>want to read a manga>$300 for an entire set>finish reading in 10 hours>want to play a vidya>base price $80, often on sale for half off>finish story in 50+ hours>finish everything in 100+ hoursAren't you glad you picked the superior hobby, /v/?
>>736024190they're both free on the internet
I can't think of the last game I played for 100 hours. Even to get a platinum is usually 30-40hr in recent games I've played.
>half offlmao I don't buy a game for more than $20.No game is worth more than that. Even games I love and have spent hundreds of hours on, I would NEVER recommend for more than $20.The only exception I think I would make is factorio.
>look how much money I’m saving for playing this f2p game for 1000 hoursCapitalism mindbroke you btw
A library is free and you can get both there.
>>736024190>$300 for an entire setHave you tried buying and reading shorter mangas instead of 30-volume shonenslop?
>base price $80I'm not paying that much for vidya no matter how good it is
>>736024403>son wants to play Mario Party Jamboree>reserve it at library, takes like 8 weeks to finally borrow it>case is in disrepair, cartridge label is peeling off>doesn't even work>bring it back, accused of breaking it and charged full MSRP to replace it>ignore it and get sent to collectionsLibraries are a scam.
>>736024190>want to read a good manga (aka something without tons of useless filler)>$60 for an entire set>finish reading in 10 hours, it will last with you forever>want to play a modern vidya>base price $80+$500 console + $80/year online>finish story in 10 hours and you forget it immediately because it was written by a soulless corporate that doesn't want to take any risk
>>736024190>want to read a manga>it's ongoing and will be for another 10 years>forget about it>want to play a vidya>it's a complete experience and I can enjoy the whole thing>play itIt's really that simple.
>>736024409I mean, Berserk is pretty long
>manga>own something>ass steam>don't own something
>buy Oyasumi Punpun for $100>takes 20 hours to read>changed my lifemany such cases
>>736024190Read a fucking book then. Most classics can be found dirt cheap and will occupy you for more time.
>Want to watch anime officially without streaming or buying shitty bootlegs from some third worlder's PC?>Okay asshole, give me $200+ for FOUR EPISODES, and do that three more times for a single season of one anime series>Oh what's that? You want to watch something older in the hopes of saving money?>Yeah, okay, still gonna need several hundreds of dollars. Fuck you!And the best part is that this is BY DESIGN to get you to read the manga or light novel instead, assuming you aren't going to pirate those too like any sensible person would. And because those are overpriced too (IT'S JUST PAPER!!!!!) you move from one Jewish industry to another. Yes, I'm aware tankobons can be bought for cheap if you're not a retard but it should not cost more than a yearly newspaper subscription for ONE series.
>>736024860I think this is because of Japan's draconian copyright laws. They can get away with charging $200 when the alternative is prison time. As for audiences outside Japan, they simply don't give a shit.
>>736024190Manga is 100円 a volume at my local Bookoff. Dirt cheap. Not that I buy any anyway since I just pirate and chuck it on my kindle. There's no denuvo or anything.
>>736024756for real>literary masterpiece: $8>old school gaming masterpiece: $15>generic AAA slop: $70
>>736024190>want to read a manga>$300 for an entire set>finish reading in 10 hoursthis is why western comics are beating them so badly
>>736024570Yeah he said don't read shōnenslop
>>736024974It's not because of copyright laws. It's just what the market is. Buying anime blurays isn't for people who want to casually watch a show, it's something die hard fans do. Casual watchers rent or stream. By the way, there are plenty of pirates here in Japan. The hurdle is just a bit higher since a VPN is pretty much mandatory if you torrent.
>>736025016Mate, if you wanted to buy a set of western comics in Japan you'd be fucking lucky if you got it for only 300 dollaridoos. Niche import products are always expensive.
>>736024596>download a program to strip steam drm >own the game forever
>>736024190why not just read normal books? cheaper and last longer
>>736025016Isn't the comic book industry in the dumps?
>MangaIt's almost like you're ALLERGIC to pussy or something.
>>736024974blurays are essentially collectibles for enthusiast otakus and come with bonus features. they are a premium product. your average tanaka justs streams his anime on netflix, hulu or amazon prime.
>>736024190>Receive the gift of autism>Perfectly happy hunting for shiny and perfect Pokemon for thousands of hours on the same game my mom bought for me 15 years ago>Total cost: $0Jews hate this one simple trick.
>>736024190I'll take 1 hour of quality over 1000 of grindingBoth are free anyway
>>736025454pussy smells like fish
>>736025961That's your unwashed asshole you're smelling.
>>736026042no thats onion.fish smells different.
>>736024613Think I'll like that one? Picrel is my small collection (just started reading manga in February).
