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

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Platina said:
I don't buy manga often anyways, but I would buy them new, since it would be more of a collector thing and you can't clean the pages if they are dirty :/

I get that.

Here in Japan dirt isn't much of a problem. Discoloration because of sunlight and yellowing of the paper are the bigger problems.