You Can't be a Manga-Ka if You're not Japanese....

[Zakura Storm]

I think this is dumb. I really want to be a shojo/ BL manga-ka. But people keep putting me down because I was born in America. sad

[tobi ame - xx]

☽ Life sucks that way. ☾

♠ Overflowing tears, with their reflecting shine, keep falling down my cheeks...
♥When our fingers made contact, the only thing that was scrambled was your loneliness...

[Fungii]

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You can't be a manga-ka because no matter what you do it won't be a manga, because UR NOT JAPANESE LOLOLOLOL
It's easier to write/draw in the direction you're meant to anyway neutral

[Zhevra]

I suggest you reincarnate as one.

Edit, an actual answer:

Maybe it's because most of weeaboos say "OMFG I WANNA BE A MANGOKA WEN I GROW UP!!!11". And then they start drawing without having any knowledge about art AT ALL, resulting in pictures which are pretty much an eye-rape.

Really, how can we take shitty drawings seriously?

[s h a s h a r o o -xx]

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♦τєsτιғy!♦

How about you just become a graphic novel artist, or a comic book artist. It means the same s**t anyways. Do you really have to be a manga-ka? neutral

♦τєsτιғy!♦

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[Mugetsu Ookamiza]

manga is just the Japanese word for comic book, so it doesn't matter if you call yourself a mangaka or a comicker it's the same thing.

[anime pev]

no one said life was going to be easy.

anyway, just don't let them get to you, you can always be an american manga-ka like mark crilly. razz besides, life isin't all manga, its really hard to get in te industry first, i think thats what you should be thinking about instead of "omg i'm not jap so i can't do it because people are putting me down"

just do your best and who cares what others think.

[Fungii]

s h a s h a r o o -xx

♪ єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy! gєτ up! gєτ up! σħ yєaħ!
s-s-s-sτaηđ up! đση'τ Ьє sħy!
pєøplє, pєøplє, pєøplє! gєτ up! gєτ up! gєτ up!
єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy... ♪

♦τєsτιғy!♦

How about you just become a graphic novel artist, or a comic book artist. It means the same s**t anyways. Do you really have to be a manga-ka? neutral

♦τєsτιғy!♦

♪ єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy ġєτ đøwη ġєτ đøwη ηøw!
s-s-s-sτaηđ up! đøη'τ Ьє sħy!
pєøplє, pєøplє, pєøplє! cuτ up, gєτ up, gєτ up!
єvєяyЬøđy τєsτiғy! ♪

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YES BCUZ ONLY MANGA-KA CAN MAKE KAWAII DESU MANGA AND BE FAMOUS LIKE KISHIMOTO!!!1!

[Serena Rhapsodos]

Maybe because you can't do it right. Anyway there are plenty of manga-ka who aren't japanese. You're just not looking hard enough.

[Zakura Storm]

I know, but people are so mean.

[Serena Rhapsodos]

Bionic Graffiti

s h a s h a r o o -xx

♪ єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy! gєτ up! gєτ up! σħ yєaħ!
s-s-s-sτaηđ up! đση'τ Ьє sħy!
pєøplє, pєøplє, pєøplє! gєτ up! gєτ up! gєτ up!
єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy... ♪

♦τєsτιғy!♦

How about you just become a graphic novel artist, or a comic book artist. It means the same s**t anyways. Do you really have to be a manga-ka? neutral

♦τєsτιғy!♦

♪ єvєяyЬøđy, єvєяyЬøđy ġєτ đøwη ġєτ đøwη ηøw!
s-s-s-sτaηđ up! đøη'τ Ьє sħy!
pєøplє, pєøplє, pєøplє! cuτ up, gєτ up, gєτ up!
єvєяyЬøđy τєsτiғy! ♪

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YES BCUZ ONLY MANGA-KA CAN MAKE KAWAII DESU MANGA AND BE FAMOUS LIKE KISHIMOTO!!!1!

OH NOES! You mean I won't be super kawaii doing mangaz all pretty likes!? crying

[ShigureAishite]

Zakura Storm

I know, but people are so mean.

rofl

[[Ren The Ryoko]]

Zakura Storm

I think this is dumb. I really want to be a shojo/ BL manga-ka. But people keep putting me down because I was born in America. sad

Be a comic artist then. That IS the English term for Manga-ka anyway. Manga = Graphic Novels. Manga-ka = Comic Writer.

[Mugetsu Ookamiza]

people are mean because, a, people are assholes, and b, manga fans are sick of wannabe "manga-ka" who aren't even Japanese trying to foist cliche crap on them that they obviously spent the most effort on trying to make it look "Japanese" or "manga-like" and thus didn't put nearly enough effort into the plot, characters, or creating their own art style. there's also comic fans who are sick of the "manga kiddies" acting as if comics aren't good enough for them when some comics are actually superior to some manga.

you want to step on the least amount of toes and get fewer disparaging remarks? say you want to create manga-inspired comics. some will still b***h, but there'll always be someone doing that, but you'll get less bitching overall.

[Mugetsu Ookamiza]

[Ren The Ryoko]

Zakura Storm

I think this is dumb. I really want to be a shojo/ BL manga-ka. But people keep putting me down because I was born in America. sad

Be a comic artist then. That IS the English term for Manga-ka anyway. Manga = Graphic Novels. Manga-ka = Comic Writer.

not all manga are graphic novels. for a comic to be a graphic novel it either has to be released in volume form (many contend that has to be the ORIGINAL format) or has to be a comic that has story and plot on par with a serious text novel (like Akira, that actually gets labeled a graphic novel by that definition).