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Bunny, a walking study in demonology. 2 time YALSA award winning J-E TL/editor (Vampeerz/History of Hentai/Usotoki/more) 翻訳家・通訳者•編集者。日本語OK. 🍉

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damn she’s all yours chill

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

The co-founder of the company that owns the warehouse is a max donor to the Karen Bass campaign.

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

The neurodivergent urge to overexplain during a misunderstanding so nobody misunderstands you again only to accidentally create three brand-new misunderstandings in the process.

[みたか都市観光協会 @kanko_mitaka]

三鷹の森ジブリ美術館の周りでアジサイをパチリ📸なかなか良い感じに撮れませんでした…実際はもっと綺麗です✨
それにしても雨上がりの蒸し暑さが厳しい日でしたね。体調を崩しやすい季節、お気をつけください。

[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

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[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

@yeonjunpriv we must do at least one round of oshikatsu at Saizeriya

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@RS_honyaku Thanks autocorrect 😭

[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

@RS_honyaku Lips on the Mike

Bring me. The twinks

[NemuAsahi @nemu_asahi]

So, professionnals of the manga world did a meeting and they are worried about a lot of things:

▶️Manuscript fees are too low.

Of course they are! 1 man/page, from which you take 50% off because of all the taxes. 10 hours to draw a page, which means mangaka are paid 500 yen/hour.
Big companies making millions of dollars are paying their freelancers (mangaka) 500 yen/hour. 💀

▶️The number of people wanting to become mangaka is decreasing, while the number of those drawing as a hobby (doujinshi and internet) is increasing.

Well, for sure. Because:

1) Manuscript fees are too low so it's impossible to make a living with it.

2) Working conditions are horrible (number of hours, no breaks, no work life balance etc.)

3) Doing free work with no guarantee is mandatory.

Editors ask mangaka to do big retakes without paying them more money, and can refuse projects though freelancers have worked months on it with them, under their supervision and TAKING THEIR ORDERS.

I assure you I can't do that with designers for example and I wouldn't EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING IT. It would be totally UNETHICAL to do so.

When I ask a Japanese mangaka/designer/illustrator to work with me, I do everything I can to try to create good working conditions, though I'm just a single person with limited means and not a big company with a lot of money.

Can you imagine doing with a house what publishers do with manga?

You ask the building company (designer of the house) to build you a house and then you choose to not buy it at the end because it's not to your liking. Or you say "build me 3 houses and I will choose one from them". WTF?

4) Mangaka are only paid at the end.

Mangaka have bills to pay while making manga. If an editor ask to work with a mangaka, giving him instructions to alterate the manuscript, then it's a contract.

Can you imagine paying for a house only at the end? No, you pay some of the sum at the beginning of the work, then some again when you have the structure of the house achieved. The last part is paid when you get the keys of the house.

Some veterans mangaka say it's ok to work without being paid, because then you can bring the project to another editor, but I disagree with it.

The project should be PAID AND PUBLISHED by the publisher, for one year at least. After that, if the publisher wants to take it down because it's not to its liking, then he can.

Publishing the result is a proof of work with this publisher for this freelancer. Manuscript fees are "publishing fees". So mangaka can be paid with other fees (preparation fees, 拘束 fees etc.) while working on the project.

We are talking about big companies, they CAN do it. If they are serious about creating new profitable IPs of course.
Big pharmaceutical companies pay their research teams to develop new pharmaceutical IPs (drugs, patents etc.), regardless of the result.

5) Opaque contract terms and sometimes conditions DIFFERENT from what the editor said to the author.

Impossible to discuss the terms of the contract because "it's standard". Like "if you don't sign, there are tons of other mangaka wanting to take your place, you know? *evil grin*

So don't be surprised that young Japanese prefer to become illustrators or designers instead of mangaka, or even prefer making manga as a hobby while having a stable job, with a good work life balance.

People drawing as a hobby are not paid either for their work, but at least nobody tells them what to draw, or to respect the deadline even if they have to jeopardize their health to do so.

They are worried about other things, but my post is already too long. Ranting a lot, sorry.😂

[Red String Manga @RS_honyaku]

I have spoken with many mangaka who have told me the same. It's a dream job for many but extremely difficult to make a living on.

[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

FUCK

[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

AX in two weeks and Japan in 4. I'm not sure what happened to my body but for once I'm okay with it lol

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LAVENDERZ GOT ME IN FUCKING TEARS HAHAHGHAJAJHDHSHFKJ

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SIR.

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[🐇 @usapyons.bsky.app ☆ミ @usagiko]

Getting to see the lovies in 3 weeks 🥹🩷 here's hoping I can get in for the Tokyo fansign and live and US dates too

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