How A Manga Author Actions RUINED Their Manga

[@EmeraldFatalis]

Massive props to the artist for giving up her guaranteed job in order to help the mental health of the victims.

[@daniaamir6047]

Respect the illustrator, at least they cared

[@MrSai-mn8wz]

Its honestly disgusting how authors like nobuhiro watsuki and mitsutoshi shimabukuro are still free to go just became they have that get out of jail free card by having popular manga

[@RavenCloak13]

You say that like that isn't the same here in the US, UK or other countries. No money in keeping pedophiles in jail unless some richer guy is paying to keep them in. Unless they can afford the luxury suites in the non-violent detention prisons they just get sent out pretty easily. See the multiple sex offenders who bitch at games like Xenoblae 1 and 2, get found out they raped 7 kids and then get Twitters pedophile defenders to try and ban the person who exposed they were on the sex offender list where it states most didn't even serve jail time because they just paid it off.

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@RavenCloak13 Lmao who was complaining about Xenoblade 1? You're just making up enemies that don't actually exist.

[@TheVTable]

Playing Devil’s Advocate with Shimabukuro as He did not know the girl’s age and has publicly apologized multiple times

[@chaplainnormie]

That’s not just manga artist, artist all over the globe gotten away with the most degenerate actions because of their soft power.

[@pif375]

watsuki gets away because of law and the current manga he is doing is a sequel

[@lordtouchme77]

Ngl its still hurts seeing this as a former fans of act-age considering the series is really good and there is a certain arc i wanted to see animated. The author almost gain successfull career and fame, instead he choose the worst possible action for himself and his fans. And what hurts the most is the fact that there is already a rumors that the series will get an adaptation shortly before he got arrested which makes all of the fans including me more dissapointed in him.

[@Isukiri544]

At least Oshi no Ko exists as a spiritual successor. I also recommend fans of Act Age to check out Jack Jeanne, a visual novel about acting in the same vein as Act Age (it’s also illustrated and co-written by Sui Ishida, the creator of Tokyo Ghoul and Choujin X).

[@itsblitz4437]

Holy crap...really?

[@Isukiri544]

@@itsblitz4437 if you’re asking about Jack Jeanne, than yeah that actually exists lol (and it’s very good)

[@colby2628]

yeah except oshi no ko is complete shit compared to act age soooooo

[@Isukiri544]

@@colby2628 don’t do that please. There’s no point in comparing the two anymore (especially with that attitude) since one has been cancelled since 2020 and the other is still ongoing and has developed its plot way more. It’s not really fair at all.

[@Little334576333]

i agree. i haven’t read oshi no ko in awhile, but the acting arc really reminded me of act age and filled that gap act age left when it got cancelled

[@gerdanbombales]

Act Age was Oshi no Ko but way better. Its just sad.

[@fckyo7789]

I was f-ing enjoying it a year ago and then I read somewhere it got cancelled.. I didn't finish it bruh the art, story, character are so good I mean sexual harassment is wrong but what they gotta cancelled the manga

[@Dave102693]

@@fckyo7789because the mangaka is tied to the story. The reputation is permanently tainted

[@MrGreen89t]

Sad

[@JeffJeffingson._.]

@@fckyo7789 because the creator is literally a criminal, they cant just keep going when actual people were hurt by his actions

[@ChangedNames]

Man, it was an amazing manga. It introduces the audience to new topic and helps you understand and respect the entices of acting in all its form, additionally, the art greatly complimented it. It sad that the series wont ever continue and this concept will forever be buried, I love media that teaches you something new. It was also supposed to have a theatrical but everything was ruined in the end.

[@nataliebateman1151]

I loved Act Age when I first read it. It's a shame this will never be finished but I think it's for the best

[@deandredukes95]

All that hard work wasted because of a selfish author

[@tigerriderminecraftjava5097]

Did the author take the title of the manga seriously?

[@TheVTable]

More like an Idiotic Author He was nearing the big leagues and just He threw all away

[@Gecko3456]

Acta Age was so fucking good! Im Sorry for the Artist. She doesnt deserve to have to work with this guy....

