The popular piracy site OPScans, responsible for leaking numerous Weekly Shonen Jump manga series like One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen, has shut down — but not before bringing some less-than-desired attention to major rival leakers.Last week, OPScans announced that they would cease all unofficial translations on “One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, or other mangas for the upcoming future,” according to their post via X (formerly Twitter). Notably, they also wished fellow pirate translation site TCBScans well for the future, directly linking to their X page in a post that has now been deleted. Naturally, with OPScans and TCBScans being long-time rivals, and TCB appearing to make light of OPScans shutting down last week, many on social media took this to be a form of payback in kind.OPScans’ shutdown follows recent aggressive attempts by manga and manhwa publishers to protect their IP. Tachiyomi was forced to end development after an aggressive pursuit by the Korean Kakao Corporation. This followed a police bust in December on one of the “world’s biggest manga piracy sites” in cooperation with Kakao, which seemed to be an intentional exaggeration by Kakao to put all similar sites on notice. These pursuits will likely grow in number and intensity as the manga industry continues to grow in worldwide appeal and profitability. For example, it was recently revealed that Kakao’s Japanese manga app, Piccoma, saw one of the world’s highest transactions by volume in 2023.
The popular piracy site OPScans, responsible for leaking numerous Weekly Shonen Jump manga series like One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen, has shut down — but not before bringing some less-than-desired attention to major rival leakers.
Last week, OPScans announced that they would cease all unofficial translations on “One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, or other mangas for the upcoming future,” according to their post via X (formerly Twitter). Notably, they also wished fellow pirate translation site TCBScans well for the future, directly linking to their X page in a post that has now been deleted. Naturally, with OPScans and TCBScans being long-time rivals, and TCB appearing to make light of OPScans shutting down last week, many on social media took this to be a form of payback in kind.
OPScans’ shutdown follows recent aggressive attempts by manga and manhwa publishers to protect their IP. Tachiyomi was forced to end development after an aggressive pursuit by the Korean Kakao Corporation. This followed a police bust in December on one of the “world’s biggest manga piracy sites” in cooperation with Kakao, which seemed to be an intentional exaggeration by Kakao to put all similar sites on notice. These pursuits will likely grow in number and intensity as the manga industry continues to grow in worldwide appeal and profitability. For example, it was recently revealed that Kakao’s Japanese manga app, Piccoma, saw one of the world’s highest transactions by volume in 2023.
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