The ULTIMATE Guide to get into Manga (easy)

[00:00] Okay. And remember class, if we're sad,

[00:02] we what? We just buy manga. Okay. One

[00:07] more time. Remember, we don't need

[00:08] therapy. If you can't afford it, what do

[00:09] we do? If we're sad, we just buy

[00:13] manga. That's right. Okay. Same time

[00:17] next week. Remember, there will be no

[00:19] test because I know you guys aren't

[00:21] studying. It's the end of the Apothecary

[00:23] Diaries. It's the season finale. I don't

[00:24] I don't blame you guys. But there will

[00:26] be an open book test. Okay, we'll see

[00:30] you guys next week.

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[00:44] All right. All right. Welcome on in.

[00:45] Settle down, everyone. Take a seat. And

[00:48] welcome to Manga 101 with Boogie. The

[00:51] year is 2025, and the manga market is

[00:54] booming. Releases are being announced

[00:56] left, right, and center. Old manga is

[00:58] coming back into print. Indie authors

[01:00] are blowing up. And the market is

[01:01] surging right now with some very serious

[01:03] projections leading all the way up to

[01:05] 2029. Now, I'll be real. I don't know. I

[01:07] don't know who's running those studies,

[01:08] okay? I don't know. Is there something

[01:09] about AI in there? I I have no idea. But

[01:12] I will say manga is surging right now in

[01:15] popularity, especially here in the

[01:16] United States and worldwide. There are

[01:18] more people buying manga, watching

[01:20] anime, getting into manga, reading

[01:22] manga, being in the fandom. It's more

[01:24] popular than ever. And in this hobby or

[01:27] lifestyle, hey, I see us collectors out

[01:30] there, there is a lot to get overwhelmed

[01:33] with. So, with that being said, welcome

[01:35] to my manga 101 class. We're going to be

[01:37] going over everything I wish I knew when

[01:40] I first started in this hobby.

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[01:46] Also, before we get started, if you've

[01:48] been watching the channel for a while,

[01:50] let me know some beginner friendly manga

[01:52] that you would recommend someone either

[01:53] finding the channel or getting into this

[01:55] hobby. I think they would really find

[01:56] that helpful. And if you're new to the

[01:58] channel or the hobby, first of all,

[01:59] welcome. What got you into all of this?

[02:02] Was it your friend? Was it your parents?

[02:04] Did you find manga at a school library?

[02:06] Did you watch an anime that you really

[02:07] like? Then you got the manga and that

[02:09] got the ball moving. What's your story?

[02:10] Let us know down below.

[02:14] Part one's going to focus on you. Yes,

[02:17] you. At the end of the day, this is your

[02:19] hobby. Okay. What are the things that

[02:21] interest you? What are the series that

[02:24] you find interesting that you really

[02:26] like that you might want to collect

[02:29] physically? My TA forgot to turn on the

[02:31] lights. Remember that manga collecting

[02:33] is a physical representation of the

[02:35] series that we love. I always like to

[02:37] call my collection sort of like

[02:39] functioning art because this really is

[02:41] the staple piece in this room. It's an

[02:44] attention grabber. It's a conversation

[02:46] starter. It's something I can make

[02:48] friends with. It's something to share

[02:50] with my friends.

[02:52] But I can also make it my cozy space.

[02:54] It's my safe spot. a place where if it's

[02:56] a rainy night, an early summer morning,

[03:00] I can stand here for as long as I'd like

[03:02] and I can choose the manga I want off of

[03:04] my shelf and go into my nook and escape.

[03:07] So, I ask you again, what do you like?

[03:11] This will always be our northstar when

[03:14] making decisions here in the hobby, at

[03:16] least in this video. Now, we can get

[03:18] into the meat and potatoes of this video

[03:21] with the types of manga. Not genres,

[03:24] okay? But types of physical manga,

[03:27] there's a lot there to unpack. For a lot

[03:28] of you guys, this might be really basic

[03:30] information, but someone coming into the

[03:32] hobby, okay? Or the parents that are

[03:34] watching right now, this is very

[03:35] valuable. We'll quickly go through this.

