Saw this on the front page, and agree, it is poor value considering you don't even get to download the content, nor comment about it. Hence why on here, people telling others who have felt they have wasted money on a webtoon to stop any critical comment, is a bit rich. These comics cost a lot of money, for basically access to a webpage, and not everyone will have found the episodes/story good value or something they enjoyed.
Yup I ain't even mad because I love the creators and don't regret giving them my money even if it's not worth it. But it's just so much wasted potential and you know the author doesn't even get 50% of what you're paying. I'm mad at the middle man, L***h*n, who ruins it in the first place. If the authors had time to develop their stories, good payment, security in their job and a good editor (like in Japan) than these things wouldn't happen. These weird contracted freelance situation is just exploitation
Yep, it's not the best deal for both consumer and the artist, weren't a lot of artists striking a while back/able to move to other publishers? But as you say, it's the only legitimate platform. Just wish you could buy an e-book at the end or something. Given that on here is a platform to discuss these L comics too, it's kinda annoying, how when you have spent money on a webtoon and it isn't something you only have positive feedback of, people are all "don't like don't read" "shut up" etc when why should it be any different to giving reviews of manga or other books, no review section on any book website is 100% glowing, but webtoons (that a lot of people have never even paid for) get given free passes for everything. I recall too that a lot of people paid twice for these comics, as the translated edition was usually so far behind, in order to "see" what happens next.
And again... they won't translate the creator's note. I am SO sick of this.
Lezh*n is crazy expensive, if a series has 130 episodes you pay 100 fricking bucks for it.
130 webcomic episode are round about the equivalent of maybe 5-6 manga volumes. For manga volumes you pay about 5-10 dollars, so you'd pay about 40 dollars for 5-6 manga volumes. Meaning Lezh*n charges 250% more than a manga publisher would!!!!
So they still have the audacity to treat their readers and creators like shit and not translate the creator's note because it won't bring them money? Excuse me????
Where does the money even go to? Because creator's work 12+ hours overtime till they burn out but still don't seem to see a lot of it.
And because they burn out and overwork the plot suffers, the endings are mostly rushed and Lezhin does nothing about this and won't help them out in no way.
In the end the reader pays a HUGE amount of money for something that's really not worth it because it looses quality over time. Those are just the facts.
And then the creators seriously hate and shame people who read their work on here... which I get to a certain degree, but how they do it often leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. I don't get how they don't see the overall issue here?
There are western comic creator's who make over 20k with Patreon... I mean imagine if Fargo would charge 4 dollars a month for the series and exclusive content, it would be way more personal so more fans would engage and she would make so much money off of it, with her audience probably 50k or more. She could hire an assistant and a translator herself.
Seriously, fuck L*zh*n. I'm done with them.