A CLI tool to deobfuscate & download manga chapters from multiple official Japanese providers.

• Supports multiple official japanese providers.
• Downloads all pages of a chapter.
• Deobfuscates scrambled image blocks.
• Restores any missing transparency on the right side.
• Saves pages as PNG images inside a ZIP archive.

• Python 3.7 or higher

Dependencies are automatically installed with pip:

• requests
• beautifulsoup4
• pillow
• tqdm
• lxml
• questionary

pip install laine

🔒 Make sure you have Python 3.7+ and pip installed.

Once installed, run the command:

laine

• You’ll first select a provider using an arrow-key menu.
• Then you’ll enter the chapter ID.
• The result will be a ZIP archive containing clean, deobfuscated PNG images of the manga chapter.

Using Comic Action as an example.

If the chapter URL is:

https://comic-action.com/episode/2550912965914166712

You have to use just the ID:

2550912965914166712

Using Comic Action as an example.

Create cookie.json in root directory:

[
    {
        "domain": "comic-action.com",
        "expirationDate": 1786178421.644756,
        "hostOnly": true,
        "httpOnly": true,
        "name": "glsc",
        "path": "/",
        "sameSite": null,
        "secure": true,
        "session": false,
        "storeId": null,
        "value": "COOKIE_VALUE"
    }
]

Use browser devtools to extract fresh cookie values, or use this extension, just hit export and select json.

This project is available under the MIT License.

This tool is intended for educational and personal use only. Please respect the terms of service of each provider and any applicable copyright laws.