[03:37] Let's start with standard volumes. Here

[03:40] is Hunter Hunter volume 22. Okay, we're

[03:44] going to go ahead and call these

[03:45] standard volumes. These will typically

[03:47] be the most common way and most

[03:49] affordable way of collecting physical

[03:51] manga, brand new at full retail price,

[03:53] of course. Now, of course, price will

[03:55] vary and publishers will vary, okay? But

[03:57] they all have the same look. Here is uh

[04:00] the YenPress equivalent of that, okay?

[04:03] So, they're basically the same size. Uh

[04:05] however, I believe these are a dollar or

[04:07] two more uh expensive just it prices

[04:09] will range depending the publisher.

[04:11] Okay, these will normally be paperbacks

[04:13] and they'll be black and white with

[04:15] maybe the first two pages or so being

[04:17] colored. Important side note maybe, but

[04:19] there might also be store like big box

[04:22] retail store exclusives. Okay, so there

[04:25] might be multiple volume ones with

[04:27] variant covers. Sometimes they'll come

[04:29] with bonus materials. You name it. Okay,

[04:32] next

[04:34] omnibuses. These have multiple volumes

[04:38] inside of them. Okay, typically they're

[04:39] paperback, but they could also be hard

[04:41] cover. This right here is the classic

[04:43] series initial D, and it's put out by

[04:45] Kodan. This omnibus contains volumes one

[04:48] and two of initial D. This is what the

[04:51] single volumes would look like for

[04:53] initial D, but inside of here once again

[04:56] are two individual volumes, which is why

[04:58] you'll see a price increase. Next, we're

[05:00] going for the price hike with deluxe

[05:03] editions, collector's editions,

[05:05] anniversary editions, everything else in

[05:07] between. Now, while these are expensive,

[05:10] the flip side to that coin is sometimes

[05:11] a publisher only releases a manga series

[05:14] in a deluxe edition. So, it's going to

[05:17] come with a price tag if you physically

[05:18] want to collect that series. Okay, last

[05:21] but not least, we've come to the holy

[05:23] land of light novels. And this is where

[05:27] the pipeline is very real. From anime

[05:29] watcher to manga enjoyer to light novel

[05:33] reader. It's actually a massive pipeline

[05:35] that we're not talking about enough. Let

[05:38] me know if you read light novels down

[05:40] below in the comment section. You can

[05:42] think of light novels as basically

[05:44] shorter books centered around anime IPs

[05:46] that are typically easier to read and

[05:48] digest. They also tend to offer some

[05:50] illustrations throughout the story,

[05:52] which is phenomenal. Light novels also

[05:55] typically have like a ton of volumes in

[05:57] them. Not all of them, but a a lot. So,

[06:00] make sure you have the shelf space or

[06:01] you're prepared for that. I think light

[06:02] novels themselves are a great gateway

[06:04] into reading other books and definitely

[06:08] these are the source material to if

[06:10] you're watching an anime or reading a

[06:11] manga that has a light novel, chances

[06:12] are this is the actual source material.

[06:15] So you'll always find more content in

[06:17] the light novel. This is why you see so

[06:19] many people that run out of episodes and

[06:21] they they end up going to the light

[06:22] novel because they just want more

[06:23] context and more chapters and what

[06:25] happens after season 12 or or episode 12

[06:27] or episode 24 or they've run out of

[06:31] manga chapters. They've exhausted the

[06:33] anime and the manga and now they need to

[06:35] know what happens next and what happens

[06:36] next will be in the light novel. So

[06:38] always check if a series has a light

[06:39] novel if you're okay with reading them.

[06:41] Not all of us are okay and I'm fully

[06:43] aware of that and you don't have to be.

[06:44] That's why there's other ways to enjoy

[06:46] these series. That's why there will be a

[06:47] manga adaptation.

