# Best site for reading manga ...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [April 19, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240 "2019-04-19T15:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yaser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yaser/32/243587_2.png) [@yaser](https://community.wanikani.com/u/yaser)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/1 "2019-04-19T15:46:38Z")
hi! do you know what is the best site (free) for reading manga in japanese. and what manga do you recommend for abslote begginers. ---
**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/2 "2019-04-19T15:51:18Z")
Before anyone starts posting illegal sites I’d like to point out that doing so is against the community guidelines ---
**Author:** ![yaser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yaser/32/243587_2.png) [@yaser](https://community.wanikani.com/u/yaser)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/3 "2019-04-19T16:04:54Z")
well i guess you can answer the second question then. ---
**Author:** ![MissMisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/missmisc/32/232094_2.png) [@MissMisc](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MissMisc)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/4 "2019-04-19T16:12:11Z")
Comico, which is an online daily serialization magazine and the manga are free to read [https://www.comico.jp/](https://www.comico.jp/) You could also check out the free (無料) section on manga sites like ebookjapan: > **[ebookjapan｜【毎日更新！会員登録不要！無料・試し読みまんが】2,000タイトル、240,000ページ以上の無料まんがTOP |...](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/free/)** > > 無料読み放題！会員登録不要で今すぐ読める！人気の少年・青年・少女・BL（ボーイズラブ）・TL（ティーンズラブ）まんが・マンガが20万ページ以上読み放題!!1巻まるごと無料・期間限定無料も多数！まんがを無料で読むなら、品揃え世界最大級のまんが・電子書籍販売サイト「ebookjapan」！ ^some are free to read for a certain period of time, some are free to download and keep forever As far as recommendations go, よつばと! is a popular one, it has [its own discussion threads](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8-reading-club/24216) for questions here on the forums, as well as other suggestions like Shirokuma’s Cafe ([currently being read](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%97%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7-vol-1-absolute-beginner-book-club/34867) by the Absolute Beginner’s Book Club), Chi’s Sweet Home, etc There are varying levels of Japanese book clubs here, I’d recommend checking out the Master List of Book Clubs [here](https://community.wanikani.com/t/master-list-of-book-clubs/35283) to see what’s been done/ongoing to see if you want to jump in, or even checking out previous nominations at the different levels (i.e. Absolute Beginner’s or Beginner’s book clubs) to get ideas for suggestions Happy reading! 📚:crabigator: ---
**Author:** ![Facade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/facade/32/256182_2.png) [@Facade](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Facade)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/5 "2019-04-19T19:11:32Z")
Anyone want to give a paid manga online site then in Japanese? ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/6 "2019-04-19T20:43:55Z")
Here’s a resource guide which includes links to sites where you can buy ebooks. You could then read the books you buy on the site you buy it from and sometimes on phone/tablet apps. > [@Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content](https://community.wanikani.com/t/resources-for-starting-to-read-japanese-content/31644): > > [Reading] This thread brings together resources and advice for helping people to get started with reading. If you know of any great tips or resources, please share them! You can also let me know if anything needs updating, like if any of the links go out of date for example. Reading Advice and Support Toolsplay_button Where to Startplay_button Buying Booksplay_button Kanji Lookupplay_button Online Readersplay_button FloFloplay_button Book Clubs Sources of Reading Materialplay_button Graded Readersplay_button Bilingual Books and Parallel Textsplay_button S… ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/7 "2019-04-20T02:02:25Z")
There are free _legal_ websites. The one @MissMisc posted is an example. I also like the selection on comic newtype. > **[コミックNewtype - Webで漫画が無料で読める！人気コミック配信サイト](https://comic.webnewtype.com/)** > > 映画化が話題の「メタモルフォーゼの縁側」をはじめ、「スーパーカブ」や「仙狐さん」「オカルト公務員」などメディア化作品を無料で配信中！ さらに「鍋に弾丸を受けながら」「とある科学の心理掌握」など話題作も続々登場のWEBコミック配信サイトです！ ---
**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/8 "2019-04-20T02:26:28Z")
I know, it was just a warning ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/1/f1c60cf5e4f782a5c13a77199bbc32721c48bf2d.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ncastaneda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ncastaneda/32/285473_2.png) [@Ncastaneda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ncastaneda)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/9 "2019-04-20T02:52:28Z")
I’m very inclined to go for the free resources a lot of the times too, but honestly when you start reading in japanese your pace will be so slow… 🐌🐌🐌🐌, that whatever money you spend on manga or books will give you lots … and lots of hour of entertainment and learning. 🙂 You could try [EbookJapan](https://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/) for example (and follow [this guide](https://www.japaneseammo.com/how-to-read-japanese-manga-online-a-guide-to-building-your-manga-library-with-ebookjapan/) to go through the process of buying). That been said, pairing up whatever resources you decide (paid or free) with something like [Kaku](https://forum.koohii.com/thread-15489.html) (OCR app for Android) sure will make things a bit easier. Here, Tofugu made a [review](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-february-2019/) of it too. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![insu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/insu/32/501806_2.png) [@insu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/insu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/10 "2019-04-20T03:17:54Z")
> [@Kumirei](#): > > ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/1/f1c60cf5e4f782a5c13a77199bbc32721c48bf2d.png) Nice one @Kumirei. ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/11 "2019-04-20T03:30:25Z")
Also, yotsuba& gets recommended a lot, but I don’t really understand why. I feel it’s quite hard for beginner. ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん, on the other hand, is really easy to read, and is available for free online: > **[『ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん』にとりささみ | ツイ４ | 最前線](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/fushigineko/)** > > キュートなきゅーちゃんはふしぎねこ。踊って、歌って、一緒にハッピー！ ---
**Author:** ![jneapan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jneapan/32/3868_2.png) [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/12 "2019-04-20T09:57:52Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん Agreed! I read it daily. Along with almost every other manga [on that site](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/). My favorites are [トモちゃんは女の子](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/tomochan/) and [妄想テレパシー](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/moutele/). As for easier content,[あ〜んちゃんのあ〜ん](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/anchan/) seems to use fairly simple grammar and not a lot of hard words. ---
**Author:** ![LucasDesu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/lucasdesu/32/6254_2.png) [@LucasDesu](https://community.wanikani.com/u/LucasDesu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/13 "2019-04-20T11:33:45Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > Also, yotsuba& gets recommended a lot, but I don’t really understand why. I feel it’s quite hard for beginner. I felt the same way when I unknowingly tried to read Yostuba& based on the suggestions of people on the forum (back in the day). I think this happens because it’s something that people hear about, regardless if they’ve verified the information themselves or not, so it gets suggested. I don’t think people do it to spread misinformation, I simply think they just take the word of the source they’ve gotten that information from. ---
**Author:** ![Facade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/facade/32/256182_2.png) [@Facade](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Facade)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/14 "2019-04-20T17:16:23Z")
Um what is on the cat box in the first article? I am super bad at reading handwritten Japanese, so I can’t tell what some of the characters are hahaha… ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/15 "2019-04-20T22:09:17Z")
ひろってください please pick up ---
**Author:** ![Facade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/facade/32/256182_2.png) [@Facade](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Facade)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/16 "2019-04-20T22:46:59Z")
Thanks! I wasn’t sure about the て ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-site-for-reading-manga/36240/17 "2020-04-19T22:56:09Z")
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