Where to buy manga in Manila?

Hello, everyone! You're reading this post so I guess you're trying to find places on where to buy manga in Metro Manila, right? I have some suggestions here so please keep on reading! :)

Actually, I did just the same thing as you. I used to search on where to buy manga in Metro Manila. Sadly, manga is really rare here in the Philippines. The most useful post I saw with my search is this blog, but it seems it hasn't been updated for several years now. I can't promise anything but I'll try to update this post as much as I can. Here goes...

1. SM Megamall National Book Store/SM Megamall NBS (Ground Floor Building A)

They have a small collection of manga. As of writing, there are two small bookshelves occupied by manga. The shelves are located at the farthest almost-corner of this branch. 

It's a manga collection consisting of popular shounen manga titles, my heart which is craving for shoujo manga is devastated! But, I chanced on a manga I don't know by then, its title is Koba Cute! It's a shoujo manga! I'm ashamed I haven't heard about this manga being a fan of shoujo that I am, but I decided to give it a try so I bought a copy of the 1st volume. I'm familiar with its author Ikeyamada Go-sensei anyway. I learned that Koba Cute's Japanese title is Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai, btw. Just in case, someone's curious. Lol. I also saw a volume of Blood-Tied Lovers which I think is also shoujo but I'm not sure.

I liked the 1st volume of Koba Cute so I came to this branch to buy the 2nd volume after a few weeks, but to my disappointment, they don't have it already! I'm interested in Case Closed too but they don't have it as well anymore when I last came by, I'll update here whether they restocked or not once I've rechecked.

I wouldn't get my hopes up much on this branch because their stock and collection are very limited, but I guess I'll still check every now and then. Who knows, I might be surprised again with another shoujo manga. I am recommending this to those who wants to complete their BLEACH manga collection since BLEACH occupies most of the manga shelves.

Titles I've seen here so far: 

BLEACH, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Death Note, MAGI, Koba Cute!

2. Greenbelt PowerBooks (Greenbelt 4, Level 2)

I'm quite amused when I first saw their manga collection, it's not that astounding but it's a far cry from the collection in SM Megamall NBS. The manga collection occupies three decently big shelves. It's located on the shop's 2nd floor, turn right upon alighting the escalator, just search for the manga shelves since they are properly labeled.

I was able to find Koba Cute's 2nd volume here! What's impressive is that they actually have a good number of copies in stock. It's not just 2 or 3 copies, unlike in SM Megamall NBS. Though it's still a pretty limited collection, I guess this one is very much likable. I'm guessing I'll get Koba Cute's succeeding volumes here as well.

Titles I've seen here so far: 

BLEACH, Case Closed, Death Note, MAGI, Koba Cute!, Silver Spoon, Fushigi Yuugi, Blood-Tied Lovers.

Note: On the blog post I linked earlier, the author mentioned a PowerBooks branch in Glorietta 3. I visited Glorietta as well, but unfortunately, the PowerBooks in Glorietta already closed.

3. Greenbelt Fully Booked (Greenbelt 5, Space B1-12)

Their manga collection occupies 2 decently big shelves, the shelves are located before the steps in the Entertainment section. Their prices are a little higher than those of NBS and PowerBooks, as I've noticed the prices are around 30-50 pesos more.

I haven't bought anything here yet but I'm impressed that they have Say I Love You or Sukitte Ii Na yo and Kimi ni Todoke. Those are both shoujo manga I would love to buy! I guess this book store offers more rare manga than the first two. I would love to come by when I'm in Greenbelt again. I'm eye-ing on Kimi ni Todoke!

Titles I've seen here so far:
Koba Cute!, MAGI, Case Closed, Sukitte Ii Na yo, Kimi ni Todoke

4. Bibliarch (Ground Floor, Glorietta 3)

They sell manga as well but I think it's not that big of a collection. I need to look further on what Bibliarch at Glorietta can offer so I can write about it. I'll get back to this post once I've checked.

Note: I am not claiming that this is a comprehensive list. I only listed the stores I know of, hoping that I'll be of help to anyone trying to find stores selling manga. If you have any recommendations, feel free to drop a comment so I can check them out and add them to this post. On another note, I am not in any way affiliated with any of the book stores mention here. If you have inquiries on the availability of any manga, please contact them through their official websites. Thank you for reading! :)