What manga did you got by the the most unusual mean?

[pingtoryan]

There was one food manga (Shoku King) in my home that was missing one issue, and I happened to find that issue at one shop near my school. I took it, paid for it, and left...only for me to realize that the book I've bought was for rent...and the shopkeeper did not seem to aware of it, either...it had been a few years since it happened, however.

On the opposite side of that shop was another shop. At one time I went there just to read Rockman X(1) manga that was for rental...I kept doing that for some time and the owner offered to *sell* me all three of that Rockman X(1) manga. He said that no one reads them anyway. I accepted that offer.

Well, I guess many people just read manga online as opposed to hard copy..but I just want to ask this anyway...

 

[wehasband]

My story happened a few years ago and I still find it funny until now..
I was browsing the local bookstore when I saw a neglected pile of manga in the corner. Checking it out I discovered they were originals(raws) in good condition, plastic sleeves and all. And they cost a fraction of a translated work's price and pretty rare from where I am、so I quickly dug through the pile to get myself a deal. Alas at the time I kept my distance from shoujo manga, which constituted most of the pile. In the end I walked out of that shop carrying a single volume from Kawata Kaoru's 'Motto Good Kiss', Nishiyama Yuriko's 'Dragon Voice', Kikuchi Hideyuki's 'Makai Gakuen', Kumeta Kouji's 'Yuke! Nangoku Ice Hockey-bu' and two volumes of Higuchi Daisuke's 'Whistle', set volumes apart from each other.

So did I enjoy reading them when I got back home? Nope.
I found out I couldn't maintain enough interest to go through those them without reading the first volumes where they introduced them characters. So until now I'm collecting the whole set for that complete reading experience.