GFantasy Dilemma

[gommyommy]

Ah, to continue my GFantasy magazine subscription or not? That is the question. I got a 6 month sub for $55 which is quite a deal. But the deal means each issue comes about 1 month after it is actually released in Japan. Yet I can't justify paying double that for an air mail sub. It would be different if I were a Raw provider, I suppose, but I'm

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[gommyommy]

Does this mean that you read the chapters when they show up online and for download and then a month later you get the magazine with those same chapters?

Yes that is exactly it! And I buy the PH and Kuroshitsuji volumes when they come out in English. And the PH volumes when they come out in Japanese, too. So I definitely have a dearth of material. I'm not learning much Japanese from these magazines I'm afraid. I learn the most attempting to translate PH each month. And for that I am stuck using the raws someone else posted, since by the time mine comes along it is already scanlated and my motivation goes down.

I am thinking I should just save the money...I'll inevitably spend it on some other manga/anime related merch. If I cut the GFantasy sub, all I'm really missing is (a) big, original Japanese pages, (b) the 'gift' that comes with each issue, which half the time appears to be a Kuroshitsuji writing implement, and (c) the occasional cool color insert or bonus thing like the alternate volume 13 cover for PH.

My eye: I thought it was just a sty but it has been bugging me for days. Hopefully it is not gearing up to be infected like my other eye was a few months ago.

[total_alias]

I think you're making a good decision! :D

Alternate volume 13 cover? I haven't seen this. Share!

Ew. I woke up with a sty this morning, but mine's probably just a sty.

[gommyommy]

I coulda sworn someone posted it already on the PH comm. I googled and found this:
http://www.tkimura.net/wp-content/tomo/2010/PHearts13.jpg

Look familiar?

[total_alias]

Weird. I've never seen the full image of that. I've seen Gil's face and Oz's face, but not the part where it says Pandora Hearts vol 13. How did I miss that post???

[gommyommy]

Maybe I'm mistaken about it being on the PH comm. I google alert "Pandora Hearts" and sometimes find things that way, and then can't remember where I actually saw them!