I think it's too normalized I've seen some authors put disclaimers but I think Mangago itself should have an actual warning tagging system cuz sometimes I dive into a manga without reading them and immediately i feel sick
Sorry for the typos in the original post. I had to edit it. There seems to a bug in the site, where the replies disappear as soon as the OP is edited. Someone has to post another reply for all the replies to appear again.
I find Western webcomics are more likely to warn for triggers at the start of a chapter than Korean manhwa or Japanese manga. If there are warnings in the latter, it's usually added by the English translators and not the authors themselves.
You should also keep in mind that some of the legal sites that these manga/manhwa are being ripped from have age restrictions (or at least they used to). I recall Naver, Bomtoon, and Toonmic used to require age verification to read their mature series. I imagine the lack of warnings is also partially due to cultural differences concerning mental health and awareness.
If the official sites have it, then the uploaders here are not putting those warnings?
I am Asian, and I would really appreciate if authors and uploaders start considering mental health. I am not saying they have to put warning for all kinds of stuff. But rape, child related sensitive content should have warning. Child related stuff should not be normalized, period.
I think you've misread what I wrote. The official Korean sites do not have warnings. They have age verification and restrictions.
Oh. Got it. Thanks.
Then it's just bad if the official sites themselves do not have these warnings.
But even if there's no warning in the actual manga , there's many warning in comments.... But of course there's none on new manga so u have to wait for a while before someone post the warning in it
I partially agree to this. Yes we can get the info from the comments, but that does not always work. First it's not glaringly obvious which Trigger warning should be. Second, if the manga has a lot of discussion going on, then you might not find it on first page. And I don't know how many people actually go through all the comments.
But yes, someone adding the trigger warnings in the comments is greatly appreciated.
There have been too many instances on this site where I started reading BL work and suddenly came across things like child rape, child abuse, child prostitution, child sex trafficking etc. Some even have explicit child rape scenes. Most of the time there are no Trigger Warnings and comes as a total surprise in an unpleasant disgusting way. I saw very few cases where the chapter would have trigger warnings at the start, but even this is a rare case. Some of these are so small and do not attract enough attention when compared to the huge red warnings page stating not to reupload or some other stuff before it.
Shouldn't these kinds of things be mentioned on the summary or prologue and at the start of the chapter. So that people can make informed decisions? And this should be done even if it's implied or a backstory. People do get physically ill due to triggers.
Sadly, with the current state of BL I go into reading one expecting there to be some kind of rape for adults. But children are not at an age where they should be exposed to some elements (even thought sadly some are exposed). So this should have a much strict regulation.
So,
1. do authors put Trigger Warning on a book when they publish it?
2. If not why?
3. If yes, why are these not present on mangago?
4. I feel it would be better to have a separate section here to explicitly mention these warnings. and uploaders should fill this information when creating a new manga page and may be put a warning page before the first chapter.
Also it would be highly appreciated if people (who know there are problematic plot points and no trigger warnings) can put a Trigger warning in the comments or topics section.
Note: I read somewhere that an author did not put trigger warnings for child related abuse because it would ruin the surprise. I am not sure how credible this is, but if it is true... that is some disgusting thought process and stupidity of the highest level.