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Nice catch, I'll make sure that gets fixed

This week we have another gift to thank all the FAKKU Books users out there. Today we have a special two part story that appeared in the most recent issues of Comic X-Eros. Enjoy SxS Oath - Day Before Arc and SxS Oath by Morimiya Masayuki.

If you've ever bought a book from us and your account has the FAKKU Books achievement, just click the image below to start reading!

Oh I forgot to mention, we are officially printing this shirt! We got approval from F4U and we are going to do a very limited run of shirts (probably only 100).

There is a lot of good discussion going on in this thread, I'm glad to see a lot of users open up about these changes even if you don't agree with them. Rest assured that I am reading all the replies even though I'm not responding.

I can promise you, the future is bright. I wouldn't make a change like this unless I felt in my heart it was the right change to make. Trust me when I say that this is a good thing for all of us, trust in what we've been able to build here and will continue to build. I want you to take a look at a post I made in 2007, things were a lot different back then. https://www.fakku.net/forums/feedback-suggestions-and-support/new-server-costs

At the time my writing was a little sloppy and I was running FAKKU out of my dorm room/parents basement... but there is one key quote you can take away from that



That post was made 3 months after FAKKU first went online almost 9 years ago. This has been my goal, my dream, from the beginning. I did not create FAKKU to be a pirate, I created FAKKU to be a fan. I know what we have coming is a huge change and a little scary, I'm honestly scared too. No one has ever done this before. But that's what makes it so exciting. So I ask one last time for you to put your trust in me, and when this new service launches I hope you choose to support it.

I'm going to lock this thread until tomorrow, I want everyone who can to see this post before it gets bumped off. And I want to give everyone a chance to come up with some good replies for me between now and then.

You can expect that as we continue to grow, so will our catalog. We've been purposely releasing the most popular artists/genres because that is the smartest thing to do, it allows us to grow faster and show that we are capable of contributing back to the industry in Japan. We will publish yuri, yaoi, bara, everything.

A significant amount of content has already been removed the past few days that had nothing to do with the controversial tags.

This isn't about us making money. I did not make FAKKU to be a pirate or to fuck over these artists/publishers. I made it because I wanted to fap to awesome hentai and there was no legal service that was worth paying for. We now have the opportunity to create one. The opportunity to work with artists/publishers on high quality English releases is more important to me than continuing to pirate. I'm sorry if you refuse to pay for things, but I do not share that opinion.

We'll be launching with a bunch of content and will be releasing multiple chapters each day. I assure you this will be worth it and there will be far more content than you can reasonably fap to. This is a huge change for FAKKU, but I firmly believe it's a good one. Being able to work with these artists and contribute back to them is more important to me than anything else.

Soon. We're working out some final logistics to make it possible, the chapters we've been releasing are directly part of the service.



The subscription would have access to every single magazine we release (and all their chapters). That's one thing I really dislike about the Viz simulpub of Shonen Jump (http://shonenjump.viz.com/), you can't read previously released issues without paying for them.

Most questions about payment and cost I'll be saving for the official announcement. But I can tell you that we will not be selling chapters individually, that would result in some artists being favored over others and a lot of new artists going unread that deserve to be noticed. There will most likely be a subscription added to the website, both Comic Kairakuten and Comic X-Eros will be bundled into it along with any other magazines we add in the future.

We speak directly with the artists about the proper way to romanize their names. If we release something it is 100% definitive that it is the proper English name directly from the artist. As an example, "pyon-Kti" recently changed his English name to "Pyon-Kti" and requested we start using that from now on (it will first appear that way on an upcoming poster).

We have an incredible team of people making this all possible. In comparison my job is easy, plus I get to read the finished chapters along with everyone else when they are done! Secretly FAKKU is just a way to make it easier for me to fap.

Oops, thanks for pointing that out.

And yes we will be working with western artists in the future as well, but that's another big project

All unlicensed content is being removed.

Now that I've had some time to write everything out I have made a new topic detailing all of the changes and what is coming soon. Please continue discussion here.

Talking specifically about content removal: We will continue supporting scanlators in every way possible. I believe that when a legal alternative does not exist, scanlation is necessary to fill in the void and show the publishers/artists that there is demand for their work outside of Japan. I've talked about this before, so here is a pretty good post detailing my thoughts.

