Comments on: Yen Plus – Update

By: Carlos Ovalle

Carlos Ovalle — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:09:42 +0000

Neat. Just let me know. ^_^ Thanks.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:44:48 +0000

Well, someone else asked first, but if he doesn’t respond, I’ll sell it to you, no problem.

By: Carlos Ovalle

Carlos Ovalle — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:47:37 +0000

If you still have Issue 2, I would be very happy to buy it from you. ^_^ My wife has the other released issue, so I’m looking to surprise her with a copy (but no luck finding issue 2 so far).

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:28:49 +0000

Yes, Yen Plus offers something different, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s better. I know all the Japanese side manga were made into anime, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing either. I don’t like the interbreeding that manga and anime are doing, as there’s not growth potential in it.

The OEL/Korean side is close to what I imagine a General Audiences magazine to be like, and if that is truly Yen Press’ intention, then they should cut the Japanese side, and release those as graphic novels.

Yen Press’ biggest enemy right now will be a recession where $9 magazines will not be purchased monthly, and will have to rely on a small fanbase, which isn’t what a GA magazine should do. Smaller and cheaper now may keep alive through the hard times that are coming.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:30:07 +0000

I just got issue 3 last week and I loved it. Yes, I am a mangaholic for the last 20 years and I think Yen Plus offers manga readers something different than SJ and SB. On the Japanese side, all the titles are hits, they have ALL been made into anime. Sumomomo,Momomo is the only japanese title I hate, even though the fanboy offering of the moe character each chapter makes me chuckle. I understand each of these titles ran in shonen magazines and I am not their main audience, but I do enjoy them cause they do not fully follow the SJ action formula. Now over to the OEL/manhwa side of Yen Plus, Jack Frost is my favorite. I like things dark and scary with the fun of Sailor Moon references:P Nightschool and Maximun Ride fit well, only cause I am a heavy indy comic reader, which is totally different than manga, but very enjoyable. Each ended with a surprise…..dun, dun, DUN….till issue 4. I also think the best thing Yen Plus did this time was split the short “One Fine Day” stories up. This made their cuteness all the more palatable. I don’t want another manga anthology that copies SJ. I hope Yen Plus can find their audience and become a success or at least finish all their series.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:11:52 +0000

I WANTED to like Yen Plus. I’m all for competition in the marketplace. But I think Yen is trying to do too much too fast. They want to call this a “general” magazine, and it just isn’t. It’s all over the place with little to no focus.

And just as you mention ame, the chapters are too short. With so much in the magazine, there’s no space for anything to go anywhere. I don’t think Yen Plus totally blows, it’s just too much too fast. As they say, slow and steady wins the race.

By: ame

ame — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:59:32 +0000

i just bought volume 3. and there was like nothing in it that i cared about. the korean chapters feell like their over too soon. and where the hell is nightschool going and how can it get there faster? i mean we meet all these characters in the first one. and then we find out more about a couple of the characters in the second one and then those characters are completely absent for the third one,and these stupid vampires are fighting and i still don’t know why i care. i don’t read the japanese side at all either.i will certainly not be subscribing to it either. it just blows.

By: John T

John T — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:17:08 +0000

I am happy to see I am not the only one who isn’t gaga over Yen Plus.