Introduction
The growth in the number of manga readers can directly be attributed to the success of anime watchers. Sites like CofeeManga, Crunchyroll etc attribute to approx. $12 Billion Dollar manga industry. Before the televised animation market was mainly captured by 2-D cartoons on Disney and various platforms.
However, the popular hits of Dragon Ball Z and Naruto shifted the paradigm from cartoon to anime. Some might say there’s no difference between cartoons and anime, but anime lovers would highly disagree. Anime originally came from the Japanese television market, where children to adults enjoy it thoroughly.
After the huge success of anime, mostly Gen-Z who watched anime on old televisions transitioned to manga, which is still more affordable than traditional comics and provides far more value for money per page read.
Then comes free online manga reading platforms like Cofeemanga, MangaFox, XYZmanga etc, which provide readers with a unique and free experience where they can read mangas from any genre, from shonen, drama, comedy manga, to mature content as well.
Due to the popularity of free online manga-reading platforms some shady websites also started to come forth, one of those websites could be CofeeManga, where it is a little bit difficult to verify the legitimacy of the website. Is it legit or not? Let’s dig deep and find out.
What’s the story behind CofeeManga?
It is a free online manga-reading platform for readers who wish not to pay the premium on other manga websites. The user interface is quite simple you can easily look up the manga you want to read from the search tab or you can read popular mangas from the homepage, you can also read trending mangas from the trending page, some of these mangas might not be finished and their work is in progress.
Cofeemanga caters to almost every age group of people, with its vast library of mangas. You can find cooking manga, sports manga, love story manga, shonen, gore manga, adult mangas, and whatnot.
But this platform is also shrouded in mystery, and might even seem like a malware-infecting website. With its lack of About Us or Contact information, the site feels ingenuine and even search engines find it difficult to find the official sources of information. For some, it may seem working but for others, it feels like an enigma.
Here are some likely benefits of CofeeManga
If you’re born in the 90s, piracy was everywhere through torrents, whether it was movies or computer applications everything was getable. The time of torrents might have come to an end with the rise of OTT platforms but online manga reading platforms are still on the rise. And there’s an allure of finding things for free, don’t know about you guys but it still gives me a tingly feeling in the stomach.
These types of platforms also attract readers who are budget-conscious and have a huge appetite for mangas. Since buying mangas physically or even renting them online can be pretty hefty on the pockets, readers prefer free platforms even if it means they have to compromise on their security a little bit.
Since CofeeManga offers a large collection of mangas from every genre and whether they are finished works or not, it attracts a huge number of readers on its platform.
Reasons to beware?
- The website is clouded with mysteries since there’s a lack of verification on the platform, unlike other reputed online manga platforms where everyone knows who owns the website or who publishes it. Also when you look up well-established websites you don’t see a lot of ads, there might be some (that’s how they earn money) but not a lot. Whereas if you try to visit CofeeManga you might not even find the website, and even if you did, you might face the firewall webpage showing this website may harm your computer, which gives a huge red flag for the readers.
- Often these free manga-reading platforms come with unwanted and at times annoying pop-up ads and in some cases malware as well, which you can avoid if you visit reputed websites that show up on the first page of Google search results.
- This website also offers the download option for later reading. At first glance, it may seem harmless to you but you never know for certain what type of content or software you might be downloading, and it can result in your personal information getting leaked or your security being compromised.
- The site may also present mangas that are incomplete on its own platform but are available on other platforms. Sometimes the mangas are not untranslated into English, this increases the mistrust between the readers and the platform due to incomplete manga libraries.
More platforms like CofeeManga (but trustable)
There are plenty of websites when it comes to ‘online manga reading platforms’, but what sets good ones apart from the bad ones is how safe they are for the readers. And how easily accessible they are through Google search results.
Some of these websites are:
- Shonenjump.com
- MangaFox.com
- Viz Media… etc
These websites not only provide free mangas but also offer free trials and paid options as well. Their manga libraries are huge where you can find almost any manga that you are looking for without any hassle. Also, their paid versions help a lot if you want to do uninterrupted reading because of the unwanted ads and pop-ups.
The importance of a secure and legit platform for manga readers can not be denied.
Final words
Even though the website CofeeManga is somewhat of a mystery in the manga world since it might present a potential risk to your computer it still exists. It’s not the Loch Ness monster, that you should be worried about if you don’t go looking for it.
I hope through this blog you might have gotten some insight into the free online manga reading platforms and their advantages and disadvantages
By the way, you could be looking for the actual website CoffeeManga, but sorry for the detour, because someone had to make fellow otakus aware of the threats these shady websites present.