>>736024224nta but i like the novelty of having the physical manga in hand. it's nice to read without being sat at my goddamn computer desk all fucking day.
>>736026289Manga looks objectively better with each page blown up on a monitor. You can see each individual pen stroke and immerse yourself in a scene.
>>736026289One of the only reasons I own a tablet is for manga. Most/all epub readers are low-spec and my then-10yr-ago $100 tablet does the trick.
Manga is so fucking dumb. The books are literally backwards
>>736024190>$300 for an entire setShonen Jump gives you as much manga as you want for 10$ a month or something.Otherwise you are better off buying LNs.
>>736026157>shonenslopno, you wont
>>736026384>>736026446I'm not denying that, but I sometimes just want to chill on my comfy couch and read something that isn't going to strain my eyes. I'm on my computer long enough as is, I don't need to add a tablet to the mix.
>>736026384Nah, Devilman looks better on paper
>>736026289>bookfaggots got into mangas as well
>$300 for a manga setManga is meant to be fleeting. Most Japanese readers donate or recycle used manga. The paper stock is very low quality for mass tankobon releases and really meant to be read just a few times before pitching it.
>>736026157Where’s made in abyss?
>>736026950This.
>>736026835This generally isn't true for consumers though. The paper used in volumes sold to westerners is much thicker. Japanese-targeted volumes are printed on phonebook stock, so it's way cheaper for them.
>>736026157>IKEA>MonsterNormalfag
>>736024190>$20 during a steam sale gets me 20-50 hours of games (more depending on genre)>$20 at a library sale gets me like 60+ hours worth of classics, could also just check them out for free>$20 at the thrift store gets like 15+ hours of movies>$20 with a good sale gets me more tea than I reasonably drink in a seasonFeels great to be a tightwad in a world constantly trying to pump money out of you
>>736024190>$300 worth of manga in 10 hoursYou either massively overpaid someone on ebay for some out-of-print series or you're a retarded speedreader just turning pages with no attention or interest in the story and art.
>Buying pictshurr bewks
>>736024528>serialized manga don't have self-contained arcs>video games don't have sequelsWhy did you even say something this stupid?
>>736026157Where is Part 2?
>>736028074Waiting for a good deal.
>>736024190>>$300 for an entire setor you could pirate it digitally like a normal person
>>736024190>red manga>life goes on>buy vidya>waste 100+ hours of your precious life>negative steam review>regrets and sorrow 10 years later realizing you've played a few thousands hours and you're working min wage and no gf
that's why there's things like neetflix for subscription fees
>buy game 10 years ago>can play it today no problem>buy book 10 years ago>pages falling apart, holes in pages, literally dissolving in front of younah
>>736028917Do you live in the middle of a fucking swamp?
>>736026289For the price of free, I'm not complainingIt's the same as >Emulating isn't the same as playing on the real dealYeah, but for the price of free, it's more than enough
>>736025454simp retard
>>736028917>anon doesn't take care of his belongingsfaggot
>want to read book>base price ranges from $3-20>finish reading after 3 weeks>resell it for half price
>>736029028Your bloodline dies with you, lmao.
>>736029079>WAAAAAAAH, $3-$20Baby ass bitch. Every book I want is anywhere from $40 to $315
>>736029009I completely I get that, truly I pay the price to read in comfort.
>>736028482>read manga>buy vidya>spend hundreds of hours of your precious life on hobbies you enjoy>no regrets
>spending time on a hobby rather than workingngmi
>>736024570Also slop
>>736029254sounds like you enjoy wasting money
>>736029178anime and manga have never been more mainstream, dumbass.
>>736024190this is why i prefer anime. i feel like i read through manga and dont really retain or feel fulfilled. meanwhile an anime slows it down and makes the scene sit longer and more impactufully. i know japs read a lot. are any of their books worth reading? i keep seeing butter in bookstores but the description never seems interesting to me
>coworkers are all into women, gambling (stocks) and booze>they have no money>i'm into jewtube, shitposting and steam sales>love saving up money and never use them>my bank hates me
>>736029613Your bloodline will go extinct with you, L M A O
>>736029645pro-tip: if you want to better your credit rating without taking out tons of loans, invest your money in stocks
>>736029765>heh I've got my wifes boyfriends sonOk retard
>>736027852Isn't One Piece "season 1" like 1,600 tankobon? lol
>>736029825Your genes die with yooooooouuuuuu!!! HAHAHA!
>pay 9 dollars>have over 1000 tv series to watch each one has 9 seasons with 10 1 hour long episodes
>>736029903Fuck, meant for >>736029765
>>736024190Manga is free.>>736026289I agree but I'm not buying more manga, I already have over 1000 volumes.>>736026384Nah manga looks objectively better on paper. I mean, everything does.
