[0:00] so you're thinking about starting a
[0:01] manga collection maybe you were walking
[0:02] by the manga section in your local
[0:03] bookstore and thought hey I want to
[0:05] check out some of these series maybe an
[0:06] anime you were watching that you were so
[0:08] passionate about just ended abruptly and
[0:10] now you want to know what happens next
[0:11] or maybe you watch some guy on YouTube
[0:13] read an entire manga series in a week
[0:15] and you were thinking wow I I kind of
[0:17] want manga now whatever the reason is
[0:19] this is the video for you I've been
[0:20] collecting manga as a hobby for a while
[0:21] now I have over 500 volumes in my
[0:23] collection in this video I'm going to
[0:24] teach you about all the knowledge I've
[0:26] gathered over the years all the
[0:27] money-saving tips and money wasting m
[0:29] mistakes that I've made and how to avoid
[0:32] them so that hopefully by the end of
[0:33] this video you can get a better idea of
[0:34] how to build a pretty cool manga
[0:36] collection okay so to start this off
[0:38] what kind of manga do you like do you
[0:39] even know there's an incredibly large
[0:41] amount of manga genres to read from and
[0:43] within those genres there's an even
[0:45] larger amount of mangas to choose the
[0:47] last thing you want to happen is you go
[0:49] to the store and you buy a volume or
[0:51] you're surfing the web and you order
[0:53] something you spend all this time
[0:54] getting your hands on a specific volume
[0:56] just to realize that you don't even like
[0:59] it and you wish you didn't even get it I
[1:01] personally suggest before you make the
[1:02] decision to purchase a manga volume to
[1:04] go over a couple of ground roles is the
[1:06] series actually good or been given
[1:08] Praise by people in the community do you
[1:09] actually like the series or is it just a
[1:11] hot new thing right now and you're just
[1:12] going along with the hype is this series
[1:14] something you could see yourself
[1:15] revisiting in the future cuz remember
[1:17] this stuff isn't digital code that you
[1:19] could just buy and forget about just
[1:20] like the hundreds of games that you
[1:22] probably bought during the steam winter
[1:23] sale that are just rotting away in your
[1:25] library never going to be touched you're
[1:26] not going to play these games I know you
[1:28] these are physical things that you're
[1:29] buying probably going to buy a lot of
[1:31] too this stuff it sticks with you so
[1:33] make sure you're sure about your
[1:34] purchase before getting something I
[1:36] personally own all of promis Neverland
[1:38] and Demon Slayer and I'll be honest I'm
[1:39] not the most thrilled about having these
[1:41] in my collection both of these series I
[1:43] mainly just blind bought because there
[1:44] was a lot of hype going on around the
[1:46] anime at the time I definitely took a
[1:47] risk and I'm not trying to say that
[1:49] these two series are bad they're just
[1:50] personally not for me after reading a
[1:52] couple of the volumes I just realized I
[1:54] wasn't really too into it like everybody
[1:55] else and that's okay I do still have
[1:57] them on my collection cuz they look nice
[1:59] but do wish if I could go back in time
[2:02] that I would have spent the money on
[2:03] something else that I would have cared
[2:05] about more and I know it could be tough
[2:06] sometimes to figure out if a series is
[2:08] actually worth it there's some series
[2:10] that are incredibly popular and there's
[2:11] so many people online glazing it and
[2:13] then others that only have one singular
[2:15] Reddit post from a dude 7 years ago
[2:17] named deleted user saying it's the
[2:20] greatest or worst thing in the world
[2:21] thank you deleted user for your
[2:23] contribution who are you judging the
[2:25] quality of a series can be really tough
[2:27] sometimes so here's a couple of things
[2:28] that you could do number one try to find
[2:30] the series online try to read a couple
[2:32] of chapters of it and see if you
[2:33] actually like it do you like the
[2:35] characters do you like the artwork do
[2:36] you like the Direction the Story is
[2:38] going in if not don't get it number two
[2:40] you could watch different YouTube videos
[2:42] on people who actually check out manga
[2:44] here's a couple of creators that I think
[2:45] are pretty cool and could give you some
[2:46] pretty good advice on what you should
[2:48] check out number three you could just
[2:50] ask people online in a bunch of
[2:51] different communities I don't personally
[2:52] know any communities that I could
[2:53] recommend to you to go and check out but
[2:55] I will say I do have a Discord server
[2:57] with a ton of people who really like
[2:59] manga in it so if you're looking to ask
[3:00] some people who know a thing or two
[3:01] about manga jump into the server and go
[3:03] ask them I'm almost positive they're
[3:05] going to help you out if you're
[3:05] interested in joining I got a link down
[3:07] below for you to check out and while
[3:08] you're at it hit the Subscribe button
[3:10] man what kind of bookshelf are you going
