I don't get what the manga publishers aim to achieve from this. I've bought official translation paper versions of like 20 manga series that I've read through scanlations. If I didn't read the scanlations, there is no way I would ever buy them let alone read them.

There is absolutely no fucking way I would pay per episode like publishers want digitally. They put the dumbest restrictions like I can't screenshot, I'll need to pay if I want to access it and all that crap. That's absolutely not happening. People don't start reading new manga that way.

[–] chip@feddit.rocks 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's probably old farts making decisions based what they learned from "the good old days". For many Japanese, that was the 80s. This means over-attachment to analog methods and physical objects. It's cultural inertia that won't phase out quickly.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That said, I love having the physical paper tankobon or physical figurines! I've even bought blu-ray boxes of anime series I love, so that u can actually have/own my own copy of the episodes and support the creators as well!

It may sound strange coming from a programmer and gamer, but streaming or even buying digitally just isn't the same thing.

Online friends of mine from Japan often feel the same way, too. I really get the feeling that, at least among Japanese otakus, physical copies and merch is still something they value a great deal more than Western otakus/fans.

[–] chip@feddit.rocks 2 points 4 months ago

Absolutely. I love paper books and physical collectibles. The problem I was talking about is being forced to the old methods instead of using modern technologies, like only being able to send an application form by physical mail instead of online.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

Hail hydra.

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At least they didn't hit keiyoushi.

[–] Protoman64@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's keiyoushi? Can you use it for anime like Aniyomi.

When Tachiyomi went down I migrate to Aniyomi and have since them enjoyed the anime feature. It's still working, but it'll be such a pain to migrate all my anime and manga library.

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

Extension library for Tachiyomi forks. No idea if it works with Aniyomi.

https://github.com/keiyoushi/extensions

[–] testing777@libranet.de 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

@Protoman64 Just a test message from friendica please don't mind 😅

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No worries! Also from Friendica

[–] Protoman64@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't knew Friendica could interact with Lemmy. For whatever reason Lemmy and Kbin had been in their own corner of the fediverse.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 4 months ago

@Protoman64 Kbin has a separate interface for microblogging and groups, that's why it's not that obvious. For Lemmy, well, there's no type of blogging to begin with.

Friendica really shines in this regard, as it has the ability to interact with both groups and regular people in the same feed, while the posts are also clearly marked as such. 😁

@testing777