes or whatever and put it on the shelf. How is it much different reading the manga online while putting the Japanese volume on the shelf?

With the added benefit of directly supporting the author, and they often have neat stuff like extras at the end of the volume, doodles between chapters, and alternate art under the dust jacket.

 

Sadly, translated volumes overseas aren't tracked as a metric for keeping the author in the magazine, and it's my gut feeling any royalties the author may see from them is also much smaller. (Since the publisher gets less money from a license payment, hence the author gets less as well.) I've tried emailing Yen Press for clarification on how royalties/author support works for overseas titles, but never got a response. Maybe I should try Seven Seas, they seem to license a lot of fan favorites.

 

This picture is pretty old at this point. I have about double that amount now. I finally bought a 2nd bookshelf, so once that's assembled and stocked, I'll update my collection picture.

 

 

Really impressive collection!

 

I'm under the same impression in regards to translated volumes. Manga is still an obscure medium that's hardly selling at a rate that big corporations like Viz Media or Tokyo Pop would approve of, it's hard to imagine much of the profit making to the author at all. In my opinion if you're going to purchase manga (especially if you're just looking to build a collection) instead of reading it online, you might as well be doing to support the author. The original tankoban serve a much better role for that than localized releases.


Edited by Anddo, 28 February 2015 - 01:41 AM.


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I'm not ashamed to read manga online, as I support the titles I really like. And I've also been reading a number of the titles from the online versions of various magazines on Nico Seiga, etc. Not to mention the magazines are slowly moving to offer ebook versions to buy that are released with the print edition. So I've been buying Evening magazine that way, for example. Had a subscription for it once, and that cost like $12/issue to import SAL and get it 2-3 weeks late. Now I get to pay $3 (or less with Honto coupons/deals) and read it on release date. :)

 

Now I just wish the "surveys" were available for the ebook versions so I could also vote for them for the magazine rankings. AFAIK they're still nearly all postcards in the print magazines that only work inside Japan.


Edited by Aereus, 28 February 2015 - 11:40 AM.


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In my adventures in learning Japanese I've noticed more nuances that don't translate like simple puns here and there in the kanji. The pocket book version is handy to have though I left the covers at home (truck driver) so they wouldn't get damaged, got vol5 on the way through yesasia, personally I'd like a subscription to YJ because the magazine version is easier to read. The omake quips from sugito are hilarious.

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You can order Young Jump from YesAsia as well! I've been ordering it every month (despite doing it at a massive loss haha).



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Would love to buy more Manga however I never read except on my phone or tablet. If they offered an ebook I'd be all over that all the more. Still my collection is slowly improving yet pales in comparison to any of yours to which I tip my hat. I did dip into crunchyroll who have started doing Manga as well and do say they support the authors tho I don't get to choose which or how much.

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Same here the problem isn't ordering it getting home to pick them up

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Would love to buy more Manga however I never read except on my phone or tablet. If they offered an ebook I'd be all over that all the more. Still my collection is slowly improving yet pales in comparison to any of yours to which I tip my hat. I did dip into crunchyroll who have started doing Manga as well and do say they support the authors tho I don't get to choose which or how much.

 

There isn't a digital version of Young Jump yet, but Boku Girl is offered in ebook format on any major online Japanese book retailer. IE: Honto, Amazon Japan, Ebookjapan, CDjapan, etc.



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HOT off sugito's Twitter, @cube_sa: 久しぶりに宣伝です 今日はヤンジャン発売日!ボクガール66話載ってます。そして今月19日には6巻が発売されます!表紙は今回からデザインが変わりました!よろしくお願いします〜!!
Vol 6 out 6/19/2015

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I'm not ashamed to read manga online, as I support the titles I really like. And I've also been reading a number of the titles from the online versions of various magazines on Nico Seiga, etc. Not to mention the magazines are slowly moving to offer ebook versions to buy that are released with the print edition. So I've been buying Evening magazine that way, for example. Had a subscription for it once, and that cost like $12/issue to import SAL and get it 2-3 weeks late. Now I get to pay $3 (or less with Honto coupons/deals) and read it on release date. :)

 

Now I just wish the "surveys" were available for the ebook versions so I could also vote for them for the magazine rankings. AFAIK they're still nearly all postcards in the print magazines that only work inside Japan.

 

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Edited by MatsumiYuu, 27 August 2015 - 07:06 AM.