Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The True Confession of a Manga/Manhwa Reader

I love to read comics and manga and stuff. ONLINE especially... however some of the manhwa or manga that I have been following takes a really REALLY long time to get updated which is a very sad news for me at least.

I know that everyone who follows manga online would be extremely forlorn to see their manga has been updated after 2 months and above. and sometimes, the reader can even complain if the manga did not get up after a week.

To date, I have been following up with tons of mangas, and some of them did not even get updated for a year now, and some of the gets updated every single day, and some at least take a week to get updated.

I for one, tried not to be angry or anxious about it after I browse through all of the comments done by the reader in the message area. I for one, feel empathy towards  the scanlators, because they are doing it on their own free time. In fact, they do not even get paid and even fork up their own money to do this.

They are doing this because they love manga and manhwa and other times of online comic strips. It is very lucky enough that they have the time and the effort to share it to all of us online. We should be grateful for their efforts and thanks them for their contribution.

Not, by taunting them for their late updates because they do have a life too. It's not easy to be a scanlator. I am not saying that I am one, but I had a job being a translator once, and it was a pain the eyes and in the brain. Not everything can be translated directly, because the meaning might be different in English. You might be wondering what does this joke means, and what does this situation happening in the first place and such.

People or the readers, should take their time off and live life in the reality for once, and not wait for the manga to be updated every single time they went online.

The scanlators should give themselves a pat on the back for the job well done. You guys really done a great job and thank you for it...