I bought volumes 1 through 6 of DakaIchi (so you get to see me 5 more times, apologies), as proxy sites would not let me buy them due to being considered "pornography". I've loved this series even before I knew the name or even knew about reading manga online. I always preferred buying physical copies of manga due to several reasons, but this was one with no English release (so far), thus I could not support Sakurabi Hashigo-sensei despite being able to read Japanese. When I saw GoodsRepublic launch a manga site, I immediately searched this. Score~ I'm not picky with my manga, and I prefer used as it's usually pretty much unwanted brand new copies, so they are far cheaper, and with manga in America being sometimes hard to acquire for several reasons, you take what you can get.
Phew, that's done. On to the goodies~
All of my copies I bought were labelled as "used" and I couldn't be happier with the packaging, packing, and condition of them! Finally, the Spain Arc volume~ This one has the obi promoting the anime and drama CD release and the cover is reflective. Again, mint condition~
It came wrapped in: two stacks of 3 volumes covered by thick, sturdy cardboard under and on top, wrapped snugly entirely in bubble wrap, the inside lining of the outer packaging was also bubble wrap, then the thick outside parcel paper. Basically, you'd have to purposely mash and bend it to do any damage to it.
Now, I bought these in April. April 13th, to be exact, so I cannot fault them at all for the delay in shipping, as JapanPost halted all outside shipping after they were already sent by Manga Republic to be shipped to me, so they were pretty much stuck in mail purgatory until they opened back up to my country. The customer service members were quick to respond and very polite, and they thanked me for my realistic outlook on how this is affecting everyone and it's not just me who has things in mail purgatory.
Thank you so much Manga Republic for letting me support the Mangakas I love with no release in my country yet~ Even if I couldn't read Japanese, there are translations out there, so if you've read it enough that it's pretty much memorized, it really wouldn't make a difference (to me, at least). Thanks again~~
by Danielle Brendle
July 2, 2020
Phew, that's done. On to the goodies~
All of my copies I bought were labelled as "used" and I couldn't be happier with the packaging, packing, and condition of them! Finally, the Spain Arc volume~ This one has the obi promoting the anime and drama CD release and the cover is reflective. Again, mint condition~
It came wrapped in: two stacks of 3 volumes covered by thick, sturdy cardboard under and on top, wrapped snugly entirely in bubble wrap, the inside lining of the outer packaging was also bubble wrap, then the thick outside parcel paper. Basically, you'd have to purposely mash and bend it to do any damage to it.
Now, I bought these in April. April 13th, to be exact, so I cannot fault them at all for the delay in shipping, as JapanPost halted all outside shipping after they were already sent by Manga Republic to be shipped to me, so they were pretty much stuck in mail purgatory until they opened back up to my country. The customer service members were quick to respond and very polite, and they thanked me for my realistic outlook on how this is affecting everyone and it's not just me who has things in mail purgatory.
Thank you so much Manga Republic for letting me support the Mangakas I love with no release in my country yet~ Even if I couldn't read Japanese, there are translations out there, so if you've read it enough that it's pretty much memorized, it really wouldn't make a difference (to me, at least). Thanks again~~