Passive income: NO

Earning passive income as a manga artist is challenging and rare. Most income comes from active work like creating and selling manga, which requires ongoing effort. To achieve passive income, artists might rely on royalties from published works, but this typically requires significant success and a large fanbase. Automation or outsourcing is limited in creative work, and only a few outliers reach passive income levels. Many artists on platforms like Reddit and YouTube share that consistent income requires continuous content creation. Misleading expectations include the belief that simply publishing a manga will lead to passive income without ongoing promotion and engagement. Realistically, passive income is more achievable for established artists with popular series, while newcomers often struggle to reach this level.