about using mangago
For me it would be any romance story where the mc or love interest are never depicted hanging out with friends. Like, yes there are definitely people who just don't have friends, but its (in my opinion) not very healthy to have your only important relationship be your partner. Also, if they don't have friends, I feel like it should at least be mentioned or have an impact on the character/their descriptions, instead of just completely omitting any mention or visual cue of a character having relationships outside of the romantic story premise.
Curious as to what irks other people in stories that might have js gone completely over my head.
Curious as to what irks other people in stories that might have js gone completely over my head.
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Am I going insane or is this person insanely slow? Never in my seven seas.... is this person being geniune rn??? Honestly i js need someone to back me up on this bcs ??? I have def read some questionable shit during my time on mangago, but at the very least I am able to differentiate what is morally right or wrong. In what world would a 30 yr old being in a relationship with an 18 yr old be okay??? If ANY of my friends told me that they were dating a grown ass 30 yr old, I think I would make it my personal mission that everyone around said 30 year old knew that they were dating a TEENAGER. Because an 18 is straight up a teen. Only reason a grown ass 30 year old would be dating an 18 year old is bcs they legally cannot go younger.
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Doesn't have to be today, or even a recent thing. It can be a little thing that happened that for some reason you can't stop thinking about, a good deed you did that you won't tell others bcs it makes it seem like you're bragging, it could be your deepest darkest secret, or something that mildly annoyed you. From the smallest or biggest thing to ever happen in your life, anything goes.
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Genuinely js asking out of curiosity bcs majority of ppl I know irl who are OVERLY obsessed with 'Japan' and 'Japanese culture' are cis, straight, white men. (I put them in quotation marks bcs their obsessed with Japan is usually a very misunderstood or fetishised version of Japan.) Like, what about their perception of Japan makes it so enticing to them?
This is coming from a hafu who looks more Asian than Arab btw so this is js from my personal experience with them
This is coming from a hafu who looks more Asian than Arab btw so this is js from my personal experience with them
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Bored so I wanna know the petty things you guys do, even the little things. I'll go first, when my family piss me off, I bend all the teaspoons so that they're a minor inconvenience to anyone who wants to use one, or I'll replace the full toilet roll in the bathroom with an empty roll that I keep in my room (kept for that specific purpose)
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What's been pissing me off recently (and since forever) is some people's inability to hold mangakas accountable for things that *they've* written in their manga. And while I'm going to talk about manga/anime, this could hold true to korean/chinese media too, its just that I feel more comfortable critiquing Japanese media, as I grew up consuming it my whole life, and am half Japanese.
This is particularly true when it comes to the anime community, which in itself is a bit toxic, because so many western fans refuse to hold Japanese mangakas to the same standard as they would to any other normal person. They often use excuses like '[Mangaka] didn't know any better' or 'But in Japan, they don't know about it' or even the god-forsaken noncey line 'But in the Japan, the legal age of consent is-'. The last one pisses me off the most, because of how stupid it is. The legal age of consent in a country should not be the cutoff line for an adult person's age of attraction, and I'm sick of people arguing so. (Esp when grown ass middle aged men talk abt 'the youngest theyll go is 18' but we all know they only say that bcs the law doesnt let them go any younger)
Of course, you cant expect to hold people of another country to the exact same standards of your own, but this is about geniune common fucking sense. Mangakas are usually grown adults, and shall be treated as such. They do not need to be babied by anyone just of their ethinicity. They know damn well and good in this day and age when they write a piece of fiction that includes racist/sexist undertones, or scenes that are outright fucking nuts. They are, once again, GROWN ADULTS and can complete their own research to know if what they are writing is problematic.
This isnt about a particular mangaka, manga or anime, but just a buildup of annoyance. It also doesnt help when the manga and anime industry are built to protect predators, and even allow them to continue creating manga under pseudonyms, despite knowing that the person is a convicted criminal.
And no, you cannot 'separate the art from the artist' when art is an extension of the artist and a form of their self expression, therefore reflecting their own personal beliefs into their artwork. Examples of this are when you watch an old hollywood movie and find pro-isreali propoganda in it. Or even a modern one.
