How are you supposed to know if you’ll like a book if you can’t read some of it.

It had a nice little cafe too, its not like they won’t make money on people buying a few coffees and snacks as they read a book they might not buy.

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    15 days ago

    Japan does love to wrap literally everything purchasable in stores in plastic. Abroad wouldn’t be immune to this since shared supply chains.

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      15 days ago

      I only saw hentai books wrapped in plastic in Japan but I didn’t go to many bookstores while there.

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        Japan has made baby steps, while they still wrap individual bananas, many stores charge for a plastic bag, discouraging use.

        The younger folk here in Cambodia seem to care about the environment, old folks just throw trash wherever.

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      When we wrap out books, it’s usually manga. But it’s weird for Tsutaya of all stores to do it because the ones here aren’t wrapped and they were the first to promote customers to read before purchasing.