what she did was really shitty honestly. did it bother her so much that we could read the translation before eng official release? many people buy the chapters anyways!
“Many” but I guess she wants the author she likes to be paid instead of it being read illegally. I wouldn’t be mad at her either, we read it illegally and so because of that the author doesn’t even get that much money because the majority don’t even pay to read it.
bishop u must love me as u replied to my other post. why are you here? don't you think it's hypocritical that you even have an account? in regards to artists getting paid, if it wasn't for translations etc many mangakas and manhwa artists wouldn't even get an eight of the attention they get from international readers. If anything this is for lezhin to figure out - 1. they need to pay their artists more. Period. Many artists have bailed from that company bc they can't even do that. 2. if artists want more revenue they have to do what other artists do such as the 10 Count one and license their characters put them on folders, books, etc. People buy stuff they are obsessed with ONCE they can even read the story. Hard for me to be into something if it's only in Korean. And in regards to BJ Alex, business-wise if it's so popular in eng speaking world why don't they release it as same time as Korean? So many problems they could avoid if they went about this a different way.
bishie* sorry autocorrect changed ur name!
Please don’t attack Bishie. If it were as easy as that, wouldn’t everyone do that? I totally agree with you that mangaka and manhwa artist get more exposure through illegal translations from international readers which does lead to purchases eventually. Someone even said in the topics (who is actually apart of the translation business) said that that is one of the many ways the business works )to an extent anyway). However, the damage is done, and like Bishie said it may even be that Skylar wanted her fav manhwa artist to get paid for the effort she has done to create this story. That doesn’t mean that no one else is going to retranslate it again though because obviously there’s a high demand. So I mean, be more understanding. We ARE illegally reading it online so it’s EXPECTED that this will happen and not go your way.
Speaking for 10 Count is different because of how that’s in Japan and not in Korea. I’m saying this due to the numerous amount of timed I’ve seen Manwha writers complain about people reading it illegally, and saying that people don’t deserve to read their work. Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone was stealing your work and exposing it illegally? Maybe that would bring them more exposure, but the majority of people would rather read something for free instead of paying for something. I agree that lezhin has been paying authors less, and there has been a sort of protest that went for lezhin, but you can’t blame lezhin for there being less readers. If there were as much people on this website reading on lezhin, the author would be paid so much more due to how popular their work is.
I am not personally attacking Bishie, I'm simply not agreeing with him/her and the tone they chose to respond to the OP. If you/her/him are so adamant about not reading illegal translations, then don't register for an account and go ahead and block this site while you are at it.
I'm an artist, and when I publish something, especially online, I am always very aware that there is a risk that I and people like me take when we share our works with people. The thing here is that NO one is stealing author's work and passing it off as their own. The translators encourage us to buy chapters from Lezhin when we can (and many do this because the art is great). The biggest problem here is that one particular person felt s/he had to snitch about ch34 for god knows what reason.
Regarding Lezhin and how much it pays its artists, first it's a myth that they don't have readers and lack $. If you do the math, we are paying up to $40+ per season of just one manga, and its a digital product to boot. Second, it's not the fault of thirsty English readers like me and other BJ Alex fans that the English one is released after the Korean one. Quick way to about bootleg translations? Release them both at the same time. Other quick fixes: give specials/deals to readers so they don't overspend on digital products but still support the artist, sell products such as books, mugs etc with art form artist and give a huge chuck out of that back to the artist.
I am super grateful to anyone that shares translations with me and other BL fans bc otherwise we wouldn't even read it (ofc, bc we don't know the language). Snitches can fk off tho.
Yes! Chapter 34 is gone. Maybe this will protect the translator. I'm actually not mad at Skylar. She did what she felt was right. Ya can't be mad at her for that. Still feel bad for Mingwa though....