I appreciate any comment I get here, so I'm happy that you got around to it. I do have to admit, though, that when I can't get my own thoughts together within a few hours after seeing a post I usually just slide along to supposing there's something gauche about "responding too late."

I saw a different comment just a little while ago about "manga being expensive," and must admit to how when I was just starting out as an anime fan (from the "VHS era," when I didn't buy any of it, into the "DVD era") I was tempted to think of manga as "poor man's anime." I suppose the per-unit price doesn't seem extravagant, but there's that matter of how many units a manga can run for...