Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc?

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these may
be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple authors
that does not require a paid subscription membership? There are some
anime series I watch which are originally based on manga, and I'd like
to read the manga to see how the story lines and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected in
the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my pc
to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux
Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for Windows 8.1. I'm
looking for a reader that will let me use most if not all of my screen
to size and display the manga panel in full. I've found that
smartphone displays are either too small for me to read or only
partially show a panel and require moving it around in order to see the
entire panel, which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.

I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.

bliss

--
bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com

Yes

2019-08-02 05:20:32 UTC

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
may be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss

by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
the author to show their work.

I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.

So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
could follow the story.

John

Bobbie Sellers

2019-08-02 14:50:17 UTC

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
may be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss

by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
the author to show their work.
I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.
So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
could follow the story.
John

No one site is perfect. Search on "read manga online"
I use mangafox to keep up, mangatown for some things, mangapark
and kissmanga for others. Join rec.arts.manga and see what a
few of us have been reading.

Since mangatraders was taken down by bad hats I don't look
for many downloads.
All these have English translation not subtitles which are
on anime that are "fansubbed", Live-Evil maintains a good presence
on bittorrent and IRC as does horriblesubs, I haven't been to
horrible subs since all the seasons of Genshiken were published
and since I have all the volumes of the manga here both digially
and legally in the published story.

Searching on the name of the manga and read online will
find you some nice stuff like, "Hyougemono" aka "Tea for Life"
which has no authorized English version so far which is a story
about a character who like Yamouchi Chiyo and Kazuto lived their
lives in the Era of Warring states and survived by diligent
service in turn to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. But this
about a warrior who became entranced by beauty and tea.

In some cases one man does the translation for the
the love of manga and a very good story.

bliss

--
bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com

Yes

2019-08-03 14:03:31 UTC

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so
these may be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
There are some anime series I watch which are originally based
on manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story
lines and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later
corrected in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using
my pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows
8.1 Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one
for Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use
most if not all of my screen to size and display the manga
panel in full. I've found that smartphone displays are either
too small for me to read or only partially show a panel and
require moving it around in order to see the entire panel,
which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss

by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission
of the author to show their work.
I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed
manga would use a standardized file format and to require a
dedicated viewer. I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga
viewer is designed for use on an android smartphone only, not
windows. CR already told me that its viewer is the only way to
view their manga content.
So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and
reading manga. Um, the manga would need to have English
(su)titling so that I could follow the story.
John

No one site is perfect. Search on "read manga online"
I use mangafox to keep up, mangatown for some things, mangapark
and kissmanga for others. Join rec.arts.manga and see what a
few of us have been reading.
Since mangatraders was taken down by bad hats I don't look
for many downloads.
All these have English translation not subtitles which are
on anime that are "fansubbed", Live-Evil maintains a good presence
on bittorrent and IRC as does horriblesubs, I haven't been to
horrible subs since all the seasons of Genshiken were published
and since I have all the volumes of the manga here both digially
and legally in the published story.
Searching on the name of the manga and read online will
find you some nice stuff like, "Hyougemono" aka "Tea for Life"
which has no authorized English version so far which is a story
about a character who like Yamouchi Chiyo and Kazuto lived their
lives in the Era of Warring states and survived by diligent
service in turn to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. But this
about a warrior who became entranced by beauty and tea.
In some cases one man does the translation for the
the love of manga and a very good story.
bliss

Thanks.

Alpatron

2019-08-03 10:21:33 UTC

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
may be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss

by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
the author to show their work.
I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.
So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
could follow the story.
John

You can get digital manga legally from comiXology. Most of the manga is available
only through their website or mobile app due to licensing, but you can download some
releases DRM free. They manga releases are really high-quality with ridiculously
high resolutions. They also offer a nifty feature called "guided view", which allows
you to automatically scroll from panel to panel.

Yes

2019-08-03 14:03:49 UTC

Post by Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so

these >> > may be old questions.

Post by Yes
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
and characters differ.

There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most

sites >> will pull material if authors object.

Post by Bobbie Sellers
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson

Ikkoku >> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later
corrected >> in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using

my >> > pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows
8.1 >> > Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one
for >> > Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use
most if >> > not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel
in full. >> > I've found that smartphone displays are either too
small for me to >> > read or only partially show a panel and require
moving it around in >> > order to see the entire panel, which I find
disruptive. >> >

Post by Yes
TIA,
John

I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss

by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission
of the author to show their work.
I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed
manga would use a standardized file format and to require a
dedicated viewer. I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga
viewer is designed for use on an android smartphone only, not
windows. CR already told me that its viewer is the only way to
view their manga content.
So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and
reading manga. Um, the manga would need to have English
(su)titling so that I could follow the story.
John

You can get digital manga legally from comiXology. Most of the manga
is available only through their website or mobile app due to
licensing, but you can download some releases DRM free. They manga
releases are really high-quality with ridiculously high resolutions.
They also offer a nifty feature called "guided view", which allows
you to automatically scroll from panel to panel.

Thanks.

Derek J Decker

2019-08-02 16:00:33 UTC

There are a large number of free sites like that that showcase the work
of scanslators, groups that acquire manga in Japanese and translate it.

The people who pay to license manga aren't going to give away the product
free online.

Post by Yes
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my pc to
reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux
Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for Windows 8.1. I'm
looking for a reader that will let me use most if not all of my screen
to size and display the manga panel in full. I've found that smartphone
displays are either too small for me to read or only partially show a
panel and require moving it around in order to see the entire panel,
which I find disruptive.

I can't speak for Windows, but in the Ubuntu repositories is the program
Comix, which is a reader for CBR files, the standard format for digital
comics. You may see variants on the name - CBZ, etc as the standard
allows for different forms of compression - rar, zip , tgz, etc. These
files are basically just a compressed group of image files.

Comix has worked well for me for offline reading of manga.

-Derek

Yes

2019-08-03 14:04:04 UTC