One Manga is closing down
 

I think tomorrow is the last day of onemanga so RIP to the best manga site (well for me) on the net. Ive been using it since 2006-7ish and Ill definitely miss it.

been a forum member since 08 too

It is a sad thing that the site's closing down, it was an excellent site. I don't really understand why it's closing down though to be honest, I mean since onemanga and mangafox have taken down their manga dozens of other links have popped up with 'ah, but you can go here instead and still read it!' . . . if people can still easily find it online then it seems silly to try and stop them from reading it, and not particulary fair to make one or two sites close but not any of the others :confused:

well recently the big shots of Japanese manga had started taking the whole unliscenced online manga industry seriously and has taken some action by taking OM, a bigshot down. I wouldn't be surprised if others follow

One Manga is being shut down because it was an illegal operation. I am happy the manga publishers have gotten together to work as a unified force to start shutting these illegal operations down.

Keep in mind, on JF posting links to these sites (One Manga is now down) is against the rules.

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.

God, I sure hope not, unless it is done officially by the license holding publishers and not by online criminals who steal from the poor and give to the greedy.

Aren't we straying from the post topic a bit here?

How about continuing here?

My post couldn't have been any more ON TOPIC.

It had little to do with this "Onemanga" place closing down and more to do with a general QQ about piracy. I edited my response with a link to a different thread.

Japan Forum's rules show that online piracy is not endorsed here.

Lamenting the loss of an illegal piracy site is going to get a reaction. I am sure many users here don't even realize what One Mange and these other sites are doing is illegal. I am just ensuring that JF users know that JF does not endorse the activities of pirates, and that what they are doing is, indeed, illegal.

As long as we're speaking in generalities....

I don't get online manga sites as a concept. I'd much rather read the manga I own in places away from the computer screen. More mobile and easier on the eyes :)

I am not sure what you mean.

As in "In general" terms, you were talking about general downloading of manga being illeagel, he's giving a "general" opinion, I think.

Thanks, but I would rather let Koir explain what he meant.

Was making reference to turning this thread into a discussion that's also in a different thread specifically branched off (by you) to discuss anime/manga piracy with a more general tone not tied to any specific site.

The One Mange shut down is a victory for true fans of manga and their artists and creators. I hope all other illegal piracy sites meet the same fate.

I didn't know what Onemanga was before this commotion, so I don't really give a toss on their fate. All I can say is, people will still post manga scans as long as there those who want to read it, they'll just need to spend a little more time now searching for it.

Well I can understand what you guys are saying but for those like me, who lived in Japan for 9 several years and had to move to another country with no other way to read manga but this, it's a negative

Read the raws....then you'll improve your Japanese by bounds.

I am Japanese, where can I read raws? (sorry if this is going offtopic)

I have around 150+ manga's in Japanese but ive read them all like 100 times each so kinda boring

I thought you needed a JP address to buy from Amazon JP?

I agree with everything MMM has said - none of which was off topic.
The site was shut down because it is illegal. We do not support illegal activities here on JF.
I wasn`t familiar with the site, had never heard of it before this post, but have to say that it sounds like a pretty good thing that it`s being shut down. It`s illegal. It`s piracy.

It was also one of Google's top 1000 visited sites on the Internet. It being taken down is a major victory for people going after pirates. The scanlators who had their scans posted there are nervous about just "going to the next site" as chances are that will eventually be taken down.

And I want to give the warning again:

Do not post links to any scan hosting sites here.

It doesn't matter if they are translated or RAWS.

Moot, if you are Japanese and live in Australia, you must have friends and family in Japan who can send you books.

Are you asking me? It's no secret that I do.

Looks like they do now! Finally :) I want some cook books!
Back on topic; if Amazon.jp sells international, there's really no excuse; you can buy raws direct from Japan and regardless a LOT of the most popular manga is translated and for sale legally on Amazon, so virtually no need for scanlation either.

Really? Who?

MMM does.

That`s what the "I do" bit meant - that he does work in the industry himself.

Just for the sake of providing another site you can buy from (In case you didn't know it), it could be worth looking here too:
オンライン書店ビーケーワン

I can't remember the shipping costs compared to Amazon but if I remember correctly it was cheaper.
Although that may depend on country.
...Come to think of it I think I may have used 船便, which is obviously going to be really cheap, but takes between 1 - 3 months to get to you.

I suppose it all depends on how patient you are.

Well, here is the 海外へのお届け section of the FAQ:
オンライン書店ビーケーワン： ガイド＆ヘルプ＞ご利用ガイド

So even if Amazon didn't ship internationally, there are still plenty of other sources to get manga, magazines and books of any other kind :)

My answer could have been read two ways.

It is no secret that I have contracted translations for manga publishers and anime distributors. I do not work full time for the anime and manga industry, but I do have friends who do.

However, I don't want any connection with the industry to make my factual assertions about piracy to be construed as any less valid. If anything that makes them more valid, as I know people who have lost jobs due to (in part) of the prevalence of piracy. I am not asking for sympathy of them, but understanding that scanlation sites are stealing and illegal. One Manga was one of the biggest (if not the biggest), and its destruction is hopefully one of many. There was a sense there that due to sheer numbers what they were doing was "OK". I know many users here have fallen under that misguided spell.

Understand that what they did was not OK. It was stopped because it is illegal, damaging and, in the end, taught poor values about the value of manga.

You're being a spoil sport.

No one said they were getting a profit.
They are simply reducing the profits of the poor manga artists (it`s NOT a glamorous or high paid job, trust me)... And just handing over their work for free to people who are too selfish to spend their own money on their hobby.

It`s not like manga is a life staple. It`s not as if people would die without it. All they are doing is handing it to the people who are too greedy and too selfish to actually support the very things they enjoy.