Logout Shita no wa VRMMO Janaku Honmono no Isekai deshita ~Genjitsu ni Modotte no Status ga Kowareteiru Ken~ - Vol. 3 Ch. 18

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I just noticed this ends in like five chapters.
I doubt anything major will happen in the remaining space so I guess it's another advertisement that ran it course.
NGL it starting to feel like most of the manga left on MD was just the adverts. Even makes sense is an enshitified way. DMCA the real content and leave a constant churn of low grade adaptation slop to direct readers twords monetized shit behind a paywall..
 
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NGL it starting to feel like most of the manga left on MD was just the adverts. Even makes sense is an enshitified way. DMCA the real content and leave a constant churn of low grade adaptation slop to direct readers twords monetized shit behind a paywall..
If you see "adaption" as one of the tags you should already assume that it's not going to be a good quality story. They're based off popular web novels but most of them aren't popular cause the story is good or has some intrinsic quality to it. It's popular because it uses familiar tropes, is easy to read, and updates frequently. It is just junk food to hold you over until you can get/afford some real food. Honestly, the advertisement manga thing mostly feels like author cope. If it was actually popular it would keep going because it was making the publisher money but it's not so it ends.
 
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If you see "adaption" as one of the tags you should already assume that it's not going to be a good quality story. They're based off popular web novels but most of them aren't popular cause the story is good or has some intrinsic quality to it. It's popular because it uses familiar tropes, is easy to read, and updates frequently. It is just junk food to hold you over until you can get/afford some real food. Honestly, the advertisement manga thing mostly feels like author cope. If it was actually popular it would keep going because it was making the publisher money but it's not so it ends.
I call bullshit.

Sure there's a lot of trash in adaptations but that's no different from any other category.

About them ending in bad spots there's more reasons than normal manga because there's more authors/owners involved, if the source content runs out or the manga author gets annoyed by the lack of artistic freedom for example.

TLDR not everything has to be assumed as done for the greediest and worst reasons at first sight.
 
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TLDR not everything has to be assumed as done for the greediest and worst reasons at first sight.
On principle that's right, but you also have to consider the actual landscape.
Many of these adaptations are published digitally, with split chapters, on sites using token systems to unlock chapters to read.
Additionally, when you look at the history of all the people involved, many times you see writers with nothing outside amateur web novels (sometimes only one novel) and artists whose names are connected only to the work they are adapting in comic form.
For the artists it's actually a good deal: they build up a portfolio they can show when trying to score a position somewhere proper. But other than that, often the adaptation really is just a way for publishers to have a constant stream of content for their online services.
 
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At least his sister being possibly in danger got the dude moving. It didn't really seem like he was all too happy to be bowing to all the rules while civilians nearby were suffering. He knows he could end these minor threats quickly, yet the society tells him he can't do it. I doubt he wants to be in a position where saving the world depends on him, but he also obviously doesn't want to sit on his hands.
 
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I call bullshit.

Sure there's a lot of trash in adaptations but that's no different from any other category.

About them ending in bad spots there's more reasons than normal manga because there's more authors/owners involved, if the source content runs out or the manga author gets annoyed by the lack of artistic freedom for example.

TLDR not everything has to be assumed as done for the greediest and worst reasons at first sight.
What are you arguing here? An advertisement manga is a transparent cash grab that's guaranteed to end after 2 or 3 volumes with no chance of continuing and is only meant to funnel you into buying the novel. They end in poor spots on purpose as teasers more often than from poor planning. I'm saying that I think a lot of "advertisement manga" are actually genuine attempts at serialization that fail because they aren't good. They are not really completed but stealth cancelled. Unless the novel writer themselves bails most publishers could keep the manga going if they really felt like it regardless of how complex you think the rights are. Just look at webtoons, they love to screw over their artists and writers.

I don't know what dumpster you read from but adaptations of jp web novels have much higher rates of garbage than other categories for me. It's mostly because the source material is haphazardly written and the adaptation tends not to clean up the rough edges during production. If the manga put in more care to the story, it would be better. Everyone knows what they're getting into when they see a manga with a full sentence for a title. Other categories have different issues that make them not good but I don't find their stories to be nearly as soulless in nature or devoid of care so I personally tend to appraise them slightly higher than web novel adaptations.
 

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