Filter by chapter count/page count when searching for manga [complicated, see dev response]

[LeoTal]

I would like an option to the advanced search which allows you to filter by a minimum (or maximum) number of chapters.
If "only with translate chapters in language" is selected, then only counting the number of chapters in that language.
Alternatively the metric counted could be pages.
I want this feature primarily to sort away manga with few chapters, I usually want to read something with a substantial number of published chapters, so this feature would save me a lot of time, and I hope other readers here would appreciate it too.

 

[tristan9]

Do this, but on the search page. I don't know why you are making a big fuss about it not being possible.

That's an entirely different request; and it wouldn't work either. This is a chapter search, while the advanced search is a manga search. Anyway.

 

[CarnegieSenpai]

FWIW this is also a feature I'd like. Literally any solution to filter out manga that only have a few chapters and will never be updated, or are just beginning. Even messily implemented where multiple translations of a single chapter are counted its better than the feature not existing

 

[zauza]

just release beta sort by chapter count, we will try find out another way to get suitable search.
we just want read manga that have many chapter

 

[Jmoneymilly6]

First of all we can't see the amount of chapters each manga/comic has. It would be amazing to be able to choose the amount of chapters as a filter. Sadly many endless hours looking for a new read clicking on chapter less titles or titles with 1-5 chapters.

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[HelperHand]

Already asked, the answer is: "difficult to implement"

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[syntheretique]

I wonder what kind of db mangadex uses. Relational databases and SQL have provided HAVING clauses for a long time.

Edit: ok it's a matter of chapters existing in different languages and making the feature ambiguous.

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[BraveDude8]

I wonder what kind of db mangadex uses. Relational databases and SQL have provided HAVING clauses for a long time.

Edit: ok it's a matter of chapters existing in different languages and making the feature ambiguous.

Also, split chapters. "53" available chapters sounds great until you realise only 7 of them are in the language you want, and they're 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 7.5. A simple chapter number is incredibly deceptive.

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[tspring]

Is there an option to add a minimum chapter numbr filter on manga? Sometimes i'm just looking for stories i can really sink into but finding 130 plus chapter manga is hard!

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[kuroikenshin]

Hello people,

I've been reading on this site for a long time but finally made an account so I could suggest improvements so that the site would be better.

My main issue with being a speed reader is I blaze through mangas constantly and as with pretty much anyone I hate waiting for the next chapters. Nothing wrong with it, I know things take time but I would really be happy if the search filter included a function for how many chapters have to already be released to show on the search or at least for there to be a function to sort manga by how many chapters are out.

I don't know about others but I've read through all(and I mean all) of the genres I like and am now branching into different genres and a high chapter count is what makes me stay with a manga.

If it's possible although probably controversial a frequency of release would also be nice to have in a search function.

Peace!

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[s0hlless]

can we search by most amount of chapters or least amount of chapters? i think that would be great. i thought we used to be able to. and also by completed.

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[Tcof]

A feature for search. Like in anilist.co you can filler min and max amount of chapter, and volume.

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[Kaim6]

Advanced Search needs a Filter for minimum chapter amount or whatever the correct term for it is. Just something like 1+, 5+, 10+, 20+, 30+, 50+ chapters and so on.
Need me the ability to search for manga with some meat on their bones. Or just +18 stuff that isn't posted without any chapters.

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[jamaicandiva]

Currently, when you do a search you can filter according to the languages it has been translated into, and all comics that have “some” chapter according to your selection will appear. That results in flooding the results with comics with abandoned translations, with only a few chapters (if more than one).
In other words, a very basic feature for those looking for language-specific comics is remarkably unhelpful.


Therefore, I would like to suggest an additional setting to list comics only if they have a high percentage that have been translated.
Perhaps even making it default, I would want a high percentage, but a very low one would already result in cleaning up the vast majority of undesirable results.

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[Manko-sensei]

Taking into account that any kind of metadata relies entirely on those who create the entries and they're only modified when there's some information to correct, an obsolete link or adding some new info/covers from lincencing/new volumes (for serialised works), that feature would be disinformative. Not only because unless the series is completed there's no way to know the total amount of chapters, there's also the fact that if someone is scanlating a work with over a hundred chapters (let's say, any successful shonen out there) it doesn't matter if they're releasing once chapter per week the progress in % will be minimal and only become high when the series reaching the final arc(s). The only titles that would benefit from this are one-shots, doujinshi, completely scanlated old series and series that have been scanlated since the month they started and are up-to-date, taking into account the scanlators themselves keep updating the total chapter count the day a new one is released. That would also mean that the mods need to control every single title to avoid scanlators bumping the titles by changing the chapter count to their benefit while ensuring the same count is up-to-date.

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[jamaicandiva]

It seems that all your text starts from a wrong premise. I thought it was clear but I will be more explicit, I am not referring to the % of total potential chapters (which is almost never known until the end) but to the % of chapters available on the web.
In other words, it's about comparing the maximum number of translated chapters to the number of chapters translated into a desired language.

It might occur to you in some case where it's counterproductive, but it becomes pretty irrelevant if it's optional. But what is a big problem right now is that the vast majority of search results are useless for those who want or require a specific language (non-english, in short), or at least it's a problem if the site is serious about trying to catch international audiences.

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[HelperHand]

@jamaicandiva I don't understand what you are referring, using Berserk as an example which is ongoing and currently the title has 378 chapter, let's say only 189 chapters have been done in "Toki Pona" which is the 50% compared to English that is up-to date, so you want a filter to find which titles have this kind of percentage compared with the latest available chapter in "X" language?

Just a few details, in the support thread there have been a lot of request about searching and filtering, all of them have been ignored or explained that they will not happen, due to technical limitations considering, that they often are the filter of a filter of a filter and the n-n level relationships, which tend to chock the database response...

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[Manko-sensei]

Since HelperHand answered first, the only that could ask less resources would be showing the last chapter of a single language on the cardboard (maybe the same line that score, bookmarks and the rest) and then simply comparing that with another language, any more than that would slow any search you do (it's not only about your device, the website also needs to do calculations). Still, finding dropped translations happens even in English for a lot of reasons and have been around for quite a lot time, maybe the scanlation life is calling for your help?

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[jamaicandiva]

@Manko-sensei If I understood correctly, it would look something like ( 🇲🇽 4/151)? Sounds great! Especially if as you both say, a higher level of filtering would pose a problem for the server.

There would still be a lot of unwanted manga covers, but they would be discarded with a quick glance, no drama. It would be a huge improvement over having to go into each manga to check the translation status, which can be exasperating.

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[Manko-sensei]

@Manko-sensei If I understood correctly, it would look something like ( 🇲🇽 4/151)? Sounds great! Especially if as you both say, a higher level of filtering would pose a problem for the server.

There would still be a lot of unwanted manga covers, but they would be discarded with a quick glance, no drama. It would be a huge improvement over having to go into each manga to check the translation status, which can be exasperating.

It's just a wild guess, in case there's a last chapter noted in the description for that series it could be like that, otherwise just the last chapter. I know some people asked to be able to see the last chapter uploaded in normal searches, but I don't know the exact plans of the developers on this matter.

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