Earlier this week, Tokyopop announced that it had partnered with Right Stuf! and Gentosha Comics to re-release volumes one and two of Hetalia: Axis Powers.* Fans greeted the news with excitement, though a vocal minority complained about the cost: $15.99/volume, or $5.00 more than the original retail price for both volumes. Given how expensive these volumes have become on Amazon and eBay, $15.99 didn't sound too extravagant to me, especially since I've paid as much as $30 for out-of-print volumes of Please Save My Earth (volume 13) and Sanctuary (volume 7).
Fan response to the Hetalia news, however, made me wonder whether my spending habits aligned with other manga lovers'. So I put the question to you, readers: what's the most you've ever spent on a single volume of manga? If your favorite publisher offered a print-on-demand service that enabled you to buy older, OOP print titles from its catalog, how much would you be willing to pay? Inquiring minds want to know!
* Tokyopop, Right Stuf!, and Gentosha will also be publishing volume three, which has not been released in English. Brigid Alverson has more details on the partnership at MTV Geek: http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/05/03/hetalia-manga-rightstuf/.
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