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The author of Berserk, Kentaro Miura, passed away on May 6, 2021. His death was just announced today. He was only 54 years old.
Thank you Miura for writing one of the greatest and most profound dark fantasy work ever created. Rest in Peace.
Look, I’m gonna be upfront about it and say that yes I do use this website cause I’m broke and don’t want to pay for reading manhwas or mangas that I just read for funsies and have no real, deep connections to. So does a lot of people. That’s the truth of the matter, there’s no way out of it. I’m not gonna shame others for doing the same thing I do cause that’s just hypocritical of me.
But I will say this: the author has the final say in the distribution of their work. I’m sure that YD is not the only artist/author who is aware that there’s illegal sites that reuploads their work. I’m sure that there are a lot of people out there that are fully aware of that, but 1) have no desire to take certain actions or 2) turn a blind eye or 3) they’re scared to take action due to fear of bullying and harassment of illegal translation supporters (cause we all know this site is illegal lmaoo). Again, for some authors, they’re probably at a certain point in their career in which they have the luxury to turn a blind eye or not care cause they make enough revenue from their work on the sites they post on or through some other method. This, I’m gonna go with the benefit of the doubt and say that YD does not have this luxury. They clearly wanted to make money off this series as a means to support themselves. And illegal translators as well as sites don’t help.
As for the drama concerning the translator: what they did was most definitely harsh and out of bounds, but within the context of SK copyright laws, theyre probably calling for a warrant. Threatening to release personal info is going way too far, yet I can understand the protectiveness of the author’s work. Again, this is their story that they most likely wrote and drew and colored by themselves, and they were planning on it being a main source of income. They barely make enough money already because LEHZIN is trash and takes most of it in the first place, but it’s not as though there’s another alternative that is more popular than them. And knowing that your manhwa is getting thousands of views on an illegal site but your work gets barely any is terrible.
This is a very gray and nuanced area, but I do sympathize with YD’s anger and annoyance about the whole thing AS WELL AS criticize the way they treated this translator.
Also for people saying it’s not hard to draw manhwas and that you can do it as well: lmaooo no the fvck you cannot.