AI Manga Translator: Read Raw Manga & Manhwa Instantly

The best free tool to translate manga images. Break the language barrier with high-precision OCR and In-painting.

Translate Japanese manga, Korean Manhwa, and Chinese Manhua into English in seconds. Our AI combines advanced OCR with smart in-painting to erase original text and refill speech bubbles naturally. Stop waiting for slow scanlations—upload your raw comics and read them now.

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Advanced AI Features for Manga & Manhwa

More than just a Japanese image translator. We preserve the art while breaking language barriers.

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Auto-Translate & Smart In-Painting

Forget about messy overlays. Our AI automatically cleans raw manga pages, erases original text, and redraws the background for a seamless comic translation that looks like an official release.

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Support for Manhwa & Webtoons

Optimized for vertical reading formats. Easily translate Korean to English for colored Webtoons (Naver/Kakao) or black-and-white Manga. Our engine handles long-strip images perfectly.

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Manga OCR & SFX Detection

Struggling with handwritten fonts or vertical Japanese text (Tategaki)? Our Manga OCR engine captures every nuance, including sound effects (SFX), ensuring you don't miss any plot details.

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Natural Japanese-English Translation

Manga relies heavily on context. Our AI goes beyond simple dictionary lookups to understand slang, gendered speech, and honorifics (-san, -kun), delivering a reading experience far superior to standard machine translation.

How to Read Raw Manga in English

No complex software needed. Start reading in 3 simple steps.

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Uploading a raw manga image file from local device

1. Upload Image File

Select the raw manga page or webtoon strip from your device. We support high-quality uploads in JPG, PNG, and WEBP formats. Simply drag and drop your file to begin.

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Selecting target translation language (English) in the dropdown

2. Select Target Language

No need to specify the source. Our AI automatically detects whether it is Japanese, Korean, or Chinese. Just choose the language you want to read in (e.g., English, Spanish) to start.

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User reading the translated manga page on screen

3. Read & Download

In seconds, the translated page appears. You can read it directly in the browser or download the image to build your own local collection of translated comics.

Who Uses Our Manga Translator?

From casual readers to language learners, see how people use it.

For Impatient Fans

Stop dodging spoilers on X (Twitter) or Reddit. Instead of waiting weeks for the official release, read the "Raw Scans" the moment they drop in Japan. Our tool bridges the gap instantly—use our editor to clean raw pages before translating, so you can understand the plot twists and join the community discussions before anyone else.

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For Language Learners

Ditch the boring textbooks and learn from the stories you actually love. Struggling with difficult Kanji, vertical text, or casual slang? Use our tool as a bilingual study assistant. By comparing the original raw text side-by-side with our AI translation, you can master nuances and vocabulary in context, making language immersion significantly more effective and fun.

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For Content Creators

In the race for views, speed is everything. Don't waste hours manually typing out translations. Quickly translate trending chapters to get the facts right for your scripts and analysis. Plus, generate clean, English-translated panels that are perfect for high-CTR thumbnails and engaging video essays (Fair use friendly), keeping your audience hooked.

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Why Choose our manga translator?

  • Better than Google Lens:Google Lens just blocks the art with messy colored boxes. Our AI manga translator uses In-painting to erase original text and redraw the background, ensuring a clean reading experience close to the official release.

  • Vertical Text (Tategaki) Support:Standard Japanese OCR often fails with vertical text (Tategaki). Our engine is trained specifically on manga layouts to read bubbles from top-to-bottom and right-to-left correctly.

  • No Installation (Web-Based):A 100% web-based manga translator. No need to install risky .exe files or buy expensive Photoshop plugins. It works smoothly on Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

  • Works on iOS & Android:Optimized for mobile reading. Whether you are on iOS or Android, simply take a screenshot of a raw page and translate it instantly without leaving your browser.

  • Japanese/Korean to Global:We go beyond basic English. Translate Japanese, Korean, and Chinese into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Indonesian, Thai, and 10+ other languages.

  • Privacy & Safety:We prioritize user safety. Unlike some dubious scanlation tools, we do not store your uploads. Images are processed in RAM and deleted immediately after translation.

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Supported Genres & Platforms for Comic Translation

  • Shonen / Isekai Manga:Perfect for Shonen Jump hits and Isekai adventures. Our OCR accurately captures complex action lines and hand-drawn SFX.

  • Korean Webtoons:Optimized for Naver & Kakao style long strips. Handles full-color scrolling comics without cutting off the text bubbles.

  • Chinese Manhua:Accurate translation for Wuxia and Cultivation comics found on Bilibili or Ac.qq. Handles dense text typical in Manhua.

  • Twitter / 4-Koma:Correctly detects the unique reading order of 4-panel gag comics and Twitter shorts, preserving the punchline timing.

  • Doujinshi / Indie:Works perfectly on Pixiv art and DLsite purchases. Translate indie comics and Fanbox content that will never get an official release.

  • Light Novels / Game UI:Not just for comics. Can also translate text overlaying illustrations in Light Novels or menus in Japanese Visual Novels.

Reader Reviews

What the community is saying about our Manga Translator

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about reading raw manga with AI.

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