I think you would not like something like Bleach then - over 623 chapters (as opposed the 52 here that are published in a magazine only available bi-monthly - plus she publishes Crimson Spell every other month? and only has two people to help her - as is seen in the photos of her and her staff) ... and except for a two year time skip in between, the action took place only over a few months. (Okay it is published weekly - but Kubo sensei has a bigger team of illustrators)
Oh, and there have been a number of people who have gone through this manga to do page counts because everyone seems to complain about that - and the grand average of page counts is 23. Sensei also spoke out once about how exhausted she was after she did a huge chapter - because she only has three weeks to produce them.
And have you bought any of these volumes to support her?
Just giving you some facts here - not raging on you.
And look at a time-lapse of how long it takes for her to produce her colour drawings ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHG0kRgxB8E
As Yamane sensei is currently publishing not one but two mangas that have been featured on the New York Times best seller list - which one do you think should be a priority? How could she choose one over the other? But she has - Viewfinder, because the Crimson Spell chapters are even shorter than VF, so I would not be quite to quick to criticize.
another stupid whining fangirl. You'll get a death stare from Crimson Spell's fans if you say about this in front of them. If vf isn't her priority, then what is her priority? Pfft.
She's a super slow mangaka.I hate it tbh. But what can I do? It's not like she's less passion on it, she's just...slow. The same night for a year, who cares as long as the story is still interesting?
I advice you to read another manga, to have a life, never take vf manga too seriously, forget about it for a while, come back (or not is up to you) while this manga back.
I would gladly pay more for this manga to proceed faster, but the newer chapters are harder to get a hold of.
Yup I'm a stupid fangirl, but you know what! You are too! Judging from the way you react to my comment ^^ It's because of us STUPID FANGIRLS that this manga is even ongoing! Peace ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
I understand your frustration because I feel it too. I regret that Ayano Yamane is very slow. Like everyone else who like Viewfinder, I'd like to have 100 pages every week.^^ But I haven't felt less passion in her work and I think we are rather lucky comparing to the readers of Crimson Spell. They really are frustrated and disappointed (and even angry) because they haven't a lot to read each time (3 or 5 pages sometimes). I understand them too.
I'm glad not to have started reading this story earlier. I had started it a few years ago but stopped it because of the rapes in the first chapters. I gave the story another try a few months ago because it's popular and I wanted to know why. I like this story and hadn't regretted to read it but sometimes, I think it would have been better if I didn't give it another try because it's too long to wait and it was so good to read chapters after chapters, without waiting until it says there's no more chapter for you to read yet. I only started a few months ago and I'm frustrated so I understand you who have been waiting for years. It's awful to think we have only about 120 pages to read per year. We'll be old when the story ends.^^
I think the mangaka shouldn't write/draw several stories at the same time because of her slowness. But maybe she has to do this to be able to keep the motivation for each story. After a few years, it may be tiring to always draw the same story, even if she likes the plot of this story and the characters. She maybe wants to change theme sometimes.
Somehow, I agree that she kinda lost her motivation and getting "lazy". It shows in latest chapters that each page has wider frames with big drawings, which means less amount of frames and less compact story. Not that I don't appreciate her work hard and effort, but I believe she could do much much much better than that.
Although it's understandable considering in the past couple of years she faced some setbacks in her personal life, however, I prefer that in the past year she could had a decent break from writing her manga. I mean a quality time for her to rest, so that she could later pick it up again in a fresh mind and pace. Her mangas are great and have a loyal fanbase. So, despite having a hiatus, people will still stick to it. Just like what happened with hunterxhunter.
Okay you guys can rage on me all you want after this... but I feel like Yamane Ayano has lost her motivation for this manga... I mean common, two months seriously for 16 pages, sometimes even less. The same night (in the story) has been going on for OVER a year! I know she's had private matters and I really hope that she is feeling okay! I love viewfinder, the best yaoi in the world and sure it is worth waiting for, but I have started to feel frustrated by the wait. I just do not understand why she does not make this manga a priority! I mean, it has fans all over the world! The story develops unbelievable slow.. yes I know I sound whiny, but I've been reading this for several years and now I just don't feel the mangakas passion anymore...