[@kendrillion7281]

For anyone wondering why that, unlike most convicted mangaka, that the author of Act Age was so swiftly canceled, we have to rewind back to a few weeks before In weekly Shonen Jump, there's a segment were the author leaves comments, as seen at 1:07 in the video, whether it be about their life or the story, and the author of Act Age was no different as he would go on to stated that he was happy that the money from the manga helped him get a bike a.k.a. the bike used to commit his crime Once people started looking back on that quote, Shueisha had to drop him because he directly stated that he was using his new found fame/money to commit these crimes. So they couldnt keep him even if they wanted to, because he incriminated himself and they wanted nothimg to do with him Edit: It also didnt help that the series was very tame and repsectiable to its female characters, particularly Kei the MC, amid the plethera of fan service series, so to see a the author do such things and have the MC be a young girl.made many question what his intentions and thus muddling the series for a lot of people

[@RavenCloak13]

No the fact it didn't have a lot of fanservice means it was more likely he was like this since all the other ones who were conflicted and found out for such things always are like that. It's exceedingly rare that an authors work matches them as a person. See how all the people caught with German distributed CP were non-lolicon creators. Also see the English Jujitsu Kaisen translator still being able to get a job after being deported from Japan after going into the all girls elementary school he worked at locker rooms and taking pictures of the girls, getting found, that being on his record yet Viz still gave him a job till he did it again on US soil and then quietly removed him.

[@kendrillion7281]

@@RavenCloak13 That's actually what I mean, for many its always pervert manga = pervert author vs. clean manga = clean author. then they make all those hard drive jokes and what not only to discover that the "clean" manga has a sinister author They always want to put those authors on a pedastal, until things hit the fan just like what happened with Roroni Kenshin author and etc. Yet they fall for this trap 9 times out of 10 😞

[@RavenCloak13]

@@kendrillion7281 Oh that's what you meant. I apologize.

[@chris1pimentel]

​@@kendrillion7281what happened with the Roroni Kenshin Author?

[@kendrillion7281]

​​@@chris1pimentel​Child Prawn, but what made his case disturbing was that he had enough to where when the police stormed his house he had enough to where they thought he was a distributor The only reason he was even caught was because it was in the midst of Japan reforming it child prawnography laws which at the time protected kids but not the magazines/material Despite this, other than a suspicious age gap in the manga, there was no indication of anything suspicious within the manga and the lack of fan service within blew people's mind about how it could've happened in the first place 🤷‍♀️

[@Jetthehawk1994]

They could've just done what they did for The Loud House: Remove the creator's name from the credits.

[@ultravioletentertainment7332]

What happend with the loud house?

[@Jetthehawk1994]

@@ultravioletentertainment7332 The creator Chris Savino was accused of sexual harassment while working on the show. After he was let go, his creation credit was removed.

[@nqk_0662]

@@Jetthehawk1994you know what’s always funny/messed up ? The artists past

[@asdion]

@@Jetthehawk1994 Unlike the mangaka who was convicted, Savino was never convicted nor was his case brought before court. The removal of "credit" is not a punishment if you belief the crime occurred you should be outraged about him getting away with a mere credit removal and a measly 4k plea payment to the guild.

[@kendrillion7281]

That's impossible unlike a TV production where multiple ppl are in charge, manga comes from the mind of one person and the publishing companies put all the pressure and trust on that one person, they do have assistents, but those assistance only know the art and not the story 🤷‍♀️

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

The Ruroni Kenshin author got away with far worse, and they're still writing manga, but this series got cancelled? What he did was obviously wrong, but it's clear the same standards aren't being applied.

[@anaveragegamer359]

the other on is one of the best selling mangas take a guess

[@anaveragegamer359]

the other on is one of the best selling mangas take a guess

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

@@anaveragegamer359 doesn't really negate anything I just said, reread the last part of the sentence lmao

[@Isukiri544]

Yep Japan is really flawed when it comes to this kind of double standards. It’s only because the Kenshin author is so much of legend that he got away with it with only a slap on the wrist and is still writing and drawing Kenshin. And even then the Act Age author apparently didn’t even serve his entire sentence. It’s a problem with Japan’s justice system in general.

[@zid9611]

​@@Isukiri544 what the f are you talking about. This guy didn't go to jail. If he really cares about his work. He could just write the rest and put it online for fre. Fan of the work would see it as the real ending. And if after a sizeable following is there. The company would just come back. They simply bailed to not get bab pr.

[@Driendel]

It hurts because the manga was so good... It really makes you wonder how some people can be so good at reading their audience, so good at writing, get a big shot like this and succeed so much, only to throw it all away in the most disgusting and bizarre way possible. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried to... Horrible to think of what these girls went through, and to think that a brilliant manga like this will be forever burried under all this drama, never to be finished...

[@aruvius]

it feels a lot like if ONK was about Ai instead of her weird children. this would’ve made an amazing anime. the character designs are also very cute.

[@PeruvianPotato]

I mean yeah. Imma be honest, the few glimpses we do get of Ai's life are genuinely interesting and I really want to learn more about her own psychology and ways in dealing with the abuse she endured in her childhood, all the while having to put on a facade of being pure and happy 24/7. While I dig the murder mystery plot, I really wish Aka was more organized when it came to the middle and later chapters.

