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  • ahh, SHIBUYA!

  • oh my god, it's so loud out here

  • This place never sleeps. Alive 24 hours a day

  • Hey, you I like MANGA? I know a great place

  • like some sort of MANGA paradise?

  • Yep, and we're here!

  • MANBOO is one of Japan's biggest MANGA cafe chains

  • and it offers a lot of unique services

  • Inside it doesn't seem like a cafe at all. The interior is really stylish

  • Almost like a hotel lobby! There are several

  • options at MANBOO. You decide the kind of both you want

  • and how long you plan to stay.Weekdays weekends mornings and evenings

  • all have different prices. Here's a list of the costs

  • The standard thirty-minute pack is 100yen for women

  • and 200 yen for men plus,105 yen for every extra 15 minutes

  • The weekday pack for three hours and five hours is 980 and

  • and 1400. Yep it's cheaper after 7 p.m.

  • you can spend the whole night here for as low as 1,290 yen

  • Weekends cost a couple hundred yen more

  • In Tokyo you need a valid ID to use the internet cafes

  • Registering for the Mamba part makes it simple to get online

  • and you never have to register again

  • Back in the good old days we had coffee shops called Kissa-ten

  • It was a simple coffee shop where you can sit and relax all day

  • Even back then reading MANGA was a great way to pass the time

  • Life was a lot simpler back then

  • some KISSA-TEN even had mango you could borrow

  • and read in shop. What a groovy idea

  • This might be the origin of the MANGA CAFE

  • Just like the MANGA content

  • the MANGA cafe had to evolve

  • Times and style change

  • We can't live in 1974 forever

  • on to the present day

  • The booth areas are dark and futuristic-looking

  • this is a standard booth

  • It's got a comfortable chair, a computer

  • a TV and headphones. If you want to take a nap

  • the chair those all the way back.

  • It reminds me of a first class on an airplane

  • Let's take a look at another kind of booth

  • This one is okay for two people

  • Wow

  • what do you think?

  • Roomy enough for two people & if you want to use a computer you have a computer here

  • pretty hi-tech & if you just wanna sleep you can just relax your legs

  • and just go to sleep or take a nap

  • Or, you know if you want to read the whole series ONE-PIECE

  • it's there to catch up so... yeah

  • and people go on dates to these places too

  • dates???

  • Well for the "pair-seating", so that's what it is

  • So I guess people love MANGA so much

  • they'll go in like a MANGA date?

  • Yeah, I guess they recommend each like the series that they like

  • and just read on, and tell each other they're like their..y'know

  • like what he thought about it

  • There's a keyboard so you can do office work

  • There's also high speed Internet access

  • This booth also has a 3D TV! Just put on the 3D glasses and headphones

  • and everyday shows get a whole lot more fun to watch

  • It's also easy to get really comfortable here

  • that's great

  • so let's go get MANGA

  • ok KAI! What you doing here?

  • Just taking a break, reading manga

  • What is this place?

  • I think that's what they call a flat room

  • You can actually lie down here, and if you read too much

  • and fall asleep. More comfortable than sitting in a chair

  • KAI's booth is awesome. The whole floor area is like a bed

  • Many Japanese sit on the floor in their own houses

  • Get a stack of Manga and relax. Which is why we're here

  • MANGA!

  • There's a lot of them! This location in Shibuya has over 40,000 to choose from

  • Each MANBOO MANGA-KISSA (cafe) has different MANGA collections

  • You might find a rare series in one of the forty five locations around Japan

  • Let's see what Kai is into

  • " I'm hero" Zombie drama but far more gritty

  • raw in artwork and the main characters a regular guy

  • it's not like some commando or anything like that so

  • it's good one

  • Y'know the intestines are coming out

  • and running after him

  • what's Satsuki reading?

  • Well I have "TERA FORMERS" here It's a recent series that

  • I was really interested in so um yeah

  • it's about like you know , all these guys fighting the martian thing using

  • morphing into like insects.So it's quite interesting

  • that y'know they're fighting against these cockroach

  • Humors in that cockroaches are in mars so

  • find a MANGA you like

  • and take it back to your booth

  • when it comes to extras

  • MANBOO has it all! This one is special for women........ a nail salon

  • It's ultra-cheap! If you're a member

  • the service is free!

  • It requires a reservation at the front desk

  • Service is usually 20 to 30 minutes

  • For the ladies it's the royal treatment If you want to treat yourself

  • fashionable nail extensions and gel cost a little more

  • I think this is a really good service and well we have all these variations

  • here so we can choose

  • yeah it's great

  • hungry?

  • hot food vending machines are waiting for you! They're also drinks available

  • Food is 350 yen and the drinks

  • there free of charge!! If you stay the night

  • there are showers

  • reserve in advance

  • if you're in japan and need to take a break or find an affordable place to stay

  • try a MANGA cafe and when you're here

  • don't forget to read some good MANGA!

ahh, SHIBUYA!

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