>>736029976You will NEVER breed, teeheehee!!
>>736030027>teeheewhat kind of omega homo are you?
>>736030124YOU TAKE CUM UP THE ASS, HAHAHA
>>736024190>>finish reading in 10 hoursDumb speedreader get out
>>736030176the projection is insane.
I have a wife and kids that are genetically mine and also a shelf full of Manga.But I hate the waiting times between new picture books. Current fav is Witch Hat Atelier, which is for little girls as far as I know. I love it, tho, it has the Potter vibes but actually a cool story.
>>736030176nice argument. kys
I pirated all volumes of Spirit Circle and I am about to pay $400 for volume 4I pirated TOTK and I feel entitled for a refundMangakino is just the superior media
>>736030239>>736030291>Had to respond twice
>>736026157WHERE'S DOROHEDORO YOU MOTHERFUCKER
>>736030364>no it cant be that Im a faggot mark that everyone hates, its a samefag!kek you will never breed
Can Japan beat Italian mangas? Is there ANYTHING than can top picrel?
>>736024990okay.>want to watch 12 episode anime (4 hours)>have to buy 4 bluray sets of 3 episodes each>each bluray set is $40
>>736024190>100 units of "fun" / 10 hours = 10 units of fun per hour>Reasonably achievable time frame, so all fun is extracted>80 units of fun + 20 units of copium "fun" / 100 hours of "IT GETS GOOD 40 HOURS IN CHUD" = 1 unit of fun per hour>except 20 hours in I get bored and stop playing so Fun(real) = .2 units of fun per hourPretending something being longer is better is poor nigger copium. The total amount of fun is fixed per game, I'd rather maximize my fun by playing 10 games or reading 10 manga over the span of 100 hours and have 1000 units of fun, rather than play 1 game for 100 hours, and be miserable the entire time.>BUUHHH BUH BHH MUH 70$ PRICEEmulation and Piracy, no excuse.
>>736029782Luckily not american so I dont have to keep up my good goyim points
>>736024190Dunno, sometimes is worth it and there is manga i have re-read for multiple times over the years and i want to support the author, although if the author has a direct donation method like fanbox i donate a few thousands directly.Pic related.
>>736030962all countries have credit ratings
>>736031046And this one.
>>736030609>Don RosaAnon, noone can actually beat god. Shit's too impossible.
>>736029645you're not into women?
>>736024190>pickedYou only have one hobby?
This is the best site to read manga, over 8000 series here:https://weebcentral.com/search?sort=Best+Match&order=Descending&official=Any&anime=Any&adult=Any&display_mode=Full+DisplayCheck out Centuria.
>>736024190You buying those really fancy sets or the complete collection of One Piece or something?
>>736024190Maybe you should just get netflix retard. It is only $20 with unlimited content
>>736031249i love 2D women
>>736026289The ultimate red pill is that reading manga in your bed from your phone (6.8" screen) is the ultimate manga reading experience.
>>736026157I can tell that you let other people pick what to read, instead of finding what you'll actually like. That's like a shelf with nothing but GTA, Red Dead, and Uncharted. Generic, boring, uninteresting slop.
>>736026289I read my physical light novels at my computer desk, get on my level
I wish I had more space
>>736025016Jokes aside, I'm pretty sure by pagecount western comics are FAR more expensive.
>>736031509kys
I do both and give 0 dollars for both,if I could pirate fashion I would have also done it
>>736025016Uhhh...?
>>736034186Yeah people only have nostalgia for comics of like pre 2010 no one buys new shit
>>736026157It feels like I'm millennial circa 2000s again from seeing this image once.
>Manga Can you guys please just go ONE day without being the single most cringe and pathetic, noodle-armed virgin troglodytes known to man?
>>736034558you are too retarded even for reddit
>>736034558What's wrong with fun stories and cool art?
>>736034558You're on the wrong website. Perhaps leddit would be more up your alley.
>>736034728it's not "mature", whatever that means to redditors
>>736034558Manga is great and you're a subhuman.
>>736024613>degenerate garbage with traced art changed my life!kekRead better manga.>>736026157No. Avoid Asano like the plague. Only nihilist leftist that want to see people suffer like it.
>>736024259Tablets are for mango
>>736031662Parasyte is good, it's not slop, faggot.
>>736034558Eternal shutin timmies did NOT like this one
>>736027373>>736026835What the fuck are you talking about?Only magazines have low quality paper, volumes has good paper and they're not meant to be thrown away.
>>736026289most libraries have manga, its free
>>736030295>I am about to pay $400 for volume 4Wut? Don't tell me you're wasting that much on that hack mangaka.