[@ZennyTheMama]

Nice video! I don't like the title cause it seems the artist is the bad guy here instead of the author of the manga.

[@cinnay99]

How so?

[@ZennyTheMama]

@@cinnay99 the title has been changed already lol dond mind my comment

[@wrestlerdude6955]

Sometimes, you can separate the artist from the art for some things. But for me, there is a lot of art I gave up even when I tried to justify that art was important. Rurouni Kenshin. I felt the character Kenshin was too important from how Mangakas later would use that sort of Archetype, Kenshin had for their works. Naruto and Tanjiro coming to mind, remind me of Kenshin. But then I learned the author was caught watching child porngraphy. And that's when I said nope. I had to give up Buso Renkin too. Then there's Oshi no Ko. Nothing wrong with the author, it's the art this time. The main character...makes me uncomfortable. There's a lot of stuff in that series. There was a similar series called Glass Mask. Very cool acting like anime/manga, old school shoujo. But the two leads were ages apart. Gave it up. Alice in Wonderland. He took pictures of children. And from somewhere I read over a 1000. Yeah, I'll stick with Wizard of Oz.

[@kenzor4953]

Must suck bein a moralistic Andy and not being able to enjoy things.

[@wrestlerdude6955]

@@kenzor4953 You can't justify an author taking so many pictures of children, regardless whether they were fans of Alice in Wonderland or dressed up as the characters. It was to the point of obsession that raised my eyebrow. And Oshi no Ko does have multiple problems in its story. From what I hear (because I looked it up I dropped the anime early), it's an incest series. I remember watching the anime. The Doctor was 30-something when he died. His reincarnated sister was the child he was looking after in the hospital? Yo, she was 12. When the doctor was reincarnated as an idol's baby but he still retained his adult mind he was so happy to be breastfed by her. Nah, that's crazy. But maybe you think I'm only targeting mangakas or the anime industry? I gave up on Disney a long time ago. If I'm watching a video on them, it's most likely a rewrite of a movie or series they had in the past, a rant video, or a video catching up on the news and how far the company has fallen. I gave up on Channel Awesome years ago. People probably don't remember why they were so controversial in the first place, but it was bad. Neir is an amazing art that I will play in the future even with its fanservice, but it's connected universe game Drakengard?! Leonard. I'm going to take it word from word how they describe his character from Tv Tropes: His Drakengard 1.3 incarnation is still a pedophile, but he seems to lack his game counterpart's guilt over this, and it's implied he's been abusing his position of power as the beloved leader of his local village by forming a choir consisting entirely of young boys whom he is implied to have possibly molested. When the village is under attack, he chooses to protect a young boy who is already clearly dead instead of his still-alive older sister, who has to sit there and watch as Leonard (whom she had a crush on) protect her brother's body from harm over her. BRUH I'm not saying I don't have any series that I like that has questionable writing. I like Final Fantasy 13. And if you want to know the story of Final Fantasy 13, you're stuck in the Menu screen reading excerpts on Cocoon and L'cie and Fal'cie and blah blah blah Cie. Sarah (18) while not that bad in age when she's married to Snow (21) does raise eyebrows. But I love the world and it's a game where I can separate the Art from the intentions of the Artist. It just depends on how far a series or company goes to where I'm like, okay, I'mma clock out.

[@lilpainteroftales4386]

⁠​⁠@@kenzor4953”Moralistic - overfond of making judgments about other’ behavior. “ Aren’t you technically doing the same thing? Yes, I pulled that from a simple Google search. (I’m not that smart) What’s wrong with moral? I think chivalrous knights are awesome and super cool (I know real knights are not like fairytales, so don’t shatter my dreams).

[@JeffJeffingson._.]

there is no proof that lewis carroll did anything bad to kids, the pictures are completly innocent, yes some of them are nude or semi nude (around 30) but a lot of those were taken with the permission of the parents, it was the victorian era, those pictures are to represent purity not perversion

[@PatsPastTime]

Act age deserved so much more

[@EdgeLie]

I mean the ruroni kenshin anime got a remake so it's not impossible, maybe tho it seems unlikely, since one is more complete

[@MrMechaMan]

i guess could say he didn't ACT his AGE

[@tomoeegawa]

ba dum tiss

[@greatmacaron5779]

This manga was if oshi no ko had better substance than a Yaosobi song

[@Lunk42]

I hate being reminded of act-age it sucks that the author did what he did and ruined everything.

[@electricion712]

12:10 Manga chapters are usually made weeks in advance before they release. They were definitely a few more chapters that will never be seen by the public.

