Already wrote a post earlier but, please, friends T_T There’s a lot of hate being thrown around the topic, let’s stay as humane and understanding as we can.
Unofficial readers have their reasons and circumstances for why they can’t pay. Even so, posting ss and bragging about it is not…okay, especially on public SNS accounts where the authors can reside too. Imagine how upsetting it would be if someone laughed in your face about not paying for your hard work
Euja was rightfully saddened and angry, but perhaps her response to the situation was too uncontrollable and harsh. It’s not our place though to say how authors should feel about their work being openly distributed, but still… Augh, I just wish everyone /understood/ each other’s side :’)
I personally buy official chapters whenever I CAN afford them. I also use official names/sites/screenshots when I want to promote the work or when somebody else is curious about it, and I encourage everyone to at least do so in order to create a healthy, caring community where both authors and readers are happy. Illegal translation should be read in privacy and shared in privacy only…
I think it's just a 50/50 thing where realistically as an author u can never expect for your work to NOT be somehow distributed (probably closer to illegally as well) and then the readers can't realistically expect the author to be satisfied just by them "appreciating" the story, these authors need money to pay bills bro
In a perfect world there would be balance (like back when there was a code of conduct for scanlation) but it's becoming more and more common for people to cross different lines and then it just kinda snowballs tbh
Also a side note about tgcfied: I remember blocking them on Twitter because they too started bullying and mocking a reader for posting proofs of buying chapters, even though they already had a big following back then - 14-15k or sth.
Not everyone is a saint… We can thoughtlessly hurt another person and, in turn, be hurt by others just as easily. So we all should try our best to be kind and self-aware of our own actions
tgcfied does post screenshots of illegal scans, he’s a really big account and fan of LTIT, so ofc there’s a chance the author euja would see his posts even without searching actively. euja was honestly TOO harsh on him and other unofficial readers, but tgcfied acting like a victim in this situation and trying to act pitiful and cute felt icky too.
https://x.com/bainanjia/status/1939899928744243322?s=46
I don’t support euja sending death threats (though the frustration is understandable), but I also don’t support posting illegal screenshots and then acting like the author should owe you their life. Please always try to promote official content, at least in PUBLIC. Please discuss unofficial translations in DMs or more private spaces only The writers, seeing that their work is appreciated, would honestly be so thankful to you. Please don’t accidentally remind them by posting unofficial scans that their hard work is pirated
yes that user shouldn’t have posted that screenshot (esp since they have 17k followers) but euja’s response was honestly below the belt considering SHES the adult in that conversation….like wdym poverty is an excuse???? and i l l e g a l readers should die??? seriously????
a grown woman telling her readers to die because they don’t pay for her work is CRAZY
100% agree. she was so unprofessional about it and got caught up in her own emotions. the moment you cross the line you lose all moral high ground. that being said, people need to start having some shame about reading illegally lol. like no one's gonna stop you from consuming content on pirate sites but at least be quiet about doing it
another eastern author not realizing their work is popular in the west because of piracy... yawns
There're 3 review chapters for the end of first season and it seems like no English scan group has taken the initiative to translate them. If you've seen them on Naver, you know they're VERY long and informative, 1) with character profiles and trivia, 2) Webtoon writer Seri telling about the hard adaptation process and 3) Webtoon artist Biwan revealing difficulties of the drawing part. I MTL-ed the chapters for myself and they were so fun to read.
I hope official English Webtoon translates them when S1 ends there, our S-class fandom can't miss such content...
Seri, the part of official Webtoon team, has announced the end of Season 1 with the release of ch. 153 and an indefinite break. It’s really sad (<- I was thinking of jumping out the window), yes, but let’s still wish them the best and a good rest. For they’ve deserved it so much ^^
Waiting for Season 2!!
WHATTTT I thought that was a comedy talk for Kim Min-Eui
NOOOOO you mean to say Im gonna start my last yr of hell w/o them
Bro same i was 50/50 on it it could be joke or real
The S-Classes Webtoon team is taking a break this week, no new chapter ‘till next Monday 4/15) Let’s wish them to rest well!
Did you know that Naver actually used to give its authors a break only ONCE a YEAR? They recently changed the rules, and now it’s possible to rest every 25 weeks/6 months… The bare minimum, istg. Naver should make it at least every 3 months. Most Korean authors are dying.
That's why I encourage other fans to support the titles legally - whether by paid cookies on Naver or free hearts on Webtoon, you're gonna help the authors tremendously!:3
Yeah, NAVER actually sucks. Just like Kakao. If anyone doesn’t know already, the author for the other manhwa called “The Way to Protect the Female Lead’s Older Brother” she is an amazing artist who worked hard to contribute to drawing out the chapters, but she was also pregnant at the time, so it took a toll on her health. This caused her miscarriage because they forced tight deadlines on her and wouldn’t let her take a break. And even after that incident they pushed her even while she was in the hospital trying to recover and recuperate.
