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semi-offtopic til the episode releases: If I order one manga from Japan (to the US West Coast) from amazon.co.jp - typically it doubles the overall cost of the book (e.g. 990yen -> ~1800yen). If I order several books, it isn't so bad (I often order double copies and donate the extra to my son's japanese teacher's library) ---- but amazon.co.jp charges more for shipping than any other exporter and they've recently dropped all cheaper methods of shipping outside of trackable shipping. I'd rather pay for trackable shipping (EMS) on limited edition items like figures but for manga that's rather a burn.
On the other hand, a trip to Kinokuniya runs about 30 miles round trip (about 1.5 gallons of gas at $3.50/gal) plus time spent and their markup so it kind of washes out.
Last edited by Pellissier; 2007-05-14 at 16:06.
Reason: Off Topic part deleted
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