VIZ Manga Negative Reviews

VIZ Manga App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

VIZ Manga app received 36 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using VIZ Manga? Can you share your negative thoughts about viz manga?

VIZ Manga for Negative User Reviews

✓ Good, but not greatThis app has a great variety of manga, and I think the value for the subscription is very good. That being said, my biggest problem is that some of the older mangas like Dragon Ball and some issues of Dragon Ball Z have extremely low-quality scans. The first few chapters of Dragon Ball are so degraded, the artwork looks like it was xeroxed 8 times. Sometimes other chapters appear much, much darker than they did as originally printed, and detail is lost. This doesn’t seem to be an issue with newer manga that I’ve read. Other minor issues include not being able to save/delete multiple chapters at a time, not being able to read chapters of all manga on the site (sometimes the only option is to purchase volumes, which I would hesitate to do in case they also feature low quality scans), there is a 100 chapter limit per day, and there is no option to view individual panels like more advanced comic book apps have (like Comixology) I do think the subscription is worth it if you enjoy reading manga, but this app is not always the best way to experience the artwork, particularly when it comes to old manga..RussianninVersion: 7.4.10

✓ Great App, Incomplete ContentI originally gave this a 5 before writing a review, but after having it a bit longer I feel I have to change my rating. The app has a LOT of awesome content and is very accessible, but for some reason it doesn’t have the color chapters of One Piece despite there being an official release. On top of that, if I have the Shonen Jump subscription (part of the app), why do I have to buy certain Shonen manga (like Yu Yu Hakusho) for an additional price? Inuyasha I get, since it isn’t Shonen, but YYH should be included, shouldn’t it? Unless I’m missing something. Honestly though, the lack of colored One Piece chapters bothers be more. Great app, but the content is incomplete..Jculp17Version: 7.3.1

✓ This is garbageWhy can’t I read individual chapters like before ?.JaredisunhappyVersion: 7.5

✓ Major bugs fixed, still missing basic functionsEver since their last major update that made that app glitchy and unusable, I’ve been waiting for Viz to fix these issues. Finally, this latest release has done just that. I’m no longer experiencing any lag when reading manga. That being said, the app is still missing the most basic and absolutely necessary function for a manga reader: Some sort of queue that tracks what I’m reading as well as saves my place in each series. I’m reading multiple series with hundreds of chapters. I have to keep track of my place on an external website and it’s a real hassle. Also, for Shonen Jump subscribers, there should be a page that lists all series available for us to read. Or even some sort of icon on the list of all titles available that lets subscribers know that that title is available through their subscription..RuishigaoVersion: 7.1.1

✓ Reader freezes randomly and removed chaptersContent: 10/10 U/I: 6/10 - reader freezes frequently when going to a new chapter and I have to open another app and return to the reader or close it and reopen it entirely to fix it. *Removed chapters: I occasionally come across chapters that are removed for having a “graphic” scene and then have to hunt for the chapter elsewhere only to find that it was just a single page and not that big of a deal. There needs to be an option in settings to allow graphic or disturbing content that you can toggle based on age or something. This is very annoying and forces people to search websites riddled with ads and spyware just to view one chapter that SHOULD be on the app. You can apparently view it on the site but that’s such a pain having to open up a browser and manually type login details for a subpar viewing experience for a single chapter and then revert back to the app. It should be seamless. *Only 1 viewing option - I like reading right to left but occasionally I want to scroll vertically and I’m surprised this isn’t an option in a paid client when it’s available in literally every other manga reader available, both paid and free..Samuel J.M.Version: 7.4.17

✓ It liedIt said it was free.UnluckyXIVersion: 7.5.1

✓ No“Yay I can pay a nominal fee to read the manga I want! …why is still asking me to pay for content?” Yeah I’m sticking to fan translations..JUSTLERMEPLSTVersion: 7.4.13

✓ Its not freeIts at least $10 to read one manga or $3 a month for a subscription their are a few free mangas but their all unpopular.FourgirlzruleVersion: 7.5.3

✓ Cheap but uselessGot to chapter 24 and then was blocked by a paywall. Cancelled the subscription just as fast as I signed up for it..Succubitch420Version: 7.5.5

✓ Completely worthless and a waste of moneyThis app was great when you could individually download and read chapters for a subscription. Currently, you still get charged for the monthly subscription but you have to purchase each individual manga volume separately. What’s the point of the subscription? You literally pay for nothing. Whoever is in charge of these decisions is incompetent, asinine and should be fired immediately. Fan translations are already far more popular and readily available than the official translations, so this decision to change the app is only going to hurt their business. Also, if you’re gonna force people to pay for full manga volumes on top of a monthly subscription, LET THEM READ THE FULL VOLUME AND NOT JUST 100 CHAPTERS A DAY! Genuine question, do all the higher ups at Viz/Shonen Jump enjoy losing money because of their lack of intelligence, wisdom, common sense and morals? Seems to me they do lol.Bikinigirl47Version: 7.5.3

