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MANHWA READER.

ROLE // FRONTEND DEVELOPERTIMELINE // 2026STATUS // COMPLETE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Single-page app for discovering titles and reading chapters end-to-end via the MangaDex API: home with search and feeds, detail pages, and a dedicated reader with chapter navigation and persistent themes.

SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Discovery: hero search, popular & recently-updated grids, category chips
  • Reader: full chapter images, chapter dropdown, prev/next, toggleable controls
  • Light/dark theme with localStorage persistence
  • Defensive handling of duplicate chapters and inconsistent API payloads

CORE ARCHITECTURE

  • mangaService.ts centralizes API calls and data shaping; typed models throughout
  • Chapter lists merge paginated results and prefer entries with better page coverage
  • Page URLs resolved from MangaDex base URL + chapter hash + filenames
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