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NEWS: Kodansha to Launch New 'K Manga' Platform in U.S.


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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:03 am Reply with quote
James_xeno wrote:
Making it an app is stupid as hell. I wouldn't want to read manga like that even if I had a mobile device (which I don't or want) in the first place. And it doesn't look like they are going to allow a service subscription model, which makes things even more troublesome and complicated as an app. (not going to be easy to spoof or emulate in a fully functional way) Also locking it into app form still subjects it to 3rd party whims. Apps are especially vulnerable.

It would still be nice to be able to buy physical copies or at least media versions of stuff but.. until the current insanity ends.. with digital/streaming we are stuck.

It’s not uncommon in Japan for online manga to be only available in an app, or exclusive to the app for a week or month before going on the web but ironically an exception is Kodansha with both Magazine Pocket (which K Manga appears to be based on) and Comic Days.

Hopefully all their manga will at least get ebook releases later since what is worse are existing examples in English like Alphapolis’ Alpha Manga and Squenix’s Manga Up which are app-only, rental only and in the former case almost no titles are published in book form in English and in the latter case have a lot of exclusives which they've given no indication of collected volumes for.
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