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Lemonchest
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Much like Hana there, I had to pause mid eating when confronted by that image of vomit on toast.
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Hameyadea
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Is the idea practical with a manga library (or any library) of this size? It would take patrons quite some time to browse for a book they want to read/might read.
I think I read somewhere that there are book cafés (in the U.S.? Europe? I can't remember) where the libraries are available via an online server, and the patrons can pay for an access for a set amount of time. It would help with the logistics (less physical units to bring to the shop, and less of a hassle for the patrons to browse through), nearly all the data will be available to as many people that want to read it as the server can hold (eliminating that moment when 2 patrons want to read the last available copy of a work), and it will stay readable (no coffee stains, crumpled pages, worn-out covers). Anyways, nice idea. |
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FireChick
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I wish they would make manga cafes here in America.
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Hoppy800
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The place looks nice but the food is giving a very bad first impression.
Someone should do an electronic manga cafe someday, we're at a time now that print in Japan is slowly dying and more books are going digital. |
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Kadmos1
 Posts: 13616 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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It could be practical if they are wanting to have as much tankoubon for patrons as they can get. While there are online sites, both legal and copy-right infringing, to read manga, there is still something about reading a physical copy of a manga. The library thing can help someone who has a hard time paying both rent and their internet bills. |
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Tamaria
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Hah, MangaKissa wins! Though, sadly those 6500 or so volumes don't quite fit into their current location so the available collection is actually closer to 4000... |
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Alan45
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luffypirate
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Wow these pictures are like porn to me. I love how collections of tankoubon/graphic novels look shelved. I used to have a decent manga collection myself, about 800 or so. I sold most of them off when I moved in with my girlfriend. I miss it at times. My dream was to have a spare room and convert it into a library of sorts kinda like this one.
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Alan45
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Mr. Oshawott
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I think a manga café is an impressive idea. There's nothing like helping yourself to your favorite manga after having breakfast. However, the menu needs improvement- I'm not sure if many people would find salmon toast to be that appetizing.
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hyojodoji
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As to 'How many manga a person, library, manga café or the like has,' it may depend on how you describe the number of books in a book collection. The original Japanese article says, '4,000タイトル以上,' and it means 'More than 4000 titles.' If a book collection consists of 4000 タイトル and each タイトル consists of, say, 2 volumes, the number of volumes in the book collection is 8000.
And, no offence, but if someone dare boast of his/her manga collection, it might be better for him/her to also think about the 'quality' of his/her collection. The manga in Trigger include a rare manga of which price is more than ￥100000 (approx. ＄826) and out-of-print manga. If people see a kid whose stamp collection only consists of many cheap recent common postage stamps boast about his collection to a philatelist who has mint Penny Blacks and even forgeries made by de Sperati, probably people's reaction to the kid's boasting would be ﾔﾚﾔﾚ ┐(´～｀)┌ ﾏｲｯﾀﾈ. Also, manga which staffers of Honz deal with tend to be manga for 'connoisseurs'. |
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enurtsol
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How are they gonna keep rare out-of-print manga in good condition since it's hard to replace
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macloud
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One answer to both could be that they rotate the stock around periodically - some titles are there for a few months and then are swapped out for something else. Actually that might make a good arrangement for promotions - an all seinen selection for one weekend, or even a week of all Osamu Tezuka Titles. I'll definitely add this to my list of places to see in Japan. |
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yuna49
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Are there any royalty implications to this? After all, the cafe is profiting off the manga. I can't really tell whether Japan has a "first-sale" doctrine when it comes to print media. That would exempt the owner from any further royalties beyond those paid as part of the original purchase. The only thing I can find in a quick Google search is this article from 2002 on the legality of reselling used video games which concerned "cinematographic works."
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Kadmos1
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yuna49, I think that there would have to be some sort of royalty payment because the copyrights still exist and because the library would want to avoid legal action against them. I also think that if there was a lack of royalty payment, this library might not even exist.
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