Mangastream is dead...
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Ok, seems I wasn't interested in their series/translations. But if price for publishers shifting to free/cheap simulpubs with acceptable/decent quality is just death of some groups I see no problems here.
Something like 〈You were here when we needed you. Thank you. Now it's time to move.〉
Ok, seems I wasn't interested in their series/translations. But if price for publishers shifting to free/cheap simulpubs with acceptable/decent quality is just death of some groups I see no problems here.
Something like 〈You were here when we needed you. Thank you. Now it's time to move.〉
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That's a big "if". Keep in mind that their motive is greed, and not our enjoyment. It's our money, not appreciation, they want.
A few years ago, the same happened with the korean webtoons; naver pulled them from sites like Batoto for the release of their new english app, LINE. The result? Quite a few series have been left in the dust, never to be translated, and the early translation were utter garbage, because apparently Naver couldn't hire people that could speak decent english. Even nowadays, quite a few of their series have questionable translations, and they don't seem to proofread either.
WSJ and VIZ are probably gonna do a better job, but still, I'm always doubtful about companies. Their motive is only money, anything else is tertiary.
That's a big "if". Keep in mind that their motive is greed, and not our enjoyment. It's our money, not appreciation, they want.
A few years ago, the same happened with the korean webtoons; naver pulled them from sites like Batoto for the release of their new english app, LINE. The result? Quite a few series have been left in the dust, never to be translated, and the early translation were utter garbage, because apparently Naver couldn't hire people that could speak decent english. Even nowadays, quite a few of their series have questionable translations, and they don't seem to proofread either.
WSJ and VIZ are probably gonna do a better job, but still, I'm always doubtful about companies. Their motive is only money, anything else is tertiary.
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So kny is the only wsj series thats still unofficially scanlated right? Everything else should be on m+
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Honestly I'd take up Chi if absolutely nobody else did, bc I need to know the ending of this bizzaro incest? story one way or another lol.
But I'm called trash scans for a reason. Let's pray someone of better quality takes my threat seriously and gives us decent releases.
But I'm called trash scans for a reason. Let's pray someone of better quality takes my threat seriously and gives us decent releases.
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i heard that mangaplus has really bad scans. is that true?
we have certainly hit dark times. i must mourn.
we have certainly hit dark times. i must mourn.
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@Wolvenworks it's not really bad in my opinion, it's just so-so
but if you compared it to some of the veteran groups in the scanlation world, they are definitely better than M+
for me, as long as it's readable, it's enough
and when there's a free and legal way to read manga in English, I will gladly appreciate and use it
but if you compared it to some of the veteran groups in the scanlation world, they are definitely better than M+
for me, as long as it's readable, it's enough
and when there's a free and legal way to read manga in English, I will gladly appreciate and use it
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Shueisha has access to the original scans, that the mangaka sent them. It‘s the highest possible quality.
And yet they are scaling down the quality for Mangaplus. That is inexcusable. I will not support Mangaplus.
And yet they are scaling down the quality for Mangaplus. That is inexcusable. I will not support Mangaplus.
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Would this mean that uploading Mangastream chapters here is fair game now, after we wait a bit to make sure they're disbanded? I'm not going to touch any of the WSJ series with a ten-foot pole, but there are some non-WSJ series MS did that, given they shut down, now would otherwise be impossible to find.
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> i heard that mangaplus has really bad scans. is that true?
Depends. Resolution-wise it's usual Jump's (780-800)x(1145-1200). Some series go up to 1080x1620.
The real problem is overcompressed JPEGs. 51% quality was obviously not so good idea.
Edit: but even this overcompressed shit was better than what JB used last time I checked about 2-3 months ago.
Depends. Resolution-wise it's usual Jump's (780-800)x(1145-1200). Some series go up to 1080x1620.
The real problem is overcompressed JPEGs. 51% quality was obviously not so good idea.
Edit: but even this overcompressed shit was better than what JB used last time I checked about 2-3 months ago.
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Berserk has missing chapters?
