[EN] Cover Ripping in High Quality

[OisE]

Ok I am a rookie but I want to try to help too.

For Kakao (page.kakao) :

1. Go to the series page
2. Press ctrl+maj+i ( inspect)
3. You need to look for the image URL => open all the div sections :

Spoiler: Example Step 1

Step 1 :

https://imgur.com/fh5DyBz

Spoiler: Example Step 2

Step 2 :

https://imgur.com/vsudqLj

4. Save that URL or open it in another tab​

5. Remove "&filename=th3" from the URL.​

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For example:

https://dn-img-page.kakao.com/download/resource?kid=b347ty/hynaye7t90/uZZkNrdULIno3RbkKMAr91&filename=th3

Becomes :

https://dn-img-page.kakao.com/download/resource?kid=b347ty/hynaye7t90/uZZkNrdULIno3RbkKMAr91

Spoiler: Another example 2

Last example:

https://dn-img-page.kakao.com/download/resource?kid=dLZ7e/hzMUa0FRnk/Sx1j4q6cM1El1kBkeQW230&filename=th3

Becomes :

https://dn-img-page.kakao.com/download/resource?kid=dLZ7e/hzMUa0FRnk/Sx1j4q6cM1El1kBkeQW230

Hope it helps !

Edit : You can increase the number after th.

Spoiler: Real last example

https://dn-img-page.kakao.com/download/resource?kid=dLZ7e/hzMUa0FRnk/Sx1j4q6cM1El1kBkeQW230&filename=th4

 

[Tristan__]

ac.qq (Tencent Comics)

Firefox:
1. copy the image url (a simple right click on the image works)
2. Open the image in a new tab and open the network tab of the developer tools
3. Remove everything after the slash

https://manhua.acimg.cn/vertical/0/21_12_24_5700f0744d8c94e8ecc12ffb48421111_1676953490167.jpg/420

https://manhua.acimg.cn/vertical/0/21_12_24_5700f0744d8c94e8ecc12ffb48421111_1676953490167.jpg/

4. Right click on the request and click "save image as"

Spoiler: Image

6. remove the hyphen (-) at the end of the file name

-vertical-0-21_12_24_5700f0744d8c94e8ecc12ffb48421111_1676953490167.jpg-

-vertical-0-21_12_24_5700f0744d8c94e8ecc12ffb48421111_1676953490167.jpg

Spoiler: Image

7. save the image

Edge:
1. do step 1 & 3 of the firefox tutorial
2. right click the image
3. save the image (edge saved it as jfif for me and jpg for another tester )
4. convert the image to jpg if it's jfif (MD only allow png, jpg and gif)

 

[HDMI1]

Anyone have "official" steps from getting a cover from https://www.futabasha.co.jp/ other than opening the reader, right-clicking on the cover image, opening it in a new tab, and getting it from there?

Off-topic question, will this site be added to the "Retail Site" list for series information as their sell on their own instead of going through Bookwalker/Amazon/eBookJapan?

 

[BzzBzz]

Off-topic question, will this site be added to the "Retail Site" list for series information as their sell on their own instead of going through Bookwalker/Amazon/eBookJapan?

Not "instead" but "in addition" like any other publisher.

Edit: I can't even find "their" store. Here's random manga https://www.futabasha.co.jp/book/97800000136620000000 There's 16 links to 3rd-party stores. No "their" store :/ So no, they don't sell on their own.

 

[Shirobane]

For Kodansha US, go to the individual volume page for the cover art you want then right click on the image and open it in a new tab.
This will give you a thumbnail of the cover, with a URL ending in "SeriesName_VolumeNumber-0000x0000.jpg". The resolution of the thumbnail you're served varies based on browser zoom and monitor resolution, you can get anything from 300px to 2000px thumbnails. There's an original resolution image hidden in their backend, which you can't get to through normal site usage.
Take this link and remove "-0000x0000" from it, leaving you with "SeriesName_VolumeNumber.jpg". This is the highest resolution version of the cover available, and this is the one you should use.

For example;



Note: Some image filenames have "_cvr" in them, like "RentAGirlfriend_04_cvr-717x1024.jpg" - don't remove that, the correct slug for the full size cover is "RentAGirlfriend_04_cvr.jpg" and the same process can be followed.

Looks like with them launching their own store things have changed.
The thumbnails are now e.g. https://cdn.kodansha.us/statics/comics/2020/12/9781632369970-RentAGirlfriend_01.jpg?w=660&f=webp and to get a larger version strip everything after the jpg, i.e. https://cdn.kodansha.us/statics/comics/2020/12/9781632369970-RentAGirlfriend_01.jpg

 

[Tristan__]

Comikey
1. go to the series page (e.g. this)
2. right click and click "copy image link"
3. save the url or open it in another tab
4. replace the first link with the second one

https://media.comikey.com/gazo/960/avif/comics/jk2qoZ/6b126ff8ef45.jpg
https://comikey.com/media/comics/jk2qoZ/6b126ff8ef45.jpg

format:

https://media.comikey.com/gazo/960/avif/comics/<id>/<name>.<ext>
https://comikey.com/media/comics/<id>/<name>.<ext>