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In cases like your example they shouldn't be combined as the volumes don't have the same content. With 14 vs 26 volumes for example book 10 of each will have very different content.But in cases the numbers of volumes are the same like they mention also in the text, they should be combined.
Thanks Renske! So I basically add a new series stating it's the Bunko edition for those bunko edition mangas?
Hello, can you help me combine those books: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...there are swedish and polish editions of the same book.
And for those that don't know what Bunko's are it's,
A bunkoban (文庫版) edition refers to a tankōbon ("independent/standalone book") printed in bunko format, or a typical Japanese novel-sized volume. Bunkoban are generally A6 size (105 × 148 mm) and thicker than tankōbon and, in the case of manga, usually have a new cover designed specifically for the release. In the case of manga, a bunkoban tends to contain considerably more pages than a tankōbon and usually a republication of tankōbon of the same title which may or may not have been out of print. Thus, the bunko edition of a given manga will consist of fewer volumes. For example, Please Save My Earth was published in 21 tankōbon volumes, and then re-released in 12 bunko volumes. If the original manga was a wide-ban release, the bunkoban release will generally have the same number of volumes. The term is commonly abbreviated in Japanese to just bunko (without the -ban).