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[06:52] Next part briefly is going to cover the

[06:54] silent majority here. I have a sneaky

[06:56] suspicion it is the silent majority. All

[06:58] right, which will be digital manga

[07:01] reading. We're going to quickly go

[07:02] through this. What do I mean by that is

[07:04] that you can read manga on your iPad,

[07:06] the computer, the phone. Michelle

[07:08] actually reads a lot of like fanfiction,

[07:11] manga, light novels, Don May on her

[07:14] phone in bed a lot of the times. And

[07:16] honestly, I saw a ton of people in

[07:18] Japan. The majority of people I saw

[07:20] reading manga in Japan was done on their

[07:23] phone. And I went to I don't know how

[07:25] many book offs. I don't know how many

[07:26] manga shopping experiences, I don't know

[07:28] how many cafes and places people would

[07:30] typically be reading manga. I don't know

[07:32] how many trains I rode. It was a lot. I

[07:34] was there for a month. The vast majority

[07:36] of people that I saw reading manga or

[07:38] reading in general, it was on their

[07:40] phone. But when we're talking digital

[07:42] manga, they're basically talking about

[07:43] where to buy ebooks. All of the big

[07:45] names pretty much have their own app. So

[07:46] Barnes & Noble has Nook. Uh I think

[07:48] Amazon has Kindle. Then of course there

[07:51] are thirdparty apps that a lot of us

[07:52] use. I myself sometimes use Book Walker.

[07:55] And there are a lot more than that.

[07:56] We're just quickly going through this.

[07:58] These can be helpful for sampling manga.

[08:00] I know a lot of us are digital first and

[08:02] then if you like the series then you

[08:03] will collect it physically. And a lot of

[08:05] the times you can read chapter by

[08:06] chapter so you'll get stuff a lot faster

[08:08] than physical releases. And you'll also

[08:10] be able to read manga that just isn't

[08:12] out physically. Like if I wanted to read

[08:13] Ace of Diamonds, you can't really see

[08:15] it. It's behind here. I have volume one

[08:17] in Japanese, right? Because there's no

[08:19] physical release. But if I want to read

[08:20] it, I can read it over on like the K

[08:22] manga app and I can read it that way.

[08:24] Same goes with like Hajimeno. No English

[08:26] release, but I can read it if I'd like

[08:28] over on the K manga app or other places,

[08:30] right? All right. So let's frankly talk

[08:32] about shelving which will become quickly

[08:34] the most important thing that will

[08:35] quickly decide uh what you end up buying

[08:38] and how much of it can you buy which is

[08:41] storage physical real estate that you

[08:44] have available to you. Remember

[08:48] collecting manga is a physical hobby and

[08:51] at the end of the day it's very much

[08:52] similar to like aesthetically hoarding

[08:55] for a lack of a better term. Whether it

[08:57] be cards, video games, golf clubs,

[09:00] guitars, or yes, even manga, we are all

[09:02] at different times in our lives in

[09:04] different situations with varying

[09:05] budgets and square footage available to

[09:07] us. Taking that first step into getting

[09:10] a bookshelf is quite exciting. So, let's

[09:12] quickly go through this. The most common

[09:14] by far are from IKEA and they're called

[09:16] Billy bookshelves or Billy bookcases or

[09:18] whatever, whatever they're called. This

[09:20] is from IKEA. I don't remember the exact

[09:22] model, but these aren't Billy's. Uh,

[09:24] however, IKEA also sells like higherend

[09:26] shelves and whatnot. This is one of

[09:28] those. They're not Billy's, but they're

[09:30] very they're very close to Billy's. And

[09:31] of course, there are competitors. So,

[09:33] buy whatever is cheapest at the moment

[09:34] or whichever one that you can afford in

[09:36] your own budget. You can go check out

[09:38] places like Wayfair, Target, Walmart,

[09:42] they'll all have a competitor to Billy.

[09:44] However, my best recommendation if you

[09:46] are at a place in your life where you

[09:47] can afford this or you are living in a

[09:49] home where it won't be too much of a

[09:50] hassle to move them around. Real

[09:53] furniture that is made to last will

[09:55] always be the best option in my humble

[09:58] opinion. Something you don't have to

[10:00] build yourself and if you take care of

[10:01] it, it will last a lifetime. Something

[10:03] that your kids will be using. If you

[10:05] have kids, millennials that are still

[10:07] childless, I'm I'm looking I'm looking

[10:09] at us right now.

