Losing it repeatedly
I appear to suffer from an odd recurring hallucination, which is that I own Genjuu no Seiza 6, the one with Fuuto riding on a tiger. I was convinced I'd bought it in New York in 2005 along with 7 & 8. I knew I'd seen it among the other manga I brought back from that trip, which sat around the living room in piles for several months before I got around to reading/ shelving them. I was thus confidently assured that I owned 1-3 and 6-8, and it was only when I sat down to read the later volumes that I couldn't find #6 anywhere. But I saw it. I *know* I saw it.
So when I came to order my current volumes I went to check on the shelf to see which ones I had- because I also never believe that I own #8 with its woolly sheep even though I've read it. And I saw volume 6 on the shelf. So I ordered 4&5 and 9&10.
Needless to say, I don't have vol.6. This is obviously of a piece with my clear memory of having bought vol 3 of Ashinaga no Ojisan-tachi, and being kerblonxed to discover that there *is* no vol 3 because the story ends in vol 2. 'But I know I bought it!'
So I'd really like to know what it was I thought I saw on the shelves three weeks ago. And I'd also like to discover a reasonable way of getting vols 11-14 that doesn't involve amazon.jp and combined price of $20 a volume for each tank after shipping and tax. Have looked at bk1 and registered and ordered, but I get to 'Press this button to order' without being given a cost for shipping. Which, y'know, makes me nervous. I have no idea what 実費請求 means at all but it sounds ominously like 'we'll charge you what it costs us and we won't know till we send it.'
So when I came to order my current volumes I went to check on the shelf to see which ones I had- because I also never believe that I own #8 with its woolly sheep even though I've read it. And I saw volume 6 on the shelf. So I ordered 4&5 and 9&10.
Needless to say, I don't have vol.6. This is obviously of a piece with my clear memory of having bought vol 3 of Ashinaga no Ojisan-tachi, and being kerblonxed to discover that there *is* no vol 3 because the story ends in vol 2. 'But I know I bought it!'
So I'd really like to know what it was I thought I saw on the shelves three weeks ago. And I'd also like to discover a reasonable way of getting vols 11-14 that doesn't involve amazon.jp and combined price of $20 a volume for each tank after shipping and tax. Have looked at bk1 and registered and ordered, but I get to 'Press this button to order' without being given a cost for shipping. Which, y'know, makes me nervous. I have no idea what 実費請求 means at all but it sounds ominously like 'we'll charge you what it costs us and we won't know till we send it.'
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But where did you find the art books online? I'm beginning to itch for the second set of Hundred Demons but the Kinokuniya price is daunting and amazon.jp is, well, amazon.jp.
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I am trying to keep away from amazon.jp, so I order from the Kinokuniya online website for the U.S west coast, especially when it comes to manga. I saw a beautiful version of Hundred Demons at the S.F Kinokuniya but it was over $100 and that really hurt me. I kinda want it *____*
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Fiven my huuuuuge reservations about the English GnS, I say hold out for the Japanese. You're reading different series.
When *I* win the lottery I'm funding someone's stay in Japan, just to buy me the books I want.
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So essentially, they only tell you how much the total comes to when they send your order? It *does* look reasonable. Even airmail looks reasonable, which is incredible. amazon.jp works its magic. It's made airmail from Japan look reasonable.