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NEWS: AlphaPolis Launches Alpha Manga App for Smartphones




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Whitestrider





PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:23 pm Reply with quote
Not even one title I could be interested in...
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LegitPancake



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:39 pm Reply with quote
Well at least Gate is out of Sekai Project's clutches. Will have to see how many chapters they'll release beyond the 2 volumes previously published and how often updated.
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dollssoulkirie



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:30 pm Reply with quote
All the shojos they have are decent reads! Especially An Observation Log of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself a Villainess (Bertia's adorable♥), May I Ask for One Final Thing?, Offense and Defense in Daites, The Black Healer, and This Time I Will Find Happiness! (from Mamenosuke Fujimaru; did various Alice in the Country of adaptations & game art + Captive Hearts of Oz) are some of my favorites.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:51 pm Reply with quote
Whitestrider wrote:
Not even one title I could be interested in...

There’s a few I’ve already bought in Japanese and others I’ve at least wishlisted.
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Dian Z





PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Sad that it's not available worldwide like Azuki or Mangamo.
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srlracing



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:30 pm Reply with quote
They tweaked their business model just enough from the Japanese site to make me sad. Currently the newest chapter is available for free for a short period of time and all older chapter back to the first 3 can be purchased or rented. That is how I have been keeping up with the Gate manga every month. If they operated the service like that I would be all in. Still, better than nothing.
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IceLeaf



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:05 pm Reply with quote
!!! So many good series!
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hessbri



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:14 am Reply with quote
srlracing wrote:
They tweaked their business model just enough from the Japanese site to make me sad. Currently the newest chapter is available for free for a short period of time and all older chapter back to the first 3 can be purchased or rented. That is how I have been keeping up with the Gate manga every month. If they operated the service like that I would be all in. Still, better than nothing.


Actually based on the original press release that is how this is going to work. This article either has additional sources then this press release, or did a horrible job of summarizing it.

animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2021-07-08/alpha-manga-a-new-manga-comic-app-for-reading-original-japanese-manga-now-available/.174944
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:07 pm Reply with quote
hessbri wrote:
srlracing wrote:
They tweaked their business model just enough from the Japanese site to make me sad. Currently the newest chapter is available for free for a short period of time and all older chapter back to the first 3 can be purchased or rented. That is how I have been keeping up with the Gate manga every month. If they operated the service like that I would be all in. Still, better than nothing.


Actually based on the original press release that is how this is going to work. This article either has additional sources then this press release, or did a horrible job of summarizing it.

animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2021-07-08/alpha-manga-a-new-manga-comic-app-for-reading-original-japanese-manga-now-available/.174944


Its not the most clear in its wording. Unless you are familiar with their Japanese business model, this line might not catch your attention, "after the expiry of the free content period, further chapters will no longer be available for free."

This does suggest to me that new chapters will be available for free for a period of time as they are on their Japanese website.
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