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.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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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.
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)
I'm using TachiJ2K with these “sources”:
I despise how diasporic everything is, instead of the Darknet P2P I was promised.
Can't believe how many of you are extremely behind.
Can't believe how many of you are extremely behind.
What do you mean by that?
The last two replies before me, recommended a website that had been throughfully compromised, twice.
Centralization is exactly what leads to these issues. Being on Lemmy, one would think there would be more mirrors of sources on TOR, I2P, SimpleX, GNUNet, etc.. A friend of mine even showed me an onion group that strictly publishes scanlateds on webp format. I'm still financially ruined to resume my mangadouga format.
So a site gets compromised, fixes it quite thoroughly (they even completely took it down for quite some time) and you no longer trust it?
Also, twice? Both your sources refer to the same incident.
Being on Lemmy
The decentralized nature of Lemmy is hardly the reason I'm using it and I think I'm not remotely alone in this. In fact, I think it has a lot of downsides, particularly in regards to usability.
Are you trying to lead somewhere with this? Or can you empathize the diaspora of sourcing?
Why do we need “Mangadex, but also bato.to, Manga Plus and some group specific sources. Also Komga,” when you should just be able to connect on a p2p, and find your manga, in your scan group[s] of choice and language selection? What happened to sourcing?
I think the main issue here is that not every group that provides free scanlations has the technical know-how (or the interest) to tackle the issue. They see the easy and open platform of sites like MD or Bato, and use it to upload to a bigger user base.
I don't necessarily after nor disagree with this, but after 30 years in IT I am not surprised at all.
I’m extremely aware of this. But I’m still too financially destitute to even tackle a simple manga format. May our influence reach further readers than just the technological illiterate.
Are you trying to lead somewhere with this?
I'm trying to say I don't agree with your stance that we should use P2P and decentralize everything.
Then enjoy the nth time any of those sites get taken down.