[@elisamuelorfilarosario4163]

This sucks, the art loojes so good, and the story seemed interesting. Too bad he did that

[@sukanya90]

Ahh.. Act Age. It like Skip Beat but better. I still love skip beat tho.

[@titisankegelapanagung]

Don't make me remember this it hurts

[@MrWescottX]

So sad.

[@BasedWukong]

I still wanna read it. After all, i am able to separate art from artist.

[@chio5709]

separating art from the artist, tends to apply to dead artists cuz the money wont go to them. So..illegal websites willl be your bestfriend

[@aliabbasimoghaddam1571]

Its not the type of work from people I would want to assosiate with or read. *Makes a 12 minuet video on it*

[@TrueAfricanHero]

Didn’t one of the authors cited go back to work anyway? Why are they trying to get on this moral high ground by canceling the manga? It has nothing to do with the real life events.

[@BasedWukong]

Yup.

[@keke9833]

The artist was offered to continue by herself or work with a different writer, but she didn't want to continue anymore so it was ultimately canceled

[@ryanw531]

What is say could be me misremembering but this is what I found back then. 1. She was harassed during the production by the writer and stuck around to complete the work, after the big no no happened she didn't want to work on it anymore. 2. Japan has a very harsh view on reputation and will catch people even vaguely near in their crosshair. Nobody wants to be attached to a work that is tainted, nor would they dare to offer the writer to continue in prison. 3. The writer is the brains behind the story and I doubt the artist could replicate his writing even if she wanted to. 4. It prob isn't worth the trouble to revived the work with all the baggage from a business stand point, if it was an established writer with a huge fan base then maybe but both creators are new aspiring newbies. I hope the artist could get some recognition and work cuz her art is great, but sadly it seems that she is not, prob due to ppl not wanting to touch her with a ten foot pole due to stigma and she only had a one shot manga after the whole fiasco.

[@KL-ed4fq]

So act age is cancelled yet Ruroni Kenshin reboot wasn't?

[@darken2417]

There is a little bit of a misunderstanding regarding the controversy. In that it isn't nearly as controversial as it is in the West, Japan simply views these things very differently. If it was on a train then it may rise to the level of controversial but this is viewed as half as bad and thus not really something they care about other than him doing his time. The mangaka is still creating manga and will continue creating manga and is even still doing this under Shueisha. Although Act-Age is indeed cancelled it is still very early to say that it will never come back. The only thing stopping it from continuing is that Shueisha holds the trademark. He wasn't fired clearly as he still works for them and they don't want to relinquish the trademark so they might just be waiting a bit. Its still very early to conclude that its over. This is not to say however that it will definitely come back. There are quite a few things getting in its way: -It was his first fully published work. -It isn't nearly as hype as you describe it as lol. -The art isn't exactly mindblowing. -The manga was fine but is solidly mid without a big fanbase to really push for it.

[@PennFaulkner]

Gonna respectfully disagree regarding the art. I hold it as among the BEST that has graced Jump's pages.

[@darken2417]

@@PennFaulkner I suggest looking at the small details. The shirts, the backgrounds, the architecture. It really feels like a first work type manga. Like take volume one, pick out one the panels and compare it to a Death Note vol 1 panel or one of the other Jump headliners. A good example in vol 1 is Akira Hoshi's appearance, his shoes aren't shaded at all in the full body shot and the backgrounds are very minimal. His artstyle may be what is appealing to you but that matures over time along with their skill and hardwork. Its far too early for him to match the big mangakas even in Jump.

[@DarkEclipse23]

@@PennFaulknerthen you have low standards.

[@DarkEclipse23]

Points 1, 2, and 4 is a bigger deal than people realize. :/

[@KillerBebe]

One has to remember that this is Japan, where sauce, social norms are conformity and obedience. People as this artist do not follow the social norms and are usually considered outcasts during their youth.

[@RavenCloak13]

This has nothing to do with anything since this shit happens in the US and UK all the time just like Japan. The only actual difference here is actually being stated by the author to be how he could do it. He stated he was using the funds to specifically indulge in his desires so they actually had to cancel it so he wouldn't keep getting royalties and be specifically related to someone who was criminally charged. This is different from Ruroni Kenshin's author because jails don't care about people who own CP because it won't bring them in more money. Happens in the US, UK and such as well. See the Xenoblade Sex Offender case where a guy who decried the fanservice of 1/2 getting caught being on the sex offenders list for raping 3 kids and killing 2 of them but getting out in less then a year. Meanwhile the US and UK just don't care.do to how copyright laws work and these awful people more often times then not get their money because they know the law.

