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  • Can I post about Mihon here?

    Sure!

    As for sources, almost my entire library is Mangadex with just a few exceptions. I have a couple Manga Plus series that I follow, one VIZ series, and then the odd scanlator group here or there that posts things to their page way before Mangadex and have an extension.

    But seriously though, I just ran the numbers and I am at ~95% Mangadex.

    Edit: If you really want to sail the seas and get pirated official releases, the Weeb Central extension is what MangaSee became, so it's probably a pretty thorough repository. I can't claim firsthand experience with it though.

  • I mostly use Mangadex, but also bato.to, Manga Plus and some group specific sources. Also Komga, but that's only if you run your own Komga server.

  • Can I post about Mihon here ?

    Not sure tbh.

    What are the best manga sources ?

    Currently the primary source that I find the most trustworthy is Mangadex as they:

    • provide author/creator links to purchase their content directly on the manga/manhwa/comic page.
    • have been around for several years now.
    • have no ads and are funded by users, (their self-ads on April 1st are pretty great tbh)
    • provide frequent and timely updates on downtime and repairs (their means of communication could be better as they currently use Discord instead of Matrix or SimpleX)

  • imo the best source is a locally hosted komga server. Download/purchase manga for hi res copies from places like AB/nyaa/baka/etc, rip scanlations with something like hakuneko or fmd2. Place in a folder, install komga+komf, point it at said folder. Komga scans in manga, komf scrapes metadata from manga updates or MAL. Use the Komga plugin in mihon and your progress is tracked both ways.

    Much higher res most of the time, better translations, faster, more reliable, no ads, no tracking, no downtime unless your shit breaks, consistent across devices, no worrying about sites going down, manga getting taken down because it got licensed or group drama or whatever, and if you get tired of your library you can still just jump to the mangadex plugin or whatever I guess

    I am somewhat conflicted on manga piracy. On one hand you should buy manga because the sales numbers for titles that aren’t stuff like one piece are often reallllly slim. On the other hand companies like viz are really shitty and my understanding is that the actual mangaka gets very little money from English releases. My suggestion is to learn Japanese. そうすれば、漫画をすべて読めます

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