MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

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Get the latest manga chapters daily, released simultaneously with Japan.

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA: same-day official manga chapters

By Hafiz Rahman

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New chapters released the same day as in Japan
First three and newest three chapters of each series free
Ongoing series readable in English once for free
Titles in Spanish, Thai, Portuguese, Indonesian and four more
Anime-adapted series such as Dandadan and Jujutsu Kaisen

What MANGA Plus is and who reads it

MANGA Plus is the manga reading service run by Shueisha, the publisher behind One Piece, Chainsaw Man and My Hero Academia. It carries current serials from the publisher's catalogue, and the listing presents it as a place to read those series without waiting for translations to catch up.

It suits readers who follow serials as they come out. Readers who want to start a long-running series from the beginning also have a path in, through the free English reading described below.

Reading new chapters on release day

According to the listing, new chapters go up at the same time as they are released in Japan. The listing also names a daily cadence for new chapters in its summary.

Each series has a free allowance: the first three chapters and the newest three. Anything between those is not covered by that free allowance, so a reader who wants to keep up with a series past its newest three chapters is relying on something beyond the free reading the listing describes.

Catching up on ongoing series in English

The listing says you can read every chapter of currently ongoing manga in English once for free. It names SPY x FAMILY, Kaiju No.8 (Monster #8) and Kagurabachi as examples of series this covers, which lets a reader work through the backlog of a series they have not started.

Some titles are also offered in other languages. The listing names Spanish, Thai, Portuguese, Indonesian, Russian, French, German and Vietnamese, and says not every title is available in every language.

Series covered, including anime adaptations

The listing highlights series that have been adapted into anime: One Piece, Chainsaw Man, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, OSHI NO KO, Dandadan and Red Cat Ramen. Readers who have watched an adaptation can go to the source manga in the same app.

The listing presents these as examples rather than a full index, so the catalogue available to a given reader depends on which titles are offered at the time they open the app.