And i said theres tons of authors out there thanking their overseas fans for buying their merch and keeping them afloat. Also how would overseas pirates sink manga sales when its the native japanese people buying their manga and deciding its fate? you ever think of that? Why would the very same people who can decide a mangas very fate decide to read a scanlated chapter?
Take for example the author of
killing me/killing you, she made a PV of her manga with english subs on
Youtube specifically to appeal to foreign audience and guess who ordered merch and saved her series? Hint: its not japanese people.
its easy to parrot that piracy is bad but you should use your brains and investigate yourself sometimes