Honzuki no Gekokujou ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~ Dai 2-bu 「Hon no Tamenara Miko ni Naru!」 - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[MangaDex]

 

[xyzzy]

Gonna diffuse this one before people go crazy - due to the fact that the Part 2 manga is released a bit erratically, JNC is currently working on the Part 3 manga and will get back to this once they renegotiate with TO Books.

So basically, afaik it shouldn't impact scanslations in the slightest - especially since TOOR is still releasing chapters after JNC licensed it.

 

[King_Garb]

Never had to deal with JNC how are they compared to comikey (the bane of my existence)

 

[xyzzy]

Never had to deal with JNC how are they compared to comikey (the bane of my existence)

I'm a JNC member, so I'm a little biased, but I think they're decent.

Their subscription service is basically $5 per month to read any currently translated chapters of series (so for Bookworm, you can't read early volumes unless you buy them directly, but you can read any current chapters before they're compiled into volume form). They also offer a "catch up" service, where every month they make a couple series fully readable - so for example, this month Doll-Kara was the catch up, so until the month ended you could read all six currently-translated volumes.

Their coin service is definitely more transparent than other services. One coin equates to $0.01, LN volumes are usually 699 coins and manga volumes 899 coins. The coin system is a bit obtuse, but members get a discount when purchasing extra coins. And, most importantly, any series you purchase are released DRM-free - so you can read them whenever you want without someone taking it from you.

There's a couple of things that I would like them to improve on - they only work on the manga when they get the rights for the volume version, so simulpublishing will never really happen, and I'd like to see more readable things for a member outside of current releases and catchups - but if you want to support the official release, it's one of the better options out there.

 

[Antinomy]

J-Novel acknowledging Mangadex exists? How many official publishers is that now?

 

[xyzzy]

J-Novel acknowledging Mangadex exists? How many official publishers is that now?

It's not JNC acknowledging it - Mangadex is trying to direct people to official releases so they can support the manga itself.

That said, the current sites MD connects to are MangaPlus (Shueisha), Comikey (mix of different publishers), INKR (same), and Azuki (same). There might be more, but those are the big ones. And MD said it also depends on the site's API - if it's only active in one region or it's virtually impossible to get a chapter link, they won't do it.

 

[Antinomy]

It's not JNC acknowledging it - Mangadex is trying to direct people to official releases so they can support the manga itself.

That said, the current sites MD connects to are MangaPlus (Shueisha), Comikey (mix of different publishers), INKR (same), and Azuki (same). There might be more, but those are the big ones. And MD said it also depends on the site's API - if it's only active in one region or it's virtually impossible to get a chapter link, they won't do it.

Oh, didn't know it was MD themselves. I normally don't look at the non series comment forums.

 

[xyzzy]

That's fair. It isn't really brought up much.

 

[Shevar]

Promoting official releases is also great to get those of us who can and willing to support a direct path.
as well as kinda letting others know 'why' or 'where' certain good series disappeared too.

 

[Siceraria]

J-Novel acknowledging Mangadex exists? How many official publishers is that now?

Officially, JNC doesn't acknowledge MD since legality, licenses, copyright, and Kadokawa breathing down their necks since they technically bought the entirety of JNC .

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Unofficially, everyone in the JNC Discord/forums including the staff and owner knows your existence and is just eating popcorn while watching the chaos and is now surprised at the sudden publicity on MD.

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(Wow, this is the same emoji that JNC uses on the official discord)