"THIS is MANGA!"

[kayay]

Someone on my friend list encountered one of them at the bookstore, and I wanted to share. The following is an excerpt. For the full tale follow the link.

[...] Here's the story; I was in Barnes & Noble in the graphic novel section (oh wait, the manga section). I was looking at the latest volume of BLEACH I think and a co-worker of mine was in the

Comments

[ekaterini]

"...Ooooh is that why you were reading it backwards... I thought... well never mind.."

Most excellent.

If you're trying to differentiate which regions various works originally came from you'd use "correct" terminology, but in normal conversation insistence on such makes you sound like a pedantic fool. More and more "manga" seems to refer simply to the general art style used in the comic.

[cosmic_wings]

*snorts* I'm sure there's a moral to the story... but I'm simply amused by it. Way too amused.

[kayay]

I haven't seen you post in a while! It's good to know you're still kickin'.

[julioangelortiz]

Perfect. Reminds me of my youngest sister-in-law; that's the kind of idiotic snobbery she would pull. Kudos for how they dealt with the situation.