[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":342},["ShallowReactive",2],{"manga-comparison-en":3},{"ui":4,"scanReview":89,"cta":108,"cases":114,"tools":184,"reviews":236,"faqs":321},{"socialImageAlt":5,"seoTitle":6,"seoDescription":7,"home":8,"breadcrumb":9,"breadcrumbLabel":10,"eyebrow":11,"title":12,"year":13,"intro":14,"author":15,"updated":16,"shortAnswer":17,"pick":18,"pickText":19,"tryScan":20,"disclosure":21,"methodLink":22,"contentsTitle":23,"contentsText":24,"officialWebsite":25,"introOutro":26,"introOutroLink":27,"introOutroEnd":28,"toc":29,"moreExamples":30,"extensions":31,"method":32,"tested":33,"stoodOut":34,"pros":35,"cons":36,"prosCons":37,"priceTrial":38,"subscription":39,"packs":40,"freeTrial":41,"planDetails":42,"sourceDetection":43,"priceChecked":44,"closerLook":45,"examplesTitle":46,"examplesDescription":47,"choosePage":48,"compareWith":49,"closeExample":50,"comparisonRegion":51,"imageComparisons":52,"examplesFootnote":53,"imagesLanguageNote":54,"readingBrowser":55,"extensionsTitle":56,"extensionsLead":57,"extensionsText":58,"extensionsVerdict":59,"discover":60,"extensionsScope":61,"behind":62,"methodBefore":63,"corpus":64,"methodAfter":65,"methodScope":66,"individualImages":67,"original":68,"english":69,"noResult":70,"methodFootnote":71,"manhwaLink":72,"methodFootnoteEnd":28,"faqTitle":73,"faqLabel":74,"compareGroup":75,"enlarge":76,"openFull":77,"imageAlt":78,"captureAlt":79,"missingImage":80,"tapEnlarge":81,"viewOriginal":82,"longStrip":83,"fitWidth":84,"originalSize":85,"openImage":86,"closeImage":87,"fullAlt":88},"Scan Translator manga before and after translation preview","Best Manga Translator in 2026: 5 Tools, Real Image Tests","Compare 5 manga translators and extensions on real Japanese, Korean and Chinese pages. See translation quality, bubble lettering, prices and free trials.","Home","Best manga translator","Breadcrumb","The same pages. Five different tools.","Best Manga Translator","in 2026","Good manga translation should let you forget you’re reading a translation. We tried five tools to see how close they get.","By the Scan Translator team","Latest update:","The short answer","Scan Translator is our clear pick for reading manga.","The side-by-side results below show where it preserves dialogue, meaning and readable text better than the alternatives we tested.","Try Scan Translator","Yes, we make Scan Translator. This is our comparison, with the actual results below.","Here’s how we tested.","What’s in this comparison?","Six pages, three languages, and a closer look at translation, lettering and price. These links open each tool’s official website.","official website, opens in a new tab","Each head-to-head comparison opens with a difficult example where we found a clear gap in the results. You can compare","all six test pages at the end",".","On this page","More examples","Extensions","How we tested","Tested:","What stood out.","Pros","Cons","{tool} pros and cons","Price & free trial","Subscription","Credit packs","Try it free","Plan limits & details","Source-language detection: {language}.","Prices checked {date}, in their original currencies. Credits do not buy the same amount of work in every tool. Check the official sites linked above for current offers.","Want a closer look?","Six pages. See for yourself.","Regular bubbles, floating text, a crowded manga page and color webtoons. Choose a page to compare Scan Translator with any of the four alternatives.","Choose a test page","Compare Scan Translator with","Close example","{page} comparison","Image comparisons","Six original pages, each tested with all five tools. Explore all 30 translated results.","All test images were translated into English. The results are unchanged across language versions of this article.","Reading in your browser","Which manga translator extension would we use?","We’d start with Scan Translator for Chrome or Firefox.","Translate where you read, or use the web tool for a saved page. If a website blocks image access, the screenshot workflow gives you another option.","A clean interface is not enough if the translation misses dialogue or changes the scene. The examples above are why we recommend Scan Translator for reading: clearer meaning, better coverage on the highlighted pages and fewer distracting text-placement problems.","Discover Scan Translator","Most images here came from web tools. Only Madomi was tested through its extension.","Behind the comparison","We tried each service ourselves using the same six images:","four Japanese black-and-white pages, one Chinese color page and one Korean webtoon.","We saved the results so you can compare the translations, lettering