Reading anime on physical paper is better. Prove me wrong.
>>288081691Think of the poor trees you sickfuck!
>>288081691I only found recently how shitty scans look compared to the real thing.Heartbreaking.
>>288081691It is but I can't afford it. My library has only few mangas and barely any of them are a full set. So yeah online piracy reading is my only choice
>go to Barnes & Noble>buy physical black and white anime>$14.99 plus tax>go home>read it in 30 minutes put it on your shelf forever Sorry but reading physical animes is only good after they make the western box set that is significantly reduced in price.
>>288081868>reading physical animes
>>288081691Bulma's bare underage tits in digital don't even compare to holding the actual manga.
>>288081691I agree, but I think it should be reserved for series with nice art.Most random slop isn't worth the ink or paper.
>>288081691It hurts my back and neck, so no, it's not better.
>>288081691You have the same skin tone as me but your hands look fat
whatever you say pal
>one volume out of entire series has shitty ink for no reason>random red dots from post consumer recycled paper
>>288081924Kill yourself pdf, I hope all of your manga gets censored
>>288082003>Kill yourself PDFI'm glad you agree with me, DOWN WITH PDFs, PHYSICAL COPIES ARE BEST
It's great, I have plenty of physical manga that will do me good when the inevitable hurricane shows up and knocks out all the power
>>288082050Kill yourself pedophile
>>288082101*kisses you on the lips*
>>288081691Reading on physical paper is better whether it's a book or manga, but reading manga on a computer is much better than reading a book on a computer. Also I can get used books much cheaper than translated manga.
>>288082003>>288082101
You could be reading the count of monte cristo but instead you indulge in mediocrity
>>288082128that's why you learn Japanese and buy raw manga from Book-Off for 120円 each
I get my manga at highly discounted rates. Usually $3-5/volume but sometimes as low as $0.25.>>288082068Floridabro? Do you want cheap manga?
>>288082166I'm listening to an audiobook of Moby Dick right now
>>288082166Why the hell are you here then?
>>288082188>audiobook...
>>288082166I fucking love children
>>288082166Any mediocre manga is better than that.
>>288082190I like being a little shithead
>>288082227You're never gonna believe what happens in Monte Cristo
>>288082245Does he count?
>>288082169Yes, that's always and option. What are the shipping prices like?>>288082166I've already read The Count of Monte Cristo and while overall I agree that books are a much better read than manga, I still enjoy reading both.
>>288082003Kill yourself, retarded tourist.
>>288082245Revenge AND he pounds cunny?
>>288082166I don't read incel shit
>>288082460>What are the shipping prices like?not worth it. $100 minimum just to ship anything in a box
>>288081973this looks great actually, hides his disgustingly overgrown and buldging hard nose
>>288081691Trvth!
>>288081691It requires me to drive to book-off and talk to people which I don't like to do
I'd rather read for free.
>>288082782Think of it like people that collect vinyl records.Sure, of course. You could just stream the music for free. But it isn't anywhere near the same quality and feel as playing it from a real record. In the same way reading online isn't the same as that newspapery feel and smell of reading mangas physically.
>>288082815I can download vinyl rips off red and AB.
>>288082166You can read more than 1 thing
>>288082690rude
>>288081868I am buying entire sets of manga at 50% off at my local bookstore chainGet fucked honestly
>>288081691Hell yeah here is my collection
>>288081691If I really like a manga, I buy it on paper. Have the full of Dorohedoro and what’s available of jojo.
>>288081691If you're not reading in Japanese then none of this matters
Double page spreads get absolutely raped by physical
>>288082166I read the manga
>>288081691>looks worse>less convenientGive me a single argument in favour of physical.
>>288082650That's pretty much what I figured. Any time I ever order stuff from Japan the shipping is quite high.
>>288083602You can smell it
i hate reading on my computer and physical is too expensive. are ereaders a meme? they gotta be better than a fucking phone.
>>288081707that only makes my penis harder
>>288082166I actually bought Middlemarch a while ago (along with Moby Dick, which I read) and so that would be what I'd read if I wanted to take a break from manga and if I wanted to read fiction instead of non-fiction. It's bizarre that people think it's impossible to read both manga and "real" books.
>>288081691Yes, but I only buy physical copies for series that have good art and are fairly short. A long-running shonen like Naruto would take up way too much space for what it is.
>>288081691I mean, I like it but I don't like not being able to take screenshots. I also stopped doing physical because I ran out of physical space for volumes. And it doesn't help that I would only be able to get physical long after digital was available.
