If some organization actually offered real translations for legal distribution, non-crippled streaming capability, and some of my money would go back to the original studio, I absolutely would pay.
Use Japanese middleman services to buy franchise directly tied to specific anime.
Congratulations, by doing so and even buying as little as t-shirt you already supported the content creators of your thing more than having a Crunchyroll subscription for an entire year.
If some organization actually offered real translations for legal distribution, non-crippled streaming capability, and some of my money would go back to the original studio, I absolutely would pay.
Crunchyroll is not that organization.
Use Japanese middleman services to buy franchise directly tied to specific anime.
Congratulations, by doing so and even buying as little as t-shirt you already supported the content creators of your thing more than having a Crunchyroll subscription for an entire year.