The_Follower

I'm also looking for a site like this(though I think everyone is); but if it helps, here are some sites you SHOULDN'T go to. The ones I heard about, I heard about through yahoo answers or reddit threads.


Mangap*nda- has instant redirects and pop-ups. For me it was completely unusable.


Mangare*der- has same problems as aforementioned sites.

Mangah*re- heard it has malware ads and redirects.

Mang*go- has malware ads and redirects.

Kis*manga- has malware ads and horrible navigation that causes you to click them unintentionally. Also redirects.

Mangaf*x- Has malware ads and pop-ups.

Mangap*rk- obtrusive malware ads.

Thespe*trum- has malware ads and redirects.


And here are the best sites I've seen or heard about in this forum :)

M*ngadex- No ads. Fairly new; thanks hologfx!

Mangad*ep- Has malware ads, but they aren't very obtrusive(no pop-ups or redirects). Thanks kingpipot89!

M*ngarock- Has unobtrusive malware ads always at bottom of screen, no pop-ups or redirects. Thanks esquire!

Moonbun*ycafe- Has (possible) malware ads above and below image. No pop-ups or redirects. Has both comics and novels, but has a fairly small library, especially compared with other sites. Surprised I didn't hear about this one before; thanks nekopawtato!

Mang*town- has malware ads above and below image; occasional pop-ups. Thanks dannica2 for posting this!

Mangak*k*lot- has malware ads above and below image, but still no pop-ups or redirects.( originally skeptical of going to this one cause I heard it was a hentai site? Can anyone confirm?)

Webtoons- Legal site with free manhwa. No malware whatsoever. Thanks charivari for posting about these!

Pr*xer.me- German manga/anime site. Didn't really get much info on this one while I was there since most of it's inaccessible in non-german networks, but it didn't look like it had malware ads and at least I didn't get any pop-ups. Thanks garamero for mentioning this one!

I'm updating this as I find or remember more sites. Also, most of these sites are still usable with the proper ad-blocks, I personally would just rather stay away from sites that try to give you viruses( or affiliate with ad companies who do the same). I'm also not going to list any applications or downloads, since I don't use those and anything I put about them would just be hearsay, usually from an unreliable source since there are so many.

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Note why grumpy not just give all this batoto to some one else to maintained T.T even he birth this i dont think he will mother whos kill his own child T.T maybe better just let this child grow up them self with some one care

 

While there may be emotional reasons, I assumed from the text of the closure notice that one of the reasons Grumpy wouldn't hand over the site itself is to fulfill his responsibility in ensuring the private parts of the database (private messages, for example?) stay private forever.

To be honest, one of the things that I enjoyed about Batoto was the "Currently popular" tab. It introduced new stuff to read.
Other websites, however, only have things like "Latest updates" or "all-time popular", which doesn't help at all. Being a direct host for multiple scanalation groups also helps out.

I do wonder if someone is going to bring up a new website with the same idea in mind, since checking each individual scanalation groups' website is just not realistic.
EDIT: MangaDex.com seems to be a top contender in that regard.

I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on the forums here for the next couple of weeks in hopes that someone has an answer to this question.

To the very best of my knowledge Batoto is the one and only scanlator-centric manga hosting aggregation site.

 

It's a very special unicorn. *cries*