>>288083205I’ll never understand what leads people to buy Funko slop.
>>288081691>Reading animeHoly shit you're retarded. Kill yourself.
I spent $180 on a set of the yugioh manga it was 100% worth it
The only manga I ever bought was Hellsing. The paper quality was so terrible I swore to never buy manga again.
>>288081691>lemme read my 200 daily slop isekai manga...on paper >go bankrupt
>>288082815the quality is better when you get it digitally
>>288081691I can't pirate physical paper and pirating is the only ethical form of consumption under capitalism
>>288081924Post em
>>288082245>>288082227What?
I am severely disappointed that there is only one post shitting on OP for "reading anime". You watch anime, you read manga. Bunch of ESLs in here for not rightfully shitting on OP. Its like someone saying they hear a picture or smell a movie.
>>288081691>reading anime on paper.Cheap bait for retards, learn whatis the meaning of anime before posting.
>>288083881They're only 50yo you sick fuck.
>>288085935>he can’t smell moviesskill issue
>>288081691>Reading anime Manga* or Japanese comic book if you are someone cultured.
>>288083133That's how they get you
>>288081691I'm a little ways into reading Loser Ranger now, almost done volume 2It's been a while since I watched the anime, so I had forgotten that every single character is a psychopath
>>288087349
>>288086118>>288086876Trolling is a art
It's fun to read physical manga and I'm not averse to buying it but I'd rather have them in Japanese because one day I was looking at my English published manga and I realized it was sort of the manga equivalent to dubbed anime.
>>288085742Not my photo, but sure. I'm no pussy.Bought the 3 in 1 after this. More quality than I expected from anons complaining.
>>288081691>Reading
>>288087349You should buy a curtain or your books will suffer from sun damage.
1800 and counting
>>288081691Really depends on who made the english release, which edition, how much is it, and what is the quality of the translation. Censorships too but I don't know any examples of english releases that censors.City Hunter by Panini Manga (deluxe edition) was so worth getting. It does a good job at the translation and even keeping the onomatopoeias as is.I do have the first editions of Glénat's Dragon Ball which looking back at it, is probably one of the worst kinds of volumes.
>>288081691Only because of the deliberately nerfed resolution digital version sometimes get.2-page spreads are obviously better in digital and overall the experience is smoother.The only advantage to physical is for people like me who are just conditioned to enjoy holding the paper, objectively there is no real advantage aside from display purposes.
>>288081691Totally, but it wastes too much space and money. The only books I buy physically are doujinshi
>>288085755iirc he buys a little girl who was sold into slavery, after her father was betrayed, by one of his targets. She's essential to his plans, and he does not sexually abuse her but treat her well.
>>288081691>is better.>Prove me wrong.The best things in life are free... Yarrr!
>>288081691It really is... Until you realize you easily spent 150$+ for only 1 series, which didn't even took that long to read. They both have their appeal and that's ok, i think using both is pretty symbiotic.Am I broke? Do I wanna discover manga to see if I'll even like it? Do I just wanna read shit asap to know what'll happen? Do I want the most convenient option? Digital it is.Do I want to hold something that actually feels good to read? Do I want to physically own it? Do I just like collecting stuff? Physical then.Personally i use digital to discover most stuff and when I've got a manga that becomes a favorite or I'm confident I'll love, i go get it at the store. Then when it's a sunny day i take a walk and read it at the park or something, it's pretty pleasant ngl.
>>288081691Don't care, it's just your preference. I prefer the convenience of a manga reader on a nice display.
>>288085935>why are people not responding to the low effort engagement bait OP wrote with the intention of getting retards to bump his shit thread.
>>288087349>Azumanga Daioh>Dungeon Meshi>Mieruko-chan>Far SideBased
>>288083740>buy a random book>open the book every time you read manga on a computertell me why this wouldn't work
>>288081713There’s a good reason for this though, without intentionally shitting up the digital version bootleg piracy would become a problem
>>288082166Dumas and Dostoyevskis were the Odas and Fujimotos of their own times. Hell, Dumas were paid by the line of text so that's why he did as much dialogue as possible.Even Homer was mainstream shit for normalfags when the only available genre was telling stories by the fire.
>>288091030Dostoevsky's work was released like web novels, piece by piece on a monthly magazine. Same goes for Tolstoy, on the same mag even.
>>288082166at least I'm aware!