and artwork side by side.","We deliberately lead with difficult examples where the differences are clear. The full set remains available in the gallery, including the competitors’ stronger results. These are individual outputs, not averages from repeated runs or tests of every premium model. Prices and offers were rechecked on {date}.","Open the individual test images","Original","English","No saved result","Try a page you actually read before choosing a paid plan. You can also explore our","manhwa translator examples","A few practical questions","Manga translator comparison questions","{page}: Scan Translator vs {tool}","Enlarge {tool} result","Open full {page} image from {tool}","{page}: {tool}, {language} to English test image","{page}: {tool}, {language} to English browser capture","We do not have this image for {tool}. It is not counted as a failed translation.","Tap either image to enlarge.","View original","Long-strip preview. Open either image to read the complete webtoon.","Fit width","Original size","Open image","Close image","{page}, {tool} full test result",{"description":90,"whyTitle":91,"points":92},"Scan Translator translates manga in Chrome and Firefox, or from images you upload. It detects the source language automatically, translates the dialogue and replaces the original text on the page.","Why it’s our pick",[93,98,103],{"lead":94,"text":95,"href":96,"linkLabel":97},"Fewer missing passages.","The Manitto result includes dialogue and narration that Ichigo’s free tool left in Korean.","#vs-ichigo","See Manitto.",{"lead":99,"text":100,"href":101,"linkLabel":102},"Meaning that fits the scene.","In Frieren, people speak to the character rather than attack them, unlike Torii’s result.","#vs-torii","See Frieren.",{"lead":104,"text":105,"href":106,"linkLabel":107},"More readable pages.","On the crowded manga page, the dialogue stays coherent without Madomi’s misplaced text.","#vs-madomi","See the crowded page.",{"eyebrow":109,"title":110,"description":111,"tryFree":112,"learnMore":113},"Your next chapter","The best test is a page you want to read.","Bring a manga page to Scan Translator. See how the dialogue reads and how it fits the picture before you decide.","Try my own image","Explore Scan Translator",[115,127,138,150,161,172],{"id":116,"name":117,"title":118,"language":119,"description":120,"notes":121},"blue-lock","Everyday manga","Blue Lock","Japanese","A regular black-and-white page, including a black speech bubble.",{"scan":122,"torii":123,"ichigo":124,"mangatranslate":125,"madomi":126},"Clear dialogue and readable lettering.","The dialogue reads well overall. Some lettering is less comfortably fitted to the bubbles.","A solid result on this straightforward page, with comfortable lettering.","A solid result on this page. The saved output closely matches the Ichigo free-tool output.","Several lines are assigned or translated incorrectly. The problem goes beyond the appearance of the font.",{"id":128,"name":129,"title":130,"language":119,"description":131,"notes":132},"frieren","Floating text","Frieren","Narration printed directly over rain, faces and detailed artwork.",{"scan":133,"torii":134,"ichigo":135,"mangatranslate":136,"madomi":137},"Keeps the meaning of people speaking to the character, and places the floating narration back into the scene.","Good integration into the artwork, but “I was attacked several times” changes the meaning of a key line.","White patches replace parts of the background behind narration. The line about magic also loses its original context.","White patches interrupt the background behind narration, with the same context issue as the saved Ichigo result.","Floating text sits awkwardly over the artwork, with visible cleanup and spacing problems.",{"id":139,"name":140,"title":141,"language":142,"description":143,"notes":144},"dragon-raja","Color manhua","Dragon Raja","Chinese","Colored artwork, small bubbles and tightly packed dialogue.",{"scan":145,"torii":146,"ichigo":147,"mangatranslate":148,"madomi":149},"The dialogue is convincing, though some small bubbles would benefit from larger lettering.","The main dialogue works, with a few lines that do not fit comfortably inside their bubbles.","Comfortable lettering in several small bubbles. Cleanup is less consistent around some edges.","The main dialogue is readable, but the bottom-right bubble is crowded and “No risk, no death” is an awkward rendering of the final warning.","Oversized lettering and placement problems make several bubbles difficult to read.",{"id":151,"name":152,"title":153,"language":119,"description":154,"notes":155},"dense-manga","Lots of bubbles","Dense manga