Pixiv is a platform of Japanese origin where
artists can share their art, either publicly or through a subscription scheme. From
the latter, Pixiv FANBOX also emerges , which can be defined as the
“Patreon of Illustrators” , since users can subscribe to an artist to
have access to their content, paying a monthly fee established by the
illustrator himself.
Well, as nice as it sounds, it turns out that the
platform has fallen prey to a series of cancellations and censorship of its
content , highlighting the fact that VISA and MasterCard withdrew
their financial services from the site as a measure of pressure. to the type of
content that is published on Pixiv (which includes everything you can imagine,
yes, EVERYTHING).
It turns out that these financial services
companies (bank cards) decided to withdraw from Pixiv because they did not want
to be related to the type of content that is published there, dealing a serious
blow to the art industry in Japan. Shortly after, American
Express also pulled its Pixiv and Pixiv FANBOX services, meaning that it is
currently nearly impossible for fans around the world to support their favorite
artists in Japan.
As a result of all this, Pixiv has been removing
R-18 illustrations and constantly banning accounts of artists exclusively
dedicated to this type of content. According to user
research, around 10 percent of adult content has disappeared from the site. And
why are we talking about this again? Well, it turns out that Nekotoufu ,
the author of “ Onimai: I'm Now
Your Sister! ( Oniichan wa Oshimai! )” was the
most recent victim of this.
Although the manga is published through the Monthly
Comic Rex service of the Ichijinsha publisher , the
author shares the chapters of “Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!” in advance
through his Pixiv FANBOX account , charging his fans a monthly
subscription.
The problem came when he published the most recent chapter,
“Chapter 87”, on Pixiv FANBOX, which did not last long since it
reported that the site's moderation team canceled the publication of the
chapter and demanded that the author make the “pertinent modifications.” :
- « Currently,
the pre-release on FANBOX has received a moderation review and is no
longer available. In my opinion there is nothing that requires revision,
but I will add some tiles and try to publish it later »,
wrote the author.
This constant control over content on Pixiv has
caught the attention of Internet users , and although “Onimai:
I'm Now Your Sister!” It's also not the “healthiest” manga out there, the
fact that it received a call for attention makes it clear that not even
registered manga authors can be safe.
- « How
long have you been publishing the Onimai manga on Pixiv? I think it is the
first time they have imposed a sanction on him, and he has published more
spicy chapters in the past .
- « This
is an obstruction of business, when will Pixiv be sanctioned for going
against freedom of expression? ».
- « Pixiv
is already in decline, there is nothing we can do .»
- " If
the manga is being sanctioned like this, I don't want to see what they
could do to the anime adaptation ."
- " With
the pressure that credit card companies are putting on them, they
practically have complete control of what can be published on Pixiv ."
- « Pixiv
is making these kinds of stupid moves while still allowing “AI artists” to
make money on their platform . »
- « We
will have to return to the caveman era and doujinshi will once again
depend on physical sales at conventions, wasn't the Internet a free place? ».
- « Someone
needs to create a site to replace Pixiv as soon as possible, this is like
what happened with YouTube a few years ago, they no longer care about
their users .»
Source: Otakomu