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[10:34] All right, summer is here and that means

[10:36] I'm going to go outside to read more.

[10:39] And this year, I was in the market for

[10:41] new earbuds that I can take on the go,

[10:42] whether I'm vlogging or just going out

[10:44] to read with Michelle. The checklist

[10:46] that my new earbuds had to have were

[10:48] active noise cancellation, and since I'm

[10:50] in California, they needed to be dust

[10:52] proof and they needed to have quick

[10:54] charging because I am always forgetting

[10:56] to charge my devices. So, I was so happy

[10:59] when Raycon reached out for their

[11:01] springtime partnership. And also, look

[11:02] how cute this case is. Oh my Oh my god.

[11:04] I have been trying their new everyday

[11:06] earbuds this week. Every day. Pun pun

[11:09] pun intended. These new models of their

[11:11] everyday earbuds come with 31 hours of

[11:13] battery life. Even if I forget to charge

[11:16] it, they're equipped with Raycon's quick

[11:18] charging features which give me 90

[11:20] minutes of listening in 10 minutes of

[11:22] charging. So whether I'm reading

[11:24] outside, in an airport, or at the park,

[11:27] having their active noise cancellation

[11:29] is so so nice. This summer, Raycon is

[11:32] giving the Boogie Snacks community a

[11:34] deal where you get 15% off of the

[11:37] Everyday Earbuds by using code Boogie

[11:39] while at checkout or by using the links

[11:41] down below in the description box. Once

[11:43] you have your shelf, the best part now

[11:44] happens. All right, you get to be

[11:46] creative. With this channel that I have

[11:48] here, I've been lucky enough to do these

[11:49] manga collection reaction streams, which

[11:51] means that you guys get to submit your

[11:53] collections to me to react to them at

[11:55] home. If you want to join the next one,

[11:56] Discord link will be down below. Just

[11:58] join. Someone will help you out. I get

[11:59] to see how creative you guys can get

[12:00] with building your manga collections,

[12:02] and it's very inspiring. And some of you

[12:04] guys are even like mix and matching

[12:06] brands of bookshelves of various sizes

[12:09] and widths. Now that you have manga on

[12:11] the shelf, let's cover just best

[12:13] practices a little bit. Okay, first and

[12:15] foremost, if you have a bookshelf like

[12:17] this and it isn't earthquake secured,

[12:19] especially if it isn't, put your heavier

[12:21] stuff at the bottom. Those big bulky

[12:24] omnibuses and deluxe editions and those

[12:26] hard covers, put them at the bottom. It

[12:28] will help prevent the shelf from

[12:30] actually tipping over and it will also

[12:33] slowly delay the inevitable being that

[12:35] these shelves will get. Try to I'm I'm

[12:38] failing a little bit, but try to keep

[12:40] them away from direct sunlight as that

[12:43] will cause yellowing. If you want to

[12:45] keep your manga nice and perfect and

[12:46] pristine, if you live in a very humid

[12:48] area or neighborhood, invest in a

[12:50] dehumidifier. It'll just be better for

[12:52] the manga in books in general in the

[12:54] long run.

[12:57] And my most important tip, this is one

[13:00] that I've learned very, very, very

[13:03] recently. I recently moved to this place

[13:05] that has carpeting.

[13:08] Books attract a lot of allergies,

[13:10] specifically dust mites, and I have a

[13:12] dustmite allergy. So, make sure we are

[13:13] wiping our collection down frequently.

[13:16] This will definitely help your

[13:17] allergies, especially during the allergy

[13:19] season. Okay, where to buy manga? Let's

[13:22] talk about it for a second. Assuming you

[13:24] already have a few volumes, you probably

[13:25] know in your area where to get a volume

[13:28] or two of manga, typically your big box

[13:31] retail store. But is that really the

[13:33] best place to buy manga? Is that the

[13:35] best place to be spending your dollars?

