Do you buy manga new or used? A famous manga author's stance on the matter.

[Cloudman]

manuel said:

Cloudman said:
“This might shatter some kids’ illusions, but no manga creators can keep producing comics if people are just going to read through them at the store without buying them..."

Hahaha, that is soo true in Japan. Way too often did I see this while my time in Japan, and it's soo easy. There's just so much used manga available to read. If it's a problem for manga artists, it'll be a hard battle to win. It's just too easy to get manga used in Japan, and cheap too

Indeed it's very easy.

Even in rental stores you can see people standing in front of a shelf for several hours reading a full series for free.

Yeah, it's pretty amazing to see many people do it, but also kinda sad. I wish they would just buy the manga new. Though they're probably just passing the time or something.