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Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 11] (ani.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Another week in the books. Let's chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.

Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

some trustworthy alternatives to Mangadex

Not really, no... I have two sources that I turn to in last resort when Mangadex doesn't have something and I can't get it legally. First is Weeb Central (formerly known as Manga See). They have a mihon extension that works to sidestep ads, so I don't even know how offensive their web ui might be. They do host direct scans of official releases though, so I would prefer not to have posts that link directly to them if possible. If you find a series on there that is being scanlated, then just link the scanlator's site directly if possible (cancerous ads and all, just give a warning).

The other source of last resort would be bato. I tend to avoid bato these days because its mihon extension was broken for a long time and I migrated away from it (not sure if it works now or not). However, I do see several series that I read where the credits page says that the SL group uploads both to mangadex and bato. So, it might be worth a try.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use Comick as my source for 99% of things on mihon. They typically have official or the best quality scans i've found. No idea if it's trustworthy or what that means but it works for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Didn't know that source. Thanks for the heads up. 😊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's kind of what I'm worried about. I'll wait and see if there are any other suggestions but it seems like I might have to stop posting some of the titles in the future.

Thanks for the links, I'll check them out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I tend to avoid bato these days because its mihon extension was broken for a long time

They had a domain change, and on the main site they wrote to select a different mirror. Guess this happened to you around one or two months ago?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It was more like a year or two ago at this point, before mihon existed and I was using tachiyomi. Domain changes can be tough. I have had a couple extensions break for that reason over time.