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[โ€“] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder if manga will ever become something torrented frequently enough to have a specialised 'e-book torrent reader' that has legal plausible deniability

Miru did this (despite the author being off the rails) and it worked really well

[โ€“] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think it's probably read enough to make it successful already and the only component missing is someone actually doing it and taking on the legal risks. Manga market is a $20b industry compared to books which are $130bn (not including manga). And that's not considering the fact that a larger portion of the global manga audience is pirating rather than buying.