page","Many speakers, vertical Japanese and small speech bubbles on one page.",{"scan":156,"torii":157,"ichigo":158,"mangatranslate":159,"madomi":160},"Keeps the dialogue coherent across a crowded page. Some secondary text is small.","Some dialogue and laughter overflow their available space.","A readable layout on this dense page, with generally comfortable lettering.","A readable layout that closely matches the saved Ichigo free-tool result.","Some dialogue lands in the wrong bubbles and several blocks remain Japanese.",{"id":162,"name":163,"title":164,"language":119,"description":165,"notes":166},"one-piece","Names & effects","One Piece","Character names, expressive lettering and text mixed into the drawing.",{"scan":167,"torii":168,"ichigo":169,"mangatranslate":170,"madomi":171},"Recognizes Law and Bege by name. The main dialogue makes sense, though some secondary lettering is small.","Recognizes Law and Bege, but adds Killer to a bubble that does not name him. Some text overflows.","Turns Law and Bege into “RED” and “BADGE”, changing who the dialogue is about.","Turns Law and Bege into “RED” and “BADGE”, matching the mistake in the saved Ichigo output.","Translation errors, missed text and oversized lettering make this a difficult page to follow.",{"id":173,"name":174,"title":175,"language":176,"description":177,"notes":178},"manitto","Long webtoon","Manitto","Korean","A complete vertical strip with narration, speech and colored backgrounds.",{"scan":179,"torii":180,"ichigo":181,"mangatranslate":182,"madomi":183},"Covers the main dialogue and narration along the strip. A white cleanup patch is visible around one bubble.","A strong cleanup result on this strip, with good integration into the colored artwork.","At least three text blocks remain Korean. The export is downscaled, not cut off at the bottom.","At least three text blocks remain Korean, as in the saved Ichigo result. The strip is downscaled, not truncated.","Some text is picked up, but large overlays and overflowing lines get in the way of reading.",[185,196,206,216,227],{"id":186,"name":187,"label":188,"tested":189,"trial":190,"sourceLanguage":191,"subscription":192,"packs":193,"priceNote":194,"url":195},"scan","Scan Translator","Our pick for reading","Six Scan Translator exports","Try without an account; 30 welcome credits after signup","Automatic","€12.99 \u002F month","€5.99 for 2,500 credits","1 credit per image. Unlimited includes 20,000 fast translations each month, then continued translation that may slow down at busy times. Bulk included.","https:\u002F\u002Fscan-translator.com\u002F",{"id":197,"name":198,"label":199,"tested":200,"trial":201,"sourceLanguage":191,"subscription":202,"packs":203,"priceNote":204,"url":205},"torii","Torii Translate","Image translation & editing","Web editor trial","30 credits received in our test; account required","No unlimited subscription listed","$5.99 for 2,500; $12.99 for 6,000 credits","Each image costs 1 OCR credit plus AI usage. Fast models usually add a fraction of a credit; premium models cost more. BYOK removes Torii’s AI charge, but you manage your own provider costs. Purchased credits do not expire.","https:\u002F\u002Ftoriitranslate.com\u002F",{"id":207,"name":208,"label":209,"tested":210,"trial":211,"sourceLanguage":191,"subscription":212,"packs":213,"priceNote":214,"url":215},"ichigo","Ichigo Reader","Browser translation & file uploads","Free web upload tool, not Tier 2","20 uploads \u002F 40 extension translations advertised; no account used for our web test","$5.99 \u002F month; Tier 2 $19.99","Subscription-based offer","Tier 1 advertises unlimited extension use, subject to its terms, and 300 uploads\u002Fhour. Tier 2 has a 150 Tier 2 translations\u002Fhour limit and lists watermark removal. These saved images come from the free web tool, not either paid tier.","https:\u002F\u002Fichigo.moe\u002F",{"id":217,"name":218,"label":219,"tested":220,"trial":221,"sourceLanguage":222,"subscription":223,"packs":224,"priceNote":225,"url":226},"mangatranslate","MangaTranslate","Web tool & Chrome side panel","Free web trial; six saved results","10 credits received without an account in our test","Manual in our test","$8 \u002F month for 1,980 credits","$10 for 2,200 credits","Basic includes 1,980 credits\u002Fmonth with the displayed bonus. Manga and EagleEye cost 1 credit\u002Fimage; Ultra costs 2. That is up to 1,980 standard or 990 Ultra images, assuming no other credit use. The $24\u002Fmonth annual offer is billed at $288\u002Fyear, not $24 month-to-month.