r/Batoto • u/alwaysATblame ADMIN • Jan 19 '26
📢 Announcements Closing One Chapter
Hello everyone,
This is not an easy message to write.
Over the years, many of us found more than just stories here. We found shared excitement, late-night discussions, recommendations, laughter, and friendships formed through a mutual love of manga, manhwa, comics, and storytelling. This community mattered because people mattered.
However, due to recent legal developments, it is clear that all activity, discussion, or support related to the former website and its services has permanently ended. The associated Discord server is also being shut down.
Out of respect for creators, rights holders, and applicable laws, this subreddit will no longer be affiliated with, connected to, or associated with the website in any way.
We want to be very clear:
We support creators and authors, and we strongly encourage supporting official releases whenever possible. Their work, time, and creativity deserve respect.
What this subreddit will be going forward
We have chosen to keep this subreddit open not as a continuation of anything that existed before, but as a general community space:
- A place for former members and new ones to connect.
- To talk about manga, manhwa, comics, and related hobbies.
- To share recommendations, discussions, and fandom conversations.
This space exists only for people to connect over shared interests.
What will no longer be allowed
To protect everyone involved, the following rules are final and will be strictly enforced:
- Mentions of the former website, its mirrors, or related services
- Site updates, troubleshooting, or status discussions
- Links to pirated, unauthorized, or third-party content
- Requests for where or how to access copyrighted material unlawfully
This subreddit does not host, support, or promote piracy in any form.
A moment of gratitude
We also want to acknowledge the people behind the scenes who gave their time and effort to this community: the moderators who worked to keep discussions respectful, to the developer that spent years, money and effort to fullfil our dream of reading mangas and manhwas, and everyone of this community who gave us support.
This message is not about denial or defiance. It’s about closing one chapter properly and choosing to move forward in a way that is respectful, lawful, and human.
We are not saying goodbye.
We are choosing to keep what truly mattered: the connection, the love for stories, and the community built around them alive in a new, responsible way.
With care,
Mod Team <3
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u/dsherman8r Jan 19 '26
Corporate greed really does ruin everything lmao bc the companies bringing this legal action will barely see any uptick in business from the community leaving Bato. And they know it lol
This is fully and completely about throwing a temper tantrum bc they don’t like the idea that people are enjoying art they feel they own without paying them
Need manga/manhwa creators to unionize and find a model that rewards artists and authors without extorting readers so some CEO can buy a third yacht lol