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!