Has anyone ever read this manga? I'm reading it for the second time, and I still love it. It's not all that long, but the chapters are fairly long. The beginning chapters are around 42 or so pages but then they go down to 25 or so. It's a very good action book, but it can get confusing because everywhere online has it translated from different places, and some of those places don't translate very well. But, still, you can find it on Mangareader.
and how would you expect me to buy it when I got no money? Besides, if it's so bad, sooner or later the company will ask the websites to take it off the internet. If you really want to complain about pirating, talk to the translators
First, if you don't have the money, tough ****. That's an incredibly weak excuse. Trying to justify piracy be saying "oh, I don't have the money" is like trying to justify shoplifting with the same argument. Manga is a luxury and not something you need to survive. Second, around this time last year, Viz, Funimation, Tokyopop, Del Rey and a few other publishers took legal action against several websites, including Mangafox, Onemanga and Manga Traders, threatening to sue if they didn't purge their copyrighted properties. One Manga took the route of voluntarily shutting down, Manga Traders has always permanently purged what they are asked to purge and I fully expect Mangafox to be sued into oblivion eventually considering their practice of purging until they think no one is looking. Its not that the copyright holders aren't taking legal action, its just that piracy is so rampant in the anime/manga industry that there's no way they can stop it.
umm, it's not really the same thing as shoplifting, but that's just me. Besides, if the websites get in trouble, that's their fault. That...and some manga actually have limited legal limits on them than others. So not everything is going shut down. Someone must not like those kinds of websites. Be sure to keep your opinions to yourself, otherwise you might end up digging your own grave.
Way to miss the point. The point is that you're stealing something and trying to justify it by saying that its ok because you don't have the money. Copyright law is still the law, regardless of how easy it is to break. Don't try to justify piracy with "I don't have the money to buy." That's not an excuse and until you can prove that manga is a right or a need, it won't be an excuse. The anime/manga industry accounts for less than 2% of all entertainment in North America and its not growing. For every Funimation, there are three Geneons. Companies are shutting down left and right with Tokyopop's American division and Del Rey's manga division being the latest to close down. If anything, the industry is dying and it is because of rampant piracy. It is because of fansubbers and scanlators continuing after their projects are licensed that fans think that they can just take without giving in return. Quite the contrary. I like scanlations and fansubs, I just don't like the ones that don't care what happens to the industry they claim to be fans of. While it is still illegal due to Japanese copyright laws, I have no problem with scanlations and fansubs of unlicensed works as it is not only free advertising to the point where there are numerous titles that are only licensed because of scanlations and fansubs (Haruhi Suzumiya for the most prominent example), but it is oftentimes the only way to see or read the many titles that will never be released outside Japan. Not to mention that the only reason Japanese copyright holders tolerate scanlations and fansubs in the first place is because of the fact that its free advertising. Besides, there are legal ways to watch anime (and, as of now, one legal way to read scanlations currently in development, which is great) for free with Viz and Funimation streaming many titles (including Naruto, Bleach and One Piece simulcast with the Japanese versions) in both English and Japanese and Crunchyroll working directly with the Japanese distributors to simulcast several titles. Now, get some real arguments before coming back with the same strawman.