>>288087349dunno if based or base
>>288081707what have the trees ever done for me
>>288082166i read and understood solaris at the age of ten and have re-read it 5+ times since then>then why do you read dumb manga then, huuuuuuhcause i fucking can, lick my balls bitch
>read digital>screentone turns into this
Hoping that the anon that printed pirated manga is still alive.
>>288081691>takes a bunch of space and costs moneyno thanks
Physical is comfy. Takes too much space to buy every single thing I ever read. But I'll pick up physical copies of stuff I intend to re-read every few years.And hunting for out-of-print volumes is kinda fun. Going on a road trip to look for WataOshi #5 and actually finding it for $9 was my best day of 2025.pic is a bit outdated
>>288081691I don't own manga but just got into light novels and I am having a lot of fun with them. Can easily get weeks out of one volume pacing yourself. I'm more engaged when I read the physical book over the digital, only missing out on better quality illustrations that are already sparse in this medium.
>>288091118That's how the vast majority of novels were released until less than 100 years ago.
>>288084308Shit taste anon, it's obvious
>>288090097Wait a minute, did that artist draw...
>>288082166faggot
>>288091797A faintly hidden slit, and detailed nipples, yes.
There's apparently some supply chain issues and printing ink shortage. Wonder if they will focus on digital more now.
>>288082166I never got the READ A BOOK thing. I've read multiple and honestly, I'd say watership down was a better book than Monte Cristo. Not to say that Monte Cristo was bad but it was definitely mary sueish as hell. Dantes just becomes a swave guy who's always 20 steps ahead of everyone and just sweeps his competition. The biggest hype I got from the book is when Mercedes finally confronts him but it doesn't really matter since he stays with his exotic !notslave and then leaves everyone behind after fucking up like 80% of the cast. It's still good to see how Dantes ruins all the people who betray him but it's like 80% fluff (I'd honestly recommend the abridged version purely because Dumas back then HAD to fluff it up since publishing these novels were like weekly manga style stuff so a lot of fucking filler).Another thing is if you think some manga/anime is retarded, you haven't seen nothing yet. >read a book where well psychic ghost lady is ACTUALLY A COMPUTER VIRUS AND MC has to kill himself and go into the virtual world to cure CANCER (this is also a very famous book/movie)>read another book where teacher gives her students aids by poisoning their milk because the students killed her daughter>literally all of fucking haruki murakami. every single one. all of his books has some sort of retarded nonsense.>most of ryo murakami which is edgelord supreme>Keigo Higashino's books are okay but sometimes (actually a lot of japanese authors do this even in manga) where he'll go way off tangent explaining a character's interest and now you have a whole chapter of random math that has no relevance to the plot.
>>288093591That being said, always open to recs. I tackled Book of the New Sun and got pretty filtered. I got the "gist" of the story but I don't really get why it's so good. It's just an asshat who becomes God eventually or something. Maybe it's the prose but I can't get the imagery well in this book nor do I really like or hate Severian. I try to read up or listen to discussion online to try to see if I'm missing something but it's just them talking about yada yada yada Severian is sexist severian is an asshole severian lies blah blah blah. jesus I hate when most media discussion ends up like this. >>288092202thoughts on it? My copy is so heavily fucked I'll probably buy a new copy so it's not rumpled to shit.
>>288093637haven’t read it yet
All this thread made me realize is that I share a space with a bunch of people who read such low quality manga they liked it enough to put it on their shelf.
>>288093591>if you think some manga/anime is retarded, you haven't seen nothing yetExactly. I don't know why people became so elitist over books. The average book is complete fucking drivel. When novellas were first invented, they were considered low-class entertainment that would bring about the death of civilization. Time is the only thing that's changed. In 100 years people will be saying "lol look at this uncultured swine watching holograms! Why don't you grow up and play a video game or read some manga like an adult?" while sipping wine by the fireplace in their wingback chairs.
>>288093766bruh
>>288081691What mango is that? Looks like Blame
>>288094005It's Akira you dumbass. You literally see Kaneda.
>>288091332Mangasee
>>288082166You are also reading a story padded out for serialization compiled into one volume with monte cristo, but in this case you're reading more text so that's an upgrade
>>288082166I already read it years ago (I imagined the scenes as anime)
>>288093785>who read such low quality manga they liked it enough to put it on their shelf.Do you mean "who read such low quality manga AND liked it enough to put it on their shelf" or did you mean "who read such low quality manga THAT they liked it enough to put it on their shelf"?
that>100yen mangaanon is either a subtle shitposter, or is a western parasite in japan>>288083133is it going out of business?
