Relationships between creatives and big
companies sometimes end up worse than a poorly handled divorce. The
mangaka sooncha dropped a real bombshell in the community by
announcing that his manga, Yang Can't Live Alone (Yang-senpai
wa Hitori de Ikiteikenai), will abruptly end its serialization on the Manga
UP! by Square Enix. The reason? A total and absolute fracture in
the relationship of trust with the publisher, forcing the author to
put a stop to his own story this coming August 13 with the release of his last
chapter.
The announcement was not without tension, as
the author had to apologize to readers for revealing this crisis a few days
before the release of the third compilation volume, scheduled for August 6.
Unable to curb print and digital distribution, Sooncha was so transparent that
she even suggested her followers cancel their pre-orders if the current
situation generated corporate distrust. Right now, the creator is in full and
tense negotiations to try to recover the publishing rights and be able to
continue the tender romance between Yuu and the mysterious exchange student
Yang on another platform in the future.
What is truly alarming is that this is not an
isolated case. Just at the end of July, the creators of the manga Make
Heroine wo Katasetai!!, Michiru Nakayama and Tatsuwipe, announced
exactly the same thing: their definitive departure from the publishing house
Akita Shoten because it became impossible to maintain a stable and respectful
work environment with the managers. These incidents reveal a growing friction
within the manga industry, where authors prefer to paralyze their
projects and fight tooth and nail for the rights to their works rather than
continue working under unacceptable conditions.
Seeing that more and more authors are plucking
up the courage to leave the big publishers when the work environment becomes
unsustainable
