This week, we're taking a break from hardware to dive deep into Shonen Jump's recently released manga app and subscription plan. As Senior Editor Kris Naudus explains, it may have a few problems, but its $2-a-month plan is hard to beat.
I've been a comics nerd for almost 26 years now. I've weathered many crossovers and reboots over the decades, but lately, I've grown tired of it all. Unread issues were piling up in my apartment, and when I tried to sort through them, I realized I had no idea if these two issues of X-Men were from the same series, or which volume of Ms. Marvel was current... I gave up. I threw everything in a box that I'll be dropping off at the used bookstore.
Digital seems like an obvious solution to the space problem, but it's super easy to fall behind while paying $10 or more a month for a subscription you aren't even using. And you might not even get access to the latest titles, as services like Marvel Unlimited have a three month waiting period for adding new issues. It's just not an appealing solution.
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That is until Shonen Jump launched its new subscription plan in December. Access to the latest chapters of titles like My Hero Academia and Food Wars, plus the entire backlog... for $2 a month? $2! I spend way more than that on junk from vending machines and tips at the coffee shop. And I could have these series immediately accessible on my phone! So I downloaded the app and subscribed, and proceeded to read over 100 chapters of Food Wars in a week, catching up to the latest chapters released that month in Japan.
I never really dropped manga the way I dropped American comics. That's because while American comics are prone to restarting individual titles every other year and not putting volume numbers on their collected editions, manga series maintain a strict numbering system and if they feel the need to reboot a title, it will get a different name. I usually get my manga from the library, where both the New York and Brooklyn Public Library have huge collections and regularly purchase the newest volumes of my favorites (and even some more obscure stuff). But regularly doesn't necessarily equate to fast — sometimes it can be a few months before the libraries have some volumes in stock, and even then there's no way for me to know when things are available, so I often fall behind and then catch up in a frenzy.
Since tankoubon (manga collections) tend to be small books anyway, I really didn't lose a lot in the transition to the 5.5-inch screen of my Pixel 3. I also liked being able to take screenshots of pages that amuse me and send them to friends — not through the app, of course, but over Messenger and the like. Digital aficionados have known these things for years but hey, maybe I finally get it now. What I especially liked was that I could screencap the recipe pages from Food Wars and drop them into my cooking Evernote for later perusal.
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But the Shonen Jump app itself has a lot of problems. It doesn't let you bookmark a series you want to check out, and it does a poor job of distinguishing what's actually available for me to read versus stuff I still have to pay for — it's not really unlimited access to everything Shonen Jump publishes. If you see X volumes available that means you have to pay between $7 and $11 for those series. The app also doesn't keep track of what chapters you've read, so if you lose your place it might take some hunting to figure out where you left off. If you close the app while in the middle of a chapter, reopening it will take you to the home screen instead, with no indication of where you left off. It's frustrating.
You can download up to 100 chapters at a time, which is great when you don't have cell service. But it doesn't have an option to auto-delete chapters when you finish them, so it's very easy to hit the limit and then have to manually delete ones you've read. That is, as soon as you figure out which chapters you've already enjoyed because again, the app doesn't mark those off. The downloaded chapters also expire after a week, so if you've been stocking up as a way to keep track of what you plan to read, you'll need to read fast before it's all wiped and you have to redownload everything.
It's a pretty terrible user experience, but then again, it's $2! I still feel like I'm getting more than I paid for, and I've already made a list of which titles I want to check out next. Mentally, of course, since the app doesn't give me a way to bookmark anything. But hey, this is a pretty great start, and I wish the American comics industry would take the hint.I love manga. Unlike anime, it can be a relatively cheap hobby, especially when it comes to pirating it. It’s a lot easier to go online and read manga for free than to pay for a physical or digital copy. Most people who read manga pirate it. In this economy, it’s a real shame, but how can anyone expect consumers, especially children and teenagers, to shell out cash to buy expensive volumes?
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Luckily for us, things have been getting better. If there’s anything the manga industry does right, it’s that it sells usually more than 100 pages for $10, versus the American comic industry’s now 30 for $5. Things have been getting much easier for manga fans too. If you want to own a manga collection, it’s relatively affordable. After all, not all of us have hundreds of dollars to spare to go out and get all of the volumes we’d ever want to own. There are methods to getting the big manga collection you’ve always wanted without breaking your wallet.
I’ll take you through step by step as to how I did it so you too can get an affordable collection of your own.
If you have an Amazon or other account, preordering might be the thing for you. I’ve found that preordering manga saves you about 20% of your purchase. More than often, I’ll buy a $10 volume for $8. Omnibuses tend to be even cheaper, ranging at sometimes at $11 instead of $15. And with services like Amazon’s low price guarantee, they’ll always match the price at the lowest it’s been since you preordered it.
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The only problem with this method is that it often requires some kind of premium account to go with it like Amazon Prime. Otherwise, the shipping will drive your price up and you won’t get it the day it comes out. I buy so many essentials and products off of Amazon that I can justify paying $70 a year for the Prime fee, but this method is definitely not for everyone.
This is the most unfeasible suggestion in this article. Though it’ll save you money on new manga, you’re still buying new manga just as it’s coming out. You’re paying less than the gas you’ll use on driving to the book store to pick them up at full price, but it’s not by much.
Before I go into this any further, I’m not bashing those who like to have pristine and beautiful new collections. I’ve seen plenty of awesome book shelves on the Internet filled with hundreds of new manga. This suggestion is for those who don’t mind a bend or scratch on the cover of their comic and merely enjoy manga for the sake of reading it physically or to create a basic collection.
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Used comics won’t help support the industry, but they’ll support your wallet. Used book stores and other outlets have been phenomenal at helping manga fans get the products they want at an affordable price. On Amazon, many sellers are practically giving away volumes for pennies (all you have to do is pay about $4 shipping). I’ve found that used manga can come in a variety of conditions, so make sure you learn the seller’s history before making a purchase. If you don’t mind your books being a little worn or altered, you’ll discover plenty of cheap and available opportunities to have a great collection at a very low price.
Going to back to researching sellers, you should be looking into information about the volumes themselves. Manga, and most books, have been published and republished. Be sure to check which editions of manga you’re purchasing before you make an error. Recently, I purchased older editions of the last three volumes of
, thinking they’d be a cheaper alternative to buying the new edition, but the translation and quality of the volumes were so horrendous, I ended up having to buy the new edition at a later point anyway. On the reverse side of that, many
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