Collectors editions are nice to own. Series with dozens of volumes is annoying to store.
>>288094366Going off that premise that you only buy what you really like, and not merely what you've read, he's insulting their taste.
>>288094381Everything I like is only getting published recently
>>288087349>granbelm Based
>>288094407Everything I like has been out of print for decades.
>>288081691I agree
>>288094391Honestly, most of my physical books came from before I got really into manga so I have a lot more OPM and Komi-san that I really want to own. Like, NOW the stuff I buy physically is stuff I really like but for a while, that was the only way I read manga. So, my good manga is dwarfed by shit.
>>288081691I will be buying physical manga when I get a job
>>288087361>Mugendramonawesome>Witch Hat AtelierSuper Cringe
>>288094085I have never read the manga the translated sfx (that should never be done) and the paneling made think about the early blame chapter with those guys in space gear
>>288094463>>288094407Have you guys never thought about getting into book making?
>>288093637Those covers are so fucking gay. I wish they'd reprint the original edition, I can't bring myself to buy this new one.
>>288091253oxygen
>>288081691vertical webtoons are the best medium, I am glad Japan is finally moving forward as well
>>288082166Now that you mention, I think I already did when I was a teen?I remember reading Les Miserables, and that I also read some Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Garcia Marques and some other famous authors. Remember none of it.Now I'm trying to enter the mood to face this big boy:
>paying for mangalmao at your life
>>288081691The future is now, old man.Soon people will only read manga that generated for them by ChatGPT.
>>288097272Can't wait for AI to be able to generate hentai that is tailored for my exact fetishes
can i also be cool?
>>288093433But that's illegal...!
>>288081691Is there non-physical paper?
>>288081691Well, yes, this is the ideal experience.
>>288082163thanks I need to rape anon
>>288098043pre-heat
>>288097361>ai generating 7-toed feet is suddenly a feature
>>288081868Exactly.
Boobies are more exciting to look at on physical paperBoomers with playboy magazines were onto something
>>288099386That looks like Oh Great!What series is it?
So now that we agreed that physical is the proper medium, I say we also remind people to read in the traditional two page format and that any storyline thread that neglects this is trash.
>>288100360Tenjo Tenge
>>288081691>Bait /thread/>Reading anime on paper.Retard is called manga.>those answers of "anime on paper"Well kiss assing AI, i suspected site had a percentage of AI but never thought it was this much.
>>288100669Shame how that went down hill so fast.Thanks for the heads up, though.
>>288101014Yeah it's pretty wild how the tournament that was the main draw only gets like 3 chapters near the end, typical Oh GreatAnyways another thing about physical manga is how some manga get rare and bring resale value, that picture I took was from volume 11 which apparently goes for minimum $100 on Ebay
>>288101105having a couple sources that price everything at 50-60% of retail without scanning anything is great. My entire Jitsu Wa set was paid for by finding multiple extra volume 7s which used to be $200 each. Or more recently I found a rare volume I've been looking for, paid $6 and sold my old ex-library copy for $75
>>288101513Yeah it's crazy how some people just ignore actual prices for thing. My sister in law got me Me and the Devil Blues for Christmas a couple years ago from some local place that sold them like dirt cheap. Both volumes are pretty rare now
>>288093433It's never enough. Got any more examples?I should really start a list.
>>288081691Paper degrades so enjoy reading mold in 10 years, meanwhile digital remains brand new forever.That is of course if you store it properly. Data stored in a spinning medium like CDs or HDDs will suffer from bit degradation of about 10dB/year due to rotational velocidensity. If you truly want your digital manga to last forever you need to store it in a zip file in an SSD.
>>288103316>reading mold in 10 yearssounds like a (You) problemby the time my shit is degraded enough to care I'll be long gone
>>288103316I've got volumes of the old manga Sanctuary that are probably older and whiter than you kid
>>288082166Just finished reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Personally, I preferred Cossette no Shouzo (the anime adaptation) but both are good.
My copy of Count of Monte Cristo is in the closet with some of my less impressive mangas
>>288103554
>>288082166Started reading the Complete Conan Chronicles and got through The Hyborian Age and The Phoenix on the Sword yesterday.
>>288103878Here I even took the picture without flash to show the actual paper
>>288087349I didn't know fire force volumes were that thick
>>288104175Those are omnibus volumes. Typically volumes that thick are US only, though occasionally you get Japanese releases that are similar. Mostly for older series. I haven't seen anything with a quick search about Fire Force having a Japanese release like that.
