One Manga is closing down

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by MMM

You mean it was one of the few ways you could read manga without paying for it.

Or in some people's cases, the only way to read manga that don't have licenses in other countries outside of Japan which probably would've never been seen in a general sense if it hadn't been for scanlation sites. Crazy set up, eh? If it weren't for scanlations, I never would've started up with Kuroshitsuji and collecting it.

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

Or in some people's cases, the only way to read manga that don't have licenses in other countries outside of Japan which probably would've never been seen in a general sense if it hadn't been for scanlation sites. Crazy set up, eh? If it weren't for scanlations, I never would've started up with Kuroshitsuji and collecting it.

Yeah, this is a pretty common point, and fair enough OM gives manga a huge amount of exposure world wide, but it's still Tower Bridge advertising. Yes, you might get famous, and everyone will see you and know of you, but at the end of the day your still dead because of it.

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by Columbine

Yeah, this is a pretty common point, and fair enough OM gives manga a huge amount of exposure world wide, but it's still Tower Bridge advertising. Yes, you might get famous, and everyone will see you and know of you, but at the end of the day your still dead because of it.

True, still wrong, though, but still pretty ironic, eh?

[YukisUke]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

You know, I didn't even think of it that way. That should've been obvious to me. lolI know people who don't want to go to Japan despite being interested in things the country is most known for. What aspects of Japan are you interested in?

I'm interested in every aspect of Japan. Their lifestyle, culture, food, folktales, history, movies. Heck, I think its safe to say that I am a Japan's lover, plain and simple. LMFAO!!!

[tohruchan7]

oh that was such a sad day.... T.T it got me back to reading manga too since i had no way of reading anymore ohhh welllll

[RacheruHaikyoInJapan]

-facepalm-

NOOOOoooooooooooo!! :'(

[OpsNight]

Hello I am new here, i have very different opinion on this matter on this issue from the mod MMM, i hope he wont mind my stance on it.

Dear Readers
Onemanga has helped me in alot of ways, for one case , back in 2008 i got sickened with something bad, i went to the hospital twice came back home to recover.

As a young kid i was a fan of anime and i am still, during my recovering i decided it was to read something, since i couldn't get up from my bed i knew my laptop came in handy back then.

I went to onemanga, and read through a few titles which i prefer (666 Satan or O Parts hunter, and some unknown titles in north america) meaning those less popular.

I enjoyed them very much, after a while as passed, and i felt better again, went to a local book store know as chapters indigo and re started buying a few mangas which i brought home.

If anyone wants to know which titles i bought from chapters i be happy to post about them it.


Manga Scanlations encourage me and freinds of mine to buy mangas.
It was thanks to manga Scanlations which they brought mangas to north america.

They made the mangas aware & known to the public.


Manga publishers have no evidence that the manga scanlations are responsible for the low sells of the mangas at the markets.


This is a quote from somewhere

Will shutting down the comics and manga pirate sites boost sales in the publishing business, or will these efforts just result in alienating manga/comics' most devoted fans?

shutting down the comics and manga pirate sites like (onemanga) wont boost sales in the business at all.

Shutting those sites is like shutting down mod sites for video games, are they also breaking the law by modding the game? I don't think so.

If anyone wants to know the rest of the world is still going through a recession and there might be another market crash coming.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/in...llow/19593800/

The lack of sales of mangas is the direct result of the economic downturn.


Thanks for understanding, i hope i can a have a debate on here, since i don't mind debates.

[Qayin]

I think, like Bittorrent site or MP3 site, when you shut down one site, another pop up.

[wang888]

What a shame. Twas a great site, but there are still plenty others, and I'm sure there will always be ways to read manga online.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Qayin

I think, like Bittorrent site or MP3 site, when you shut down one site, another pop up. If you wanna read manga, just find the other sites. There are many manga site around the internet (you can even find your native language site).

Using keyword "manga" to search on Google and find another one, that's it.

I am sure you read the rules and understand we don't promote piracy on this site.

Originally Posted by wang888

What a shame. Twas a great site, but there are still plenty others, and I'm sure there will always be ways to read manga online.

Actually OneManga was one of 30 major illegal scanlation sites that was shut down.

The information may be available somewhere, but the sweet irony is that the scanlators feel a certain possession of their "work" and are picky about where it is posted. (Isn't that hilarious?) So many of them realizing that their hard-earned work is not appreciated by fans or by the actual creators and artists. Publishers don't hire scanlators, either. (That's the big lie).

Here's another great link about Japanese artist Twitterers and scanlation:

Black Lagoon, Hellsing Creators Discuss Illegal Uploads - Anime News Network