Went by Vintage Stock this morning.
Not a ton there, got some cheapo Genesis games to gut and swap cases with my other ones, for a couple bucks. Then a Sega AC, Vita Charger, and 6 button pad for $10.
But, I had a great score after I was looking around sections I don't normally visit. Went by the Comic/Manga section and found these!
The Battle Angel Alita: Last Order manga: Volumes 11-15
I almost shat my pants when I saw them, for those who don't know (which is probably most people) Viz Media released the Alita manga in comic form starting in 1995. They did a couple revisions of the original series, and then when Kishiro did Last Order they started translating/releasing them as well. They released it up until late 2011 and then the license went to someone else, Kodansha Comics, who continued releasing the last several volumes. Viz did 1-15, and Kodansha did 16-19, and then released Omnibus editions later. But, the later Viz volumes are like incredibly expensive and hard to locate anymore, hence why I was elated to get these at only $5.
I suppose you might be asking, why didn't I keep purchasing the series after volume 10 and got behind? Well, I used to buy all my manga at Borders back then, and when they folded (mid 2011 near me) I was left with no easy way for me to get the volumes anymore so I just forgot about it. When I realized Last Order had ended a couple years back I started to look for the missing volumes, but was saddened to see there were a number that were so expensive, and I really didn't want to rebuy the whole thing in Omnibus edition. So, it's been a couple years coming, but I've finally got the volumes I for Last Order I didn't think I'd ever find.
