Western bookstores sell manga too, these days! However publishers change the format size for western audiences. Here's what it looks like when stocked here: ht

Western bookstores sell manga too, these days! However publishers change the format size for western audiences. Here's what it looks like when stocked here: https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/W4Jp1QrsdmGXmogVT8q4hQ/348s.jpg https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/W4Jp1QrsdmGXmogVT8q4... Each series is a uniform size but that's as much commonality as there is. The height and also depth of each is different. And that's starting from uniformly sized source material; Western graphic novels are even more extremely sized. (The neat shelves in the sibling comment are mostly not manga, by the way).