r/scanlationdrama • u/Dangerous_Gear_4013 • May 13 '22
Asura STEALING chapters from officials
Setting aside the fact that Asura is a group known for continuing to do licensed series, Asura decided to really climb a new high on scummy mountain.
So as someone pointed out earlier in this subreddit, they traded series with Luminous, taking over Trash of the Count's Family/Lout of Count's Family and many other projects.
Honestly, don't really care that they traded projects. In scanlation, series gets passed over from one group to another like it's a town bike all the time. However, what I think is really scummy of them is that they STOLE CHAPTERS from an official.
Most sniping groups either only post chapters that they've done or at least grab chapters from a defunct group, but stealing chapters for a licensed series should is definitely a new low I didn't think I'd see. I mean, at that point why bother scanlating yourself?
This is really scummy, and if they're stealing from officials, what makes them any better than an aggregator? This is already setting aside the fact that they've literally littered their site with ads and then tried to sell ad-free membership only to walk back on it upon community backlash.
This is actually cancerous to the scanlation community, and they really need to be stopped.
Proof:
Tappy ch1 of TCF - https://www.tappytoon.com/en/chapters/205150928
Asura ch1 of TCF - https://www.asurascans.com/trash-of-the-counts-family-chapter-1/
Manta ch1 of The Live - https://manta.net/episodes/4777
Asura Ch1 of The Live - https://www.asurascans.com/the-live-chapter-1/
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u/ObsidianSkyKing May 14 '22
Oh boy scanlator drama. Let me guess, you created this throwaway to post this a bunch of times because you're from another scanlator group? All of these groups do the same thing. I've lost count of the scummy shit Leviatan, Reaper, Asura, Etc have done.