I mentioned not too long ago that I’m dying to read Bloody Monday, and the only way I could do so was to purchase the manga itself. There were 2 options; Amazon Japan and Kinokuniya.
I did some calculations, and even if I get 2 to 3 people to share the cost of the standard book shipping fee, which is a flat 1900 yen, it’ll still be slightly more expensive to purchase the manga from Amazon Japan as compared to getting it directly from Kinokuniya, even with just the regular 10% member discount. It seems that Kinokuniya doesn’t adjust the prices of their stock even with the fluctuation of currency, and that’s a good thing in such times.
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