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TsukasaElkKite
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 Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:41 pm
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WHY is it only digital?! Why can't they do physical volumes too?!
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OtomeGay
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:53 pm
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Begging for these to get physical editions!!!
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Lord Geo
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:13 pm
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| TsukasaElkKite wrote: | | WHY is it only digital?! Why can't they do physical volumes too?! |
At least for Life 1, I imagine that the length makes Kodansha hesitate (plus the fact that, even if they were to just re-use TokyoPop's translation, they'd still have to translate everything beyond Volume 9 from scratch), due to the rule of diminshing returns (i.e. later volumes always sell less than earlier volumes). Also, Kodansha has tons of digital-only manga releases, with only the ones that actually sold well eventually getting physical releases, so this isn't all that surprising.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:38 pm
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Seems like a pretty big tonal jump for Life 2.
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:37 pm
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| Lord Geo wrote: |
| TsukasaElkKite wrote: | | WHY is it only digital?! Why can't they do physical volumes too?! |
At least for Life 1, I imagine that the length makes Kodansha hesitate (plus the fact that, even if they were to just re-use TokyoPop's translation, they'd still have to translate everything beyond Volume 9 from scratch), due to the rule of diminshing returns (i.e. later volumes always sell less than earlier volumes). Also, Kodansha has tons of digital-only manga releases, with only the ones that actually sold well eventually getting physical releases, so this isn't all that surprising. |
They could just do two in one releases!
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Shay Guy
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:42 pm
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Oh, dang! I've been hoping for a license rescue for Life for ages. I guess digital-only was probably inevitable, though. Wonder if there's any chance of my library getting it…
| TsukasaElkKite wrote: | | They could just do two in one releases! |
Two-in-one or no, it's a big investment for a 20-year-old shoujo manga that never got an anime.
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pachy_boy
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:10 pm
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YES on Life, a bona fide masterpiece! With this manga Keiko Suenobu absolutely captures what the world of high school life is like in the worst yet most honest way imaginable--it really is poetic art. I still have my incomplete Tokyopop collection when I normally get rid of any series whose publications never finish (including the dog-lovers' favorite Inubaka, unfortunately), and I can only guess I got the faithful ending from the live-action drama which was damn good in its own way. I would totally support a physical release for this, and I believe this series to be timeless enough for it to be at least possible, but we're just going to have to wait and see, aren't we?
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Zimmer
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:50 am
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Can anyone tell me exactly how Life 2 is connected to the first?
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TsukasaElkKite
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:01 am
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| Zimmer wrote: | | Can anyone tell me exactly how Life 2 is connected to the first? |
It's a completely separate series with no connection to the first.
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