![]() ![]() Some people like to go out and spend 30$ for 3 hours of ‘fun’, i buy 3 volumes, read them 5 times each in 2-3 years, and have way more value for my money (imo). In this way, manga is not so much more expensive as more of a financial investment. Who entry to figure out what is going on. ![]() You don’t need to go to all ball games or see every Star Wars/ Avengers/ Dr. So you could easily spend $100, $200, even $500+ for the full story. Heck, in most shounen series, all the main character’s comrades usually haven’t been introduced. Even though a lot of books and movies are made with trilogies in mind, you still can generally pay for one or two and feel like you got your money’s worth. However, in a strike against manga, you generally don’t get a full experience in one volume as you would in most Western media. If we average it out to $5, that puts manga just above Western comics’ average pricing. I just picked up a bunch of books for $4-6 new. I get many books for around $6-7, and sometimes less. $8 is usually the max I pay for a volume (excluding two- or three-in-one editions). If you find you get more bang for the buck from buying a game, great! Buy away! But to say, “Well, other things are cheaper, so I’ll save my money for those and rely on scanlations!” is not any better justification than saying, “Well, I paid for one movie ticket, and the theater is playing other movies already anyway, so I’ll just sneak into another theater.”Īlso, in my opinion, you’re silly if you spend $11 per book. Manga is as valid an interest as any of these other hobbies. Well, if we’re getting into something like what’s the best value, why don’t we all just buy the cheapest phone or computer that can access the Internet, or skip buying entertainment and hang out at the local park or the mall? In most cases, what you are buying is the experience. One commenter points out people can spend their money on “some other hobby of theirs” instead. Well, yes, it’s above most “go-out” events and costs more than take-home media. All numbers are rough estimates based on my observations. No matter if a series is complete in a single volume or in 80, that’s $11 per hour of fun. Let’s say an average reader takes 1 hour to finish it. titles, more expensive than most Viz Media releases, and below Yen Press and other Vertical, Inc. So let’s take the average and say $11, which is in line with Kodansha Comics volumes and some Vertical, Inc. Retail-wise, manga ranges from about $7.99 for a digital single volume all the way up to about $13.95. ![]() Not that it’s a real difference as manga will either be comparably or better priced in either case, but I just feel like it’s a better argument. Instead, the measurement should be more like how much does manga cost vs comics/books/movies/other forms of entertainment media. The article tries to settle the question of whether manga is too expensive to buy by comparing how much Japanese readers pay vs American readers, which seems like an incorrect methodology. On the flip side, for most people reading a volume of manga is probably a one-time thing, and they’ll be over it after 2 hours of reading. Most of my friends would not mind buying a game on steam for 10 bucks since it can probably net them at least 10-20 hours of entertainment. So I thought I’d take this time and respond to some of the comments made. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and at your local comic book shop and bookstore and will retail for $14.99.So an old article of mine entitled “ The ‘It’s Too Expensive’ Argument” was recently posted on Reddit. Hellsing Volume 1 2nd edition will arrive in bookstores Novemand in comic shops November 8, 2023. But vast evil forces are on the march, and even the agents of Hellsing may not be able to stem the black tide that threatens to engulf England-and all humanity! Hellsing’s secret weapon? Alucard, a vampire lord of immense power, specially trained and equipped to destroy the undead. With supernatural horrors haunting the streets and preying upon humanity, the shadowy Hellsing Organization fights back against hell’s minions. These updated and redesigned editions are perfect for Hellsing devotees and a great jumping-on point for new readers. Hellsing blends gothic horror, violent action, and dark humor in a bloody brew that has fired the imagination of otaku everywhere. Featuring revised translations available previously only in the deluxe hardcover editions, Kohta Hirano’s epic action/horror manga is now even closer to the author’s terrifying vision that spawned the international hit anime series. The legions of the damned again threaten to cover the earth in darkness in new paperback editions of Hellsing from Dark Horse Manga. People’s History of the Marvel Universe. ![]()
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