The pirate ship docks and finally arrives safely. The name of this port? Mangas.io ! We are going to tell you about a site that is starting to impose itself on the digital manga market. A legal alternative to scantrad. The French Netflix of manga, the Amazon Prime of Japanese comics, the OCS of… Well, you get it. Mangas.io is a bit like the light at the end of the tunnel. After so many years without the legal possibility of consuming manga online in French, he points the tip of his nose. Launched in 2020 with today more than 3100 chapters already available. A catalog improving day after day and our daily appointment. More than 20,000 readers joined the game. Indeed, a question arises, is it free? Will I be able to consume a hundred manga without paying anything? Well, we don't think we even need to ask the question. The site is obviously paid with a subscription system, however it allows to remunerate authors and rights holders. In addition, you support the site to allow it to develop and have even MORE manga. You can still enjoy the first chapter for free by simply creating a Mangas.io account.
A catalogue and publishers
We're talking about a catalogue, but what about it? Mangas.io is not alone and certainly not badly accompanied! We have publishers such as: – BlackBox ( 8 man infinity, Higher than the sky) – naBan (OldBoy ) – Nazca (Tales of Demons and Gods, SoulLand) – Kotoji Editions (Blood and Steel) – Maho Editions (Berserk of Gluttony, BlackFury), – IMHO (Animus) – Maned (Battle through the heavens) – Akata (Orange, Be Yourself) – Ki-oon (King's Game, Lockdown ) These are just a few examples of the works available on Mangas.io. Do you think we forgot the last one? Don't worry, we have some crunchy info about it
Kana, more, even more manga!
Kana joined the team most recently, on January 27, 2021. We present you some of their mangas. Assasination Classroom (Science Fiction, Comedy): At Kunugigaoka High School is the 3-E class, excluded in the mountains to study and especially to murder their teacher, Koro-sensei. Indeed, this strange creature, resembling a smiley face with tentacles, managed to pierce the moon until it became a crescent! He then set his conditions to the government: to become the teacher of class 3-E. However, if within a year none of his students manage to kill him, the Earth will suffer the same fate as that of the Moon! "If a person succeeds, he will receive the astronomical sum of 10 billion yen!" This is how this group of students will learn the art of killing in different ways but also beginto become attached to this funny teacher. Bakuman (Comedy, Trance-de-Vie): Moritaka Mashiro has an obvious gift for drawing. He is secretly in love with Miho Azuki. Akito Takagi, the best student in his class, writes screenplays and wants Mashiro to translate them into manga. The slow climb to make the best manga ever published! Mission: Yozakura family (Adventure, Comedy): Taiyō Asano is a high school student with a sickly shyness. The only person he can talk normally with is his childhood friend Mutsumi Yozakura. But the latter is the daughter of a family of spies who have been working for several generations, and her older brother, who has an excessive affection for her, has decided to eliminate Taiyō! By what means will Taiyō be able to save his skin and at the same time protect Mutsumi?! Kana "Originals". A preview of the Sweet Konkrete series will be available at the end of February with later Oneira, Talento 7, Vanupied during the year 2022. The huge advantage is a free distribution and then the works will only be available exclusively on the site until they are printed on paper. Sweet Konkrete (SENCHIRO) The cop career is not going very well for Asa… After being laid off, she will find her late father's service weapon, accompanied by documents that suggest that he would not have died or at least, not in the way she had always thought. It is there that she is then chased. What does this weapon hide? How do you solve the secrets surrounding your father's death? And why is it being hunted down?
Romance begins again
If you were ever in need of romance manga, don't worry, Kana is coming! This time, after the many Kana titles already available, we will have a panoply of shojô manga. Available from February 13th.
Short Love Stories
Here, each volume represents a shôjô author, grouping several short stories drawn by him.
- Volumes 1 and 6: Io Sakisaka, author of Strobe Edge, Blue Spring Ride and Love, Be loved, Leave, Be left.
- Volumes 2 and 4: Karuho Shiina, author of Sawako.
- Volumes 3 and 5: Aruko, author of My Story
My story (KAZUNE KAWAHARA & ARUKO) Takéo Gôda is a limp high school student built like an ice cabinet. The girls he falls in love with all fall in love with his childhood friend: the handsome Sunakawa. But one day he saves a young girl from the clutches of a pervert. And, for the first time, it seems that a girl falls for him!
