Mangamura, one of the biggest manga pirate sites in Japan, was shut down last April, with Japanese publishers suing site administrators.
The author argued that people who read manga in pirate sites for free would most likely not buy the manga they’ve already read.
And now, several mangaka have reported sales increases for their works after the site’s closure.
Because of the increased sales, these mangaka are claiming that more and more readers are turning to legal means when reading manga.
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