[ineedtosleep]

Nice. Wish you luck in this space, especially with the _other methods_ of reading manga around. Will definitely take a look.

Question about the releases: are there any plans on having Japanese language versions of manga available as well?

[BasouKazuma]

Not at the moment, but we’re definitely interested in expanding to other languages in the future. Japanese publishers usually don’t license out domestic distribution rights within Japan, so it’s a little harder to get permission to distribute the original Japanese versions. But that would be pretty cool!

[sonzohan]

Japanese language learner here. Would pay a subscription to read original Japanese versions.

[snvzz]

Having Japanese would make it useful to me, and to many more studying the language.

Especially with English also available.

[echelon]

I totally agree with this.

Moreover, integrating Japanese learning tools (reach out to Wanikani for their API?) would really elevate the product. I'd pay a premium right now if it could help me review kanji and vocabulary in a non-boring way! (eg. calculate a difficulty score for each manga, determine which manga have more vocabulary and kanji you know, etc.)

Granted, I know this is a niche feature and you probably need hands on deck elsewhere. Maybe you'll see other demand that confirms this as something to build later down the road.

Really awesome product though. Great execution. Wish you all the luck!

[kouteiheika]

> I'd pay a premium right now if it could help me review Kanji and vocabulary in a non-boring way! (eg. calculate a difficulty score for each manga, determine which manga have more vocabulary and kanji you know, etc.)

FYI, I don't have manga yet, but a website that I'm running (https://jpdb.io) has exactly that for other types of media (anime, movies, light novels, visual novels, video games, etc.)

[BasouKazuma]

Whoa this is a great idea! One of our founders, Evan, is studying with WaniKani right now and he would love that. Thanks!

[dollop43]

Having Japanese language versions is a deal breaker for me for learning Japanese. There is amazon.jp, but it is not Netflix like service, kindle "unlimited" is pretty limited on what content is available.

Though I understand it is common practice for Japanese publisher to have region lock on Japanese version and ban international buyer to buy without obvious reason. Looking forward to see what you could do on this space. Wish you luck.

[xdfgh1112]

If you want Japanese there are tons of sites like cmoa.jp or Amazon Kindle Unlimited, with a huge selection. They often geofence their site, though.