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minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoI don’t know anything about manga. Is it really that expensive?
minus-squareMercuri@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoSorta. Each book is about $10-15, which isn’t a lot by itself. But A full series can be dozens of volumes which quickly adds up. And you can consume it at a pretty rapid pace.
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBack in my day we paid $30 each for VHS Anime, you had to choose Duns or Subs ad it would be like 2 episodes of a 500 episode series. So, it could be worse.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoThat’s why I used to only buy omnibuses. Though it’s pretty hard to find those these days
I don’t know anything about manga. Is it really that expensive?
Sorta. Each book is about $10-15, which isn’t a lot by itself. But A full series can be dozens of volumes which quickly adds up. And you can consume it at a pretty rapid pace.
Back in my day we paid $30 each for VHS Anime, you had to choose Duns or Subs ad it would be like 2 episodes of a 500 episode series.
So, it could be worse.
That’s why I used to only buy omnibuses. Though it’s pretty hard to find those these days
'bout 20min each I’d say