Line Manga

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Line Manga
Web address manga.line.me Official website
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Digital manga, webtoon platform
Registration Optional
Available in Japanese
Owner Line Corporation
Launched 2013
Current status Active

Line Manga (LINEマンガ?) is an online manga and webtoon platform and smartphone app operated by Line Corporation. It originally launched with just licensed manga titles but soon expanded to include original webtoons.[1]

Overview

Line first launched its manga service in 2013 offering licensed manga titles to purchase.[2] One of the biggest features of the service was its integration with the Line messaging app, users could recommend and share manga titles with friends in the app, collect special stickers that were exclusive to titles bought on the service, and use Line's digital currency to buy titles.[3] In 2017, Line Manga introduced the ability to read some manga chapters for free similar to the webtoon model it had used with its Naver Webtoon service.[4] Naver, Line's Korean owner, in 2018 decided it would close down its Japanese service of Naver Webtoon (known as XOY in Japan) and merge it with Line Manga bringing with it not just its translated webtoons but also its domestic Japanese webtoons to the service. [5] Since its launch, it has grown to be the second most popular manga app in Japan behind Piccoma and has reached over 23 million downloads since its inception.[6][7]

See also

References

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