onemanga.com

Summary: Onemanga.com is one of the most popular free manga websites on the Internet. It hosts a huge amount of mangas which can be read online or downloaded. Between 10-20 new mangas are added every day to the website making it one of the most frequently websites for manga lovers. Visit the site at http://www.onemanga.com/

Critical Evaluation: The list of manga titles is seemingly endless—hundreds of titles from “A Delicious Relationship” to “Zombie Loan” or by category from “Action” to “Tragedy.” If you’ve missed past editions you can catch up on them here. They have titles that are still ongoing, and also ones that are complete. There is a search engine where you can search for your favorite manga. Onemanga.com functions as a manga library with innumerable scan of manga issues. One can find entire volumes of a series as well as obscure single issues. (http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/19/one-manga-reader/). Readers can set up a personal reading list that will keep track of the latest chapter that has been read by the user. The site also has a few games to play and a store to buy manga. This is a must-see sight for manga lovers.

Reader’s Annotation: Missing some episodes of your favorite manga? Can’t find them in the library or can’t afford to buy them? Check out this site.

About the author: onemanga.com dates from 2007. It has a very high amount of traffic with a traffic rating of 327th.. Most site visits are from Malaysia and Indonesia. Each visitor goes through an average of 56.2 pages within the site. (http://dataopedia.com/onemanga-com)

Genre: website

Curriculum ties: N/A

Booktalking Ideas: Visit one of the most popular manga websites on the Internet!

Reading level/Interest age: This site was listed under the San Jose Library Teen Web Site. It may, however, contain manga inappropriate for younger teens. I was no able to find information about this.

Challenge Issues: This site may contain manga titles inappropriate for children or younger teens.

Why Chosen: This was a link from the teen library site at the San Jose Public Library that I think will appeal to many teens.