Manga fan boosts library lending figures

A MANGA fanatic has helped North Lincolnshire Library smash last year's lending figures.

Bumper bookworm Daniel Scott (21), from Winterton, can be credited with boosting North Lincolnshire Library's Manga collection from a single comic to 1,000.

David is one of a growing army of fans of Manga, a type of Japanese cartoon which span genres from action and horror to romance – and his devotion to the subject helped raise lending levels across the board.

A massive 738,528 items were issued to library users between February 2008 to date, compared to 695,060 for the same period the previous year.

So far Daniel has taken out 208 Manga books between February last year and now, making him the second highest borrower in North Lincolnshire across the board.

Daniel said: "When I first went to North Lincolnshire Central Library there was only one Manga book and I borrowed that and asked the library to order the next volume.

"A short while later I found an author of the books and I asked the library staff to order more of his books."

Now the library boasts a massive collection of 1,000 titles.

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