I didn't realize there is a difference in term of quality. But after having thousands of books and running out of space constantly, thinner is somewhat desirable, as long as the other quality is not affected. I was able to order mine from amazon a few month ago for $108 pre tax.

The paper quality thing seems like a pretty normal trend. I have viz manga I got a decade ago and the pages are higher quality than what is released now. I can tell when I pick up something with the old SJ logo and compare it to a newer one. It might be subtle, but it's definitely different. I'm fine with it since it means a volume of SJ manga is still $10, which it has been for some time now despite higher prices from competitors and lots of inflation.

I think the biggest thing for me is the unknown. Very surprised to find out it was printed in Italy. I'm sure if people had known where it was printed, I'm sure it would have deterred a lot of people. Overall, I don't mind that much as it was a great deal and wanted to finally get into the manga as I've been following the anime since it came out. Thanks for the comparison and review!

Im looking forward to mine arriving this week! I think as long as you get both box sets it wont be weird with the difference 😁

Thanks for making this content, i hate how people don't care how the quality of viz is going down (some of them even telling me that i shouldn't protest about it). I hope this video can making people aware how this quality printing is going down and viz need to fix this somehow.

I checked and my JJK singles are from different printers too. Some from USA, some from Canada and some from Italy. The Italy ones where slightly thinner (can also be depending on the content since I didn’t compare the same volumes) but I couldn’t tell a big difference in the paper quality. As long as it’s not more noticeable than that I’m okay with it but I would prefer them all being the same. The difference in 7seas paper quality is way worse. Hopefully the printing of MHA box set 2 is the same so it’s not to big of a difference when it’s finished. Thanks for enlightening me on the issue!

A lot of new reprints are being printed in Italy or Canada. I got the MHA boxset and noticed the difference so I check out the other vols I had and noticed that the Dr Stone volumes I got a few months back were also printed in Italy. I guess its a new thing to cover the demand of manga. I dont mind it, but if the pages were easy to rip I'd care. But all still looks good in my collection

I got mine from Amazon preorders too. I wasn’t going to open it till the next set comes out so I can binge read. NGL it’s shocking to see the difference!

I never even noticed some of my manga volumes were printed in Italy! I had found a couple of different volumes of my books were a bit thinner than some others, or the feel of the cover were different than the others. Now I know why that is I would say!

Torn between loving saving shelf space but then being locked to box sets as I love volume size consistency

One thing to be aware of is the MHA box set is all printed in Italy compared to the normal USA prints. Viz has apparently been reprinting more books in Italy recently. They use thinner paper that is closer to a Japanese tankoubon. This is why the box set is smaller and each volume is thinner than what you would see normally. The thinness causes more page bleed which I am not a fan of especially considering the MSRP of this box set is about the same as other box sets that have USA prints. I bought the box set but may be returning it. It's currently unclear if the MHA box set 1 will ever be printed in the USA. I wouldn't say it's not out of the question but it would mean they need to redesign the box a bit. Even the handle is different than other Viz box sets, indicating again that this was indeed seemingly all printed and assembled by different people than the usual USA box sets.

thanks mr.sloth very useful video, helped me to decide to order them, keep up the content !

Thanks for showing me that the box set have Italy prints. I'm not a big fan of them and sometimes the binds just looks they they compacted way too much. I just want the box set even though that I'm caught up with the singles because it my favorite series.

from what i noticed the difference are pages are thinner, saturation is lower, laminate is thin and rough texture vs the smooth of the US prints. Sometimes they have some random printing lines as well idk why on the spine. On my spy family copies, the colors are not even close to the same more on the grey/silver side and there are stress marks on the spines and folding joint. I saw this in my black clover as well...the US is a dark black vs the a light black on the italy copy :/ now these are very obliviously lower quality when you have them side by side but luckily the readability is fine but i do want viz to work on their quality with the italy prints if they are going to cost the same...

I have the recent reprint of Yona and hunter x early volume and they do appear thinner. I don’t mind at all since that means i can store more in my shelf. I just wish that they are uniform tho. If they are going to release a thinner version they should have done it from the start. 😅

Well so long as the thinner paper doesn't make them more fragile, and the translation is the same as you would see outside of the boxset, I don't see an issue with it. It takes up less space, which I like!

I wanted get one like that. Most manga i got is seven seas from my favorite manga is uzaki chan and monster musume and some others

I also noticed this with boruto manga..i had old one and compared it with the new ones cause the new ones were very very thin i thought i got a fake bootleg manga but that wasn't the case

ya man my death note vol 2 is also printed in Italy and it is a bit thinner than other volumes

The volumes that are made in italy feel rough or have a weird texture for some reason

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I'll probably pick it up if I can get it cheap.

Maybe you can also compare the weight difference.

It look so cool! I should’ve preordered it when I could😭

Boxsets are cheaper than buying the individual volumes right?

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Well I'm going to have to get that now lol I just got the demon slayer box set 😂😂😂

Is that the dark sage’s merch?

I’m definitely buying this bad boy😊

In my opinion, Viz really fumbled this release. I think the box sets should never contain Italy printings and if they do, Viz should have announced that before release. I'm honestly worried that the fifth box set of One Piece that's eventually gonna come will also contain Italy volumes and it's gonna ruin the uniform look of the previous volumes.

As someone with more limited space, I would prefer some of the longer series have narrower volumes. Just so I can fit more.

Hey man did you make a video about gantz

I prefer usa ones 😢

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I really don't like this new smaller thinner books it bothers me

I got lucky, $180 for 1-31

Is it a big deal at the end of the day?

I think box sets should should be USA quality. The box set is something special and should be made with the better quality paper. But, my bleach box 2 had Canada prints and it's quality was amazing. Sometimes I prefer Canada quality of USA prints because it's feel more smoother and more comfortable to hold on when reading.

I got the box set for a huge deal

It's crazy how much smaller they are

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The exact same content, but it saves shelf space... sh!# sign me up Lol

Seeing the quality Hell naw

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Everything is bigger in America!

Bruh, even american books are fat.