[13:37] Well, obviously that depends on your

[13:38] budget, depends on your location. Some

[13:40] of us have literally no options near us

[13:42] to go buy physical manga. It all has to

[13:44] be done on an online retail shop. I'm

[13:46] going to give you some very quick ideas

[13:48] and places you can immediately try to go

[13:50] in your neighborhood. However, what I

[13:52] say is the best option here is to go

[13:54] find creators out here on YouTube. There

[13:57] are so many that are all over the world,

[13:59] maybe you don't live in my area, maybe

[14:01] these stores that I have that I can go

[14:03] to, and I'm I live in California and I'm

[14:04] very blessed to have a ton of manga

[14:06] shopping options. Maybe you don't have

[14:08] any of those. Go find a creator that

[14:09] lives in your neck of the woods. And I

[14:12] almost guarantee you that you can. Okay,

[14:14] brickandmortar stores. Okay, you got

[14:15] Barnes & Noble, Kokuna, Books a Million,

[14:18] Halfpric Books for the used books, rare

[14:20] stuff you can find out of there. Same

[14:22] with Book Off. You can get some used

[14:23] books, rare stuff, out of print stuff

[14:26] every once in a while. But most

[14:27] importantly is go support your local

[14:29] comic shops. They're disappearing. All

[14:30] right? And a lot of them are now

[14:32] starting to carry more manga than ever.

[14:35] Go support them. They're a place to go

[14:38] make friends, and I think we'll miss

[14:40] them when they're gone. I truly think

[14:42] these places are sacred. They really

[14:45] are. There's something special about an

[14:46] indie bookshop. It might be a little

[14:48] more pricey. It might be full retail.

[14:49] Maybe even a dollar more, right? Uh but

[14:52] go support them. I'm not saying go get

[14:54] your entire collection from them. But

[14:56] every once in a while, just remember

[14:58] that they exist. Online retailers, okay?

[15:00] Obviously, the Crunchyroll manga store,

[15:02] Amazon. All right? If you want to get

[15:04] secondhand stuff, sometimes it's the

[15:06] only option. You got eBay, Mari, places

[15:08] like that. Once again, we are breezing

[15:09] through this because I think you guys

[15:11] can go find them all. I don't think

[15:12] you're going to have a hard time finding

[15:14] product. And if you are, just watch some

[15:17] of the vlogs. We have a ton of really

[15:18] cool vlogs on the channel where I take

[15:20] you guys exploring different manga

[15:22] shops, even in Japan. I'll put my whole

[15:24] vlog playlist down below in the

[15:26] description box. It might be a great

[15:27] place if you're new and you're just

[15:28] finding me, it might be a great place to

[15:29] actually get to know me as a creator

[15:31] down below. Very briefly, let's cover

[15:33] digital manga. Now, remember, I have a

[15:35] whole video dedicated to this coming up

[15:36] that I've put so much time into where

[15:38] I'm comparing

[15:40] basically all of the popular and even

[15:42] some of the non-popular ones. And

[15:44] there's a lot of drama in the digital

[15:45] manga reading space and a lot of

[15:46] competition. So, I'm just I'm going to

[15:48] give you some of the the the really big

[15:49] ones right now, but there'll be a whole

[15:51] video uh coming out pretty soon where

[15:54] we're covering like, you know, DRM

[15:56] stuff. Just I mean, there's a there's a

[15:58] lot of drama, but let's talk about it

[15:59] now. Okay. Basically, there's the Viz

[16:01] app and the Jump app. Those are

[16:03] subscriptionbased, very cheap, very

[16:04] affordable. Uh, you have Manga Plus by

[16:06] Shuisha, Book Walker, K Manga, and last

[16:09] but not least, if you have Amazon Prime,

[16:11] you're already paying to access a ton of

[16:14] completed manga that you can read

[16:16] digitally. Just Google like maybe the

[16:18] keyword search would be like Amazon

[16:19] Prime read manga, okay? And the link

[16:22] will come up. You'll you'll find it.

