Tachiyomi: the art of reading one chapter of manga while sitting down
In my research for the previous post about Manga Zombie, I found a wonderful little site called EBook Japan Initiative. This is a Japanese Ebook site which pretty much specializes in manga. The prices are cheap, and might be a good alternative to people living outside of Japan, as their selection is extensive. But what really excited me, was their tachiyomi option, which lets you read the first 20 or so pages of a manga (well, the first volume of each series).
Here are the directions. Important: you can only use Internet Explorer 7 with this site.
1. First, go to Ebook Japan Initiative.
2. Pick a title.
3. If you are on the page for the first volume, look for: “立ち読みする” in the orange button. If you see several titles, look for the small grey button that says: “立読” on the bottom left underneath the first volume. Click it.
4. It will take you to a page that talks about how to set-up your browser to use the page. Now, you need to go up to the right hand corner of the Internet Explorer window, and click on the “Tools” tab, and then select “Internet Options…” Click on the “Security” tab. Then, select the big green check mark and click the “Sites” button.
5. In the sites menu, add these websites:
http://www.ebookjapan.jp/
https://www.ebookjapan.jp/
https://sys.ebookjapan.jp/
Click “Close” when you’re done, and then “OK” your way out of there.
5. Now you have install some stuff. You might need to make IE7 accept the download. The key to getting through these menus is thinking about where the buttons would be if they were in English. In the Install window, look for the button with the “N.” This means next. Click your way through. If there is a text window, and you have to click between two buttons, the left button will be “OK.”
6. This should set everything up. You’ve now downloaded the Ebook viewer, and every Tachiyomi button you hit will download a new chapter onto your computer.
Oddly enough, there is a Tokyopop section on the page, where you can see OEL manga being translated into Japanese. Keeping with Tokyopop fashion, the sound effects are untranslated and the pages are unflopped. Heh heh, it is a little weird to see it go the other way.
Have fun searching through stuff.
Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Web.