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mangatranslate.com\u002F",{"id":228,"name":229,"label":230,"tested":231,"trial":232,"sourceLanguage":222,"subscription":233,"packs":213,"priceNote":234,"url":235},"madomi","Madomi","Browser translation & mobile reader","Free browser extension, captured on the page","100 credits; Google login used in our test","$5.99 \u002F month; Plus $19.99","Both paid plans advertise 20,000 unrestricted credits\u002Fmonth, then throttling. Bulk and background translation are listed as mobile features of Premium Plus. We tested the free browser extension, not the paid models or mobile app.","https:\u002F\u002Fpawakalabs.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fmadomi\u002F",[237,258,279,300],{"id":197,"caseId":128,"description":238,"testSummary":239,"verdict":240,"priceComparison":241,"pros":244,"cons":251},"Torii is an image translator available as a browser extension and a web upload tool. It translates manga pages where you read them, with an editor for changing the wording, fonts and text placement. You can also erase text and clean up the artwork yourself.","A polished editor does not make up for a wrong translation. Beyond this Frieren example, some dense pages have text spilling out of bubbles. Torii also lists no unlimited subscription: you keep paying per use.","“I was attacked several times” is not what the character says. The original describes people speaking to the character. That changes the scene, not just the wording. Scan Translator preserves the meaning.",{"lead":242,"text":243},"OCR plus AI charges, with no unlimited plan listed.","Torii charges 1 OCR credit plus AI usage per image; Scan uses 1 credit total. The mid-size packs are $12.99 for 6,000 Torii credits versus €9.99 for 7,000 Scan image translations. Currencies are shown as listed, without conversion.",[245,248],{"lead":246,"text":247},"Quick to translate.","Automatic source-language detection.",{"lead":249,"text":250},"Room to edit.","Detailed controls and good webtoon cleanup.",[252,255],{"lead":253,"text":254},"Changes the meaning.","Being spoken to becomes being attacked.",{"lead":256,"text":257},"Text spills out.","Crowded pages need better fitting, not more editor controls.",{"id":207,"caseId":173,"description":259,"testSummary":260,"verdict":261,"priceComparison":262,"pros":265,"cons":272},"Ichigo Reader translates manga from Japanese, Korean and Chinese through browser extensions and a web upload tool. You can translate pages while browsing or upload individual images, PDFs and ZIP files. Its upload page can download the translated results automatically.","Ichigo’s free tool missed whole passages, not just sound effects. Our Korean webtoon came back with at least three dialogue or narration blocks still in Korean. It also got Law and Bege wrong in One Piece. Scan Translator handles these checks better.","Look at the first narration block: Ichigo leaves it in Korean. Scan Translator translates it. If you cannot read the source language, that is a missing piece of the story. A quick upload does not solve that.",{"lead":263,"text":264},"The $5.99 plan is not Tier 2.","Tier 2 costs $19.99\u002Fmonth, with a 150 Tier 2 translations\u002Fhour limit. Scan Translator lists its unlimited plan at €12.99\u002Fmonth, including bulk upload. We did not test Ichigo’s paid models.",[266,269],{"lead":267,"text":268},"Readable regular bubbles.","The simpler manga pages were more convincing.",{"lead":270,"text":271},"Automatic language detection.","No need to identify Japanese, Chinese or Korean yourself.",[273,276],{"lead":274,"text":275},"Whole passages missed.","At least three Korean dialogue or narration blocks remain untranslated.",{"lead":277,"text":278},"Errors beyond this strip.","Wrong One Piece names and white patches behind Frieren’s narration.",{"id":217,"caseId":128,"description":280,"testSummary":281,"verdict":282,"priceComparison":283,"pros":286,"cons":293},"MangaTranslate combines an online image translator with a Chrome extension. On the website, you choose a source language, translation model and font before uploading pages. The extension uses a side panel to collect images from reading sites, translate them and export the results.","MangaTranslate struggles when text sits on top of the drawing, with white patches covering the background in our Frieren test. There is also a setup step to get right: you have to choose the source language yourself. Scan Translator detects it automatically.","The original is about magic no longer being under human control. MangaTranslate makes it sound as if the narrator was under human control. Add the white patches over the drawing, and both the story and the artwork suffer. Scan Translator keeps the context and a cleaner result