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Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I come here today seeking help. ~~Give me $50 and I’ll pay you back double in a week, no joke.~~

Does anyone know some trustworthy alternatives to Mangadex? It’s my main source for the stuff I read but some of the series I follow and post here aren’t updated there anymore. I’ve been using Chapmanganato but it looks like the site died and now I’m in a bind.

I’m looking for an alternative that will be safe to post here as I don’t want to unknowingly risk anyone’s devices (not everyone uses ad block plugins or hardened browsers after all).

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wjs018@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

some trustworthy alternatives to Mangadex

Not really, no… I have two sources that I turn to in last resort when Mangadex doesn’t have something and I can’t get it legally. First is Weeb Central (formerly known as Manga See). They have a mihon extension that works to sidestep ads, so I don’t even know how offensive their web ui might be. They do host direct scans of official releases though, so I would prefer not to link directly to them if possible. If you find a series on there that is being scanlated, then just link the scanlator’s site directly (cancerous ads and all, just give a warning).

The other source of last resort would be bato. I tend to avoid bato these because its mihon extension was broken for a long time and I migrated away from it (not sure if it works now or not). However, I do see several series that I read where the credits page says that the SL group uploads both to mangadex and bato. So, it might be worth a try.

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- Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m worried about. I’ll wait and see if there are any other suggestions but it seems like I might have to stop posting some of the titles in the future.
  
  Thanks for the links, I’ll check them out!
  
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- PrincessKadath@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  I tend to avoid bato these days because its mihon extension was broken for a long time They had a domain change, and on the main site they wrote to select a different mirror. Guess this happened to you around one or two months ago?
  
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  - wjs018@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It was more like a year or two ago at this point, before mihon existed and I was using tachiyomi. Domain changes can be tough. I have had a couple extensions break for that reason over time.
    
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