Manga Collecting Will NEVER Be The Same....

[@profotaku]

Didn’t know I needed some ASMR sloth breathing, but yeah...😂

[@TheMangaSloth]

LOL sryyyyy had to use a dif mic for some of it. WHICH had to be even closer WHICH made all my breathing sound exaggerated LOLOL Plus it should have been edited out haha. It is now but rip

[@profotaku]

​@@TheMangaSloth I rewatched it and you did edit it out 😂😂 that 30 seconds of you just breathing was hilarious I wish you would've kept it haha

[@TheMangaSloth]

@@profotaku That Mic cant pick up things unless its basically in my mouth LOL. Yeah it was just a sec for me to think what I was saying next. It was funny though haha

[@azevedo1046]

2:50 you alright there?

[@TheMangaSloth]

Lol yes I had to use a dif mic so it had to be way too close LOL So normal breathing sounds exaggerated haha. Its edited so it should be gone now or soon!

[@azevedo1046]

@@TheMangaSloth Oh okay, I knew there had to be an edit mistake or something going on xD

[@Buntz-Gyokuto]

This is indeed an insane concept for tracking! If only caketinz excel style and Sloth bar show could meld into the perfect tracking system with colorful charts! lol

[@TheMangaSloth]

Agree! I do like being able to see all the covers and descriptions this way and just clicking them in is obv mega easy haha.

[@TheoMcAllister]

I don't like to use apps for things like this, since they can (and will be) not supported/exist one day. I trust the Excel sheet I started nine years ago when I first moved, and add to it every time I do a manga haul. In all those years, I only had one double, but that was partially the publisher's fault and I could exchange the volume quickly.

[@TheMangaSloth]

I agree! But until we have not internet anymore its great! Plus it can be printed and put in files to have physically any time you want!

[@LauraAGrace]

I was about to say that I was surprised you didn't have an excel sheet before this! I actually like how this seems to work compared to the Bookshelf app, which is the only tracking app I knew before this (though don't use)! I really like how you can make different groups because me and my nerdy self likes tracking and seeing the demographics I own, but I'm also too lazy to keep up with a spreadsheet (which I only did for my latest collection video LOL) so I might give this is a try! I'm assuming you can use your phone to scan in the titles too if you don't have a barcode scanner? Great video!

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yes I think phone works also! It may not be as quick or efficient as the scanner but it should work. I never wanted a spreadsheet (wife did lol) Its too much work for a lazy sloth so when I get a book to put away I just beep and done ezpz haha

[@alphawolfi]

Woooooow !!! I was going to start writing it on Notion & that scanner changed my mind. I will keep it in mind to see if it works to track my physical games collection. Thank you very much, friend! ❤

[@alphawolfi]

Update! I found the Libib app & it has a scanner on it, so I saved up money for not buying a scanner 😊

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yes!!!!!! If its got a barcode it will work! (good idea for games too!)

[@phantompom2881]

Thank you so much, Sloth!! I’ve been manually typing in each title with volume numbers and whether they’re complete/still serializing/cancelled/etc. I also had to alphabetize my library manually as well. This video helped me so much! I ordered one of those bar scanners and got the Libib app! I can already tell it’s going to make everything so much easier! Hopefully it’ll help me from buying accidental duplicates.. 😅😂😁

[@TheMangaSloth]

NO PROB!!!!! This is exactly why I did it also. No more typing and easy to find and search and alphabetize. Just so much easier

[@FreshOutOfWater]

Thank you so much for this video!! I just want to add that there is an app that is synced with the site, no need to buy a barcode scanner, you just scan with your phone (don't know if somebody has pointed that out already).

[@TheMangaSloth]

I know you can use a phone I choose not to cause the barcode scanner is a lot faster (plus they are hecka cheap). I can scan in a manga a second or faster!

[@keesh2736]

Nice! I can use this for my novels as well

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yes!! Works great for any books!

[@helofn4956]

wooow, now that is really helpful. Btw that kuma statue in the background is fire!

[@TheMangaSloth]

Thanks! The Kuma is like 2ft tall it may be hard to gauge it but he lights up and is a big Boi lol I love the statue so im glad you do too!

