| Did you know that earlier this year there was a major earthquake in the Noto peninsula region of Japan? Magnitude 7.6, on a New Year's Day. Over 400 dead and 170,000 buildings destroyed... That's Mitsumi's hometown, so they're raising funds for the reconstruction project, which seems to be still ongoing. Apparently, all we have to do is read Chapter 1 of the manga from their website (for free). For every person reading through it, 100 yen (~65 cents USD) will be donated to the fund. I don't even read Japanese, but it's nice spending 3 minutes just looking at the art and contributing in some tiny way. So far, 57,338 57,468 people have visited apparently, which would add up to quite a sum. EDIT: As of January 20, they've hit their goal of 100,000 visitors, which would result in a 10 million yen donation.  You can read from the official site ("Skip and Loafer and Noto") here: https://skiloa.kodansha.co.jp/ Crunchyroll News coverage: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/12/23/skip-and-loafer-manga-noto-earthquake-reconstruction-support-project Also, once you finish reading, it looks like you can continue reading through the first 3 volumes of the manga. The event ends January 22, 2025, according to Crunchyroll. (This is a repost of https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2195747 from the Season 2 board) (Not sure about the forum rules, hope this isn't inappropriate) |
perseiiJan 20, 9:21 PM
| Thank you for sharing this! I’ve just read through it, and I truly hope more people can contribute by doing something so simple, yet so helpful. |
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| So, I can't use bots to upvote the count? |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!  |
Reply to FutoiOtaku
If too many people take advantage of this, the manga publishers have to find a lot of money from somewhere. Why not just donate directly with actual money?
| @FutoiOtaku It’s up to 10 million yen. That’s not such a large amount of money for Kodansha. |
| Update: They've hit their goal of 100,000 visitors, which would result in a 10 million yen donation. There's still about a day left to the free access to the first 3 volumes (in Japanese, though). Go give it a read if you're interested. |
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