DEAR D. GRAY MAN FANDOM
Okay, so yes, the raws for the (first half of) 219th Night are out. I get it. Everyone’s really excited and there’re tears of joy and celebrations and crying.
You know what there also is? Recirculation and reposting of the actual raw pages. And it’s not just here on tumblr. I’ve seen them on twitter, they’re probably on facebook, and, most importantly, i’ve seen them posted on instagram.
Let me repeat that. People have been posting raw pages on instagram.
Hoshino-sensei has an instagram, as most of you may know by now. She’s seen these. I know she has, because she posted about this.
From her post:
どういうルートなのか分からないですが、発売日前の漫画を投稿しないで欲しいです…。インスタは画像が主体の場なので、余計に…マナーがあると信じたいです。 #インスタ #きらいに #なりたくない
Translation:
Although I do not know where the root of this comes from, I do not wish for the manga to be posted before its release date. Because the images are mainly hosted on instagram *, I want to believe that people will show more consideration. (i’m not at all sure on this part if someone can do a better translation, please go ahead)
[In hashtags] I don’t want to come to hate Instagram
I don’t want to come to hate Instagram.
I don’t want to come to hate Instagram.
I don’t want to come to hate Instagram.
Hoshino’s instagram is a personal account. This has been said before, in regards to fans who were extremely persistent in matters regarding when D. Gray Man would come back. The fact is that we’re extremely lucky that she even posts D. Gray Man on there in the first place. Be grateful for that. If this continues she might stop altogether.
Please, please take into consideration the feelings of mangaka before you publicly share information or pages of chapters that were leaked prior to the release date. They want everyone to enjoy their works but for overseas fans to have access to new chapters before a lot of Japanese fans do is really unfair. Especially since most Japanese fans actually buy the magazines, and are the ones who decide whether a series survives or flops.
* it seems as though she doesnt know about the leaks elsewhere besides instagram. please keep it that way and refrain from recirculating pages from the 219th night any further.