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Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
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Chihayafuru doesn't work in US. lol
Request != people will buy it. Most US otaku just request stuffs for fun, they don't buy them. |
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RAmmsoldat
 Posts: 1261 Location: North wales coast |
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There are a few titles in there id buy if printed, but im not at all interested in digital
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Maidenoftheredhand
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Then they shouldn't even ask if that is the attitude. I only request things I will buy and I will buy Chihayafuru. If Chihayafuru is added to this service I will subscribe otherwise I am not interested personally. I don;t even really like reading manga Online. I prefer for the Kindle or regular book form, it's only for titles I really want to read that I make the exception. Chihayafuru is one of those. |
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Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
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dude, sometimes, they said they don't like the translation and the fan sub version is better. OR too expensive, few frames of error. so many excuses to not to buy. |
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Shiratori1
 Posts: 300 Location: Los Angeles |
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While this is good news for people who like reading digital manga, I am going to take a pass on it. I like reading physical manga.
That's a pretty massive assumption, don't you think? 
Last edited by Shiratori1 on Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mr Adventure
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This sounds really interesting. The fact that it I has iOS support, and you can read the entire back catalog for a monthly fee is really tempting.
But, I gotta be honest, at least with something like Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump when I buy new issues I keep having access to them, even after I unsubscribe. I wish Crunchyroll would offer some kind of 'anthology' option. Where you could buy a compilation of the most recent chapters on a weekly, bi-monthly, or even monthly basis. That would continue be available to me Sub or not. I don't even care if I have back catalog access because A) I'm more inclined to buy the collections I'm interested in via Amazon Kindle. and B) I'm totally okay with coming into an ongoing series mid-stride. Last edited by Mr Adventure on Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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GWOtaku
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From what I see Space Brothers is weekly and Attack on Titan is monthly, so worst case scenario you are paying $1 a chapter each month at the manga subscription rate and that's assuming you don't find any other manga that interest you after trying them. Seems quite reasonable to me. |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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What the hell are you talking about? I am not making any excuses. I am not buying because the one series from Kodansha I'd want to read Online as it is released from Japan is not there. So why should I buy? There is nothing for me to buy. I am not going to read any of the series they have offered. The two series I have interest in: Attack on Titans is already licensed in the US in formats I prefer & Space Brothers anime is still going strong so I don't even need the manga to follow the series. I am not reading scanlations for series that they have licensed for this service, only for the one that they haven't. So what excuse am I making?
As you can see from my statement above because there are other ways for me to experience the Attack on Titan and Space Brothers story if I wish its not personally worth the cost for me. |
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Joe anime
 Posts: 259 Location: Brooklyn,NY |
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$4.99,pricey?really!?that's cheap for manga. |
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Sacto0562
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I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.
Once English readers started to accept reading manga read right-to-left during the manga boom of the early 2000's, that removed a HUGE barrier to making translated manga available. Indeed, this may be a preview of the time when even in Japan, readers will get the latest issue of their favorite manga anthologies not by buying it in physical form in a store, but on a full digital download. Yes, it's a radical change, but that change is starting to happen.... |
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Somewhere
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Nah, manga anthology mags will still be in physical form as long as you have the demographic of salarymen who buy an issue to read on the commute then throw it away in the trash afterwards.
Plus the mags are meant to be disposable in Japan; you're supposed to buy the volumes if you want to own a series. The fact that those of us who suscribe to/buy English WSJ can read bought issues way later is, in a sense and with respect to how the business works originally, actually absurd. Last edited by Somewhere on Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:30 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brack
 Posts: 281 Location: UK |
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So, cheapskates, you can continue to be cheap. And people who are going to pay, you aren't just paying for that month's manga, you will get access to the back files too. It is a sweet deal. |
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Mr Adventure
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Other important question.
Will we beable to download material to our mobile devices for offline reading? Because that could be a huge deal breaker if not. Even if we can only download a limited amount at a time (as I believe Marvel Comics allows with their Marvel Unlimited service) being able to read comics offline is a huge deal. |
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partially
Posts: 702 Location: Oz |
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This really is the crux of it, and why Crunchyroll's last attempt (JManga), failed so badly. Their online interface was horrible and slow. They kept promising desktop and iOS apps but never delivering. To have a chance of success Crunchyroll really have to do a good interface for reading. And get reading apps out quickly. |
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dan9999
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The stars here are only 2, Uchuu kyoudai and Shingeki no kyoujin.
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