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Download and read manga on smartphone (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone. As the title says, I'm looking for a method to download manga on smartphone and then read it with a proper offline reader (any suggestion is appreciated).

Example: I've been reading comics (downloading them on the smartphone and then reading them with "Perfect Viewer" app) for years and I would start to read manga also with a similar solution.

I prefer to download them on the smartphone (and don't read it online) because I don't have always a decent Internet connection, and when I can access to that I use that to download as many comics I can.

Thanks in advance for all your help

EDIT: Thanks for your help, I'll try Mihon and Kotatsu

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[–] odium 46 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Look up mihon. Android only

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Second Mihon. It's an all-in-one downloader and reader, and supports reading offline.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I can third Mihon. Just make sure you download the Keyoushi extensions to go with it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not a pirate method, but a library card and the app Libby are great for this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No manga at all at mine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Bummer, the collections available depend on your library. Mine was bountiful. At one point I signed up for like 4 different library cards in major cities without ever living there. They might have made it more difficult to do that now.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never used these, but I've come across them while scrolling through F-Droid and they seem to fit this use case:

Kotatsu
Kinoko

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

+1 for kotatsu, it's a fork of tachiomi.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I am still currently using Tachiyomi (Android only) bc it still works, but the dev dropped developing it bc of lawsuits. There are forks of it as well

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

You can backup and import everything into mihon very easily. Including sources.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Kotatsu works great for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Mihon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Here's a list of apps https://lemm.ee/post/20876051

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Now I mainly use Mihon, but back in the day I use Nyaa.si to download and ReadEra for reader

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Id recommend kotatsu

https://github.com/KotatsuApp/Kotatsu

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got Mihon as recommended by comments here. But how do I know which extension is "safe"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Most of actively maintained extension are from Keiyoushi, which is open source and community maintained.

It has 1300+ extension from various sites and platform across diverse languages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm an old timer and was recommended tachiyomi a lot, but these days I just go online TBH. Most manga isn't worth it for me to keep

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mihon (tachiyomi fork) can track and sync progress to mal. Makes switching sources way easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does it work on desktop? Linux?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dunno. Afaik Tachiyomi doesnt officially exist as a desktop app either so maybe only emulation of the android app?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I'm looking for something like this for Linux desktop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

On fmhy there is a mangadex downloader link, I use that python tool. You can add a flag to it that converts it into an ebook format. And if your ebook reader can read it than you are good to go. Might not be what you are looking for tho, you need a pc to use it