Rethinking Things
Hey guys,
I know we don't have many readers on our site, but I figured I'd throw this out there. I thinking of stopping all manga uploads. I don't want to be known as a pirate or that I'm hurting the manga business (who knows if that's true). I was thinking of just doing translation scripts instead. Crazy, right? It's an internal debate I've been having for quite sometime now. What are your thoughts on it? I know most people can't read Japanese and that's why I love translating so others can love the series too. However, I'm not so sure if it's the right thing to do either (at least uploading it to mangadex).
Sorry for being a bummer. Let me know your thoughts.
Seku
I know we don't have many readers on our site, but I figured I'd throw this out there. I thinking of stopping all manga uploads. I don't want to be known as a pirate or that I'm hurting the manga business (who knows if that's true). I was thinking of just doing translation scripts instead. Crazy, right? It's an internal debate I've been having for quite sometime now. What are your thoughts on it? I know most people can't read Japanese and that's why I love translating so others can love the series too. However, I'm not so sure if it's the right thing to do either (at least uploading it to mangadex).
Sorry for being a bummer. Let me know your thoughts.
Seku
Only scripts would be nice. I'm dating myself, but back in the day before photoshop was widely available, I got the script and followed with a tankoban or magazine. I imagine it would be faster than doing everything. However, will you let others use your script on their scans?
ReplyDeleteAnyone can use the scripts. It's not my fault if they use them for scanlation and nor do I care if they do. I just want the manga translated for everyone to enjoy who can't read Japanese.
DeleteIf you are reconsidering the morals of scanlating, then by all means follow you heart and do whatever is best for you.
ReplyDeleteI don't have easy access to the projects you're currently producing, so there will be no visual context to go along with your scripts, unfortunately.
True. It is hard for some. Fortunately, manga is pretty much all available digitally now. You can purchase the manga for cheap on Honto.co.jp or ebookjapan.co.jp. However, most sites are in Japanese, but I know there has to be some that are in English too. There are tons of ereader apps for manga that are available in English here in the USA. I will make a post about it so some people can get access to it. I will also put step by step instructions for the Japanese sites for every book I buy so people can buy them too.
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