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LxTrix
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I want to know which you perfer and why? I'm debating if i should go buy mangas or read them online. I'd love to help support them, but i think after i read them i will have no use for them, maybe. I might collect them. Or maybe i could make manga cds to collect. On the other hand i like reading from a book better then off a screen. Also money can be an issue. And some series have so many volumes. Does anyone know how many Naruto has? And then some are only translated by fans, right? So i need to decide which way to go.
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outlawwolf
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with the exception of webcomics, I can;t think of a single series that was legally distributed by the creator for free online. Mangas like Naruto, Bleach and such are all translated by fans and distributed by fans. Like what fansubs are to anime, scanlations are to manga. I've spent some time in these places and I can tell you that buying the manga is alot better and more rewarding. The translations are most of the time too damn literal, almost coming out as an excersize in engrish. The forums are filled with the type of people that make 7 thread posts in one day to see 6 of them locked and have stupid thoughtless posts like "OMG, ROFL, YOU ARE MY BISHIKUN SUPERKAWAIICHAN!!!!!" Buy the mangas, reread them when your done so you can get value out of your purchase, and save yourself the brain cramps from those sites.
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Dranxis
 Posts: 591 Location: Ohtori Academy |
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I think that you should support the series you really intend to collect, and read those you might want to sample or move ahead of the U/S. releases in online. I personally almost never read manga online, reading the real thing is so much better for me. However, I recently got fed up with Viz's slow release schedule of Inu-Yasha, so I used scanlations to read ahead all the way to volume 42 in about a day. Still, I intend to buy the volumes as they come out: I just use scanlations as a way to get ahead in the story.
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apple pro
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i currently collect several books that i have access to online. i refuse to read it online because nothing beats the peace and joy of reading it in your favorite chair with your favorite drink in absolute printed perfection. bleach, negima and beck can be found but it's more worth it to me to wait.
i recently started reading One Piece online because the book at the stores is not as far ahead as the show. i wanted to experience the awesomeness of one piece before seeing it ruined/butchered on tv. j/k sort of, i like the cartoon but i dont want it to ruin the manga. so i decided i should seek the OP manga and read it. i can't wait 8 years for it to catch up. if the naruto cartoon catches up to the books — i may have to read it too. |
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SuperOnizuka
 Posts: 421 Location: When I look At the World- New Jersey |
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I buy them because I enjoy reading things in paper format. I like to feel the weight of the book to fully enjoy what I purchased.
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shirokiryuu
Posts: 714 Location: Northern California (SF Bay Area) |
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I love to read the actual manga because as many others said it feels good to have it in your hands..
but the reason why i read manga online is because i'm forbidden by my parents ^^: BUT if i had the choice i would buy manga. |
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Alchemist449
 Posts: 341 Location: LED ZEPPELIN! nuf said |
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Why? I prefer having it in my hand because I know someone payed for it and the company may have the incentive to publish it more if it sells better. Also, I can read it more comfortably if I'm holding it. On a screen some small text is hard to read. |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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I definitely enjoy reading from a book better than online. Scanlations are okay, but they just aren't the same.
Also, there is the whole legality issue...if something has been licensed and published in English, scanlations of it are illegal, just as fansubs of licensed seres are. In those cases, if I had a scanlation I would use it to judge whether I wanted to buy a manga or not...though usually I just buy the first volume and find out, since they aren't as expensive as DVDs. |
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apple pro
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what always happens with me is i read it, and i can't forget about the story and I have to go buy the book because i'm a "fan" of it now. when you're a fan, it's just not enough to just read it online. (i am not a kid though, so i have more spending cash. although i see kids today with lots of expensive gadgets today...)
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Coffeeman
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I like to read them in hand (almost too much, I've run out of storage space two or three times already) and comparing it to reading on the screen just doesn't work for me, simply because I find it uncomfortable reading from the computer to a larger amount. Also, the resolutions can be quite offputting, insofar as a perfectly readable image in one resolution might need three or four times magnification to be readable in another resolution.
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Kouji
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I prefer to read manga in my hand as opposed to reading scans on the computer. There's just something about holding it in your own hands that's much more gratifying than reading a scan on the computer. I can't buy anime DVDs much throughout the year because my allowance can't afford it, but I can buy plenty of manga, so I like to buy manga from the bookstores whenever I can to support the creators of my favorite titles. I've also tried reading manga scans on the computer before and I just couldn't stand it. It was annoying to have to scroll up and down and right and left all the time just to read a panel and then to have to click a button to move onto the next panel. I prefer to just be able to sit back and relax and just flip through the manga with a simple page turn. Reading it on the computer is way too much work to me for doing something that I like to enjoy when I'm relaxing.
Also, the translations in the official manga releases is a lot more reliable than those in scanlations because the official English version is being translated by proffessional translators who tend to know what they're doing more than a group of fans who's reliabilty is limited to how much Japanese they know. If you're downloading scanlations of unlicensed manga, that's fine, but I recommend buying the official manga when they're released. Although it's not as cheap as manga in Japan, manga in the U.S. is still very cheap, much more affordable than anime DVDs are, so even if you don't re-read them when you're done with them, you won't be wasting too much money on buying them. And if you love anime, trust me, you'll definetly be re-reading your manga at least a thousand times after you buy it. If you don't think you'll like it enough to re-read it, you could always sell it on Ebay or in a yard sale or something. You could always give it away to any of your manga-loving friends when you're done with it. Some bookstores have a place where you can read books there, so you could just stop by the bookstore and read the manga there and only buy the series you think you'll really love. You could also check to see if your local library has any manga you could check out, that way you can return it to them when you're done reading it. And if your local library doesn't have any manga, you could always see about donating any of your manga you don't care to read anymore to them. |
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Mozilla
SPAMMER
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LOL, I totally agree, you get to lie down on your bed or whenever you travel you can pop out your Naruto manga. And I trust the Ligit manga versus the translated one by a sub group simply put. THanks |
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DemonEyesLeo
 Posts: 844 Location: Japan |
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"In hand" all the way. Besides supporting the industry, it also lets one have a physical copy rather than digital data. And manga can be read anytime, anyplace; with online you need a computer and access to the net. Then, of course, there's the issue of if there's a power failiure or something that cuts off the computer; if all you do is read online, then you're SOL. But having a printed copy in hand you can just pick it up and read.
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remember love
 Posts: 764 Location: Germany |
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Well, like everyone else I'm for buying the manga...Same reason too because I feel more comfortable supporting the people who brought out the manga and also I'm not to keen on going on the computer just to read manga...just seems a pointless waste of time.
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petran
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though I buy DVDs I hardly buy any manga or comics. I have this habit of reading the book in front of the shelf and then leaving it. I do the same with other magazines. This works only if the book store is large enough so no one will bother you...A 20-25 page comic is finished in less than 6 minutes anyway.
So scanlations are the same for me. It is like having all the time to read them in the bookstore without anyone bothering me. And besides without them it would be impossible to read rare or hard to find titles where you would have to pay 10 times the original price to own them. As for the level of translation...well it is a comic book and not James Joyce. so the difference is slight. |
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