Kairi is just a scared child. He shouldn't get a complete pass for his actions, but y'all are being really unfair to him. Can we stop brushing off how harmful internalized homophobia is?
(trying to get potential spoilers under a cut)
A boy who is plagued by internalized homophobia due to being called disgusting at an important turning point in his life, one where he JUST learned that he liked boys. It's almost like he is trying to avoid confronting what he has learned to be disgusting (i.e. his love for Wataru) and overcompensating for his homosexuality/bisexuality/pansexuality in "normal and expected" behaviors (i.e. playing around with girls and cutting Wataru out of his life).
Let's slut-shame him, shame in general, and wish him great sadness and illness for not knowing that being LGBTQIA+ is okay. (/sarcasm) Maybe just put yourselves in his shoes and empathize or just sympathize with what he is feeling.
I understand, but he shouldn't take it out on other people, is what most people are thinking. I personally think it's mostly the girl's fault, but if Kairi wasn't so caught up in having a good image at such a young age, and being able to impress other people by doing inappropriate things, instead of listening to his parents, then that's what most people would get upset about. You know what I mean? I still agree with you, though.
I just think people aren't thinking the situation through and truly understanding why Kairi's going through this and making these decisions. There are real world problems that come with being LGBTQIA+ across the globe, which include homicide, suicide, disownment, depression, anxiety, social exclusion and isolation. Trying to protect yourself from these problems shouldn't warrant complete demonization.
In addition, HE'S A KID. HIS BRAIN IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED. We shouldn't be overestimating what a prepubescent kid/teenager knows when he is at an age where you are more likely to make impulsive decisions due to the frontal lobe (the part of the brain where rational thinking takes place) not being fully developed. All he knows is that being outside the social norm is "disgusting" and being "normal" is the goal. He has been raised to believe this to be true because society very much impresses these norms and mores through reactions to deviancy (deviancy as in the sociological term).
His situation is one where you can clearly observe how much of an effect one's socialization has on their sense of self, social identity, and decisions.
YOOO. I HAVEN'T READ THIS YET, BUT WHAT IS WITH THAT "Uke falls in love with semes dog seme catches them doing it seme rapes uke and dog" TAG?? IS THERE BESTIALITY IN THIS MANGA?? IF THERE IS, I'M OUT.
Not exactly similar, but this manga got weird yet funny Top tag as well. (Though there are more mangas with that type of tags)
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kimagure_goshujin_to_oshikake_neko/
*Can't take Top Tags seriously anymore xD
Yikes. It's pretty shady to try and profit off of translating manga/manhwa without donations from people or holding copyrights to the comics. It's even more shady considering the translations were from other groups/people. Lezhin may cost money, but at least the actual creators get paid from creating work for that site.
Well, apparently they don't. They get nothing from chinese lezhin, have to pay fees that were not in a contract and pay ridiculous amount for not meeting deadline ._.
There's a petition to korean government to solve this issue ( https://twitter.com/kooo_gi/status/939171749102370816)
Well, shit.（/TДT)/ I don't read a lot of manhwa, so I'm not really up to date with Lezhin's issues. I only read their FAQ, which said the creators got paid.
I you are interested in a summary of lezhin issues, you can read it here : http://porifra.tumblr.com/post/168424485685/rough-summary-on-events-leading-to-lezhin-tax
Seems like lezhin is a shitty company who does not treat artists equally. I wanted to buy some comics from lezhin but until issue will be resolved, I won't do it, I would rather pay directly to an artist instead of supporting lezhin.
I understand that it's a private group and it's wrong to put this up, but I have sought out this scanlation group on another occasion. I've gone on some of the people's sites to see if there is a name I could go off of and followed the credits, but I've been directed to small scanlation groups, major groups, posts about how groups are no longer getting scans from someone, and virus-riddled webpages. I want to read the manga on the scanlation group's webpage because. Is there a name someone can give me either on here or in a message that will direct me to the right page? ><
*because it does feel bad to read it knowing it was uploaded without permission.
I created an account and I forgot to finish my original message. ><
Theres a blog with the name of that kind message they write in the last page but In not sure its theirs because is a private blog you have to apply in this kind of blogs to see anything. Anyway people has comment ahe wont acept anny new members now so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
ugh, sorry the typos. Im not drunk I swear it
Well, that sucks. :( It would have been cool to join, but if the scanlation team don't want new members atm, then I'll just have live.
*to live
Take the last name on her credit page, and put it down in the url searching for a wordpress blog. You will come across a site which is private, request to join if she adds you then great, if not bad timing I guess. Both worth a try.
Thank you. :) I'm going to give it a try.
i want to join the scanlator blog too, and i tried to do what u said but i didnt find anything :'(
i respect the scanlations teams because thanks to all of them i can read a lot of stories i enjoy so much, and if they dont want their work on other pages like this i want to respect that.
How can i find their blog?
I think part of the issue is that it is a private blog, so it's not going to appear in the search.
I had issues finding it as well, but c'est la vie.
Why are people uploading this group's scans? They have continuously said not to upload their works. Jfc.
That won't ever stop, shit like this happens all the time and nothing can be done about it unless they make the scans private :/ tough luck.
The scans are private. The only way to have access to them is through the scanlation group's private website, one that has been closed off for a while because of the uploading.
There's clearly a rat in the group that won't stop no matter how many times they're called out :|
It fucking sucks, too, because I've been waiting for a chance to join the group myself, but the rat is ruining it for people who want to join just to enjoy the manga.
That sucks but they'll probably figure it out, they'll poison the rat. Hahahahahahahaha
Is there a way to be a part of the group scan to read their scan without bothering them ?
I remember a groupe "the anon group" that was imossible to contact too. You had to search a ting on a website and contact them when you found it, byt they never reply :/
Do not mind the wtf not free. It was a title for another commentary wwhere a chapter of a Free dj was remplace by another manga XD
Do not mind the wtf not free. It was a title for another commentary wwhere a chapte
I don't think they're going to be accepting new members for a long while, even if we just wanted to enjoy the manga. It sucks, but I don't blame them.
If I were the "leader" I'd shut down the group and then slowly re add the original members, then find the rat. :)
Oh ok thank you for your answer. It's really sad for "honest" reader. ( I'm the same person that you answered, i wasn't logged).
No problem. :) This scanlation group are also not the only ones going through this. It's seeming to be a pervasive problems for both private and public groups lately. Another group that was actually uploading their manga onto MangaGo almost went underground because people weren't following their release rules. The group actually uploaded for us even though they hated aggregator sites, but people got too impatient to wait. This unwanted uploading is ruining the experience for both the honest reader and the casual readers.