Discussion Scanlators' mass exodus from Mangadex.

Discussion in 'Manga Discussion' started by otaku31, Jun 14, 2019.

  1. otaku31

    otaku31 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2015
    Messages:
    6,603
    Likes Received:
    26,150
    Reading List:
    Link
    Like stated in the title, many scanlators' hv taken a unanimous decision to take down their releases from Mangadex. Apparently, there has been a clash of values, with scanlators' accusing Mangadex of trying to strong-arm them, while Mangadex maintains it's nothing more than scanlators' getting greedy, not wanting MD to eat into their profits.

    For more info, u can visit https://mangadex.org/thread/92399 and decide 4 yourself.

    List of removed manga: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XqnN06TNvRzDGPxsddv7eUYWsG8GFmxcJKe4aw-mPvA/edit (borrowed from this reddit thread)
     
    Last edited: Jun 14, 2019
  2. venu101

    venu101 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2017
    Messages:
    1,865
    Likes Received:
    926
    Reading List:
    Link
    It's never a boring day on the internet if it's not on YouTube it's on Twitter if not there then FB or Reddit or Instagram now here lol.
     
    ebonykun, Matteus, Moy and 6 others like this.
  3. xtremeloldude

    xtremeloldude the slime guy

    Joined:
    Feb 26, 2016
    Messages:
    1,304
    Likes Received:
    1,413
    Reading List:
    Link
    yea i've had to go back to using a shitty ad-filled aggregator site cuz there's a lot of great manga i am reading among those being translated by those groups.
    The responses from MD staff in the thread show a remarkable lack of respect towards translators btw
    (i get how ironic that sounds coming from me after saying i'm going to an aggregator site but there isn't exactly a website as usefull as novelupdates for manga)
     
  4. 0000000

    0000000 I B SMILING!

    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2016
    Messages:
    5,571
    Likes Received:
    5,494
    Reading List:
    Link
    Frankly, I saw the thread in Mangadex and noticed many scans are pulling out. But still, I was kinda hoping they would somehow resolve this, or it is back to having multiple bookmarks again.
     
    Matteus and otaku31 like this.
  5. venu101

    venu101 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2017
    Messages:
    1,865
    Likes Received:
    926
    Reading List:
    Link
    I went through the post so a question so now the groups mentioned will no longer be posting their scanlations there?
     
    otaku31 likes this.
  6. xtremeloldude

    xtremeloldude the slime guy

    Joined:
    Feb 26, 2016
    Messages:
    1,304
    Likes Received:
    1,413
    Reading List:
    Link
    some already have for a while now, for example there's a new chapter of solo leveling that's not on mangadex
    also, i've seen some places where all previous chapters are removed from MD completely aswel (for example: maou sama retry)
     
    otaku31 and venu101 like this.
  7. Deleted member 155674

    Deleted member 155674 Guest

    Reading List:
    Link
    Wow :blobastonished:
    Well, I still read on Batoto and other websites so this doesn't really affect me much :blobsmirk:
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jun 14, 2019
    otaku31 likes this.
  8. Walter vi Britannia

    Walter vi Britannia Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 13, 2018
    Messages:
    2,718
    Likes Received:
    2,731
    Reading List:
    Link
    What!? No way...

    Well, thanks for telling us. What am I gonna do now? Go back to aggregator sites? (I hope not.)
     
    otaku31 and reagents 11 like this.
  9. venu101

    venu101 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2017
    Messages:
    1,865
    Likes Received:
    926
    Reading List:
    Link
    I guess gtg to look someplace else for proper updates or something the last time I opened manga rock it's mobile browser site options and all suck and are too tedious after update. The problem with manganelo are that the update for some manga are done very late or they have server problem or partial upload and all that bullcrap not to mention the annoying ads.
     
  10. replay

    replay ★Milk and Honey smelling Merchant★

    Joined:
    Apr 22, 2016
    Messages:
    3,912
    Likes Received:
    2,602
    Reading List:
    Link
    and now i miss Onemanga once again. . . .
     
  11. 0000000

    0000000 I B SMILING!

    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2016
    Messages:
    5,571
    Likes Received:
    5,494
    Reading List:
    Link
    ...crazy odds if Tony decided to create a manga site, which will definitely put NU and SH up in flames though.
     
