User blog comment:Tinni/MangaHelpers will no longer host manga/@comment-1454424-20100618153343

No, no, it was clear that you were making a joke.

The irony here is the Kubo, Kishimoto and Oda are people who are very unlikely to suffer because of scanlation. Simply because, they are popular, they sell a lot of volumes and merchandise. Which is where the mangaka make most of their money. To Kubo, Kishimoto and Oda, the salary they earn from Shonen Jump is probably pocket change - that's assuming they even bother to collect a weekly check.

No, no, the people who suffer are the mangaka who don't have a manga that has 200+ anime episodes, bunch of movies, tons of merchandise and high volume sales. The ones who suffer are the new mangaka, or even old mangaka who still rely on their weekly pay-checks from Shonen Jump. These guys are severely under-paid as it is and unlike the "big ones", they probably don't have merchandise, animes etc to top-up their pay-check.

Of course, Kubo, Kishimoto and Oda were all in that position once. So the biggest impact scanlation has is that by decreasing the profit margin of Shonen Jump, they make it harder for Shonen Jump to green light new manga. Which is not good for the future. If there is little to no manga in the "pipelines", then the future of the manga industry is rather bleak.