| For English speakers, there's sites like Mangafox and Batoto. For Chinese speakers, there's like various sites. Even Korean has a few. So where's Japan's? |
| Prob easier for them to buy, borrow, or hit up a library. |
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umashikaneko said: Yeah I know of all of them. It's a shame they're missing a lot of volumes in each series.No free stream site as far as i know,there are illegal download sites but no where nearly as big/organized as major English sites. JewellTH said: Or just read them in convenience stores I guessThey buy them? |
| they buy them. also they have manga cafes to read them. |
| It's more underground in Japan than over here. I don't think there are any big sites where you can read multiple manga online. Since Japan is the target audience for most manga most Japanese anti piracy is directed against Japanese sites. (Or sites visited by a lot of Japanese.) Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. Which is a good thing for us. Because if Japanese people didn't buy so much manga, anime, figurines, vns, lns, etc. Then not as many would be produced. |
Laniaka said: really??? didn't kissanime shut down like a day ago?Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. |
mayukachan said: Well I'm no expert but I once saw some Japanese person say that if you tell random fellow fans that you're a pirate there's a decent chance they get angry at you.Laniaka said: really??? didn't kissanime shut down like a day ago?Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. While over here everyone and their mother is a pirate. |
| Considering how strict they are against uploading manga and anime on the internet, I won't be surprised if there are very few website for that, its not worth the risk. |
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mayukachan said: I have no clue what those threads were about. I checked it out then and I just checked it now and it always worked.Laniaka said: really??? didn't kissanime shut down like a day ago?Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. |
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DateYutaka said: I didn't say that it's really underground but that it's more underground than here. Big p2p programs is more underground than typing the manga name in google and there being a bunch of illegal manga reading sites in the top hits.Laniaka said: It's more underground in Japan than over here. I don't think there are any big sites where you can read multiple manga online. Since Japan is the target audience for most manga most Japanese anti piracy is directed against Japanese sites. (Or sites visited by a lot of Japanese.) Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. Which is a good thing for us. Because if Japanese people didn't buy so much manga, anime, figurines, vns, lns, etc. Then not as many would be produced. big japanese p2p programs are still used i know cusei used share alot on Utane and winny untll 2.5 years ago when i my node range got hit |
ziggy_Z said: the videos dont apparantlymayukachan said: I have no clue what those threads were about. I checked it out then and I just checked it now and it always worked.really??? didn't kissanime shut down like a day ago? DateYutaka said: oh, can you explain how p2p programs work? is it like torrenting?Laniaka said: It's more underground in Japan than over here. I don't think there are any big sites where you can read multiple manga online. Since Japan is the target audience for most manga most Japanese anti piracy is directed against Japanese sites. (Or sites visited by a lot of Japanese.) Also the general opinion in Japan is a lot more against piracy than it is over here. Which is a good thing for us. Because if Japanese people didn't buy so much manga, anime, figurines, vns, lns, etc. Then not as many would be produced. big japanese p2p programs are still used i know cusei used share alot on Utane and winny untll 2.5 years ago when i my node range got hit |
| Each publisher does things differently. A lot of them offer eBooks, often with the focus on downloading to e-readers rather than streaming. This can be through websites they run like Kadokawa's BookWalker (which just launched an English site) or sites like Amazon or Renta. In addition, an increasing number of manga are serialised in webmagazines, usually for free, whether on dedicated magazine sites, or platforms like Nico Nico Douga or Pixiv. Probably the main reason there is less piracy in Japan is that manga is more easily and cheaply available. (Although having to torrent it probably contributes, and publishers are more interested in stopping piracy where it actually competes with their sales.) There is very little different between the relevant copyright laws in Japan and the US, and neither country has been successful in stopping torrent search engines or the like. |
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JewellTH said: They buy them? |
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| Probably just buy them because they can. mayukachan said: the videos dont apparantly A lot don't, but not all of them. |
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| There are plenty of online manga magazines which can be read for free. So why use illegal methods? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Yeah, they don't tend to do it illegally. It's pretty cheap to buy manga, especially digital versions. And I think sometimes you can read the first chapter/volume for free, depending on the publisher. |
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| I heard manga is a lot cheaper there than over here, so it's easier to buy a whole series. |
Ardanaz said: it's like 4 dollars (400 yen ish, i've heard)I heard manga is a lot cheaper there than over here, so it's easier to buy a whole series. |
mayukachan said: Ardanaz said: it's like 4 dollars (400 yen ish, i've heard)I heard manga is a lot cheaper there than over here, so it's easier to buy a whole series. Yep, that's typical for shounen and shoujo tankoubons new. Seinen and josei are usually around ¥600 and from more niche imprints they can be closer to ¥1000 (which is still just US$8.10). But you can get them even cheaper (¥120) used from Amazon.co.jp or Book Off stores. |
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| I agree. They buy them instead of reading it online XD |
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