@gyoutok Problem solved.
Replacing cultural terms/customs etc is straght vandalism.
You've been lied to by localizers that forced this retarded narration about localization for decades.
"Publishing a manga outside of Japan involves adapting cultural references, redoing panels, and assuming costs that are often not even recovered."
NO IT FUCKING DOESN'T. That's retarded to think that people who are interested in JAPANESE art want vandalized versions.
@DiQpjzns This is another concept that's new to me, because I don't quite understand why Japanese people don't see games or manga as art? To call something a "product" to us is usually more derogatory. Either way, I do believe we should still respect the creators who made it.
@gyoutok Thing is, there's a lot of people doing that that don't read the manga at all.
They just buy it, keep it for some years and then plan to resell it for more to gain money. And the actual people who want to read it, can't.
@hayakawaz Same can be said for our pirate stuff. Crunchyroll started out as piracy, then it turned into one of the biggest subscription services globally.
even though i pirate manga, i do my best to buy physically too. unfortunately a lot of manga isn't even available to purchase here due to having no license or being out of print. but if i like a series, i'll seek out the original japanese (especially for BL)
I don't want to join in the piracy discussion, but I love that this guy thinks no non-japanese person has a manga collection when so much of the culture is showing the 100 OOP vols you bought for 2000$ last month.
Anyways, here's my collection or whatever