HUGE Manga bundle at Humble Bundle!

Now, they say you get 30 items for $25. Yeah, that's true. But when you download it? A HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE VOLUMES!

And it takes 32 gig of space! So you might have a bit of difficulty cramming them all into your device at the same time! It's a lot of space, but also kind of typical because you're looking at graphic novels.

And that is, of course, if you elect to buy the entire bundle.

Titles included are: A Sign of Affection(7 volumes), A Silent Voice(6), Blue Period(13), Drops of God(44!), Medalist(8), Nina the Starry Bride(10), Shangri-La Frontier(12), Vinland Saga(13), What Did You Eat Yesterday(10), and Witch Hat Atelier(11).

Extremely brief synopsis: A Sign of Affection and A Silent Voice are about deafness, Drops of God looks interesting: about a dead wine reviewer and his collection, Shangri-La Frontier is about computer gaming! Should be fun. What Did You Eat Yesterday is about a male gay couple who talk about their day over food: I'm hoping it includes recipes. Witch Hat Atelier is about a girl who wants to do magic but is told you have to be born to it - and she finds out that may not be true, Vinland Saga is a viking tale of revenge, Blue Period is about a boy who suddenly finds himself falling into the world of art, Medalist is about competitive ice skating, and Nina looks quite amusing - she's a thief with special eyes who is taken by the king(?)/prince(?) because she has the same eyes as a recent priestess, except Nina can't give up her thieving ways. Should also be fun!

Everything here has won or been nominated for awards, so it's good stuff! And by visiting the web site linked below, you can click on a title and read the description of the series and usually download a PDF preview. All titles are available in PDF or epub, and not tied to Kodo! (something HB has been doing of late.... *grumble grumble*)

The charity that this bundle supports is the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, BINC, described thusly: "Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has helped bookstore and comic book store employees and owners who encounter unexpected financial crises. The Binc Foundation works to keep book people in their homes, in their jobs, and with their families – stabilizing the brick and mortar bookstore community."

The bundle is available for 18 days and 22 hours as of this posting.

One download option, as opposed to clicking a Download button 133 times, is to bit torrent it. This is something that HB has supported for a long time. Download the torrents, load your program, and you're off to the races and everything is done in a couple of hours! HOWEVER, when I did this last night, I found a good 15% or more of the files had not downloaded! I still had to download a bunch manually. Just be aware that no method is fool-proof, fools are far too ingenious. And you can download items after offers end, don't worry about it if you find you missed an issue on your initial download. Just log in to your account, go to the offer, and you can find a link and usually download it.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/kodansha-awardwinning-nominated-manga-books

More on the Kodansha Monga Humble Bundle bundle

I've almost finished the first book of the What Did You Eat Yesterday series, and it's quite fun. It's about a gay couple, an attorney and a hair stylist, the series revolves around food and their lives. From a food angle, my hope was fulfilled: each meal includes accurate descriptions and recipes! I have very limited access to Japanese ingredients here, but we do go to other cities and there is shipping available.

For the relationship side of things, also interesting. Nothing explicit - this is, after all, Japanese Manga. The men have been living together for a couple of years. The hair stylist is very open about being gay as it's not uncommon in his profession. The attorney - different story. While his parents know, the number of others who know is very, very small and do not include people in his profession.

Their relationship is interesting. In the first issue, the attorney scolds his boyfriend for buying Haagen-das from the corner market when it's on sale at another store every Friday. "But it's a new flavor!" "Doesn't matter, it's coming out of your allowance, not our monthly food budget!"

I would love to see a restaurant that served meals based on this series! Wouldn't happen over here, but one could hope. Definitely a different cooking style, but my inner fan boy is drooling when I read the cooking scenes and I can imagine the aromas.

Definitely recommended.