u/ScarcityMode

This is a HOT take….but with the next Demon Slayer movie coming in 2027 (and a certain fight about to be adapted iykyk….) I could definitely see this being a steal.

Plus this first appearance came out a decade ago, so 9.8’s aren’t exactly super common either.

What do you think?

Do you think it’ll reach $1,000,000? If so, why? If not, why not?

Disclosure: I own a few raw English first prints of Kagurabachi volume 1 so I have an interest in the prices of this volume.

Ever since the anime was announced for Kagurabachi there’s been a sharp increase in the prices for its Zasshi first appearance and Japanese volume 1 first printing on the secondary market.

To my surprise though, this has slowly made its way to the English first print market as well. Recently there’s been a few sales of BGS English volume 1 first prints in English and now, a raw English first print just sold as well.

With the caveat of the sale still needing to be finalized, there was only 1 bid, and we don’t know if this was a one off, I’m really surprised that it sold for this amount.

From what I’ve seen in the English first print market, the only volumes that sell around this price or higher (in the hundreds of $) are the OP, Dragon ball, Dragon ball Z, Bleach, and Naruto vol 1 first prints. In general though, that may be starting to change as more Berserk, Hunter X Hunter, and older English first prints come to the market.

However, my main point is that this sale to my knowledge was the first modern (post 2020) English first print to sale for this amount.

I think it’s definitely fueled by the anime hype but I’m interested to see if (1) This continues to happen with English first print Kagurabachi volumes and (2) Whether this will happen to other very modern properties that gain popularity going forward.

What do you think?

What do we think about the slabs?

Believe it or not, 6/8 of the these were from one location lol. I think the coolest find is the Ranma 1/2 volume, since it’s from before Viz turned to the Japanese format of reading manga (right to left).

But the one I’m most happy with is The Promised Neverland. I read it when it first came out but my original volume 1 copy was somehow a second print lol.

I’m referring to the 2015 NYCC Naruto Volume 72 Exclusive, the 2018 My Hero Academia SDCC exclusive, and the 2019 One Punch Man SDCC exclusive.

These were primarily only handed out at the events aside from a few select bookstore locations so there aren’t that many out there. Plus they’re pretty hard to find on third party platforms.

A week ago I went to a few Half-Price books in my area (my first time going to Half-Price books stores) looking for manga. At most of the locations there wasn’t much, but I did see a second English print of Food wars and Shaman King that weren’t too bad.

But then I stumbled upon this Spy X Family volume. Immediately I thought that there was no way this was a first print since the first printing came out in 2020 and it looked like it was in great condition. When I saw I was wrong I instantly bought it lol (for $6).

Have you ever found any cool manga at a discount store?

SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki will be ending in the upcoming weeks, freeing a slot in the magazine for this new BLEACH series.

I bought the first print when it came out in 2022.

The Barnes and Noble exclusive is a 2nd print fun fact. I’ve never been able to find the first print.

The BAM exclusive was the hardest one to find. As far as I know they only had one printing of it and not a lot have been sold on the secondary market.

If anyone in here has a raw copy of Shonen Jump 0, can you confirm what One Piece characters appear? From research, I think a few pages of Romance Dawn 2 are shown, and in those pages I think it’s just Luffy. Would love to confirm!

Imagine you had the chance to be gifted a BGS 8.0 of:

(1) WSJ 1968 #1 (First issue of Weekly Shonen Jump)
(2) WSJ 1984 #52 (First appearance of Dragon Ball)
(3) WSJ 1997 #34 (First canon appearance of One Piece)

You’d get one of these for free. Which would you decide to get?👀