How is it that reading manga is one of the most unrealistic types of media these days? $20 for four chapters you can finish in an afternoon is impossible for a lot of people, and all other options are dropping like flies.
paying for digital manga is an absolute fucking scam
From services like Manga UP, totally.
But I think Manga Plus, which is a flat subscription fee, is fine. Buying volumes on e-book stores like Bookwalker, Kobo or Kindle completely fine too (Kobo is the nicest IMO).
paying for media that i don't own in any sense is a complete non starter for me so we'll have to disagree about the value of subscriptions.
That's fair, but calling it a scam is a bit much in that case imo.
when ebooks barely cost less than physical volumes without any of the utility, that's absolutely scammy.
Not sure how it is for you, but most of the e-books are at least half the price of the physical volumes where I live. The only exception is the publisher Seven Seas, which is more 3/4 of the price.
For example, Demon Slayer is 12 euros physical, but 6 euros digital.
And e-books definitely have utility, like no need for storage space. They're also easier for travel, since it all fits on one device.
At least we can read stuff for free on the manga plus app, but pretty much anything that isn't on that app is going to be expensive like you said. And what if I don't want to read on mobile?
For the longest time I keep trying to find a variety of sources to get comics in case this happened. but Comick always had the most issues. So I kept getting my issues from them, and now it happened
I like weebcentral because they have RSS support, makes it very convenient to keep up with updates without needing to make yet another account on yet another site.
Here's hoping it won't become too popular or the axe might come for it next.
Fair point, but honestly so long as there is a website I don't really care that much what it is. I use AniList to track my actual reading progress so switching from one source to another is not a big deal. If the port goes down, we sail to a different one - such be the life of a pirrrrate.
That's fair, I am just salty about now having to migrate 120 series off of comick... And I haven't even finished migrating off of weebcentral like I meant to ages ago
Not my use case, sadly. I'll need to finally decide myself and spin up Suwayomi. Even if the original source is down, I'll still have the downloaded chapters.
Can anyone recommend a tool for tracking which comics I'm reading, but which doesn't host copyrighted material itself? I could host it myself if necessary.
I don't want to lose my progress and reading history when the next site shuts down.
Ideally the tracker could link to some sources but that's optional.
Tracking in itself is not illegal, think of TVDB, AniList, and MAL. Someone suggested using Kenmei, apparently you can also put where you read each manga.
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Endmaker@ani.social · 17 pts · 338d
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 17 pts · 338d
And I'll have to migrate all over again.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 338d
To what, do you think?
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 6 pts · 338d
A good chunk to Bato. For other stuff, not so sure.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 3 pts · 338d
oof. hopefully bato.onion works still.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 338d
How is it that reading manga is one of the most unrealistic types of media these days? $20 for four chapters you can finish in an afternoon is impossible for a lot of people, and all other options are dropping like flies.
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 338d
paying for digital manga is an absolute fucking scam.
it's a shame that so many great series will never license physical copies in english.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 337d
From services like Manga UP, totally.
But I think Manga Plus, which is a flat subscription fee, is fine. Buying volumes on e-book stores like Bookwalker, Kobo or Kindle completely fine too (Kobo is the nicest IMO).
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 337d
paying for media that i don't own in any sense is a complete non starter for me so we'll have to disagree about the value of subscriptions.
and when ebooks barely cost less than physical volumes without any of the utility, that's absolutely scammy.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 337d
That's fair, but calling it a scam is a bit much in that case imo.
Not sure how it is for you, but most of the e-books are at least half the price of the physical volumes where I live. The only exception is the publisher Seven Seas, which is more 3/4 of the price. For example, Demon Slayer is 12 euros physical, but 6 euros digital.
And e-books definitely have utility, like no need for storage space. They're also easier for travel, since it all fits on one device.
Unboxious@ani.social · 4 pts · 338d
At least we can read stuff for free on the manga plus app, but pretty much anything that isn't on that app is going to be expensive like you said. And what if I don't want to read on mobile?
