I was thinking recently about series that I initially am less than enthused about so I give away or swap the books. Then after a period of time I decide to give the manga another chance and really regret getting rid of volumes I originally bought. For me the series I’m thinking about trying to acquire again are:
From Far Away: I think I bought the first five volumes of this magical girl fantasy series with 1980s era art and got rid of them before one of my cross country moves. I ended up finishing reading the series by checking volumes out of the library or browsing in bookstores. I bought the last volume to see how it concluded. Now I wish I owned more volumes than I do.
Please Save My Earth: Since most of this series is out of print, I’m probably out of luck. I think I read the first 6 volumes and donated them to the local public library because I was getting impatient with the glacial pace of the plot development in the series. Still, many people whose opinions I respect love this series, and I suspect I’d have liked it more if I was reading it in chunks of several volumes at a time.
Saiyuki: This I actually have a decent chance of rereading because even though I stalled out on buying the volumes when they came out, I still have all but the 9th volume of the first series and I was able to pick up 5 volumes of Reload on Paperbackswap.com. So I’ll definitely revisit this manga.
Love Com: Got the first couple volumes, wasn’t sure if I wanted to start collecting a 17 volume shoujo series, even if it did seem quite charming.
Do you have any manga that you regret getting rid of?
8:06 am on June 16th, 2009 1
Aw, Love Com is a great series. It only started to slow down for me by the 10th volume or so. I’ve never rid any of my mangas. I spent so much on them so I don’t think I will be parting with any anytime soon.
10:11 am on June 16th, 2009 2
I’m just running out of manga storage space, so I do get rid of things that I think I won’t reread again. Sometimes I’m a little too hasty to get rid of stuff though!
11:52 pm on June 16th, 2009 3
I got rid of the first 8 volumes of the Getbackers but have recently had a hankering to restart the series. Also I read the first 5 or so volumes of Bleach, and didn’t like the way the series was going so I sold them on Ebay. But then I started watching the anime and liked it, so I wanted to go back and read the manga.
12:15 am on June 17th, 2009 4
I still have a bunch of volumes of Bleach, but I stopped collecting it when the volume count was in the mid-teens. That’s another series I might want to try again someday.
7:54 pm on June 21st, 2009 5
I gave my two volumes of Nana to one of my friends and I don’t know why I did. But, I got them all back plus vols. 3 & 4 recently on paperbackswap.com. I regret giving away Flame of Recca as well.
10:54 pm on June 22nd, 2009 6
Nana is really worth keeping! At least Paperbackswap is around to help people get old volumes back. I’ve been using it for that too.