After too much exposure to Japanese and subtitled anime, I have a hard time bringing myself to buying an English-translated manga, even when the page layout and SFX are faithfully preserved. It just feels... dubbed. That, and I always feel weird buying manga in America, it just doesn't feel natural. If someone were to see me in the street with manga, or buying manga, they would probably brand me as a wapanese, or nerd, or both. They probably would be right, too.

I guess it can't be helped and I should just practice my Japanese, and order the books straight from the source but it's a weird dilemma.