>>736026289just a few series will clog an entire bookcase. rather not
Yeah, I got into building and soldering keyboards and after looking back on how much I was spending I decided that I'm going to get a Switch 2, Scarlet and the other new pokemon games. Turns out that vidya isn't that expensive compared to *real* hobbies
>>736024190>want to read a manga>$300 for an entire setLearn Japanese and buy second hand manga, that shit is cheap as fuck. You can buy a whole 20 volume series for 2-3k yen.
>>736035645I hike and read manga. Now what?
>80dollarsBullshit. Let's get the actual numbers>2000 dollars for a mid range, modern PC>1000 dollars for a shity oled>200 for peripherals / controllerNow you can spend your first 80 bucks for your first shitty PC game. If you are insanely retarded, you will get maybe 30 hours of entertainment. Lets do some math>3280 dollars for 30 hoursComes out to a little more than 109 dollars per hour>300 dollar manga for 10 hoursComes out to 30 bucks an hour.What about 40k? Everyone says 40k is sooo expensive right?>1000 bucks for your first 2k points plus paints. A hundred hours of fun to paint it all, then probably another 50 hours of fun playing before you get bored and need more guysComes out to 6.67 an hour. For comparison. You will need to buy over 20 games to even get below 10 bucks an hour for vidya.Reminder that vidya is a massive ripoff. If you are poor and playing vidya; that is why you are poor. Stop making bad financial decisions.
>>736026157The most reddit post on 4chan right now
>>736036290I feel like that's an easy way to trip or get lost
>>736036290Walking your fatass up the hill to your house is NOT "hiking" timmy
>>736036584My ass is rock solid from squats and hiking, sorry to disappoint you.>>736036556Skill issue.
>>736025016Want to read dragon ball ?>Pick volume one>Chapter one>Read until volume 42Want to read spider-man ?>Dozens of issue 1>The amazing spider-man>Web of spider-man>Spectacular spider-man>Ultimate spider-man>Superior Spider-manOh you want to read it in order ? Good luck lmao>Multiples spin-off, mandatory cross-over>To read the cross-over you need to read 20 other comics about characters you don't care about
>>736024224/thread
>>736024190>want to read a manga>last One Punch webcomic chapter was 5 months ago>last Made in Abyss chapter was 8 months ago>last Yotsubato chapter was over a year ago
>>736024224fpbo
>want to play vidya>go to /v/ to shitpost for 12 hours instead
>>736034728>bakiki...>localized as snap snapholy lol
>>736024190>nugames>50+ hours of contentlollmao
>>736026289Tablets are even better for reading manga than physical media because they don't fuck up the double page spreads
>>736026384agreed. I was resistant at first because I bought volumes for a long time but reading manga comfy in bed on my laptop is so superior its unreal.
>>736036520>>736031662>owns some of the most celebrated manga of all time>cRiNgE rEdDiT cAnT tHiNk FoR hImSeLf
>buy a boardgame for $20>play it for 100s of hours>make friends along the waynah, im sticking with /tg/
>>736024190In decades of reading I only buy manga for completed works in around 100 chapters or less. So far I have Mob Psycho 100 and Dungeon Meshi.
>>736024224fbpb, jannies should have pruned this thread
>totadile threadExtremely based
>>736044229how do you find people to play with
>>736025016Cape comics are expensive. As someone who collects Hulk comics, I wish they would become cheaper.
>>736045787nta, there are tabletop clubs in almost every city
>west cuck buying capeshit
>>736044229Boardgames are boring as fuck and I don't want to play with other people, I want to play single player games. MTG is different because at least you get to collect the cards but I wish I could play it by myself.
>>736024190>$300 for an entire set>want to read manga>go to local little tokyo/japantown equivalent>get entirety of kinnikuman for $10not my fault you don't know how to shop
>>736035907What do you recommend
>under $5>thousands of different games inside>tens of thousands of playtime out of it>everyone wants to play
>>736046419>not playing the superior sequel
>>736046394To buy?As someone who bought over 1000 volumes I suggest you don't buy anything, or at most buy series with 2-3 volumes at most and maybe a few longer series you are really in love with, if you must.What authors do you like? What genres?
>>736047665nta but any mystery/thriller seinen you suggest? My favorite genre of art is probably architecture. I've read Blame! is gold for this, any take on that?
>>736026289Just get a tablet, nigger. Plus you're missing out on some series that take advantage of the fact that they're exclusively digital.
>>736047947NTA but Alice in Borderland is a pretty good mystery / seine.
>>736024528Why not read older Manga? You've got 75+ years to work with, albeit not all of it is translated
>>736048163>series that take advantage of the fact that they're exclusively digital.name some
>>736047947Yeah, read anything by Nihei, he was an architect before.For mysteries,KasaneYuureitoSpringaldDomuPanorama Toukitan
