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Cracking Down on Manytoon: Korea's Manga Market Finally Normalizing

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Manga e-book > Action Manga e-book > Fantasy/SF Naruto โ˜… 4.8 stars (1,269) Interest 3,287 By Masashi Kishimoto Daewoong C.I. / DCW Publishing Total 72 volumes completed Translator Mun Jun-sik + Interest Price Increase Notice Please note that this work will have its price increased to 4,000 won starting 7/1. Please refer to this when reading.

Naruto Volume 1

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Naruto Volume 2

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Naruto Volume 3

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2013.01.28, 206 pages, 237.4MB 3,000 won Naruto Volume 4

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Naruto Volume 5

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Naruto Volume 6

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Manga e-book > Fantasy/SF Manga e-book > Action Drrr!! โ˜… 4.9 stars (1,716) Interest 2,126 By Daku Hayashi Sigongsa / DCW Publishing

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Drrr!! Volume 1

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Drrr!! Volume 2 2020.01.02, 162 pages, 334.4MB

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Drrr!! Volume 3 2020.01.02, 174 pages, 386.5MB

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Drrr!! Volume 4 2020.01.02, 174 pages, 367.8MB

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Drrr!! Volume 5 2020.01.02, 180 pages, 371.6MB

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Manga e-book > Comic Manga e-book > Action Ranma 1/2 Deluxe Edition โ˜… 4.8 stars (357) Interest 1,012 By Rumiko Takahashi Seoul Media Comics / DCW Publishing Total 20 volumes

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Ranma 1/2 Deluxe Edition Volume 1 2020.08.06, 348 pages, 472.5MB

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Ranma 1/2 Deluxe Edition Volume 2 2020.08.06, 346 pages, 486.8MB

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Ranma 1/2 Deluxe Edition Volume 3 2020.08.06, 348 pages, 495.4MB

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Ranma 1/2 Deluxe Edition Volume 4 2020.08.06, 348 pages, 506.8MB

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Manga e-book > Horror/Mystery Manga e-book > Fantasy/SF Death Note Color Edition โ˜… 4.8 stars (293) Interest 630 Illustration by Takeshi Obata Original by Tsugumi Oba Daewoong C.I. / DCW Publishing Total 12 volumes Inter + Interest Notice Price Increase Notice Please note that this work will have its price increased to 9,000 won starting 7/1. Please refer to this when reading.

Death Note Color Edition Volume 1

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Death Note Color Edition Volume 2 2020.07.02, 198 pages, 383.7MB

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Death Note Color Edition Volume 3 2020.07.02, 196 pages, 404.2MB

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Death Note Color Edition Volume 4 2020.07.02, 206 pages, 414.6MB

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Death Note Color Edition Volume 5 2020.07.02, 202 pages, 381.1MB

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The moment illegal sites disappeared, legit platforms

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all executed a simultaneous price explosion

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That's DCW, and when Japan raises it, there's nothing you can do. Physical books are going up too anyway

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Please come back Manytoon, Newtoon, Noonootv ใ… ใ… 

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It's the exchange rate

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Are the official versions' censorship and subtitles not completely messed up?

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Straight up these guys are total clowns

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wait this is actually huge, half my friend group was reading pirated manga on there ๐Ÿ’€ guess we're going back to legitimately broke

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Bruh if that site disappears, you can't even read books anymore ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ that's the actual problem

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lmaooo people saying DCW publishers raising prices was inevitable because they're the Japanese original publisher bullshit, they buy up copyrights then publish in Koreaโ€”these companies like Daewon C.I. are bundled together, and people are saying what tf have these guys actually done in digital manga publishing to just hike prices like this ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ it's wild โ€” original content creators โ†’ Japanese publishers discover and develop them โ€” DRM to prevent illegal copies โ†’ created and managed by the sales platform (bookstore) โ€” actual files distributed โ†’ managed and distributed through the platform โ€” these bastards made their money off translations from day one, published the physical books and called it a day, but now they control digital book prices which makes zero sense ใ…†ใ…‚ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ the real issue is translation-flip hustlers immediately jacked up prices the moment illegal translation sites got blocked ใ…‹ใ…‹

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Japan's publishing market is also gated off, so they don't sell translated versions alongside e-books, creating a language barrier for direct imports from Japan. Platforms like Naver Webtoon that handle all translation internally and distribute, or systems like Steam where original copyright holders provide translationsโ€”these Korean translation-flip manga sellers would've died ages ago. It's insane that we're supposed to pay more for these bastards' price hikes. Screw it, let's just boycott and stop buying imported manga

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Dude, you're really rowing hard when the tide comes in? But wtf who told you to row in that direction

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Why doesn't manga get something like Netflix....

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But pulling this crap and calling it legalโ€”is that actually right? ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ใ…‹ There's zero respect for creators

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And cutting up the original is respecting creators how?

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If you paid them, that's respectโ€”can't be less respectful than thieves obviously

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honestly good for creators but rip to everyone who can't afford webtoon passes, the legal sites are getting expensive af

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You bastards follow the law. Stop trying to defend piracy here

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finally lmao, manytoon has been printing money off stolen content for years. about time Korea actually enforced something

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