Just got my first ever mangas in (Fist of the North Star and Ah My Goddess). I read them from right to left right? Opposite of what I normally do right?
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Nah, the right to left has been pretty much the default since they have been coming over to the West. The left to right was just a half/half thing on official translations in the 90s to the early 2000s.
Very few people read official translations of manga. Even the biggest AAA series are usually consumed by scanlations instead of officials.
As such, collecting manga is really not much of a thing. At least not outside Japan. In Japan manga are often packed with all sorts of extras, like official extra illustrations, drama cds, OVAs, even figurines. Those are probably worth something still packaged, but outside Japan manga is basically paperweights in terms of resale.
Gotcha. Just curious. With comics I care more about reading them and the hobby than money and I’m interested in reading the manga
I feel you. Manga is much more oriented towards the hobbyist and reading than comics in my experience. Things like alt covers and special #1 prints and all that pizazz that exist entirely to try and artificially create "collector's value" aren't common like they are in comics.
Back in my weeb-ier days the common joke was that its entirely a money sink, designed to get you hooked so you buy more merch such as figurines and boxsets.