From: blissNO@SPAMcalifornia.com   
      
   "Hoshisato" wrote.   
      
   > > (..) apparently men in Japan don't read manga (..)   
   >   
   > If you browse to the article about J magazine circulation posted by   
   > Ping Kuo, you'l find it is completely contradicting the above   
   > statement:   
   >   
   > : even more surprising, both Super Jump and Business Jump (ugly   
   > artworks   
      
       Ugly is in the mind of the beholder.   
      
   > : for grown up.) simply outsold all of them, even Young Jump, (heavy   
   > : sexual theme, 110,000), by a big margin, (300,000-400,000),   
   > apparently   
   > : salarymen have more time and money to spend on manga than highschool   
   > or   
   > : college students.   
      
       If they don't have more money than students then the world is working   
   right.   
      
   >   
   > Florida Today probably doesnt' want to get caught promoting grown-up   
   > manga ^_^;;   
   >   
       More likely they are simply ignorant.   
       I would leave them to be enlightened on the point by a Florida fan.   
   If one is here they might check their local libraries to see if they feature   
   the manga based "Japan, Inc."  It along with the stats would make a great   
   talking point on the idea.   
      
       later   
       bliss -- C  O C O A  Powered... (at california dot com)   
      
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