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Recently I have been getting so many recommendations of manga haul/ manga collecting videos. I don’t normally watch them because I’m not really interested in anyone manga collection unless in related to BL. But I saw this particular video talking about five mistakes to avoid when buying manga. I watched it out of curiosity and it was actually interesting. It had given me the inspiration to talk about this topic for this podcast. I have talked with Tao about budgeting on episode 90. 

It seems that collecting manga is much more than collecting than I thought. I mainly buy manga spontaneously.  Don’t have a goal, I don’t record my spending nor list them on a spreadsheet. 

Why does everyone go on about setting goals for buying manga? I just randomly buy and buy manga when the time is right. I do have a few pieces of advice I could give for beginners or those who want to find some good BL manga. 

Un hauling - a term I never heard of but basic means to remove or pass on your manga by selling or donating them. Which I sort of doing some time when I have moved on for a manga and I want to get rid of the old and be in the new. 

• Don’t get book drunk
• Don’t blind buy a series 
• Not to buy too many series at once 
• Not to follow the hype too much, or watch people like 
• There is nothing wrong with having a Pacific collection. If you prefer BL manga that fine. 
• Read the review! Get to know the manga beforehand before you invest it. 
• Buying second hand, it great for finding manga for cheap or rare manga. It is also a positive way of recycling and not being wasteful.

Highly recommend reading manga online or buying manga digitally. Especially a series you want to get into but don’t have the space and want to invest too much into it. 

Online library subscription-like Futekiya is a fantastic library site where you can read over 100 BL titles for a very small subscription fee per month. (Or any plan you choose for your budget) 

It is good to have some print and some digital. Because there is a lot of manga you may not feel you want to own a physical copy but want to read it any so digital copy or digital library is the very best. Plus it is far cheaper and convenient. 

Futekiya: https://read.futekiya.com/browse?in=School%20Life

Renta is a great website for Buying and reading BL/Yaoi manga. You can chapter or rent them. 

EbookRenta! - Rent Low-Priced Licensed Manga - https://www.ebookrenta.com/

Visiting the library is very good to read manga for reading. And to check out the manga, so if you really like the manga you will buy it. I use to go to the library a lot back in the day. I use to read Loveless, my local library had a few volumes of Loveless. 

Recommended publishers to buy BL Manga:

Sublime Manga (vic)

Yen Press

Kuma (FAKKU)

Seven Sea 

Juné 

TOKYOPOP 

SQAURE EINX 

Irodori Sakura Comic (18+ Doujinshi)