[@strawberrymoon1906]

Just WOW! TheMangaSloth really be looking out for the greater community who's either too busy or too lazy to keep up with a manual labour spreadsheet📚 You had our backs with the book-risers and now with the book-beeper too🌟 TheMangaSloth really is the gold standard of manga content🥇

[@TheMangaSloth]

I am just a simple sloth who wants to display manga and find way to do collecting easier lolol. But thank you!

[@strawberrymoon1906]

Simple sloths are appreciated around here🦥

[@ZckFox]

This is a very intriguing idea. Another use case would be that if you have a very large collection bookshelf like the mangasloth, seems like you can label sections of your shelf to identify in your catalogue where the volume is located. I use a google spreadsheet that I can access from my phone wherever to track my collection. Tracking volumes of manga that I own as well as identifying if the series at the time of last update is is still ongoing or if the series has ended, or if I've dropped the series. Because my collection is a mix of physical and digital manga, I'm not sure how well the scanner system would work for me.

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yup! It allows you to make any category you can think of! I just use the scanner with it but you dont have to. You can put them in manually OR with your phone camera on the barcodes! It also has a app so you can access it any time (even thru the internet on your phone if you wanted lol) So it does not need a barcode to put it in! Digital goes on great also!

[@ZckFox]

@@TheMangaSloth I decided to give it a go, after scanning all of my physical manga and light novels I did find that a fair amount required me to go back and manually tweak them. Many of the manga that scanned added the series title and the cover art for each volume, but didn't include the volume number in the title. I also tried to add my digital manga collection, I pulled the EISBN from the various publisher websites and imported the numbers as a csv file, but out of the 500 EISBNs that I imported 75 were not in the Libib database so I had to manually add them in. The other 85% that were imported also required fixes to title or cover art. The biggest gripe I do have is that the free version does not have the ability to mass edit multiple manga at once. This makes updating a series from on-going to finished as particularly time consuming.

[@TheMangaSloth]

@@ZckFox Sorry you had some issues. After scanning 3k+ worth of stuff I only had to add covers for some thats it. IDK if you were using phone or a scanner so idk if that makes a difference. But id take making some tweaks allllll day over typing everything manually haha.

[@twaits8676]

Currently using Bookshelf, Libib looks pretty cool though, have thought about switching. It's do or die at this point as the collection continues to grow. I do enjoy a couple things on Bookshelf like setting reading goals for myself, and it will track it for me, ie setting a goal of 20 volumes for April.

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yeah that sounds cool too! If you ever want to switch or use both its easy to import a manga list etc!

[@twaits8676]

@@TheMangaSloth ooo nice. Didn’t know we could import. That’d be sweet

[@Harleigh_19]

I've been using Libib for a couple of years now for my Blu-ray and video games and I absolutely love it. I definitely need to get my manga and books on there too.

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yes! Its a life changer haha

[@TheDarkSage]

Manga Sloth putting everybody on with this one. Having a scanner is still funny to me though

[@TheMangaSloth]

Same it feels funny lol. BUT you better believe TheLazySloth would rather track the collection with a click of a button than typing it all in LOL

[@greenthumb8100]

You can just scan it with your phone that's how I did it

[@TheMangaSloth]

@@greenthumb8100 Yup! I just like the faster eand easier scan of the $10 scanner. I did like 65 manga in less than 1 min! Phone works alright too!

[@phoenix10km99]

Nice video sloth!! I just used a spreadsheet to track my manga but I’m gonna have to look into this now!

[@brycepedraza9386]

I DO TO

[@ponderingmonk525]

I use a spreadsheet so I can also keep track of how much I spent on each volume

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yes I saw! If you do end up trying it LMK how it goes!

[@TheMangaSloth]

Nice! I was surprised this way with the barcode etc has spending charts and how much you spend and each vol was etc.

[@torihawkins986]

only the most ultimate manga collectors have scannie

[@TheMangaSloth]

I feel like its for everyone haha. Works with anything with a barcode!

[@amberneal5081]

Balls..... 20+ years of bookkeeping my manga down the drain. I have purchased to many duplicates not to adopt this system. Thanks manga sloth!!!

[@TheMangaSloth]

I also have bought many mannnnnyyyyyyyy duplicates and this will help me also. I am with you!

[@CauseAndorEffect]

I use excel...it's part of my ritual to add a manga to the spreadsheet after I read it.

