Ken Akamatsu 's "Love Hina" comic free to be released for free from today

Comic entire volume of popular manga "Love Hina" by Akamatsu Kenji, which was serialized from 1998 to 2001 and developed as animation and game mix, was released for free from today.

Although it seems to have a sufficiently large impact even if saying "can be read for free", it is said that "DRM (digital rights management)" which restricts copy is not applied either.

Details are as below.
J comic


According to the official website of Komi Co., Ltd., which is represented by Mr. Ken Akamatsu, it is said that today we will begin free distribution of all 14 volumes of "Love Hina".

"J comic" is a completely new cartoon sharing system that publishes "cartoon file with advertisement" which inserted several advertisement pages with the permission of the author and shares out of print cartoon in PDF format It is now possible to enjoy past masterpieces, phantom cartoons and buried masterpieces for free, and a cartoonist to receive 100% of the profits of advertisements inserted into the work.

The official service aims to start in early 2011, but this time it is a beta public test "Love Hina" was released for free. The concept of the site is published on the following page.

Site concept | J comicomic contribution site


In general, as a problem of e-books, "being copied" can be cited, but in the interview Mr. Ken Akamatsu has applied measures to prevent tampering with PDF files, but restricts copy DRM "is not imposed, but ratherBuild a business model that "advertising spreads all over the world by repeating copying"doing.

An example of advertisement. The frequency with which advertisements are inserted is low, and it is an impression that you can read comfortably.


Although it is a very interesting attempt, as e-books are showing more excitement in the future, attention will be focused on how many cartoonists will be using J-comics.