renaissance poisson

i sorta kinda care what gets licensed, in two sorta contradictory ways:

a) i am totally over the moon happy when a mangaka i like gets licensed because man, it must be SUCH a thrill. heck, i am so happy for them vicariously that i am even happy for mangaka i don't care for. i want them all to make a good living so they continue providing us with smut and pretty art. i love watching them become aware that there are people on the other side of the world who're fans and who wait eagerly for each new release. it was such a kick when miyamoto kano realized half her fans voting in a poll were not in japan, and changed the poll to include english options.

b) i hate it when something gets licensed that's in the middle of scanlation. that means it'll get dropped like a hot potato (except in very few cases and i adore the scanlators who don't stop), and i'll have to wait years before i get to read the rest of it. which bums me out. Must Learn Japanese Faster.

other than that, i want everyone i like to get licensed by dramaqueen, *sigh*. and i want dramaqueen to start printing their books in june's larger format. because while their paper is better, the larger format really makes a difference in how well i can see the art.

i don't really care about the BS of the BL scanlation world. i look at it, and occasionally i rant, but in the grand scheme of things i just don't care. i've figured out how to get my hands on everything i want (except for ginryuu, where the heck does zie release? tell me, you must know!). i'll praise the ones who i think do great (even if they release manga i don't care for), and the rest can just go and fight with their readers like nasty, small-minded hyenas. i'll make exactly one effort with each group to tell them honestly, if they ask, how i think they're doing, and if they then prove they don't actually want to hear it, i move on.

cause ya know, i've got japanese to learn, manga to scan, translate, and edit, other fans to burble with about cool manga we have read, and all that is a lot more fun than watch scanlators verbally masturbate in public. since they're neither extremely pretty boys nor does the masturbating come with sexy images, i leave them in a flash for a oneshot by inariya fusanosuke.