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Majinkarp ([info]majinkarp) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-01-13 15:48:00

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Manga wank
Here we have a self-proclaimed manga "elitest" who's a fan of the original, untranslated versions of manga. Only she doesn't so much declare her love for Japanese manga as she does her intense dislike for American translations of manga and the people who read them.

It's an old argument, but a classic: manga sucks now because it's popular, and you're a lazy illiterate schlub if you can't read Japanese. The wankage is really just in the original post, as the rebuttals are more or less reasonable and courteous. To be fair, the original poster makes some valid points, but then goes and blows her credibility by alienating virtually all English-speaking manga fans.

Heh, I also like how she thinks that people who "right your japanese authors and singers names the 'american' way" are being unfair to her.

I guess the rest of us weren't all cool and "special" or "punk" enough to discover these things in advance the way she did. Yeah, like something instantly loses its value the second it gets popular. Personally, I'm ecstatic to see Shounen Jump for sale in the supermarket, because I remember how hard it was to get any manga I could understand a few years back.

Update: The original entry is gone, but I saved it for posterity.


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