Cackling at this comment, but this series is a huge, HUGE hit, especially across Asia. It’s won multiple awards, been published in several languages, and isn’t just online, you can find the physical books in actual bookstores in other countries too. It even has an official OST sung by a well-known Korean artist, plus official pop-up events and café collaborations not only in S. Korea but abroad as well.
Given that level of success and investment, it makes sense that piracy becomes a much bigger concern. The author created the story, but it’s really the publishers and international licensors who hold the rights and have the strongest incentive to protect the IP. With print runs, licensing contracts, and even a live-action adaptation on the line(???!), they have the legal teams and resources to pursue action against piracy, and it usually falls to them to take legal action, not the author personally. The bigger and more profitable the series gets, the more it pushes publishers to crack down on illegal uploads, because they need to safeguard both the creators and the businesses that officially support the work.
Sorry if this is a bit of a serious reply to your one-liner lol, I recently got into the publishing sector and thought I’d chime in!
i paid. bought the first physical volume it just released in NA
nice, i remember it being big back when it barely had chapters. ive seen it published in jp and was sad it wasnt in EN so im glaad seven seas printed it
You sound like an entitled little bitch
Rather that than supporting rape don’t you think you little bitch?
Liking a story with problematic elements doesnt mean you like those elements. I just liked the story. Its just a fictional story u baka I dont actually support rape. Just like how people that consume true crime content dont want to murder people x.x
Author’s mad we won’t pay to read rape