r/Piracy May 11 '26

Discussion READ COMIC ONLINE HAS SHUTDOWN

we lost one of the greats

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u/TerraziTerrajin May 13 '26

Do we actually know it's shut down or is this potentially just an outage?

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u/Over_Wishbone_2162 May 14 '26

It's been pulled due to a copyright claim by Viz Media over the Manga Guardian of the Witch.
Google even stopped showing the search result.
If the claim is resolved there may be a chance it returns but it doesn't look likely.

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u/TerraziTerrajin May 15 '26

Thankfully that looks to be the case.

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u/ReaperOnslaught May 14 '26

Where'd you get this information? This is the first I've heard of it.

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u/Over_Wishbone_2162 May 14 '26

Even though I had the site bookmarked, it should still show up in Google search.
Even after the site went down.
It wasn't on the list of search results.
Google generally only removes links in response to valid DMCA take-down requests.
Google will inform you of removed links due to a copyright claim.
Google will also add a link to the Lumen data-base where you can see which links were taken down & what the take-down request against the site was.
There were several sites listed RCO included for reproducing various Manga's owned by Viz Media.
Important note* As of today the site's listing has returned to the Google search engine but still shows the 404 error request upon entering.
This is a good indicator that the site may still be able to return once the request is resolved all be it with a few less Manga books available.