Tankbon
Tankōbon (単行本), often rendered as tankobon in English, is a term used in manga publishing to designate a standalone bound volume. It refers to a single book that collects the chapters of a manga series that were originally serialized in magazines, such as weekly or monthly publications. The tankōbon format is the standard way readers obtain a complete, re-readable edition of a series after its magazine run.
A typical tankōbon contains multiple chapters from one series, usually between 180 and 250 pages, and is
In the broader manga market, tankōbon is contrasted with other formats: bunkōbon (smaller paperback editions) and