No. 01
Bubble detection
A YOLO-trained detector finds speech bubbles, SFX, and text blocks across pages in seconds. Tune confidence per work.
待って…本当にそれでいいの？
··· ···
RAW · 日本語
DETECTING · 12/18
CLEANED
Hold on… are you surethat's really okay?
TYPESET · EN
The Pipeline
DetectCleanRedrawTypesetReviewShip
Six modules. One tool. For teams who still care about typesetting and tone.
Chapter 02Everything in one workbench
Six modules that cover every step from raw to release.
No. 02
Cleaning & redraw
Mask painter + diffusion redraw. Remove text without losing the line art underneath. Keep or refine the background.
No. 03
Typesetting inspector
Font picker, leading, kerning, SFX presets, all per-bubble. The editor keeps your terminology and tone consistent.
No. 04
Terminology memory
Lock character names, honorifics, and attack names. The LLM reuses them across the entire series, not just the chapter.
No. 05
Side-by-side review
QA pass with raw and final stacked. Reviewers comment on specific bubbles; editors accept or revise in place.
No. 06
Team roles
Translator, editor, typesetter, reviewer, admin. Per-role permissions, approval queues, and audit trail.
Chapter 03How it works
Three steps from raw to release.
STEP · 01
Upload a chapter
Drop raw pages into a work. MangaTime splits panels, normalizes resolution, and queues detection on a GPU worker.
STEP · 02
AI processes
Bubbles are detected, cleaned, redrawn. An LLM drafts translations using your per-series terminology.
STEP · 03
You refine
Editors fine-tune typesetting, pull exports, run a side-by-side review, and ship the finished chapter.
Chapter 04Before · After
Preserve the line art while the text changes.
The redraw model paints the ink under bubbles back in — not a blur, not a crude patch. Your typesetter gets a clean canvas to work on.
BEFORE · 日本語
CH.42 · P.17
待って…本当に
それでいいの？
くっ…でも
行くぞ！
Raw JapaneseSCAN.001
AFTER · ENGLISH
CH.42 · P.17
Hold on…are you
really sureit's fine?
Tch…But still
Let's go!
Cleaned + typeset EnglishSCAN.001
Line art preserved Bubbles redrawn, not blurred Terminology consistent across chapters
Chapter 05
FAQ · Reader Mail
The usual questions, answered.
No. MangaTime drafts translations with an LLM, but every step — detection, cleaning, typesetting, review — is editable. Humans stay in the loop.
· End of Q&A ·
Final Chapter
続く · to be continued
Respect the craft.
Ship the chapter.
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