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 14 pts · 338d
While I don't want to speculate, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same thing that happened to MangaDex.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 14 pts · 338d
SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 329d
Why are we blaming discord users here?
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 1 pts · 329d
C&D.
educational.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 338d
Comick 2 incoming.
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 338d
For the longest time I keep trying to find a variety of sources to get comics in case this happened. but Comick always had the most issues. So I kept getting my issues from them, and now it happened
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 337d
My only issue with Comick is that they'd have a lot of duplicate chapters
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 10 pts · 338d
@wjs018@ani.social I pinned this since it's quite important.
wjs018@ani.social · 7 pts · 338d
Thanks! I am primarily working in a lab today and haven't really been able to stay plugged in.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 338d
Oh. I guess this isn't a "wait it out" situation then.
braindamagebuddy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 338d
GG, can't have anything nice around these places.
yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 338d
I just started using it a week ago 🥲
Winter_Oven@piefed.social · 5 pts · 338d
Oh... I...had quite a few comics... Hm...
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 338d
What other good options are there?
Keegen@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 338d
I like weebcentral because they have RSS support, makes it very convenient to keep up with updates without needing to make yet another account on yet another site.
Here's hoping it won't become too popular or the axe might come for it next.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 338d
Someone needs to make an archival torrent of as much manga as possible
DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 338d
Note that weebcentral has already rebranded more than once, so I personally can't trust it as a stable source anymore
Keegen@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 338d
Fair point, but honestly so long as there is a website I don't really care that much what it is. I use AniList to track my actual reading progress so switching from one source to another is not a big deal. If the port goes down, we sail to a different one - such be the life of a pirrrrate.
DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 338d
That's fair, I am just salty about now having to migrate 120 series off of comick... And I haven't even finished migrating off of weebcentral like I meant to ages ago
Keegen@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 338d
Damn, that's a lot of series! I can see how with that amount things could get annoying.
DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 338d
Yeah, been putting off setting up something like a suwayomi server for ages, but if it can do mass migrations I might just have to this time
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in · 3 pts · 338d
F
speckledlemon@urusai.social · 3 pts · 338d
If you don’t use an app to read, it’s probably easier to switch to Kenmei.
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 7 pts · 338d
As far as I know, Kenmei is just a tracker?
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 338d
speckledlemon@urusai.social · 5 pts · 338d
It tracks progress but directly links to hosts, so you can read with it too, that’s actually the main feature.
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 1 pts · 338d
Not my use case, sadly. I'll need to finally decide myself and spin up Suwayomi. Even if the original source is down, I'll still have the downloaded chapters.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 338d
Does anyone have recommendations for those of us using apps?
spiffpitt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 338d
like Mihon?
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 337d
Yokai. Comick was the best source I'd found through Yokai. By a long shot.
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 3 pts · 338d
You can read it here on their official Discord: https://discord.com/channels/860696481837350912/860701547196579880/1417491617736036432
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 338d
Could you share an invite to the discord? I'd get it from their page but...
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 4 pts · 338d
https://discord.gg/comick
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 338d
Grazie
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 2 pts · 338d
this is, incredible.
You legit expect us to oust ourselves?
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 338d
Well dang. I guess there's no way to export reading history or follows?
Never mind I read the rest of the post.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 1 pts · 338d
wut
Gladaed@feddit.org · 1 pts · 338d
Was that a comic piracy website?
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 7 pts · 338d
Aggregator, but yes in the end.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 337d
Can anyone recommend a tool for tracking which comics I'm reading, but which doesn't host copyrighted material itself? I could host it myself if necessary.
I don't want to lose my progress and reading history when the next site shuts down.
Ideally the tracker could link to some sources but that's optional.
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 6 pts · 337d
Tracking in itself is not illegal, think of TVDB, AniList, and MAL. Someone suggested using Kenmei, apparently you can also put where you read each manga.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 337d
I've never used any of those, thank you for the tips!