[3:12] to get this is also something you kind
[3:13] of have to think about cuz you don't
[3:14] want to just buy a bunch of manga and
[3:15] then have nowhere to put it I mean
[3:18] actually you could I don't I don't
[3:19] really know how you live your life I
[3:21] personally like putting my books on a
[3:22] bookshelf so that's what we're going to
[3:24] talk about over the years my collection
[3:25] has changed a lot I've gotten so many
[3:27] different bookshelves here's what I
[3:29] could recommend if you're looking for
[3:30] something on a budget go for something
[3:31] on a budget my first couple of
[3:33] bookshelves were like $20 ones I bought
[3:35] at my local Target or Walmart these did
[3:37] the job just fine were they the best
[3:39] quality in the world no but they at
[3:41] least held books and that's exactly what
[3:43] I needed them for over the years I
[3:45] slowly started buying more and more
[3:46] manga and my collection started getting
[3:48] bigger and bigger and bigger so that's
[3:50] why I have these three giant bookshelves
[3:52] right behind me these two right over
[3:54] here were a gift and then this one I
[3:55] bought at Ikea for $70 now maybe $70 is
[3:59] is crazy for you and you can't really
[4:01] justify buying that for your collection
[4:03] and that is completely okay for me
[4:04] personally it just made sense plus I
[4:07] don't think it's ever a bad idea to
[4:08] invest in a bookshelf because
[4:10] bookshelves can hold more than just
[4:11] books they could hold other things this
[4:14] is getting really obvious find something
[4:15] cool find something in your budget and
[4:17] just go with it okay so let's say you do
[4:19] have an idea of the type of manga you
[4:21] want to start collecting should you just
[4:22] go all in and Splurge a bunch of money
[4:24] on buying the entire series no it's
[4:27] probably really cool to see a giant
[4:28] collection like this and be in inspired
[4:30] and motivated and want to go to the
[4:31] store and spend a bunch of money to get
[4:33] something quite similar to this at least
[4:35] that's how I was when I was first
[4:36] collecting but honestly the best piece
[4:38] of advice I can give to you is just to
[4:40] take it slow that's currently where my
[4:42] mindset is at with collecting manga and
[4:44] I feel like it's changed everything I
[4:46] collect manga at a lot slower of a pace
[4:48] now for a couple of reasons number one
[4:50] it's because it's easier to manage and
[4:52] keep track of everything that you have
[4:54] and number two it just makes it so that
[4:55] the hobby never becomes stale for I
[4:57] found that the act of prolonging the
[4:58] manga collection construction actually
[5:00] allowed for me to prolong the journey
[5:03] make me enjoy it a lot more because it
[5:05] prevented me from ever doing too much
[5:07] and then getting burnt out also you
[5:08] should make sure you leave yourself
[5:10] enough time to read the Manga I found
[5:13] that whenever I have spent a bunch of
[5:15] money on manga like I've splurged a
[5:17] bunch on a giant manga order I would get
[5:19] so excited that I had like 50 new
[5:21] volumes 60 new volumes and I'd end up
[5:24] not reading some of them as a result
[5:26] there was just so many options to now
[5:27] choose from to read that I'd end up
[5:29] forgetting about the ones that maybe I
[5:31] didn't care about as much I personally
[5:32] have a lot going on in my day and I have
[5:34] a lot of manga so one of my best
[5:35] strategies for getting through my
[5:36] collection is just reading manga right
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[6:22] video now I feel like you should have a
[6:24] pretty good idea of the types of mangas
[6:25] that you want the type of bookshelves
[6:27] that You' be putting them on and how
[6:29] fast you should collecting your series
[6:30] now let's talk about the type of series
[6:32] you should actually be collecting for
[6:34] anyone just starting their manga
[6:35] collection I would always recommend to
[6:36] start off with just focusing on two
[6:39] series one ongoing one and one that's
[6:41] already been completed now you might be
[6:43] wondering why why would I do that well
[6:46] first of all committing to only two
[6:48] series to start off your manga
[6:49] collection depending on what series they
[6:51] are of course is actually a pretty
[6:54] simple task please for the love of God
[6:55] do not be the person who starts off
[6:57] their collection with 10 different
[6:59] volume ones of 10 different series
[7:01] they're planning on collecting because
[7:02] your collection is just going to look
[7:03] messy you're not going to know which
[7:05] series you should start investing your
[7:06] money in first to actually complete
[7:08] first and it's just going to be a lot
[7:10] and then you're probably just going to
[7:11] not do anything and just be left with a
[7:13] bunch of volume ones I get it there's a
[7:15] bunch of series out there that look
[7:16] really cool and you want to collect them
[7:18] but when you start doing this you're
[7:19] going to start killing your own
