The Controversial Practices of Fakku and Irodori Comics

Fakku, founded by Jacob, began as an Exhentai scraper, aiming to capitalize on Exhentai's popularity. Initially funded by student loans, Fakku later sought to poach users from Exhentai by alerting Wanimagazine about unlicensed content sharing. Fakku's dubious practices included continuing to share unlicensed content even after securing a deal with Wanimagazine, and publicly doxxing Exhentai's owner. Fakku's claims of supporting free speech and artists financially are contradicted by their actions, such as placing deceased artists' content behind paywalls and aggressively pursuing copyright removal requests.

Fakku's financial motivations are evident in their fundraising efforts, such as requesting donations for translations despite making significant profits. Their relationship with Irodori Comics is similarly contentious, with allegations of low-quality translations and underpayment of translators. Irodori Comics, potentially a proxy for Fakku, has been involved in extensive content censorship and questionable business practices, including not sharing profits with artists until certain sales thresholds are met. These actions have fueled criticism of both Fakku and Irodori Comics as entities more interested in profit than in principled stances on content sharing and artist support.