"You see, in Japanese, both 'bootlegged' and 'pirated' translate to the same word, so they believe we have been selling fake copies of their works. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course."
Replying to @Th3MangaAddict
TIL: both "bootlegged" and "pirated" translate to 海賊版 in Japanese. No wonder there's confusion about the details. They think manga are actually being illegally printed and sold overseas ...
It is the Director of Decline who is responsible for Xitter refreshing posts before you can like them. The idea was dreamt up by his British division leader, who was formerly an expert in chemical weapons during the Great War.
"Shade troops" are recruited by the Director of Decline from the battlefields of recently slain empires in preparation for his next campaign. The current crop was drawn from the husks of Britain, Japan, and Germany with Rhodesian auxiliaries.
Multiple artists have come crawling back here. Substack is the same way. Go on, hang out with those sops who post some gross quiche they made, but one morning you'll be craving this place, the gutters and the filth and the violence, because it is alive. Dying, but alive.
"Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and most hostile to, the idea of escape?’ and gave the obvious answer: 'Jailers.'" -C.S. Lewis



















