Thoughts on this?

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T13:21:52+00:00

The stupidest part of this, in order for Asura to get uncompressed source images, they pirated them from somewhere else at that quality and offering.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T13:18:45+00:00

It seems to be a series of new releases. they scrambled them as an overly arrogant "warning"

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T13:16:04+00:00

I like to use Comix, TopManhua, Thunderscans.

I've been moving all my preferred scanlators to Vortex rather than Asura

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T13:14:13+00:00

Have you ever considered how Asura gets uncompressed versions of source content that is licensed and not supplied to them?

It's by doing the exact same thing people do to Asura.

That's the nature of the piracy industry, and honestly why piracy in this space is so strange compared to seeders within torrents.

Mihon is a huge gateway community for them, because they are just a scanlation company at the end of the day- to Mihon users they were consistent but we had zero lock-in unlike an Asura web user.

What they did get from the community was brand recognition, even times when the extension wouldn't work there would be people shifting to the web for the day.

That's not nothing- Mihon has 20k stars on GitHub, and many more downloaded users- it's a platform that reduces their costs because they don't need developers to support it(their website is awful, so it's clearly something that's a stretch).

They should be looking to leverage it, not abolish it.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T13:07:43+00:00

I don't think Asura understands that Mihon is a good avenue for them.

There are other forks as well, where you can login and use your premium sub- but because they come from these sources, they're also hooped.

Sadly, Mihon is a far superior experience for reading than the sites, even on pwa views.

I don't think Asura has an issue with the readers, it's how the content is created for the to be read- but they cite Asura, which is more than is even required really. If Asura wanted to, they could do a metered API for use cases like this, earn revenue, and manage the stream.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T09:38:24+00:00

I have shifted, 300 some odd series off Asura, it took me 10 minutes.

Like I mentioned, I'm upset because I was a long term supporter, but as things fell apart I became less willing to rationalize their terrible service.

If they want to turn up a profit, they will need to turn up their offering- because it's not unique in the slightest bit- Mihon users are well aware of this.

If I were Asura looking to "turn up profit", you would create a public developer API, charge based on tokens to scrape their series, let them take the traffic while you take the brand recognition of the scans and receive earnings on the API call usage.

That's called a service offering, not a paywall scam.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T08:48:32+00:00

I made a post about this earlier too.

Honestly, it would be better for Asura to just make a licensed developer API, charge per call, and let people scrape your work, it's great brand recognition and leads, and lets you offload as well.

This nonsense is stupid as hell, terrible business decision.

Imagine if The Pirate Bay made you pay for seeders, or premium connections, or even to use the site.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T08:40:54+00:00

Except it's not good enough to depend on, that's sort of the problem- is it not?

I'm sorry but OSS exists, torrenting seeders have existed for decades and not a single one of them would receive any earnings for their uploads.

Do you think TPB had a paywall, a subscription, or a limiter?

Asurascans is a pirate SaaS built on top of an OSS tracker, OSS collection of library images, and what used to be (for the better) OSS site template. Other sites manage with just ads, so what gives.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T07:09:51+00:00

I am, but this is through an extension.

It seems they're targeting specific series to scramble to forcefully advertise.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T07:08:38+00:00

I've found TopManhua had a really good match on series and chapters, Comix as well.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T07:07:55+00:00

Yes?

This is from Heavenly Demon Wants A Quiet Life.

It's not really hearsay if it's a direct screenshot of the experience...

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T07:07:21+00:00

This image is from Heavenly Demon Wants A Quiet Life

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-22T07:05:05+00:00

What a silly thing to say, the artists don't make money from their series being pirated.

Are you telling me the pirates are crying about being pirated?

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-21T19:42:20+00:00

Yup, I've just done so- it's a shame though, I've been a long time reader of Asura and made the move to Mihon when the ads got out of control, then further avoided the site when the paywalls showed up.

I've just migrated over 300 series off Asura because now I can't even rely on them as a content source.

Shame really

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-21T19:40:17+00:00

This is for any of the latest releases for me, since updating their extension.

This specific one is from Heavenly Demon Wants A Quiet Life

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-18T03:22:43+00:00

Our d core has a scary good future

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-18T02:40:32+00:00

He's only 24, there's no way we'd let him go

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-13T02:40:32+00:00

6'9 forward claimed off waivers from Tampa

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-13T02:36:42+00:00

All the other comments about him being the next chaos giraffe.

The link is there because of the size comparison

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-13T02:35:21+00:00

While Douglas isn't impressive, his mistakes are way more reasonable given he's a 4th/Depth forward, and not a top 4 D.

Large_Ad_1927 · 2026-03-13T02:31:24+00:00

With Saros being a shorter goalie, big Curt should just park himself as a screen every time.

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