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!