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Comic Case
Those of you who have tons and tons of manga tankoubon (digest-sized trade paperbacks) in your collection will wonder if there are any proper storage receptacles, just like how North American comics have their acid-free longboxes. For those living in space-scare Japan, you can trust the locals to device some ingenious storage methods to organise their clutter. And there’s a rather neat way to store comics using soft-skinned ‘comic cases’
Comic Case
These “Made in China” ‘cases’ are actually thin fabric bags with a translucent flap for you to organise your pulps, and they come in various sizes to suit the different formats of publications.
Comic Case
Get the Wide Comic Case to store your shonen (少年) and seinen (青年) manga (for 成年 stuff, you have to use brown manila envelop and hide them in the deep recesses of your closet…). The standard comic case is good enough for pocket-size format, like those bunko (文庫) format re-issues.
Unlike boxes, theses ‘cases’ do not take up additional space or weight. It’s unlikely that the flimsy material is able to bear the weight of the contents when carried by the handle. Yet, its sufficient to hold the books together for carriage over short distances (such as placing it on or off a shelf). Likewise, it also makes it easier to stack the books and keep them dust free.
Standing Placement
The clear flap allows you to see what’s inside each bag so and makes it easier for you to manage your clutter.
Magazine Storage Bag
The magazine storage bag can store wide-format magazines – it can comfortably take in Newtype the Live and mooks too.
These cases only cost S$2 each, and is available at the Japanese livingware store Daiso (located at Plaza Singapura, IMM Building and Vivo City)
With these ingenious livingware solutions, my desk can remain clutter free:
No more clutter!
Now, if only there’s a solution for the gekkans (月刊, monthly comic anthologies).
Clutter!
The orange slime* keeps on smiling….
*the orange slime had been with me for 14 years. I got this Slime at an Animate shop somewhere in Osaka when I first visited Japan during my first June holiday in Junior College. Our local Thespian Emma Yong from the Dim Sum Dollies happened to be on the same trip. She was a year my senior in the same Junior College. Not many might know that Emma is a (closeted) anime and manga fan. She liked “Crest of the Royal Family ” 「王家の紋章」 . I’ve spotted her at the screening of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and other anime at the Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF)
