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   Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers to B Sellers   
   Re: Kinyu Used Book Store and Piracy Sup   
   20 Aug 10 12:13:05   
   
   From: usenet-2010@planetcobalt.net   
      
   B Sellers  wrote:   
   >     I got a new manga today called 'Kingyu Used Books" Volume 1 and it   
   > is a trip.  References to great manga from the Edo period and the Post   
   > WW II period into the 1990 and since it is essential self-referential   
   > I guess to current times.  It covers manga readers and people who use   
   > a manga as a character model and people who are studying art.  Oh yes   
   > and the store owner seems to be a divine being of some sort.   
      
   All I have to say is: I need a basement like that!   
      
   cu   
   59cobalt   
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