[Andrew999]

Spare a thought for the denizens of Tokyo's manga caf

[BlackCat]

I did not know about this. If you have a link to the relevant story, or an update on the situation, then please post them.

[Andrew999]

Certainly - here are some links:

https://tokyocheapo.com/accommodationcat/tokyo-manga-cafes/

https://grrrltraveler.com/the-cheapest-budget-stay-in-japan-the-manga-cafe/

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/manga-cafes-becoming-permanent-homes-japanese-workers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_cafe

There are a few in Europe now too:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/kokoro-manga-caf

[BlackCat]

It sounds like a very good way to stay cheaply in Tokyo. And the manga looks interesting too. It would also be great to visit some of the big manga shops in Tokyo. I believe there is an area of the city where you can.

The links you provided were very useful and informative. The only one that didn't work was the last one (yelp.com) but by the time I reached it I already had enough information.

I read manga. I recently bought three new volumes of One-Punch Man. And as coincidence would have it, today I bought the big Taschen volume on Manga from a charity bookshop for a very low price. It lists many of the influential mangaka from around 1950 to 2004, when the book was published, along with brief biographies of each and examples of their work. It's very good:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/4887832729/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0

 

[paw broon]

Thanks for the information Andrew.  I'd never heard of Manga cafes.
I'm not a big manga fan, but like BlackCat, I follow One Punch Man.  Been there from the start of the collected editions.  It's fun, funny, daft at times, really well illustrated, imaginative monsters and, of course, Saitama, who wanders through the ongoing story often not quite sure what's going on.
Apart from that, the only other series I follow is the Sherlock adaptations.

[BlackCat]

...I follow One Punch Man.  Been there from the start of the collected editions.  It's fun, funny, daft at times, really well illustrated, imaginative monsters and, of course, Saitama, who wanders through the ongoing story often not quite sure what's going on.

In the light of paw broon's remark about Saitama, here is a piece by Yusuke Murata, the artist of One-Punch Man:

https://get.wallhere.com/photo/One-Punch-Man-Yusuke-Murata-Saitama-Genos-illustration-1200423.jpg

....^^