[7:20] motivation and momentum manga
[7:21] collections are really fun once you
[7:23] actually start seeing some results it is
[7:25] a lot more filling of having 10 volumes
[7:27] of the same series as opposed to 10
[7:29] volumes of completely different Series
[7:30] so anyway getting back to it why should
[7:32] you collect one ongoing and one
[7:34] completed series well the ongoing Series
[7:36] has the purpose of prolonging the
[7:37] journey typically new volumes for a
[7:39] series take about 2 months to be
[7:41] released which is actually really great
[7:43] the ongoing series is going to have the
[7:44] purpose of bringing you back into the
[7:45] hobby whenever you go to the bookstore
[7:47] and see that a new volume has been
[7:48] released you're going to get pretty
[7:50] excited and buy it and slowly and slowly
[7:51] as you're doing this you're just getting
[7:53] one step closer to completing the entire
[7:55] thing now I also recommend collecting a
[7:56] series that's completed now because it's
[7:58] going to keep the collection interesting
[8:00] now whenever you go to a bookstore
[8:02] you're probably always going to be able
[8:04] to find a volume that you actually need
[8:06] a lot of these completed series just
[8:07] kind of rot on the shelves a lot of
[8:09] people are only going to the bookstore
[8:11] to buy the stuff that's currently being
[8:12] released so a lot of these older volumes
[8:15] they're always there so might as well go
[8:16] and pick them up okay now let's say you
[8:18] know the series that you want to collect
[8:19] but there's one issue you go to the
[8:21] bookstore and you're going to start
[8:22] collecting them but there's different
[8:24] versions of the book which one do you
[8:27] get this right here is volumes 85 86 and
[8:30] 887 of one piece and this right here is
[8:35] volumes 85 86 and 87 of One Piece just
[8:38] it it kind of looks a little bit
[8:40] different this right here is three
[8:41] single manga volumes and this right here
[8:43] is an Omnibus that is a combination of
[8:45] these three volumes this is a case-by
[8:46] casee scenario not every single manga
[8:48] you're going to be collecting is going
[8:49] to have these variety of ways to collect
[8:51] them but when you run into a scenario
[8:53] like this which one should you get so if
[8:55] you wanted to only collect the single
[8:56] volumes each one would cost you about
[8:58] $12 at at the moment whereas with the
[9:00] omnibuses I believe they cost around $17
[9:03] so if you do the math if you're
[9:04] collecting the omnibuses you're going to
[9:06] save a lot more money but should you
[9:08] personally I would say especially with
[9:10] the paperback versions of the omnibuses
[9:12] these are always a pass in my eyes
[9:14] unless you're purely collecting just to
[9:16] catch up with the story itself I don't
[9:18] like how these look the volume overall
[9:20] is made with a lot cheaper of a paper
[9:22] quality compared to the regular
[9:23] individual volumes plus I'm a guy who
[9:25] just really likes manga covers and this
[9:29] this is is not fun to look at this is
[9:31] really boring if you're looking to just
[9:32] catch up on a story and you're on a
[9:34] budget then omnibuses are definitely the
[9:36] way to go but if you're actually looking
[9:37] to grow a manga collection spend the
[9:39] extra couple of dollars and buy the
[9:41] single volumes I think it'll be more
[9:42] worth it in the long run also oh my God
[9:44] I almost forgot about this these down
[9:46] over here are my vegab bomb volumes and
[9:48] they're three in one omnibuses now I
[9:51] just said you shouldn't really be going
[9:53] for these and I know um it's a little
[9:55] contradictory but I think these are
[9:56] really cool cuz when you put them
[9:58] together they have a connecting spot
[9:59] it's a tiny little detail that I just
[10:01] personally really liked and made me go
[10:02] the extra mile to actually go out and
[10:04] collect all of these but I did run into
[10:06] a big issue om many buses as I said are
[10:08] cheaper in print quality and this book
[10:11] while I was reading it um the pages the
[10:13] pages fell out of the book
[10:16] so yeah look at this this is this is
[10:19] horrible there's a couple of solutions
[10:20] for this number one I could figure out
[10:22] how to rebind the book but I'm not going
[10:24] to do that or number two I could also
[10:27] invest in a different version of vegab
[10:29] bom that just released see not only do
[10:31] mangas have single volumes and omnibuses
[10:33] but they also have hard cover volumes
[10:36] like this right here for berserk now
[10:37] vegabond also has one of these that is
[10:39] releasing at the moment I already own
[10:40] all of vegabond and read it all so I
[10:42] don't really feel like spending the
[10:44] extra 50ish dollars just to get them in
[10:47] hard cover volumes I don't know it just
[10:49] it doesn't make sense to me at the
[10:50] moment hard cover Deluxe editions what
[10:52] do I think about them they're pretty
[10:54] cool I would definitely say if there is
[10:56] a series you are checking out and they
