Comic reading and translation: common questions

NodeLane Comics is a desktop browser reader for local comics and EPUBs, Google Drive, OPDS and supported websites. It provides image translation through the official or your own MTU service, original comparison and offline saves. The website separately translates JPG, PNG and WebP with guest trials, account allowance, downloads and local history; no comic content library is provided.

Browser extensions: Chrome · Edge · Firefox · Firefox for Android. Standalone apps: Android · Available · APK / iOS · IPA adaptation in progress. The iOS app is being adapted for IPA packaging. It has not been publicly released and no installer is available. For now, use the Android app, browser extension or web image translation.

Use the official Chrome, Edge or Firefox store links on the download page. For manual Chrome or Edge installation, download and extract the matching ZIP, enable Developer mode in the extensions manager and select Load unpacked. Firefox uses its store listing or the signed XPI. See the download page for instructions.

Local reading is free. Free accounts get 30 pages daily with GPT 6 Luna · Claude Haiku 5.5. PLUS includes 2,500 pages per month for US$6.66 per quarter or US$23.99 per year. Pro includes 4,000 pages per month for US$9.99 per quarter or US$35.99 per year. Both retain the free models and add DeepSeekv4 Pro · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash. Pages are granted monthly without rollover; no subscription trial. Non-expiring packs: 3,500 pages for US$5.99 or 7,000 for US$9.99. Taxes and final totals appear at checkout.

The extension provides image translation with OCR, text translation, local background repair and typesetting. Choose the official channel or your manga-translator-ui; originals remain available for comparison. The separate website image workspace also provides translation for JPG, PNG and WebP, with guest trials and account allowance.

Local import supports CBZ/ZIP, CBR/RAR, PDF, supported DRM-free MOBI and EPUB. EPUB preserves original body text and translates only embedded bitmap images. Standalone KF8/AZW3, encrypted or font-obfuscated EPUBs and loose-image imports are unsupported. Drive supports CBZ/ZIP and DRM-free MOBI; OPDS support depends on resource format and server capabilities.

Source-site cookies, login tokens and browsing history are not uploaded to NodeLane. The extension declares access to all HTTP/HTTPS websites and image domains at installation, without requesting access site by site or domain by domain during use. You can still restrict access in the browser’s extension settings; affected features may stop working until you restore access to all websites and retry. Only images selected for translation and necessary task information are sent to your chosen channel. Remote-library authorization and MTU credentials are stored locally and used with their configured service.

Using the official channel sends selected page images to NodeLane and relevant providers. Originals are temporary files on the central server and compute nodes, deleted after a task completes, fails or is cancelled. Translation keeps overlay files. Private single-image results for registered accounts are kept for 7 days after task completion by default, configurable by the administrator. After expiry, server access is revoked and files are reclaimed; saved local results are unaffected. Recognized text, translations and necessary metadata are stored in the database. Deleting a translation record immediately revokes that request’s server access. Other valid requests in your account remain usable; the result file is removed after the last valid request is revoked. Downloaded or cached copies may remain on your device until you clear them. Source cookies, login tokens and browsing history are not uploaded. Your own MTU follows its configured service and provider retention rules.

Official account tasks may reserve pages first and settle them on successful delivery. Explicit failure, no-text results or incomplete recognition with original text retained release the reservation. MTU uses no official allowance. Guest trials count accepted images, including failures, according to the workspace limits.

Admission rates and page balances are separate. Defaults are 10 new images per rolling 60 seconds for standard accounts and 100 for paid tiers. Hourly caps apply only when configured in the entitlement; actual account and service limits govern. The same request and valid-result reuse are not counted twice; accepted failures or cancellations may still occupy the rate window. Image, concurrency and capacity limits still apply; page allowances do not promise completion speed.

One payment, no automatic renewal. Renew manually; additional purchases start after your existing membership ends. Use the website or extension account entry to manage the subscription. Cancel before the next renewal or trial expiry; uninstalling does not cancel. Existing benefits follow the expiry displayed in your account. For billing help, email comics@nodelane.net.

Comic imports require a dedicated site adapter. Other webpages may support loaded-image, right-click-image or visible-region translation, without importing a book. Login, paid access, registration, regional restrictions and browser permissions still apply. Available translation languages depend on the channel; 16 interface languages do not guarantee every source or target language.

Yes. Add your own manga-translator-ui with its service address and credentials, then select it as the current channel. Translation in the reader and on websites needs no NodeLane account and uses no official allowance. Several profiles can be saved. The service must be running; models, processing, external API costs and offline availability depend on your setup.

Yes. Drive supports CBZ/ZIP and DRM-free MOBI; OPDS connects multiple libraries for browsing, available search and supported books. Reading progress is saved locally and syncs only when a source provides supported, verified capabilities. Sync failure keeps the local position. Your entire shelf is not automatically synced across devices.

Use current-tab translation for loaded images, right-click to translate one image, or select a rectangle of the visible page. A region captures only that area, without scrolling or joining long screenshots. Browser shortcuts can launch tab or region translation; optional auto-translation is off by default. These actions do not import an unsupported site into your shelf.

Imported local books and completed, supported offline saves can be read while their data remains available. The website offline center can cache all chapters in selected languages, pause, resume and retry missing pages; closing its task page pauses the plan. Ordinary browsing caches do not guarantee a whole book. Creating new official translations needs a connection; offline MTU translation depends on the complete service and model setup.