Today I paid a visit to one of the two major manga comic shops here. I wish I could locate a purely manga store like this somewhere in San Francisco – they have a larger manga collection than any other book store or chain by far and I am always amazed at the number of titles I have never heard of before and also amused by the different cover designs of the french versions as compared to what we see in the US (wait.. this looks familiar.. what?? Vampire Knight??! But this cover…. XD).
Plus, I really like the way they organized their space – aside from the thousands of titles arranged by alphabetical order on the shelves they have a good hundred of new issues and titles on display on two huge tables in the middle of the room which is really smart since one can just scope the whole table and pick up the title by cover art and/or name depending on one’s tastes - great sales technique if you ask me (proof here with an anime girl reading one of the volumes in the middle!)
I also did a small search for OEL titles and sure enough, there were the 3 vol of “The Dreaming” french version by Queenie Chan right here on the shelf! You go, Queenie! :D
Curiously enough though, I was unable to find any other OEL titles…mystery… am probably going to ask the owner about this the next time I go back. Next target – the big bookstore chains’ manga section! *stealth ninja <.<*
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