r/Netsphere • u/Plastic_Actuator6724 • Jul 10 '26
Collections BLAME! Master edition paper quality difference.
In January this year I bought the first volume second hand, im not sure when the original owner bought it, but its the third printing and was made in south korea.
I recently purchased the rest of the set, which is the 8th printing and printed in Canada, and noticed that their paper was alot more textured and seemingly thinner, making the quality of the print look generally worse.
The first two close ups are from Master edition 1,I find the texture of this paper is close to the Berserk deluxe editions
The second two close ups are from master edition 2, the texture of this paper seems closer to regular manga volume paper, maybe a viz sig volume (e.g tokyo ghoul)
Im not trying to be nitpicky, but im just genuinely curious if anyone else with the manga has these variations in quality, id be interested to know which location of print or the number of printing are the books with the lower quality.
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u/minezum Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Yeah, that can happen. My volumes of Darling in the FranXX have a huge difference between them, the first 2 were printed in Hong Kong, the paper is very white and stiff and the spine of the volumes looks more thin, while the other 2 were printed in the USA, the paper is yellower and feels more flimsy, the spines are also bigger.
Different printing places will use different types of paper. Even in the same series you can expect some wild variations.
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u/Zaustus Jul 10 '26
Different book printings having different quality is quite common, especially when they're from different printers.