[@reiryghts639]

That's a lot considering it happened in japan

[@Dave102693]

This story is definitely lost media.

[@Fadzi2342]

Act-Age was so good. All we got now is discount Act-Age from the guy who wrote Kaguya-sama.

[@nimainer]

i mean i dont care what the guy did the manga is still a good read

[@BasedWukong]

Ikr

[@Doris-gf4hb]

It's like saying "I don't care about victims of grooming because my favorite manga/anime comes first".

[@Doris-gf4hb]

Also it's like saying "I don't care that Mappa abuse the animetiors, I just want to watch my favorite anime".

[@asandax6]

​@@Doris-gf4hb Victims gove us nothing. Manga gives us a fun time reading it so as you can see no one cares about victims.

[@nasty_playzyt4888]

​@Doris-gf4hb Yeah, I agree. Don't get me wrong, you can still enjoy the manga or whatever, I (personally) won't judge you. BUT! It's really fucked up to just up and say "I don't care" about the suffering of others. Separate the work from the artist and all that jazz.

[@thelegendmusashi9479]

i recommend everyone to read act age. i don't see how the person behind it ruins the story in anyway. always seperate art from the artist

[@PeruvianPotato]

Sorry but nah. Call me a contrarian but I really can't see that considering that most works are generally seen as an extension of the author. Even then, the series will remain indefinitely incomplete so there's really no purpose.

[@thelegendmusashi9479]

@@PeruvianPotato so if berserk would have stopped with miura's passing one of the best works of fictions in human history would suddenly not be worth it cause there's no end? what? i always seperate art from artist no matter what but i can atleast understand a little bit if we were talking about like kanye west or something who puts his twisted world views into his lyrics. act age in no way reminds you of the creators crime. i cannot think of many shonen jump manga with less fanservice than this series. also just sayin the ''you cannot seperate art from the artist'' crowd 90% of the time are hypocrites.

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@thelegendmusashi9479 It's like for example, someone such as Roald Dahl is primarily remembered for his works and literature and his unique premises and writing styles. Even something such as Berserk is remembered because of Miura's sheer dedication and effort into each chapter's artwork. Ffs the death of Miura was so big that many thought the series wouldn't go on due to many people feeling as if something such as Berserk could only be as good as it was because of Miura himself. It also doesn't help that the creator directly profits from the intellectual properties they have created.

[@thelegendmusashi9479]

@@PeruvianPotatowe just have a different view on art and artists. most works i do not connect to their artists at all. and when i do like with miyazaki and the souls games i still do not see how the artist being a piece of shit devalues their works. i've had hounders of amazing hours with those games and if miyazaki turns out to be a bad person im supposed to ignore all the positivty the man brought into my life? i cannot connect those dots. also i have no problem with bad people profiting from their own works. if they commit crimes they will be convicted and pay for what they've done. that's where it stops for me.

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@thelegendmusashi9479Guess we just have different strokes then really. Nothing wrong with that of course

[@MoppetMage]

🚲🚲🚲

[@karemeloiza5267]

Eu nao conheco o mangaka ou sua obra Eu estou em choque

[@animarium1249]

I mean... The story and the author is different thing tho. Like, just because math and chemistry resulted in many death, people still appreciated it. The author is criminal, ok. The story is criminal? No. Just my thought process.

[@marbleb33s]

If you buy it, you DIRECTLY finance this guy and keep him relevant. If you don't see a problem with that, go to a doctor and get it checked out because there is clearly something wrong in your brain.

[@kenzor4953]

Who cares I wanted to see the anime

[@zy2239]

They should have cancelled Samurai Kenshin as well

[@SmoothCode]

They should separate the art from the artist. Just because hitler says that the sky is blue does not mean that the statement is without merit.

[@be6386]

Honesty as someone who loves art and the brilliants of writing I would just say, separate the artist from the art but then again most people are in there right to not read something made by a monster that deserves a harsh punishment, but then again how many works of art were created by monsters ?

[@itsblitz4437]

It really goes to show that people who make art tend to have a darker side to them no one knows.

[@Yugira]

You talking as if half of everyone who makes art is a degenerate or a bad person. Thats ridiculous... A loud minority of these losers dont make everyone else the same...

[@BasedWukong]

Clown take

[@Sh12pen]

Bro burned down the kitchen 💀

[@itsblitz4437]

@@Yugira not say every artist is a bad person or some sicko but people who are sick in the head are artists in some shape or form.

[@master.baiter2050]

So it's like "not every men, but always men"?

[@kingcobra1697]

I remember hearing how popular this manga was ,and I was hearing rumors on an anime adaptation a lot people where looking forward toward this series exploding in popularity.