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I think the main thing that opens up any issues is charging for the scanlations without said funds going direct to the publisher. While we may pledge, there is no concrete proof that Kadokawa gets the funds. This is not to say you don't purchase the manga with said pledge funds by any stretch. I think the scanlations should only be available to people who show proof of purchase via pics and not allow just anyone access to them. A monthly english translated release may not be available to do like that. We would all have to wait for the newest tankoubon to be released... long wait, I know but the best practice in my opinion. Also, the first 30 tankoubon's worth of work would be the same. If users can get you pics of said volumes they physically own, then there would be no issues. For the purposes of the forum though, there are no issues with a fan community discussing Guyver or anything else for that matter. There can be no recourse if profit is not being made. If I can be of any help getting anything going, please let me know!

Rough figure, the Guyver advocacy project has/will result in roughly 150 sales for kadokawa. Not an astronomical figure, but better than 0. So far we actually managed to complete a third of that but it is my responsibility to make sure it all goes through. Something that weighs on me... Which is motivation for me to go along with what guyver1 is suggesting.

You're just going to make the problem worse. The best call is to disassociate Japan Legend from any translations, even keeping posts of raw chapters to a minimum, (thus keeping yourself safe). You can't stop people from wanting access to the manga for free, and any attempt to do so will either aggravate them, inviting more trolling, or simply lead to the creation of new scanlation groups picking up the series and duplicating efforts (as has now already happened which I have no doubt added fuel to the fire). http://chillock-amt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/guyver-chapter-184-english-translation.html As you can see from this groups comments, they've clearly made no attempt to engage with JL and actually understand what it is you were trying to do, they've just made accusations based on unfounded rumours that are circulating around the community stating "Guyver Advocacy are charging for their translations". I'd personally be interested in knowing exactly how many volumes of guyver have been purchased through the pledge system since it began, and whether this justifies the continuation of the project. It was a great gesture, but without official instruction from Kadokawa it's not right for us to take this decision upon ourselves. For all we know, they may advocate the free international distribution to raise awareness in the hope a bigger publisher invests. Restricting access like this may actually be to the determent of the series. Bottom line, be open and give it away for free, the wider community doesn't care...........be secretive and charge for the translations (even if it is being spent on the manga), people are going to raise an eyebrow and think you doing something shady. It's a sad world we live in where everyone expects people to exploit each other for a quick buck!

Just have people order the book, take a picture of them with the book, and let them have the translation.

sorry to hear about your loss kenji. i love cats and the loyalty and affection that they can have for their owners is truelly something special and something that only cat owners can see and appreciate, it even rivals that of dogs i think. im sure she loved you very much and appreciated you taking care of her for so long. RIP.

That's awesome. I had a cat in my teen/20's. He was 14. My GF had a cat for 21 years! Just remember you provided a great life for her.

I'm sorry to hear that Kenji. How old was she?

not sure. I have been advised to can the pre-order and pledge system. but how else do we ensure that people have a right to read the monthly chapters? I really don't know. I've hidden the pre-order topics for now until I can think up a solution. otherwise we won't be able to release translations on a monthly basis.

I hope that remover stays away from Guyver 1! Hasn't Sho been through enough?! LOL...

I imported bbcodes from a working backup version I installed. let's see if this works.... -------------- SUCCESS!!!!!!!

Its a very great idea. I like how the character looks in the Guyver armor. Great job man.