Strobe Edge (IO SAKISAKA)
Ninako fell in love with Ren, the most popular boy in high school. But this one is unfortunately already in a relationship. At the same time, Ninako's best friend, Daiki, confesses his feelings for Ninako. Misunderstandings and embarrassing situations follow one another… Blue Spring Ride (IO SAKISAKA) Futaba transformed when he entered high school. Sweet and feminine in college, she became more energetic and tomboyish in hopes of making friends. But his new friendships are artificial and Futaba will soon notice the limits of his personality change…
It stays between us (HARU AOI)
Towako, president of the student council, is as much known for her impeccable morality, which earned her the trust of teachers and students, as for her apparent hatred of boys. His meeting with Yui, a younger student, will reveal a hidden aspect of his personality and lead to the beginning of a "forbidden" relationship… Cat Street (YOKO KAMIO) Keito hasn't been in school since he was nine years old. Her life as a child star turned upside down when she was betrayed by her best friend. But everything starts again when she enters a very special school: "El Liston". Will she be able to regain the taste for life? With so many choices, we'll have enough romance to fill our hearts! To consume with moderation if you want to avoid the overdose of love.
How does the site work?
To help you a little and not get lost in the jungle of discovering a new website, we will help you. First of all, you should know that there is a website AND an application. However, a very important detail. It is currently possible to create your account ONLY on the website. You will be able to log in via the app and on your account only if it has already been set up beforehand. (This only concerns the website) When reading a chapter, it is possible to change the reading mode. Simply click on the gear at the top left and choose: Single page, Double page, film or scroll. The one you prefer! (We chose single page) It is also possible to choose the quality of your images! By clicking on the same gear and then on "quality" you will have the choice: "Optimized", with a lower quality but a faster display or "high definition" (it will eat your 4G so we advise you optimized if it is for use without wifi point) You can add a manga that you like by clicking on it and then clicking on the small "add" banner at the top right of the image of the work. It is also possible to propose a new feature if ever a genius idea comes to mind. Click on your profile picture at the top right and then on "propose a new feature". A new page will open with all the necessary indications to write your masterpiece. You can refer a friend and both receive 2 weeks free of Mangas.io if they are still subscribed after the trial week. To put it simply, you give the code to your friend that he will use when creating his account. Then, when he subscribes and stays subscribed after the free trial week, you'll both get the two weeks free! To add a manga to your library, you will need to click on the small banner on the selected manga page located at the top right of the main image. Then you will have your library on the banner at the top right of the starting page of the site.
Manga, but not only…
Manga is really good anyway. Well finish the article on this is not ideal, so what would you say to talk about a little more than manga. It's true that it's good, but a community is just as cool. Mangas.io has a discord server where you can exchange directly with the team members, always very active! The barrier of knowledge on the world of publishing tends to disappear thanks to this communication tool. But there are also friendly members where a friendliness reigns. We can discuss our favorite manga, the one we don't like and then debate it for two hours or even a little bit of anything and everything! There is a channel dedicated to questions and requests, so feel free to contribute. The ad channel will allow you to receive a notification as soon as an important event takes place so you don't miss anything. A blog! Yes, it's blogging. You will be able to read interviews with some publishers (ManEd), news on manga and upcoming events, new titles on Mangas.io and even moments of discovery such as for sites to buy figurines. All this, written by the members of the team. Maybe a newspaper Mangas.io on newsstands one day?
Rates:
The price is set at € 6.90 per month with a free week trial. 69,90€ per year and in addition two months are offered with this choice! On the other hand, if you are 18 years old, there is a magical technique. The culture pass! Yes, the culture pass also allows you to take a subscription. 3 months for €13.80 and 5 months + 1 free for €34.50. With the 200€ digital provided with the culture pass, it is a good way to have a large amount of manga with a reasonable price. Even better, if you want to share it with a loved one, there is a pack of collector's gift cards from the "Yuan Zun" series with 3 months of subscription for € 20.70 To subscribe, it's here: https://www.mangas.io/tarifs/ We advise you to pay attention to the Mangas.io platform. You never know, she could suddenly become the mainstay of French online manga if more and more publishers join her. Support the French manga industry!