Jacob wrote...
Baka_Bishie wrote...
RozenLetter wrote...
I mean sort of? There is no real consistency and the quality of art seems lower when you compare non vanilla books to vanilla, i've looked up several of the the artists you mentioned Higenamuchi's art doesn't really hold up very well especially if you compare it to the top sellers, Marui Maru is great but we only have that one shota book, Fanaticism isn't really non vanilla it is mostly dark but its got 3 vanilla chapters, Melty Lover is not non vanilla it has 1 rape chapter that's it and SAVAN isn't really used to dark tones, the rest have come out long ago and nothing breaking into the best sellers has been released since or anyone on ShindoL's and Takeda's level.
That's a very disingenuous way of trying to move the goal posts. Not only is it clear that you and the Fakku publishing team have different definitions when it comes to what constitutes "non-vanilla" content, but when presented with a range of work published by Fakku in the last year that falls within their definition you say, "well actually, what I meant was you aren't publishing enough 'non-vanilla' content
THAT I LIKE" while taking the opportunity to slam artists you personally don't feel measure up to your standards while claiming it's simply falling outside your "objective" definition of "non-vanilla."
Would it be great to see
Sister Breeder and
The Pink Album published in Fakku Books? Of course it would; I doubt you'd find a lot of people in this thread who would disagree on that front. But publishing is a difficult business; between the timeliness of the material, the legal work to get everyone to sign off on a publishing deal, and the sheer market forces, not everything will make it over: it's just a reality. Fakku is not beholden to tell you the specific reasons why you might not get that book you would really like, and part of the reason I enjoy participating in the discussion on this site around what might come over is because Jacob and the team are surprisingly open about the business, more so than I would expect for a publisher to be, especially of content of this nature.
Besides, at the end of the day "non-vanilla" content has the deck stacked against it. By the very definition, it's something that appeals to people who want something outside the relative norm of sexual fiction, and then there's the fact that some "non-vanilla" content runs into legal issues when trying to publish it outside of Japan (loli and shota feels like a gray area, whereas something like bestiality has a more strict legal restriction, for example). Just look at the never-ending saga that has been the physical release of
Hanafuda for the kinds of issues Fakku can have with getting "non-vanilla" content published in book form.
I get it can be frustrating not seeing the kind of content you want released in the quantities you would like. I'm sure a good number of people on the site do have gripes here or there. But moving the goal posts when they reach out to you directly about this issue is not going to solve your problem. I don't have an easy solution other than attempting to get the community to invest in the content you want to see, because at the end of the day I would expect Fakku to mainly sell what people want to buy. And the fact that they are releasing more "non-vanilla" books (by their definition at least) means they are noticing a market that either did exist before or more likely wasn't buying as much as they are now, and it is paying off for them. I can only hope that Fakku's output of published "non-vanilla" content continues to increase or at the very least doesn't recede because I think variety is a net positive for the Fakku Books brand in the end.
I never said I was upset with Fakku for not posting content that i like that would make me a petty moron. What "slam" are you talking about, I just stated that Higenamuchi's work didn't hold up as in notice the cover quality and compare it to the content inside which shows that its lower than what is shown. Melty Lover literally only has ONE rape chapter im not complaining just stating a fact and asking why it belongs in non vanilla in the first place. Also if i wanted to complain about content that i would like versus what Fakku posts don't you think id be harping on specific vanilla titles?
I only used those titles as examples because they had history with Fakku before and were well received by the fans im not demanding they publish them again, id be happy to buy from them, but im not saying Fakku can just wave their magic wand and publish them tomorrow i know it takes time. Would i love to know why they can't get X artists? sure would, is it gonna happen? nope, but id at least like a better method of communication of who we can or can't get than some dumb thread where god knows if it even helps the team know what artists we would like to see, do you know if a book from the suggestion forum helped to get publish here, was it coincidence, i don't know, nobody knows.
The amount isn't an issue i just said that i would like a more consistent release schedule for non vanilla works perhaps a 2 to 1 volume 2 being vanilla and 1 being non. Also what goal posts??? I'm not refusing to accept what they publish its just that their category for some seems off is all. I would love to get people invested but anytime we do its met with flat out rejection from you or the team but i guess that our opinion doesn't matter we are the little guy after all and anytime anyone has something negative to say as criticism its just retorted with facts that state they don't need to work on it or no consideration at all.