>>4214433The art inside the books is pretty good, and it was popular enough for a live action adaptation. That said, there’s a lot to be said about target audience and appeal. Obviously, a manga like this is rather niche. There’s a reason most manga is made to appeal to teens. That said, he still made pretty decent bank, and despite his complaints, he’s way better off than his western counterparts, where a comic/manga that niche, doesn’t even make enough to make ends meet, even AFTER royalties. You also have to factor in that he worked in Traditional, which adds an added overhead cost of $1000 a month on supplies.
His points are fairly good ones though, there’s a huge income disparity between the top 100 mangaka, and the remaining 3000+. The rest still make enough to live off of though, you’re just a lot tighter. A lot of the complaints come from the fact that the industry isn’t well suited for the unpopular, with companies generally offering bad deals, and that online is a better platform for those who wanna be more niche. It’s a sort of protest toward the industry, where you’re selling 100,000s to millions of book, but still only see a small fraction of that money. So you gotta put it into perspective. Is it bad? Kinda? But only if you’re not in the top 100, and top 100 is still a lot mind you. That said, it’s still better than what you’d get in the west.
If you shoot for weekly however, you’ll probably be alright... IF you make it.
Oh, but you gotta speak Japanese. That was more than self-evident from the video in the OP.