I jump between about 5 sites or so. They all have their ads and they all get worse with time. Recently Mangajinx deteriorated sharply so I canceled. Currently I’m reading on [redacted] but I wouldn’t announce that here anyway since it’ll probably collapse under the added traffic.
I read Webtoon on their app, which is really designed for vertical scroll comics that are usually all full color. Lezhin on the other hand hosts more traditional page formatted comics like ‘Jinx’ and their app is optimized for that kind of artwork and panel flow. Trying to read a page based manhwa on an app designed for vertical scroll comics is really a clunky experience and a bad legal reading experience. The Lezhin app is the right tool for ‘Jinx’ as it makes your reading experience much more comfortable.
Reading a page-based manhwa on an app geared for vertical scroll comics can be very frustrating. Accessing legal content is one thing, but having a quality reading experience is another. Lezhin’s app is specifically geared towards content such as ‘Jinx’ (a page-based manhwa in full color) and thus offers the best reading experience for its artwork and panel layout.
I have a bookmark folder full of historic links to old manga sites. I keep Mangafox (which is now greyed out) and Mangareader and many others in there as a sort of morbid reminder of just how temporary these sites are. Every few years the sites get shut down in a big purge and then things get to reset for a while and a new crop of sites comes online.
This way of dealing with sources also teaches one not to be too fond of any single source. What’s hot today could already be dismantled by a lawsuit or taken offline due to server failure next month. That’s why I use not only the primary site for the manga I read but also a secondary site (or several) and an emergency/very deep cut site (or two). It’s an overkill perhaps, but it ensures I am always prepared for the eventuality when my primary source is taken offline overnight. A savvy reader is a prepared reader.
A very well-worn question in fandom spaces! It's pretty obvious that 'free' and 'official' aren't meant to go hand in hand where Lezhin comics are concerned, and while 'Jinx' is currently their cash cow, I'd recommend paying for it in order to ensure that we get more seasons of this great series. While you can easily find sites to scan English Translation aggregator sites for 'Jinx' via a simple Google search (some sites much better than others), they're usually several weeks behind official release, and yes, that means it's piracy - none of the creators or artists get paid per click on those copies.
BJ Alex is a webtoon officially licensed by Lezhin Comics and therefore the best way to read it online is on Lezhin. It’s a mature webtoon, therefore an account needs to be created and users need to verify they are of age. Episodes are paid for with coins but Lezhin regularly holds free reading events where users can read loads of chapters for a limited time. Find out what Lezhin are promoting on their promotions page or wait for a Happy Hour to read a load of BJ Alex episodes online for free. The translations on Lezhin are of great quality and it’s also a way for fans to support the creators of BJ Alex online, in addition to buying print copies of the webtoon. I would avoid random aggregator sites because they usually only offer low-quality stolen scans of webtoons and are full of annoying ads that make reading online a really poor experience.
I’d avoid random aggregator sites for this, as most of them are just uploading stolen and very low quality versions of the work, with lots of obtrusive ads toboot.
Manga Reader (the one with the blue book icon) has a lot of new users lately. Manga Reader is available on the Play Store, which is great for me since I’m on Android. It supports a large library of Manga sites and aggregators. It’s very easy to read with plenty of customisation for things like viewer type and brightness. There are ads in the free version of the app, but the premium unlock is a one-off purchase, not a subscription, which I like. Manga source updates can sometimes take a while to roll out when a site’s layout changes. It doesn’t have the same level of tracking for reading completion that some of the other apps do, but that’s about it. If you want a no-fuss, download-from-the-Store app that works most of the time, Manga Reader is a very strong contender.