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yup I will be doing my new ritual by beeping the manga before I put it away!

[@Legend30343]

I use an Excel spreadsheet and its starting to really get out of hand. But also, it relies on me sitting down and going through it each time I get a new book or manga which is not very reliable for me lol

[@TheMangaSloth]

This right here is the #! reason I like the scanner. I click it goes beep and thats it. It puts the volume in the system and description, picture etc. I never have to type or write anything out.

[@bhargavwatkar]

Can we have another video on manga blind box

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yeah maybe if I can ever find any. Dont see much of them anymore

[@thebeardedotaku1088]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I NEED THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This will save so much time for me!

[@TheMangaSloth]

Broooooooooo yes!! TIME SAVER FOR SURE! No way im typing all my manga in LOL.

[@annaroselarsen4218]

I have about 160 manga and I have 10 duplicates because I forgot what I buy but I love your idea!

[@TheMangaSloth]

Well then this def may be the item for you!

[@annaroselarsen4218]

@TheMangaSloth Yes I already have it in my cart!

[@kwinlookatt6946]

Quite intuitive Mr. Reggie

[@TheMangaSloth]

😢😢😢Ive missed you my name guessing friend

[@kwinlookatt6946]

@@TheMangaSloth I’m back and better than ever, I will guess your name

[@ddred7381]

2:42 Me after walking from the living room to the bathroom

[@TheMangaSloth]

Say what???????????

[@samkn4162]

Love your t-shirt 😉

[@TheMangaSloth]

bioshock hypeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@cecil8587]

How does the barcode scanner hookup? And which one did you specifically buy?

[@TheMangaSloth]

Hold up well! As long as your not chucking it around haha. Not a lot of moving parts so not much to break. The one I picked up is linked in description BUT there is better and even cheaper ones that should work just as good!

[@lane_gilbertson]

What shelf risers do you use?

[@TheMangaSloth]

I built all of them with wood for free! Its super easy and cheap plus you can make them any height. I made a video on how to make them awhile back!

[@bizarreindividual4026]

Nice!

[@TheMangaSloth]

thx!

[@calm623]

Nice video

[@TheMangaSloth]

thx

[@3tacoman]

Amazon link for the scanner please ?

[@TheMangaSloth]

sorry! Its in the description now!

[@3tacoman]

@@TheMangaSloth thank you 🙏🏼!

[@TheMangaSloth]

@@3tacoman npnpnpnpnp

[@davidholloway8132]

Have any of you read grand blue dreaming and how was it?

[@TheMangaSloth]

I have not read it sorry!

[@zeusyy9346]

Where you get that brev? :..(

[@TheMangaSloth]

If you mean the scanner I put a link to mine in the description

[@Luci-pz8xx]

At first I just kept an excel sheet with the names of every volume. After finishing college I wrote a python program where I scanned the barcode and the ISBN was searched in a local database and then an online database that I knew was reliable. After collecting the information it would put it in a sqlite database. The program also had functionality to search and output fields into a excel sheet, which would go into my local file server that I could access from anywhere. Is it overkill? Yes, but I'm the type of person who would rather spend 2 hours writing a script rather than use something that already exists.

[@TheMangaSloth]

Cool! I cant do that haha a nice quick scan for me is perfect. Especially with 5k+ manga and 100s coming and leaving every month I would die lol

[@Kian-h4b]

Can other people view your library?

[@TheMangaSloth]

I am not sure. Probably not unless you give permission im assuming

[@brycepedraza9386]

NICE VIDEO

[@TheMangaSloth]

Thanks

[@The-maskedghoul]

I will have a manga collection as same as u it's my dream ⚡

[@TheMangaSloth]

You can do it! I believe in you!

[@christinacummins13]

😱

[@TheMangaSloth]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@jamstermemes3009]

First

[@TheMangaSloth]

deece

[@Brainzo_YT]

I’ve been a fan since you started your KZbin channel

[@TheMangaSloth]

Yooooooooooo thanks!! Ive been a fan of yours forever!

[@3tacoman]

Manga tube be lit AF this week 🔥🦥🌍🏴‍☠️🤌🏼🚁⚡️

[@TheMangaSloth]

Great seeing all this content being pumped out!!