Seriously, I want to give you my money so please print the rest of your series, at least finish A Strange and Mystifying Story and please please please don’t half-ass Does the Flower Blossom. I beg you.

In all honesty, I have never purchased a digital copy of manga, so I cannot comment on their quality. However, I do know that a lot of releases by the DMG teams have a very poor reputation amongst readers. It’s hard to spend my money on something that I would like to read but won’t fully enjoy due to poor grammar or editing. If this hiatus is used to crack down on the teams so that quality improves, then I’m all for it. However, if the hiatus is used to revamp the business model so that printed editions are given less priority than digital ones (or possibly even gotten rid of all together), then I will be really sad. In that case, I would just ask that you price digital editions more appropriately. I’m positive that it doesn’t cost the same amount to publish a printed book as to release a digital one. I understand a business’s focus is on profit, but if it comes at the cost of your customers’ loyalty, then I think you need to re-think a few things.

I work in the service industry as well, and I’d just like to say, as both an employee and customer in that industry, that I expect to be given the back story. No one should ever be expected to be both patient and forgiving when they are offered so little explanation.

I’m really annoyed with DMP. Not only for the ludicrous delay, but also for the fact that you’re quite obviously contemplating scrapping print enditions altogether. Despite the fact that I have to pay nearly double the price of a book to import it to Australia, I still do and will because I appreciate and prefer printed editions.

If printing is no longer financially feesable, I will respect your decision. However, if you plan on transferring the print licenses to your DMG teams, I will refuse to purchase anything from your company ever again. If you plan on giving the projects to your DMG teams to cut the cost of paying professionals to do the work for you, I will refuse to purchase anything from your company ever again – and I will tell everyone who will listen to do the same.

The quality of your digital releases range from quite good to a downright waste of my money. Once every month or so, DMG releases a decent title translated and edited by a decent team, but in between are a dozen or so mediocre titles done by a pretty mediocre team.

I prefer print but I will buy digital, if the series is done professionally and is reasonably priced. I’ve purchased many titles from DMG that are edited extremely poorly, leaving me to question your company’s standards in allowing these projects to be released in such a condition. Of course, not all of them are bad, but I think you need to respect your customers, and the publishing industry, by having professionals work on your licenses.

You’re seriously doing your company damage, here.

One thing for sure is that I’m glad that I know now when is the rest of Ze is coming out. Its been over a year since the last volume, so to see that its still ongoing is a relief.

I’m in somewhat of a panic that Finder is not in the schedule for next year. I already have all the released volumes, so please don’t cut this amazing manga out.

The last thing I want to say is PLEASE read your own blogs, and do something about the suggested licenings. I want to see the novel DeadLock in English, I’m sure that it won’t be as hard to do that, after all you do have some of the auther’s work like S.

As a professional business, I doubt you need to hear it to know this, but trust is a key component to keeping consumers happy and spending. Like many others, I am unhappy about this setback, but as long as we are still getting publications for these works, I won’t complain [too much].