[16:23] You'd be surprised with how much they

[16:25] have to offer and you're already paying

[16:26] for it. You might as well get your

[16:27] money's worth. And of course, last but

[16:28] not least, the library. The library is

[16:30] such a great resource and the more that

[16:32] we use these library systems in our

[16:34] neighborhood, the more interest that it

[16:37] will show your local communities that

[16:38] you have in manga and the more manga

[16:40] that your libraries will start to

[16:41] obtain. Last but not least, used manga

[16:44] is our friend. So, class, repeat after

[16:46] me. Used manga is our friend. Yes,

[16:50] that's right. Used manga is our friend.

[16:53] Okay, let's quickly talk about

[16:54] budgeting. And parents, if you're

[16:56] listening to this video in the

[16:57] background, this is going to be quite

[16:58] important. This is something that I wish

[17:00] I had paid more attention to because I

[17:02] have been known to go way over budget.

[17:04] Okay, there is something called the

[17:05] three volume rule which is very

[17:07] basically put give a series three

[17:09] volumes to decide whether you want to

[17:10] continue collecting it or not. I think

[17:12] that was a valid strategy up until a few

[17:14] years ago and I think the meta now

[17:16] really is to see if you want to read a

[17:19] series or not uh digitally or if you

[17:21] want to collect a series physically by

[17:22] starting it digitally. And a lot of a

[17:24] lot of publishers through whatever app

[17:27] give you access to the first few

[17:29] chapters uh for free. Don't be scared to

[17:32] wait on sales. Yes, trust me when I say

[17:34] this. When you get a new bookshelf, when

[17:36] you get a new bookshelf, it's a very

[17:38] human thing to do is to see an empty

[17:41] shelf and want to fill it up as quickly

[17:43] as possible. Trust me, the manga isn't

[17:45] going anywhere. Wait for the sales.

[17:48] Trust me. Or not. Hey, I don't control

[17:50] your wallet. Another very popular thing

[17:52] to do is to set a realistic budget. Now,

[17:54] I this might seem like common sense to

[17:56] you guys, but it's very easy when you

[17:57] fall into this bubble, much like

[18:00] collecting cards or collecting video

[18:02] games. Like, we have the Steam summer

[18:03] sale that's about to pop off right now

[18:05] where you end up with a back catalog of

[18:07] manga that you you've spent a ton of

[18:09] money on and it takes forever to to burn

[18:12] through because the excitement is not

[18:14] only like buying the manga, but then you

[18:16] get the excitement of the manga arriving

[18:18] if you've ordered it online and unboxing

[18:20] it, right? You get the excitement of

[18:22] organizing your bookshelf. There's a

[18:24] bunch of different like serotonin boosts

[18:25] you can have in this hobby. And I've

[18:28] asked this community, what is your

[18:29] average monthly allowance that you give

[18:33] towards this hobby? And I've seen it go

[18:35] as low as $20 to upwards of like $100 to

[18:39] $200. And plus, last but not least is to

[18:42] collect with intent. And what do I mean

[18:43] by that? A lot of the series I'm now

[18:46] buying physically, right, that I'm

[18:47] paying money for that maybe publishers

[18:49] aren't sending me, right? I know that I

[18:51] will reread down the road. I've already

[18:54] reread like Tokyo Ghoul and some series

[18:56] that I have in my collection like

[18:57] Barakuman and whatnot multiple times and

[19:00] they will continue to bring me joy

[19:02] throughout the years. Not uncommon in

[19:04] hobbies like manga collecting or video

[19:05] game collecting to have some sort of

[19:07] Excel spreadsheet, whether it be like

[19:09] Google stuff or Excel itself or a notion

[19:12] tracker or lib. I use Libid myself where

[19:15] I have a nice little scanner where I can

[19:17] scan the barcode and it instantly puts

[19:18] it in my library and I can see

[19:20] everything all well out well laid out

[19:23] excuse me and I can even you know export

[19:25] it into an Excel if I wanted to. Okay,

[19:27] moving on to the next part which is

[19:28] arguably what I think is one of the most

[19:30] important parts that we'll talk about in

[19:31] today's video which is explore different

[19:34] genres and types of manga. There are so

[19:37] many wonderful awardwinning series with

[19:40] a plethora of different genres within

[19:42] this hobby. If you're looking for a

[19:44] bunch of recommendations, go check out

[19:45] any one of my haul videos, vlogs, you

[19:47] name it. They're riddled with a bunch of

[19:50] recommendations. So, we've made it here

[19:51] to the end. So, let's talk about

[19:52] beginner mistakes and final thoughts.

