10 MOST EXPENSIVE MANGA

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I can confirm that collecting older shojo manga is difficult. I’m only one volume away from completing Kamisama Kiss. Just waiting for restock🤞🏽

There were 26 pages to Solanin: An Epilogue, and taking into account an extra 2 pages for the cover, and maybe one or two more for advertising (so let's say 30 pages), you get a total of just over $9 PER PAGE. If we don't take into account the extra stuff like the cover and the adverts, you'd be paying just over $10.57 PER PAGE. edit: At the time of writing, there is another eBay listing for the epilogue going for $299.95, which is frankly insane.

I actually have the holographic cover versions of YuYu Hakusho volume 1 and Shaman King volume 1. I found them years ago at Half-Price Books for about $4.95 each. They are definitely some treasured pieces of my collection.

Ahhh its friday and boogie uploads! amazing

My biggest flex (lol but truly one of my most prized series) is having all of boys over flowers in my collection. Cost me a pretty penny even with looking for the best deals possible but as a long-time shojou fanatic was definitely worth it!

Loved this one!

I Have Boys over Flowers complete but in French (my country Belgium is bilingual Dutch/ French) and I bought them in the past while they came out in French without any issues at all. I did not know it is so expensive now so I am super happy as a Shoujo fan that I did not give them away at a certain moment in time :)

Love your vids ❤

Yup! Great stuff!!!

The Umineko manga NEEDS to go back in print! i only got them in japanese

Good vid 💪

I was curious about something, Other than the Five Star Stories volumes, are you buying any of the single issue comic formatted manga titles? Whenever I go to comic shops, I always check the Quarter Bins and look for any manga I can find; which was how I was finding all of the issues of Kamui, Mai The Psychic Girl, Area 88, Lone Wolf & Cub, Blade of the Immortal, Ranma 1/2, Fist of the North Star, Sanctuary, Crying Freeman, Ghost in the Shell, Oh My Goddess, and Appleseed. I also have all of the Akira and Sailor Moon issues, but they're a lot more expensive. unless you find them at a good deal. I also look out for any books published by Eastern & Jademan, which are the Hong Kong Manhua titles.

Just a heads up that My Love Story vol 12, which has been oos for most of last year is back in stock along with other MLS vols at rightstuf. I just got my backordered copy a week or two ago and completed my set

Luckily my local Newbury comics restocked all of Yu Yu hakusho And of course I bought all 19 volumes 😏

Currently in the process of collecting all of Eyeshield 21. (Currently have 11 / 37 volumes) Can confirm trying to collect OOP / OOS manga is a commitment and a treasure hunt. Since publishers were hit hard during the pandemic a LOT of series have been chopped or put on the back burner in terms of reprints and restocks. Series that otherwise wouldn't be OOP until much later became OOP almost immediately in the course of the shutdowns. You CAN find these volumes out in the wild but you gotta be willing to put quality above quantity. Since you can find a volume of a OOP manga but it looks like it's been sun bleached or put through a storm with damaged pages. If you want the series to both own and collect, you gotta make sure it meets YOUR standards. For me that means at least minimal cover damage (slight damage is OK, but not preferred), no markings inside, no missing pages, and it has to be adequately priced for how many volumes are being sold together or individually. The benefit of buying OOP manga is being able to take an actual break from social media or manga websites to enjoy your own manga series off the internet and at your own pace without distractions.

Kindaichi case files on ebay for eng is 1600 dollars for vol 1-17

I have 19/27 volumes of Iron Wok Jan. I’ve been accumulating volumes when I can over the last year and a half and it’s definitely a brutal ride

Surprised you didn't mention Eden: It's an Endless World - it's my personal holy grail but every volume has been $100 plus. I'm happy to own the first two but I don't think I'll ever have the rest

It’s so nice that you are going to Japan. Can I just ask when you are going in 2023 because I am going as well.