[amoxi]

ahh it would all be half bad, if I actually could read japanese, nothing would bar me from buying dozens and dozens of original titles, even though the import takes some time, but the prize in the end isn't higher than an average soft-cover book here.
But being the way it is, I can't read japanese, nontheless I regularly buy original tankoubons from most favoured artists (and there are quite some), and gladly know whats going on because of scanlations (but it's always, like mentioned above, quite nice to hold the real book in hands rather than clicking on pics on my screen). I really hope too scanlation groups won't give up working on Drap titles.
Sure Core magazine likes money, but I'm asking myself how large the fraction of their money actually is, which they make with fans who buy their works outside of little island Japan. I don't think this part is as big, but it's exactly this population of fans who are hit hardest by this. And it's not as if they are trying to conquer a world market, by selling english publications as well, which would be automatically accessible for a larger audience.

I know this discussing and ranting is futile in the end, it's their decision and they are sure as hell not concerned by our opinion as foreigners, but venting my anger helps a bit haha.