here.",{"lead":284,"text":285},"A monthly subscription, but still a fixed credit allowance.","The $8 Basic plan includes 1,980 credits: up to 1,980 standard images or 990 with Ultra at 2 credits each. Scan Translator’s €12.99 unlimited plan includes 20,000 fast translations, then continued use that may slow at busy times.",[287,290],{"lead":288,"text":289},"Easy first try.","Ten credits received without an account.",{"lead":291,"text":292},"Readable regular pages.","A straightforward web upload workflow.",[294,297],{"lead":295,"text":296},"Artwork covered by white patches.","Floating text is not cleanly integrated into the scene.",{"lead":298,"text":299},"Meaning and dialogue lost.","Wrong context in Frieren, wrong names in One Piece and missed Korean passages.",{"id":228,"caseId":151,"description":301,"testSummary":302,"verdict":303,"priceComparison":304,"pros":307,"cons":314},"Madomi, previously called Fakey, combines browser-based manga translation with a mobile manga reader. Its Chrome and Firefox extensions translate pages in place or let you select a panel. The mobile app also opens local comic files and supports offline reading.","Madomi’s free extension produced the weakest reading experience in this set. The problem is not just an unattractive font: missing dialogue and oversized text make the conversation difficult to follow. Its free allowance is useful for trying it, but does not make these pages easier to read.","The first row already puts dialogue in the wrong bubbles. Further down, Japanese blocks and colliding English text break up the conversation. Scan Translator keeps the dialogue in the right places. For this page, the difference is hard to miss.",{"lead":305,"text":306},"Premium Plus is $19.99\u002Fmonth.","Bulk and background translation are listed for mobile on that plan. Scan Translator includes web bulk upload at €12.99\u002Fmonth. Madomi throttles after 20,000 credits; Scan includes 20,000 fast image translations, then use that may slow at busy times. Paid Madomi models were not tested.",[308,311],{"lead":309,"text":310},"A generous first test.","One hundred credits received after login.",{"lead":312,"text":313},"Stays on the reading page.","No separate upload tool to open.",[315,318],{"lead":316,"text":317},"Wrong bubbles, missing dialogue.","The output mixes untranslated Japanese with misplaced English.",{"lead":319,"text":320},"Text overwhelms the page.","Large overlays collide and spill outside the bubbles.",[322,326,330,334,338],{"value":323,"label":324,"content":325},"best","What is the best manga translator in this comparison?","Scan Translator is our clear pick for reading manga. In the highlighted tests, it preserves the Frieren dialogue, translates the Korean opening that Ichigo misses, and keeps crowded conversations more readable than Madomi. These are meaningful differences in what you can actually read. This is our editorial recommendation from six images, not an independent ranking of every tool or paid model.",{"value":327,"label":328,"content":329},"extension","What is the best manga translator extension for Chrome or Firefox?","Scan Translator offers both Chrome and Firefox extensions, plus a web upload tool. We recommend starting with the sample results here and testing the extension on the site you actually read. Most results in this comparison come from web upload tools, so they are not a controlled test of every extension on every manga website.",{"value":331,"label":332,"content":333},"free","Which manga translators can I try for free?","You can try Scan Translator, Ichigo and MangaTranslate through web uploads without creating an account. Scan Translator also gives you 30 welcome credits when you sign up. Torii requires an account, and we used Google login to try Madomi.",{"value":335,"label":336,"content":337},"credits","Is a subscription better than buying credits?","A subscription can be easier to budget for when you read regularly. Credit packs suit occasional use, especially when they do not expire. Compare how many images you can translate, not just the number of credits: some tools charge separately for recognition and AI processing, and unlimited plans can have speed or hourly limits.",{"value":339,"label":340,"content":341},"quality","Does a paid plan produce the same result as a free trial?","With Scan Translator, the no-account trial has the same translation quality and image rendering as the service you use with an account. For other tools, it depends: some paid plans unlock different models or processing options. The Ichigo, MangaTranslate and Madomi results shown here came from free tools or trials, not their premium models.",1787868495596]