... Was this Michan's idea?

Maybe.

I want to delete my account. I won't pay a single cent to this site to read yuri like I always used to. I'm sorry if this is a lack of respect towards the staff, scanlators and users here. But this was the ultimate dimb update that made me want to delete my account. I don't know how to do it here, so I would be glad if a staff member were so kind to do it for me. I'm not planning to ever come back, just so you know. You lost one of your readers here.

We apologize for an inconvenience our new business model may have caused you, but we truly appreciate this is the right way to go.

As a token of our remorse we wish to offer you, in the name of our chairman Casusby, a free 30-day Gay For Pay™ subscription, starting on april 2nd, when our premium service is set to go live.

Once again we truly apologize and hope you will continue frequenting our website.

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TORONTO, Canadia—March 31, 2013— Dynasty-Scans® is proud to present a new and improved Dynasty Reader® experience. This new strategy will ensure that as Dynasty-Scans® can continue to provide innovative solutions in an increasingly competitive global manga market. In addition to allowing current users to support the Dynasty Reader® through compulsory monetization*, Dynasty-Scans® will begin offering new premium services on both an ad hoc and subscription basis.

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I'd like to suggest a series called "riko to haru to onsen to iruka" , I think it fits here since it contains kind of school life and yuri content.

Please use the upload request feature located in the dropdown menu on the top-right of the page. Requesting stuff in here makes it extremely difficult to keep track of.

You'll probably still have to wait months considering the backlog. Seasons might be out pretty soon though.

It appears to be impossible to suggest the "Yuri" tag be added to a series or chapter.

We noticed that a while ago, and sent a bug report to Omn. So until he gets around to it you'll have to request the tag through a forum post or something. Sorry for the inconvenience~

Everything.

No.

It ended kind of abruptly. I wonder if there's a series with them out there somewhere.

There isn't. We checked.

woo
I really love it <3
Can I trans this to Vietnamese?

Go ahead. There's really no need to ask us.

Does Futari Wa Pretty Anon upload their own stuff?

Nope.

There has been no sequel of this story released so far, although there's a good chance it will be continued at some point.

My dear twitter followers probably saw the preview of this weeks ago, and I was totally almost done when I posted that. But then laziness struck once again. Oops.

This is pretty much a prime example of spitting distance yuri. I hear from unreliable sources however that we have more stuff by this author, in which kissing is actually a thing. Shocking, I know.

Just the Two of Us
Read Online | Direct Download

Next up should be some more Happy Jets.

...Unless I end up doing a totally different thing as usual.

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I agree with you on most of the points, however I think downloads actually would have contributed to Jmanga's success. Other online readers, like you mentioned, run on ads, or are just non-profit (like this one). But to sell the manga the way they did, would only be justified if they offered downloads, so people don't lose all their shit when they go down, and simply for practical purposes.

Another option would have been a subscription model like Crunchyroll does it, in which no download option could be defended to some extent, since it's clear you're renting their stuff rather than buying.

http://okazu.yuricon.com/2013/03/18/hard-decisions/

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Tracing backgrounds is one thing, tracing entire characters/scenes is another.

I never liked this all that much, but i'll have to learn to love it just to annoy Seravi. It shall be glorious.

And, with their great "Hey thanks for all your money. Have fun with your rental until May 30, then kindly fuck off" approach, scare people off from ever investing money into such a black box again. Both are good things in my book.

you are right on that, it will be a long time before someone decides to invest on this type of approach. Consumers would think twice before spending their money on a shaky product that one day will just disappear out of the blue. It feels more like you are just renting the product, rather than owning it/buying it.

If they actually rented out the manga in a way similar to netflix (pay X/mo for everything) it would have been a fair trade-off for not owning the product. But with the way it was you're going to get shafted at some point of time either way. Even if they had only gone down in 5 years it would have been sour, since people were under the assumption they owned something.

Personally, I have nothing against reading manga online, but like Phyis said, Jmanga's model was shit all along. Even if they just let you download manga you 'bought' their system would have worked a whole damn lot better.

Not for much longer: http://www.jmanga.com/urgent-message

Well fuck me.

Whoa. Didn't see that coming. I think it's safe to assume their licenses have been dropped with termination of the service, though I can't say for sure. Scan groups are likely going to wait with picking series back up again (if at all) until more is known about the situation.

Long been licensed by Seven Seas. We don't host licensed material, remember?

And former licensed material no longer licensed like all the stuff in Jmanga ?

Stuff on Jmanga is licensed by Jmanga.

Just a little? Lucky.

Great. Push work on me while I'm gone. Really great.

The relationship is known as Casusby´s rage. We are planning on uploading TS releases anyway, regardless of his personal grudges. I´m pretty sure they gave us permission ages ago.

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