Okay off topic but I still find it mad annoying how the translator for “Yes, It's Me. The Obsessive Side Top” made the whole thing pay to read after finishing all the chapters. Like be so fr. No warning, no heads up just randomly locked everything and made it password protected unless you pay.
I get that translating takes time and effort, but let’s not pretend there aren’t tons of people out here translating long-ass novels for free just because they genuinely love the story. Like, if you're gonna charge, at least do it right. I think the only time pay to read makes sense is when you already have all the chapters up, and you lock like the last two for a bit then unlock them the next week or something.
People choose to donate to those kinds of translators because it's respectful, not because they're being forced to. And let’s not forget the money is going to the translator, not even the original author who created the damn story. If I knew this was gonna be paywalled, I would've just bought the raws and MTL it myself.
It just rubs me the wrong way, cuz now people who were reading along from the start can’t even finish it unless they pay. And that’s so unfair. I’m sorry if this sounds petty, but I think it’s dumb as fuck.
If you’re gonna translate manhwa or novels, then actually be a real translator not some bootleg paid gatekeeper.
Who are you talking about?
So this manhwa is based on a novel. A person (not name dropping them bc they dont deserve the level of clout) translated the novel in English but after she was done translating it she made it PAID to read. Not only that but she didn't announce it to anyone or mentioned at all so many people ended up not finishing reading it in time + there used to be a password but you had to PAID to get the password. Im not talking about the manhwa translator but the novel.
Oh hate when it happens
The art ate this chapter but the dialogue got me laughing from how embarrassing it was