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LuxKen27 ([personal profile] luxken27) wrote2009-12-23 06:08 pm
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OneManga suspends Inuyasha manga

???

Anybody have any idea why OneManga has suspended the IY manga scans from their website? Or when it happened, for that matter?

adinuyasha has scans from chapter 449 on, but the other sites I checked are also suspiciously lacking of this title. Hmm...this does not bode well for bannering purposes.

ETA: I guess I hit them up right when they yanked everything, because now they do have a message in place (whereas before, there was only an error page):

[identity profile] sakura-kyoshi.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
I figured if anyone know it would be you, kk. Do you know why?
Edited 2009-12-24 00:25 (UTC)

[identity profile] knittingknots.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Probably because they've speeded up their production of volume releases (and are up to volume 45) and want people to buy it, rather than read it online now that they are getting so close to the end. And they are giving free access to the subbed version of the Final Act, so no doubt they feel they are taking care of the fan base.

It's not quite the same, but they do own the rights to InuYasha and let us have access to it for a long, long time. Most American publishing houses would have been slapping cease and desist orders a long time ago.

[identity profile] sakura-kyoshi.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
That seems reasonable enough. I guess I can't complain too much, given they have done what they say, and have been so generous.