Avoid The Worst Manga Collecting Mistakes 

I’m collecting manga right now & I’m about 400 volumes deep so far with only about 10% read. I kinda started splurging on random series I thought was interesting without reading them yet. I wish I saw this before I went on my spending spree lol this was helpful! I’ll attempt to get back on my tbr schedule ❤

Solid advice! After collecting for 4 1/2 years I agree with you absolutely! People might think they can’t fall into these traps when first getting into the hobby, well I say that manga is one hell of a drug lol 😂

Would love to see a collection tour, those do well In the algorithm I think

I remember buying manga in the early 2000s (not in the US), I'd get a couple volumes for the month and read them probably 5 times each. It was a different connection. Sometimes less is more. Those are still some of my all time favorites, Rurouni Kenshin, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist...

You killed it Bo! I’m so glad you filmed and shared these tips because I think they are critical and important, especially with scooping out manga and not blind buying! Last year I got caught up blind buying and thankfully some of my favorite and most reread series came from that, but there were also ones I bought that I regretted spending money on. Excellent video!!!

Good tips! I’m slowing down my collecting until I test read some on the Shonen Jump app and even anime can be a good idea to test out a story and see if you enjoy it enough to collect and read the manga. That’s how I got interested in reading Haikyu, I watched the anime first and really want to read it.

All great tips! I feel I am done with big collecting cause thats not why I started my journey but I got caught up in it all. A very expensive lesson to learn but I had fun along the way.

A lot of this is also applicable to western comic collectors, myself included. Working on my TBR schedule

THANK YOU! This is such GREAT ADVICE!!! As a novice I'm definitely following ALL of these tips haha especially after my last mistake 😅🔥

I can't say that I'm a newbie in collecting comic books (not only manga, also BD, local comics from Ukraine or even something else) and books (literature), but you just opened my eyes on few aspects, that really have been causing some struggles with reading all suff I already have on shelfs. I used to buy series in bulk, as you mentioned, but at the same time I was concentrated on amount and forgot just read them before buy more volumes. First tip in video is very valuable for people, who already started to collect their own library. For last year I spend more time to find information about story that looks like interesting to me, and sometimes it's cooler than just add it to endless wishlist and buy it without any idea what you will get in result. FOMO and compulsive desire to have EVERYTHING is a big problem not only for beginners😅

Great video !

I will say, conversely to your last point, if you DON'T mind condition as much, please consider buying second hand! I have not paid more than $4 for any volume of bleach, and while lots of them have yellowing or library markings, they are in very readable condition. (and a hot tip for used-book buyers: a hairdryer is your best friend to remove stickers since you can melt the glue enough to peel them easily. Hairdryer + goo gone = virtually pristine books)

I’m glad I found this because I just started manga collecting, and it is in fact addicting! I have some mangas I haven’t even read yet which is bad! 😂 I’m not too deep, but I’m restarting my collection, and this time I’m only collecting things I know I’m actually going to enjoy and not just choose something because the cover looks cool. Great vid man! 💪🏾🔥 Also I see you’re a One Piece fan. I’m currently on Zou about 4 months deep watching this show and IMO I think One Piece will definitely go down as the greatest anime ever story wise it’s perfect! I’m almost caught up man I’m trying so hopefully by the end of next month I’ll finally be caught up, and on the Egghead arc.

great video

I just started one piece and got three box sets, with that being said I am caught up on the show and reading the manga is must read now for me

Thanks you’re on point my main problem is living with depression I for some strange reason bought the High Rise series no I’m not on drugs read the first one I don’t think I’ll ever go back no one has ever reviewed it on RU-vid ; then like with AoT I just ran out of steam with volume two of the huge omnis back in 2016 I’ll never go back . I bought into DONT Toy With Me etc because I liked the cover art have never picked one up to read have eight of those . Picked up hardcover Blade of the Immortal 4 vols now I don’t care about the rest of the series never read one totally lost interest . Osamu Tezuka just became to existentially depressing so I can’t read him anymore .

Nice video. Lately i started to catch up readings my manga, sadly i can't read the following series because I'm missing some vol😢; my love story, naruro 3in1 and sekirei.

as a low budget collector, I only buy one-shot manga or manga that already has concluded in around 10-15 volumes

Great advice. I'm starting up my Manga collection. So far I have the Demon Slayer Box set.

Im am very new to collecting mangas. Please do a video about first prints and how do identify them, especially the older ones where its not printed on the backside of the manga. Pricing would be also very interesting or some websites where you do your research! Keep up the good work. :)

IDK , shopping at sites seems like it would be cheap , until you add shipping costs. PLUS , you can not physically check what you are buying to inspect it for imperfections .

A good amount of series I own I first read online and only bought because one to read again in future and to support the creators and I like physical

TBR tip is literally me, i have 160+ volumes and i've only read around 9 volumes (30 are from series' ive already read prior buying, but still crazy numbers....) great vid,

Since I tend to buy at a random set of time, I tend to finish everything I have in time for my next splurging of money on manga. So I should be somewhere in the 70% read rate as some of these manga I own are of blind box mishaps, or of manga I got from the local box store that doesn’t have the first few volumes, thus I cannot start it physically… or I just refuse to keep collecting some of them(or reading them which is like 5%)

LOL I LITERALLY bought Box of Light cause of the cover! I hate you 😭🤣 I appreciate your second piece of advice. I'm definitely reading everything in my collection before I buy any new, complete collections. I do buy all the new releases, but I've already read those online. I'm definitely behind on reading though hahaha

Once I drop below 80% of my collection read I stop buying volumes to catch up.

my issue with a TBR is i never have one since i binge read the series i get lol. almost 700 volumes and ive read them all

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Box set and shelf envy.

My biggest problem is space. I never have enough of it.

Initial D omnis give me hope GTO is next on the list

Any good tips on bookshelves? Where to get them, which to get etc.. I have about 150 Manga and I'm about to the point where I need to get one.

Out of evey manga i have i Only regret one manga I bought and it's homoculus vol 3-4 it's kinda sus just finished blade of immortal hellsing ptsd radio and some junji ito books.

I am planning on buying bleach box sets is Amazon good to start buying there

I am waiting 2 years to see if Mushishi gets a reprint! Based on a tweet the author made that he was considering it bc the digital copies were doing well. I really don't want to pay over 1k for 10vols!!!

So basically don't do everything i've been doing for the past year....got it 😆

I miss rightstuf...

What exactly do you mean a TBR schedule? I don't exactly understand sorry

Some one said gto is coming back, really?!

I actually really enjoy no longer allowed in another world but that's just my opinion

Your product placements in back (box sets) don't help. lol. I enjoy Dead Dead Demon up to vol 10. I donated 10 to the library. Sometimes the series goes great until the writer is churning out arcs and plots that I don't find enjoyable. I wanted to get in to Black Butler, I bought 2 vol's and bailed on it. Ditto with Pokemon. I started Yugioh where the father was captured. I have 4 or 5 3-1 books.

Why do I feel like this sounds so similar to omnibus collectors’ video 🧌