I will post more details about my plans a little later, but in regards to the main site here is a rough timeline for content removal:

06/2015: Removal of some specific unlicensed publishers and unlicensed controversial content
07/2015: Removal of unlicensed manga content
12/2015: Removal of unlicensed doujinshi content

A few weeks ago on Anime News Network I talked about publishing, censorship, and the future of FAKKU (link here). I highly recommend listening to it if you have an interest in the industry and what's going on with FAKKU, but the most important topic covered was the eventual removal of unlicensed content from the website. As we talk with more manga publishers, artists, and animation companies one thing has become apparent: we need to remove unlicensed content.

Within the next month we will begin releasing English simulpublished issues of Comic X-Eros and Comic Kairakuten. We will be translating and releasing both magazines in their entirety, resulting in over 40 chapters and 1000 pages of new content each month with chapters uploaded daily. A more in-depth official announcement will go live in the next couple of weeks where I will go into full detail about what we'll be doing and what you can expect.

The most important part of magazines is that every single artist will be working directly with FAKKU. Right now we usually work with 2-3 different artists each month depending on what books we're currently working on and what projects we have hidden away. Once this new service goes live we'll be working with 40 - 60 artists each month and each of those artists will be visiting FAKKU to look directly at their English chapters.

The opportunity to work so closely with these artists and make their stories available officially is incredible. I hope that everyone can accept that although the loss of unlicensed content definitely sucks, the end result is significantly better for everyone. Fans get to support and consume more content and the artists have a new source of income and the chance to interact directly with their fans outside of Japan.

We've already started work on the magazines and have a couple back issues ready to release and final preparations are being made to get them online. To put this in perspective, from the last two months alone here's a list of artists directly involved in this new project: NaPaTa, Bosshi, mogg, LINDA, Gomennasai, Koume Keito, Nishi Iori, DISTANCE, Higenamuchi, Karma Tatsuro, Ichimatsu, Makio, Mizusaki, Meiyamamo, Akiya Akira, Inuburo , Sakurai Energy, Ishikawa Shisuke, Shono Kotaro, Mojarin, isao , Hinahara Emi, Azuma Tesshin, Usaginagomu, Itouei, Sumiya, YUG, Katsurai Yoshiaki, Namboku, 40010 Protoype, E-muse Aki, Fujimaru, santa, Key, Okara, Matsukawa, Harenochiame, Kamiya Zuzu, Mitiking, Mozu, Uo Denim, Kishikaisei, Niimaruyuu, Yoshima Nikki, Katase Minami, Kai Maruco, SAVAN, MG Joe, Asagiaya, Hachiya Makoto, Ishikei, Kekemotsu, Ban!, Kamizuki Shiki, Morimiya Masayuki, Tamatsuyada, Inue Shinsuke, Rakko, Kurokosiyou, F4U, Yurikawa, Knuckle Curve, yozo, Naganoro, Ayane, Yazaki Suigin, Karasu, Kerorin, Kanna Tetsuboku, Misaoka, Misa Wasabi, Satsuki Mikazu, Sanadura Hiroyuki, Akizuki Itsuki, Suruga Rinu, Mg Kurino, Heriyama, Oda Non, Mozuya Murasaki, MGMEE, Tsukino Jyogi, E-musu Aki, Kosuke Haruhito, Kito Sakeru, Shirotadai, Kazuma Muramasa, Mutsutake, Bonza, Akinosora, Kokonoki Nao, Natsuki Kiyohito, Tamon Ketsuyuki, Kamishiro Ryu, Leonardo Sixteen?, Shiden, and Yamada no Seikatsu ga Daiichi.

Like I said above we'll be releasing these magazines in their entirety. That means every single chapter regardless of the content. Both big name artists and newcomers will be treated the same, we won't be favoring one artist over another. This means you'll get to read everything without worrying about if your personal tastes don't align with the majority of users. Here's a preview of the English covers for two of the magazines:

I actually had no idea the API was broken, I'll get it fixed

Big things are coming. Over the next few weeks we'll slowly be removing some scanlations from the website (and over the next few months eventually all of them).

When I have a finalized plan figured out I'll share all the details and some dates, but this tweet might give you a pretty good idea of what we have planned.