Loveless - TokyoPop style

[tempestuously]

I really hope this is just my volume because the American release of the Loveless manga is horrible. I haven't read enough to commment on translation or the like since that usually doesn't bother me unless it's so bad, it jeopardizes character/story. But for such a pretty series, the art budget of TokyoPop is subpar, especially when you compare it to their boys love production line, Blu. Blu charges $5 more and you get gorgeous paper, thick covers and well-rendered images. TokyoPop charges $10 and gives me a sloppy cover with hideous typography. For the love of...they write the title in English on the Japanese version. It's not that hard to mimick that. It really isn't. Also, the quality of the art inside the manga is greatly diminished by cheap paper that bleeds, making some of the splash title pages, particularly the one with Soubi, almost impossible to see. They also make the mistake of using dark font on dark backgrounds, which probably wouldn't be as dark if their paper wasn't as cheap. I wish Viz had licensed Loveless. I pay $8 for Viz' Death Note and get almost the same manga/image quality I get from Blu. I even get typography that doesn't look like it was done by a grade schooler. I am not amused, TokyoPop. Not amused at all. You need to clean up your act or I'm going to stop buying and just read your shit in the stores.

Someone please tell me this was just my copy and that I'm overreacting.