[19:54] Don't be afraid about returns,

[19:56] especially outside of Amazon. All right.

[19:58] I've pretty much gotten, especially if

[20:00] you're ordering online. I've gotten

[20:02] horrible deliveries where manga pages

[20:04] end up ripped, bent, you name it, spines

[20:07] destroyed from every big box retailer

[20:09] that you can think of. We're talking

[20:10] Books a Million, Barnes & Noble, you

[20:13] name it. Don't be afraid to return them

[20:14] and get the copies that you deserve.

[20:16] This one is so important, but research

[20:18] the titles that you are getting yourself

[20:20] into because you would be surprised how

[20:22] many manga titles are like on forever

[20:25] hiatus. I think Nana has been like on

[20:28] hiatus for I don't know how years and

[20:30] years and years and years. Same with

[20:31] like series that we all know and love

[20:33] like Vagabond. They've just been on

[20:35] hiatus for so long there's no clear

[20:37] direction when they're going to come

[20:38] back. or there's the occasional comeback

[20:41] chapter. We're talking about, you know,

[20:42] series like Hunter Hunter where if

[20:45] you're looking to have completed series

[20:47] that you can just binge read, this would

[20:49] be very valuable information for you to

[20:51] know. Or if you just don't want to get

[20:52] attached to a protagonist or or a story

[20:55] or a world that just never ends up

[20:57] getting completed or you have to wait

[20:58] years and years and years for the next

[21:00] volume. So truly, this is one of the

[21:03] best pieces of advice I can give.

[21:04] Research the series before investing

[21:06] actual money into them physically.

[21:08] Community. Oh my goodness. Community

[21:10] might be like the best thing about being

[21:12] in this hobby. I encourage you guys to

[21:15] invite your friends out manga shopping.

[21:17] Go on adventures. Go explore different

[21:19] manga shops yourself. And if and if you

[21:22] have none near you, that's okay, too.

[21:24] Try to make some friends on Discord. You

[21:26] can join our Discord down below. We do

[21:28] manga collection reaction streams. We do

[21:29] gaming. You name it. Join the community

[21:31] on other social media websites. Start

[21:33] finding other creators to follow, other

[21:35] people you might seem interested in, the

[21:37] publishers themselves, and that way

[21:38] you'll know when new stuff comes out,

[21:40] too. Okay, I've been filming. I've been

[21:44] filming for a while. I think we're going

[21:45] to wrap it up here. If you made it this

[21:47] far in the video, say hey down below in

[21:49] the comments. Let me know that you're

[21:50] still here. If you're looking for

[21:51] something else to watch, I recommend my

[21:52] latest vlog. I have two that just went

[21:54] up recently. I have a reading vlog and a

[21:56] manga shopping vlog, both with Michelle.

[21:58] They were a lot of fun to record. Thank

[21:59] you once again to all of the Patreon

[22:00] members that help keep this channel

[22:02] afloat. I've been working on my new

[22:04] upload schedule. I hope you've noticed.

[22:06] And there's still one more video to go

[22:08] up. Like that will be up in just a

[22:09] couple days. I really want to make an

[22:11] effort this year to bring back weekly

[22:13] uploads, if not two uploads per week.

[22:16] But it's a very I'm going from like one

[22:18] upload a month to like all of this. It's

[22:19] it's quite jarring, but I'm in love with

[22:21] making videos again and I'm having so

[22:23] much fun. I love you guys. If you're new

[22:25] here, welcome to the community and I

[22:27] will see you in the next one. Okay, bye.

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