Current Events > Thanks to the coronavirus over 450 manga volumes are now free to read online

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Lebronwon
03/08/20 4:00:12 PM
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https://soranews24.com/2020/03/09/thanks-to-the-coronavirus-over-450-manga-volumes-are-now-free-to-read-online/

With much of Japans population staying at home in order to stay safe, manga publishers want to help them stay happy and entertained too. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, many schools in Japan are closed and a number of companies have instituted telecommuting policies. Major entertainment events, including concerts and anime conventions, have been cancelled, in keeping with health officials recommendation to avoid spending time in crowded places. Of course, crowded places describes a lot of Japans urban and suburban communities in general, and the overall result of combining dont go to school/work with dont go out is a sort of strange combination between a vacation and house arrest. Thankfully, to help people keep their spirits up and combat boredom, a large number of Japans manga publishers are making their comics available to read online for free.

The current free-to-read anthology selection includes back issues from the last few months, for a total of 78 free editions currently available (access app/website in parentheses):

Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump +)
Weekly Shonen Sunday (Sunday Webly)
Kokoro Comic, Kokoro Ichiban (Kokoro Online)
Betsu Comi, Sho-Comi, Cheese!, Ciao Deluxe, Petit Comic, Monthly Flowers (Shogakukan e-Comic Store)
Ribbon, Bessatsu Margaret, Koko Hana, The Margaret (Margaret Bookstore)
Weekly Shonen Champion (Manga Cross)
Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume Shin, LaLa, LaLaDX

Whats arguably even better, though, is that a number of publishers are making the entirety of historically best-selling individual series available, giving fans the chance to revisit/finish off long-running series. Shogakukans Sunday Webly, for example, will be making every single volume free-to-read for 11 titles, starting with Hayate the Combat Butler, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, and Kekkaishi. On March 8, Ranma 1/2, Major, and Psyche Mata Shite mo get added to the list, with The Law of Ueki, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Miyuki coming on the 15th and Ushio and Tora and Libero Revolution on the 22nd. In total thats 392 volumes of free manga (and to reiterate, thats volumes, with each containing multiple chapters).



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Rimmer_Dall
03/08/20 4:17:00 PM
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