@jecroisenlasuperioritedubel says that:
Firstly , We shall set Our facts : MangaDex is a Non-profit & Volunteer-run Scanlation & Discussion Web-site launched in 2018/01 by developer - known publicly as - Hologfx , NamiComi is an U.S. of America Delaware-registered , S.E.C. Form D & Companies house NAMICOMI UK LTD - with Henry Lin as the named secretary ,Start-up with It's founders are being listed in Multiple Business Data-bases as Henry Lin as C.E.o. & Tristan Deloche C.I.o. , moreover ; on the status of accusations , We can say that personnel Over-lap is demonstrable , e.g./ Tristan Deloche's Public Linktree lists Active roles on both MangaDex & NamiComi while a GitHub takedown filed 18 Mar 2021 lists the repository as
www.github.com/holo-gfx/mangadex - confirming the handle « holo-gfx » was hosting MangaDex’s code at That time and a Surviving fork - ntumods/mangadex-1- keeps « holo-gfx » as the Original Commit author and snippets from /a/ Thread discussions about MangaDex’s D.M.C-r.a.-wave state , one may note that the claim is anecdotal , but ‘tis the First Explicit & Public pairing of the Legal name with the alias : « Henry Lin is better known as Hologfx, founder of MangaDex. » , ergo ; at least part of the developer cohort behind MangaDex also incorporated NamiComi in 2022, so the two organisations are closely affiliated on a personnel level even though their legal structures differ meaning , in essence , people who say " ' twas always the Same people. " & " MangaDex was bought. " is - plain - incorrect in Their assertions , alas ; MangaDex’s own 2025/05 F.A.q. says NamiComi « accepted to take management of the site and its domain; no transaction was performed. »
And while That text does not name individuals , the Corporate entity now shielding MangaDex is the same one Tristan Deloche & Henry Lin controls moreover ; Spanish-language wikipedia notes that MangaDex « recently activated a new support method through its official page on NamiComi » , acknowledging a Formal bridge between the sites - 4chan disclosure , How-ever informal It may be , matches the Circumstantial hierarchy , as in , if one of those 2 directors was historically in charge of MangaDex under an handle , It’d - logically - be the C.E.o. rather than the C.I.o. , notwithstanding ;MangaDex staff - flatly - stated « We won’t become Crunchyroll » , animecorner.me states - i.e./ They don’t plan to purge Every-thing and go Fully Legitimate with licenses , and in Other hand It doesn’t appear that MangaDex’s D.M.C-r.a.-wave was done with mens rea as when in Lumen Database queried for « mangadex.org » with a Date filter of 2025/05/13 – 2025/05/17 more than 120 Individual D.M.C-r.a requests surfaces and faking hundreds D.M.C-r.a. claims would require coöperation from Google & al. , which is in Diplomatic speech : « They didn’t. » , whenceforth ; Mine investigations found that NamiComi & MangaDex are Deeply intertwined and although NamiComi doen’t serve as a Scanlation group on MangaDex , It acts as a Partnered platform for Original Comic content , now is the Managing entity behind MangaDex and consequently the relationship is not one of Random allies but essentially the MangaDex creators’ repurposing Their expertise - and even Their domain - under a New & More Legally Structured entity , though ; the delay & the Prior lack of transparency about Their Dual roles and failure to warn shall draw some criticism , alas – on the other hand ; It may be true that the Over-lapping personnel had or may discussed putting MangaDex behind a Formal company for years , precisely to mitigate Future Legal threats , Mine Ultime reaction is : Serves Them right , funny how fragile holiness becomes when It's not Me breaking It. The truth , as seen , is that NamiComi & MangaDex share Common ownership and MangaDex is not changing hands - just Legal differences , not practical.
