CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

You know he's out there. He's the little monster that lives in bookstores and comic shops. His job is to buy the first volume of every manga you want to start reading. He also goes in the back of the stores and hides all the extra copies so that the people who work there can't find them for you.


Do you believe in the First Volume Gnome?

I believe! >___<

I'm sure that he's lurking with the Library Purchase Gnome, which takes all the volumes to be purchased off the list except something like 8 or 13.

He's on the internet too! He tells the people from one website that a book in a series has gone out of print, even if you just order it from another website moments later!

He steals the first volumes like you said SnowLeopard! And tells you a volume is not available even when it was released 6 months ago! X o X

I strongly believe. The same thing happened to me with Vol. 4-6 of Cardcaptor Sakura. I knew they were out, but Waldenbooks told me, "I'm sorry, sir, it's not in our computer system."

Those horrible gnomes!

Mmm, I believe. Except I know him as the Next Volume Gnome. Once upon a time, AngelSakura was attempting to get a couple Mars manga. I got the first one alright, but the next time I went, the shelf had: 1, 3, 4.... Luckily, the nice Waldenbooks man found it in the back. The next time, the shelf had: 1, 2, 4....

I know his antics well. I also am quite familiar (too familiar, really) with his distant cousin, the Target First and Last Disc Gnome, who is notorious for ensuring that Target never stocks anything but the first and last discs of a series. Which is a real let down, because Target has the best prices, like, anywhere.

Having woked in a bookstore and gone into combat against said Gnome, I believe. Even worse is the little gnome that appeared in our store one evening and cleared various bits of information, such as special orders off of our computer.

He totally exists. I know-- because I AM THE FIRST VOLUME GNOBE!!! Oops, did I just say that out loud?

That's a great way to get yourself lynched, dear. Even in la-la land.

Meanwhile, I may try to outwit the Library Purchase Gnome by using interlibrary loan. We'll see if it works for manga...

Its true! Its sooo mean of them to hoard all of those mangas to themselves! *cries*
I also believe in the next volume gnome as well angelsakura! Hes mean too . . .
We must stop their meaness!!!!!!!
(mangafanatic. . . how could you . . . I thought you were our nice little friend *tears well up in eyes . . .* )

KisaTohru wrote: I thought you were our nice little friend *tears well up in eyes . . .* )

I--um, that is to say-- well, about-- actually--- what I'm trying to say is *Mangafanatic screams off into the distance and her spokes person appears in her place* Mangfanatic would like to say that she was taking Anti-hystamine when she made the statement in question. For this reason, she would like to not be lynched. As evidence, she submits her the first statement of her signature, and signatures don't lie. Furthermore, she can neither confirm nor deny the existance of the first volume gnome. Thank you.

I'd draw a picture of the infamous little blighter, but I have no art skills to speak of. It would since there's so many believers, we should make a club.

I was about to gfet mad at him yesterday at Walden's until I realized his cousin, the volume disorganizer gnome, had moved the first volume seprate from the second. LOL

The first volume gnome doesnt only steal away the first volumes of manga. He also steals away the first volume of anime as well or is that the first DVD gnome? I've been a victim of his brother the next volume gnome when, for the longest time the fourth DVD of Noir wasn't in the shop and i had the first three and every other dvd of Noir was there. Maybe what i encountered then was the next DVD gnome? Lol!

They're all related somehow.

My local gnome could well be fired fairly soon. He managed to miss both Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle #1 and Trigun #1.

Oh! I think that Library Purchase Gnome explains why my library only has the first volumes of both the Trigun anime AND the manga.

Our library definately has at least one gnome at work. They hardly ever have more than one issue of a manga, and it's usually something like issue #21 or something.

My local First Volume Gnome pushed me over while I was walking down the street, took my first Marmalade Boy manga, and then he, the Lucky Charms Leprechaun, and Richard Nixon all proceeded to beat me up. It hurt. They took my Lucky Charms too.