Digital Manga Magazines

[foxinthestars]

I found that something I have long wished for has come to pass, and my favorite manga magazines are now available in digital editions from Honto.jp. Now I can get Hana to Yume (home of Yona of the Dawn) and LaLa (home of Natsume's Book of Friends and Snow White with the Red Hair), roughly as they come out in the original Japanese, without shelling out international shipping charges or precious shelf space. Another big perk of collecting the magazines is the frequent one-shot stories, which are hit or miss of course, but I like getting them in general. The issues only stay on sale for a limited time, though, so I'm playing a bit of catch-up right now.

When I'll actually manage to try to read these things, I'm not sure, but they make me happy.

Comments

[merit]

oh yay! i'm terribly behind Natsume's Book of Friends though it has always been one of my favourite series :)

[foxinthestars]

I'm WAY behind on Natsume, too. This may be a good incentive to catch up!

[gramarye1971]

I'm thinking of getting an ereader for travel, so I may need to look into buying digital manga from there! Honto doesn't care whether you have a non-Japanese credit card, right?

[foxinthestars]

Yup, non-Japanese credit cards are fine. I'd suggest looking into what devices will work before investing in one with this in mind, though. I'm using their PC app and it works just fine but I can't speak for other platforms.

[foxinthestars]

Further note on this, I tried with my phone and the Android app isn't available in the US, but I was able to use the "read in browser" option with Chrome on my phone.