[10:58] have a deluxe edition
[10:59] I think you should go the extra mile and
[11:01] actually just purchase it I do really
[11:03] think these are worth it especially with
[11:04] series with Incredible art berserk for
[11:06] example the artwork is amazing and dude
[11:09] let me just tell you whenever I'm
[11:10] showing off my manga collection to
[11:11] someone they are always looking at the
[11:13] hard covers first these catch people's
[11:15] eyes when they're on a shelf and for
[11:16] good reason they look awesome V Saga up
[11:19] here these are hard covers they look
[11:20] pretty cool JoJo's Bizarre Adventure up
[11:22] here they're hard covers they also look
[11:23] pretty cool while we're on the subject
[11:25] of different versions of mangas that you
[11:26] could buy let's not forget about
[11:30] the box sets I have a decent amount of
[11:32] them and I leave them all up on top of
[11:34] my collection cuz I just think they look
[11:35] nice the first 70 volumes of one piece
[11:37] that is currently in my collection was
[11:39] all brought to me because of box sets
[11:42] these things are awesome maybe some of
[11:43] you guys out there don't really know
[11:44] what a box set is so let me explain it
[11:46] really quickly let's say there's a
[11:47] series with 24 volumes instead of buying
[11:50] the 24 volumes individually for $12 each
[11:53] a box set will bundle them all together
[11:55] and sometimes be at an even cheaper
[11:57] price so you could buy the series in
[11:58] both for less money that's pretty cool
[12:00] so as opposed to spending over $1,000
[12:02] for over a 100 volumes of one piece I
[12:04] spent around5 six maybe $700 which is
[12:08] still a lot yes but keep in mind that
[12:10] the remaining volumes from volume 71 all
[12:12] the way up to 107 I didn't buy with a
[12:15] box set and there is a new box set that
[12:16] currently released for One Piece box set
[12:18] number four but it wasn't out at the
[12:20] time when I was collecting the entire
[12:21] series there's a ton of different box
[12:23] sets out there for Naruto bleach
[12:25] assassination classroom Dragon Ball if
[12:27] there's a series you really enjoy and
[12:29] that you want to commit to I do think
[12:30] you should spend the extra money and buy
[12:31] a box set plus when that box set is in
[12:34] your hands and you get to look at all
[12:35] the volumes oh my God the dopamine Rush
[12:37] is insane saving money so box sets are
[12:39] the first thing I could definitely
[12:40] recommend for when someone asks me how
[12:42] they could easily save money on manga
[12:44] buying manga at your local bookstore
[12:45] it's pretty nice but wow is it expensive
[12:48] this is actually the primary way I buy
[12:50] my manga the only reason I do it is
[12:52] because I have a YouTube channel so
[12:54] manga shopping videos are kind of
[12:56] interesting and people like watching
[12:58] them so I the bullet and instead of
[13:00] buying the manga online for a cheaper
[13:02] price I spend the extra couple of
[13:04] dollars just to make an interesting
[13:05] video for you guys that's primarily how
[13:07] I buy my manga now back before I had
[13:09] this YouTube channel it was a bit
[13:11] different manga volumes can definitely
[13:12] be purchased for a lot cheaper if you
[13:14] buy them online now there's a couple of
[13:17] options you can do for this you could
[13:18] probably go on eBay or some kind of
[13:20] marketplace to buy manga off somebody
[13:22] else because honestly some people just
[13:25] don't really want their collection
[13:26] anymore and they're just trying to get
[13:27] rid of these volumes so you can end up
[13:28] getting getting a bunch of books for a
[13:30] pretty good deal now I've never done it
[13:32] so I don't really want to give you any
[13:33] tips or strategies because it would just
[13:35] be a lie I've never done it before so
[13:37] why would I tell you what to do when I
[13:39] literally have no knowledge on it
[13:40] another thing you can do which I have
[13:42] done is look at websites that sell manga
[13:44] the big website I used to use back in
[13:46] the day was right stuff anime but now
[13:48] they've been bought out by crunchy roll
[13:50] and crunchy roll I have purchased off of
[13:52] their site they do sometimes have pretty
[13:53] cool sales for manga so I would always
[13:55] keep an eye out for that another website
[13:57] that I use is just Amazon Amazon is
[13:59] pretty quick at delivering your manga
[14:01] and also sometimes the prices are
[14:02] cheaper than MSRP there's a bunch of
[14:04] different sites out there that sell
[14:05] manga or you could just join different
[14:07] discords or communities and just ask
[14:09] people if anyone is selling anything I
[14:10] do get lucky though sometimes my local
[14:12] bookstore will have deals like buy two
[14:14] get one free on manga or buy one get one
[14:17] free on manga that's a lot of the stuff
[14:18] I wanted to share with you hopefully you
[14:20] found something in this video helpful
[14:21] subscribe to the channel and go watch
[14:22] some of my other videos goodbye guys