This is particularly true when it comes to the anime community, which in itself is a bit toxic, because so many western fans refuse to hold Japanese mangakas to the same standard as they would to any other normal person. They often use excuses like '[Mangaka] didn't know any better' or 'But in Japan, they don't know about it' or even the god-forsaken noncey line 'But in the Japan, the legal age of consent is-'. The last one pisses me off the most, because of how stupid it is. The legal age of consent in a country should not be the cutoff line for an adult person's age of attraction, and I'm sick of people arguing so. (Esp when grown ass middle aged men talk abt 'the youngest theyll go is 18' but we all know they only say that bcs the law doesnt let them go any younger)
Of course, you cant expect to hold people of another country to the exact same standards of your own, but this is about geniune common fucking sense. Mangakas are usually grown adults, and shall be treated as such. They do not need to be babied by anyone just of their ethinicity. They know damn well and good in this day and age when they write a piece of fiction that includes racist/sexist undertones, or scenes that are outright fucking nuts. They are, once again, GROWN ADULTS and can complete their own research to know if what they are writing is problematic.
This isnt about a particular mangaka, manga or anime, but just a buildup of annoyance. It also doesnt help when the manga and anime industry are built to protect predators, and even allow them to continue creating manga under pseudonyms, despite knowing that the person is a convicted criminal.
And no, you cannot 'separate the art from the artist' when art is an extension of the artist and a form of their self expression, therefore reflecting their own personal beliefs into their artwork. Examples of this are when you watch an old hollywood movie and find pro-isreali propoganda in it. Or even a modern one.
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(Tried posting this a second ago but I think mgg was bugging out and it didn't post properly) This isn't to spread panic or anything, just as a reminder to everyone, so no, mgg is not being taken down rn.
1.) BACKUP WEBSITE: After seeing bato get taken down, I recommend that everyone have at least 1 or 2 back up websites to go to in the worst case scenario of mgg being taken down.
3.) BACKUP YOUR LISTS: If lists are important to you, pls try find a way to record them down if you ever lose access to them, or even any of your [want to read/reading/read] because we've all read so many manga/manhwa it's hard to keep track of in any other way
4.) GATEKEEP: DO NOT mention mgg's name anywhere on social media, whether it's forums, tiktok comments, posts, anywhere but here. Do not mention it even by emoji, and be careful with telling someone you don't know abt mgg, even in DMs. The only way websites like this are able to stay up is because of gatekeeping.
5.) DO NOT post screenshots, frames or panels of unofficial translations anywhere on social media, and especially DO NOT tag the author while doing so. Authors ARE aware when their work has been officially translated (duh) or will be told if the screenshot/panel they see online is unofficial (by friends/coworkers/fans or others)
A reminder that this is all very much not legal and websites like this can and will be taken down if they [authors] can. Gatekeep, and gatekeep HARD.
1.) BACKUP WEBSITE: After seeing bato get taken down, I recommend that everyone have at least 1 or 2 back up websites to go to in the worst case scenario of mgg being taken down.
3.) BACKUP YOUR LISTS: If lists are important to you, pls try find a way to record them down if you ever lose access to them, or even any of your [want to read/reading/read] because we've all read so many manga/manhwa it's hard to keep track of in any other way
4.) GATEKEEP: DO NOT mention mgg's name anywhere on social media, whether it's forums, tiktok comments, posts, anywhere but here. Do not mention it even by emoji, and be careful with telling someone you don't know abt mgg, even in DMs. The only way websites like this are able to stay up is because of gatekeeping.
5.) DO NOT post screenshots, frames or panels of unofficial translations anywhere on social media, and especially DO NOT tag the author while doing so. Authors ARE aware when their work has been officially translated (duh) or will be told if the screenshot/panel they see online is unofficial (by friends/coworkers/fans or others)
A reminder that this is all very much not legal and websites like this can and will be taken down if they [authors] can. Gatekeep, and gatekeep HARD.