    Random lurker, kenar and strayCat0 like this.
  12. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2016
    Messages:
    16,265
    Likes Received:
    15,755
    Reading List:
    Link
    Oh happy day :blobowoevil_horns:
    How dare they steal my money making idea to replace batoto

    How dare they sully the purity of batoto with a lame clone
     
    0000000, otaku31 and reagents 11 like this.
  13. Ddraig

    Ddraig Frostfire Dragon|Retired lurker|FFF|Loved by RNG

    Joined:
    Apr 6, 2016
    Messages:
    7,853
    Likes Received:
    22,455
    Reading List:
    Link
  14. TheDefend

    TheDefend Public Dental Support

    Joined:
    Dec 24, 2015
    Messages:
    258
    Likes Received:
    139
    Reading List:
    Link
    Sigh.... why does everyone have to fight, and yeah. the way holo reply was kinda of an ass. also, if they went legit i'll need to see how annoying they gonna be before i nopped the hell outta there
     
    otaku31 likes this.
  15. lnv

    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2017
    Messages:
    7,702
    Likes Received:
    9,044
    Reading List:
    Link
    Maybe I'm missing something but it sounds like a lot of nothing from both sides. Aka, it feels both sides are overreacting for silly reasons.

    On a side note, I find it not surprising champion scans is leaving, were they really even there? Most groups have a 1 - 2 day delay with mangadex, champion had a whole month delay.

    Maou retry is going to come back I think. The translator left and joined another group.
     
    oliver, Blitz, strayCat0 and 2 others like this.
  16. Sabruness

    Sabruness Cultured Yuri Connoisseur

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2016
    Messages:
    3,984
    Likes Received:
    4,590
    Reading List:
    Link
    I'm not really affected by this (as far as i'm aware. i gotta check my few follows on mangadex to see if there's something i missed) but i feel inclined to lean towards Mangadex on this one.

    There may be issues that readers dont know about, on both sides, but seemingly cherry picked and cobbled together comments from discord arent exactly the most trustworthy pieces of information. I wouldnt be surprised if there is some monetary aspect to the respective scanlator groups doing this.

    Overall, i feel like they're shooting themselves in the foot here because rather than getting attention on the only relatively respected and decent aggregator out there (who does credit the groups) (aside from Dynasty), these shenanigans are going to push people to the shitty aggregators that are ad-laden and dont care about the scanlators.

    Looking at the trend of comments on the linked thread, public opinion (including other scanlator groups) seems to be moving towards supporting MD.
     
    Last edited: Jun 14, 2019
    oliver, venu101 and otaku31 like this.
  17. Milanin

    Milanin [Reader] [???] [Freeloader]

    Joined:
    May 6, 2016
    Messages:
    1,573
    Likes Received:
    1,497
    Reading List:
    Link
    But Mangaupdates is already something else entirely... Also, they don't host the mangas themselves
     
    otaku31 likes this.
  18. Fryz

    Fryz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 7, 2016
    Messages:
    95
    Likes Received:
    120
    Reading List:
    Link
    Ow, that’s too bad...

    It feels like war of attrition. Mangadex will certainly lose some traffic, but most of it will go to aggregator etc, not the translator’s sites. Most readers dont really care and just want convenience. So, both sides lost. I wonder who will give in first.

    Btw, have any of you found alternative? Maybe the one similar with NU style?
     
    otaku31 likes this.
  19. TheDefend

    TheDefend Public Dental Support

    Joined:
    Dec 24, 2015
    Messages:
    258
    Likes Received:
    139
    Reading List:
    Link
    mangaupdates was (and still) a pain in the ass to find website source and editing the links. lots still linking to dead sites ;(
     
    otaku31 and Fryz like this.
  20. Nyamsus

    Nyamsus Life is full of shit and we live in it

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2016
    Messages:
    7,567
    Likes Received:
    9,252
    Reading List:
    Link
    I guess I will do like I do my standards procedure of WN translation before NU.
    >Bookmark every scanlation site then open in a new tab.
    >every day or few times a day.. Or WHEN MY IN GAME STAMINA LOW AND I NEED TO WAIT
     
    Random lurker, Wujigege and otaku31 like this.