A lot of the Korean companies that have manhwa artists contracted with them make tight deadlines which ultimately lead to artist to suffer injuries, and though not many have blatantly said it was due to overworking, many of the Korean artists for manhwas I have seen rarely take break. And when they do, it’s only when they were injured, or had a end of season.
Their translation for 121 was a bit stiff and they mixed up some POVs/pronouns. Also seeing “Yoojin Han”, “Taewon Song” instead of usual “Han Yoojin”, “Song Taewon” &etc felt strange. It was good overall, but I’d still recommend waiting for Asura team’a update.
114 was uploaded by someone not from Asura team (they haven’t updated yet), but other translators. The chapter text did seem a bit sloppy, like machine translation (I can see so because I read raw Korean chapters with Google translator as well). Would prefer to see AkumaKira upload from Asura next time TT. Not for me, but for other readers.
Me when Mangademon strikes a manhwa I read: #－.－)
The team is named Mangademon. They're known as a scan that put out half chapters just to advertise everyone to go to their websites, snipping many series with their halfass translation. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Anyway—*Waiting for AsuraScan to update* （/TДT)/
I wholeheartedly disagree with everything the person below me, named ‘feh’, said:3
- “but now they're constantly messing with the plot. like it's not just hyunjae/yoojin interactions anymore”
If you wish the writers adapted almost/every single character interaction, they’d have to work 10 or, most likely, more years just to adapt 870+ main story and extra chapters. And that’s with almost no break as well because iirc, they’ve only taken it 5 times at max so far for the past 2 years. Do you understand how much hard work it is? To plan the dialogue, the panels, new character designs, action and slice-of-life scenes and also make it all look engaging and awesome for both OG fans and newcomers? For every single chapter that is released weekly? Do you honestly want the adaptation team to work so much for the next 15 years?
“Nooooo, they didn’t show Hyunje saying ‘The one who falls for the other first is the one who loses’! This is shit adaptation!!” - I honestly saw people say stuff like this and I imagine there’re worse examples online.
- “They skipped the part after the mermaid dungeon where hyunjae gives yoojin a watch, which he refuses when yoohyun says that he wanted to give him one instead. … trust me when i say, it is very important.”
Some readers complained Myungwoo was cut out from the manhwa, only for his arc to immediately follow Yerim’s. Others dropped the adaptation because Blackie’s last memories and Yoojin’s regrets were skipped in chapter 38 - but they showed up in the ch. 40. You follow what I’m saying here?
- “yet they're adding all that extra "comedy" panels, which may seem funny but are honestly doing way too much. it's not translating the impeccable humor, that is literally one of the best things about the novel.”
I’m sorry you ended up as the 2% of the audience who didn’t find the adaptation’s humor funny. Sounds like a you problem :c
- “a lot of it is because they really ruined yoojin's character in the manhwa- his humor in the novel is a lot more "polite sarcasm", it is honestly so great. he has so much depth and gravity in the novel, so much more capable and complex. novel yoojin my beloved. manhwa yoojin Who tf are you.”
If you missed all the “polite sarcasm” Yoojin scenes in the manhwa - that’s just skill issue. You must have read his deep and emotional parts with eyes closed as well, idk)
- “this is really a mediocre adaptation if you have read the novel. they should change the script writer and storyboardist. I love the character designs though (except yoojin's ngl i don't like it. but yoohyun's design here <333 hyunjae's is ok, kinda mid. yerim and hyuna i love <3)”
Life goes on.
Guys, read the novel and the manhwa adaptation, they’re both peak and are a nice addition to each other Support the official sources too if you can! ^^
Agreed! (●'◡'●)ﾉ
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I dont read novels cz they make me sleepy.. I need pictures.. But so far.. I think all characters here have depths.. Well written/portrayed character.. I cried n laugh through reading this.. Like me laughing when yoojin get caught in recent t chps during their sitcom then bawling reading yoojin's wish for normal life.. Tho my fav is myujin.. My love for other characters are not lacking as they are all well liked and lovable.. Really like how yoojin in "ruling" these top classes.. My husband.. Hahaha
I’d have arguably said worse things if I were in her place, emotions are hard to predict yk Euja and lots of Korean authors already stated patiently before that they don’t like illegal readers, and if you know that AND still flaunt the unofficial screenshots on SNS… How else do you expect them to react lol
There’re hundreds of QRTs and posts bragging that they would continue to read illegally out of spite, which is honestly an even more petty and childish reaction. Like, my brother in Christ, do you truly despise the author/story or not? Hate read at its best.
i said the exact same thing yesterday like imagine putting in sm work on something and its just blows up somewhere else and u earn nothing from it
The Problem is that’s it’s Not Okey to Tell people do die she is Not only harassing illegal Reading shes doing it with legal readers to so no even if she is mad it’s NOT Okey