Yeeeeah Buranchi, unless you're an epidemiologist, I don't think blind predictions hold much weight.
That's what most of the CDC scientists have been saying, that it's going to take at least a year before a vaccine rolls out, IIRC.
An out and out vaccine? Yes, most likely.
What exactly is the point of contention here? I said we haven't seen the worst of covid-19, so I'm guessing you disagree? That we have seen the worst and everything will start improving from here on out?
But surely even without a vaccine a country can recover to the point where sales won't be as drastically affected (though sales is the least of everyone's worries in a global pandemic)? Obviously a vaccine is crucial to prevent multiple waves of COVID-19, but like I've said before if effective measures and advice are issued by governments and abided by the people then changes won't be as drastic as in some countries - e.g. in my country Korea where life has all but returned to normal except for online schooling (and we never even had to have an official nation-wide lockdown either.)
We've established already that manga sales have been increasing with certain series despite the pandemic, correct?
Dear lord, one can only hope so. Jump would also look ridiculous if they didn't prioritize digital for the moment for their magazine releses.
Yeah they have. But those are the backlogs. My point is that hopefully they don't overprint the issues during these times. I know they should be smart enough to understand the current situation, but I've always been skeptical of their management.
The curve is actually starting to flatten out in Japan or rather slow down unlike a lot of the other places in the world. So hopefully sooner than later, things will be back to normal there.
Will this also affect weibo and tieba in the future? Well, not the site themselves, but the ones who posts the leaks.Here's the article on ishuhui for better clarity:
Chinese Site Administrator Sentenced for Posting Early Shonen Jump Scans
Shueisha also pursues civil suit against admin of site that opened in 2013, had 400,000 unique userswww.animenewsnetwork.com
I can see manamoa posting the full chapters in the next hours. It's a miracle that this site is still doing fine.
If I'm not mistaken, Japan government can't apply martial law (it doesn't have the power to do this). That's why Japan government can only suggest people to stay in home.
Yeah, Golden Week is another holiday like those two, so it works much the same way.
Pretty sure they're on the chopping block next, I think. Might be in a year or so this happens.
I'm confident Shueisha's top digital seller will be One Piece with 60million volumes and thus continuing its reign of terror haha. Also somehow Kimetsu No Yaiba Will have minus 3million digital sales in Shueisha's 2020 fiscal report..
I mean, it would be the smart thing to do if Japanese people stop buying physical copies due to the pandemic.