Talk:RWBY (2015 manga)/@comment-25555436-20160211234820/@comment-25555436-20160212000600

They make it and sell it digitally through the store, meaning no money lost in manufacturing and exporting if someone wants to buy it overseas. Later they can freely translate it to japanese and sell it to them. If they wanted money, that was a perfectly good option.

I don't see any good reason for why release something first in Japan when it's not of Japanese origin. Most japanese people don't even give enough shits about the west to even consider an export of their works unless it's profitable enough, much less release it first in the west than in Japan. And many times, even when the westen fanbase is big, they still give them the short end of the stick, if they choose to give them a part of it at all.

So why does RT release the manga on Japan first, when the contrary would have never happened if RWBY was made in Japan? Why give a pancake to someone who would never give you their pancakes?