✓ No chapter to readChapter that are suppose to be available to premium don’t show up and only show volume.Ted31458Version: 7.5.3

✓ Would use if internet didn’t existPros - Cons No manga options Can’t read some mangas unless willing to pay more Updates late Bad ui design.BookalemunVersion: 7.3.5

✓ Honestly just pirate it.I used to always get mad at people. For reading scans are you in Anime online without a stream in service but you know what. With the monsters here in United States wanting to make more money and fame on anime because they’re pathetic voice actor with no talent. And then don’t even get me started on this app I’ve been sending them emails for years how to fix the interface they don’t care. No it was a great manga app Mangarock. It had continuous scrolling. Lastly people put out scans a whole week but I have to click and pay every month for it to say six days until available for days until available three days until available while everyone gets to ruin the monger for me with spoilers because they pirated guess I’m a stinking pirate now..DoctortangumaVersion: 7.3.1

✓ The new update is garbage!No more Dragon Ball Super or Dragon Ball in general No more My Hero Academia No more One Punch Man No more Jujutsu Kaisen No more Jojos Bizarre Adventure No more Chainsaw Man No more Death Note And many many more titles now gone and only available in volumes behind a paywall thats not included in their subscription model..JakeDaJacobVersion: 7.5

✓ The inventory of manga is severely lackingThe first red flag is that they don’t have genre categorization. That just screams there isn’t much there but also, what they do have are at least 20 years old or older. We are 2024 not 2004. You could do better viz..3ceyVersion: 7.5.1

✓ Good but lacking value for meIt’s a great app and I never experienced any glitching or anything bad like that. I just didn’t see the value in it. Most things are unreadable and I still would have to pay 8 to 15 dollars per volume for. My fault for not looking at the fine print and such, I just think of your doing some thing like this, charge a little more and make everything included or just have the manga that is included so I don’t spend about a half hour getting disappointed over and over. So many titles I wanted to read I would still have to pay for. To me, it just felt like a waste of the 2 dollars a month. As I said, the app in itself is a solid design, I just shouldn’t have to pay more when I’m already paying for the subscription. Other wise, the very few manga I read on here were great and it was a very good experience..ThatguyfredVersion: 7.5.3

✓ 100 chapter limit- resets every 14 hoursDefinitely worth the $2 a month- don’t second guess buying. *HOWEVER* . If you’re a fast reader like me you will find yourself getting very* annoyed at the chapter limit. I’d be willing to pay extra to bypass the chapter limit, or even just pay for a shorter cooldown time. This is the one major flaw I see with the app and I truly thing it can be improved on ALSO* I have not been able to find a way to connect my reading on all my devices. AKA there isn’t a cross platform feature. My ipad downloaded chapters are different from my phone- which is also super annoying when I am trying to continue reading from where I left off on a different device. I think there should be an option to turn on cross platform. All in all definitely worth the $2, but there are improvements that should be made.SmolbaepsaeVersion: 7.4.11

✓ Chapters gone.Can no longer read individual chapters of my favourite manga. Had bought the subscription to access this content but since I’ve updated the app I can only buy volumes. I’m not interested in virtual volumes. App will be deleted and revisited at a later date to see if they have rescinded this decision..Jake is stateVersion: 7.5.1

✓ Scam! Reply.No that doesn’t clear anything up. What am I getting for paying the premium then if I can’t unlock volumes? We already get the chapters free without the premium. So am I just paying premium to support the developers? I wouldn’t mind that but I’m not feeling very supportive since I was told with premium I could unlock 100 chapters a day of anything but now I’m being told there are volumes you can only buy even with the premium, which was never mentioned. What is the difference between premium and not premium. I’m not seeing it since you can only pay for “volumes”. Sounds like a scam. But if it’s just for support say that, instead of false advertising that you can unlock 100 chapters of anything a day. No where did it unlock a 100 chapter a day “except for volumes”. Maybe include that also. Smh. Pretty much a scam but it’s only 2 bucks a month but I guess that can add up. Idk, still a good app just awful people running in and making decisions 🤷‍♂️..Reno9kVersion: 7.2.6

✓ Not able to readI’ve had this issue for a while now. Essentially, they changed the viewing from chapters to volumes and the volumes are locked behind a paywall, so now I can’t read the new jjk or chainsaw man chapters and it’s upsetting, but when I look this stuff up online it finds the chapters for me?? So I know the content is there, there is just no way to access it in the app anymore..Hhuhdty***Version: 7.5.1

✓ Would love to try itApp won’t let me subscribe so yeah it’s a zero.WycherwallVersion: 7.4.18

✓ Doesn’t work on iPadCan’t get it to open on my iPad. Pretty frustrating, gonna cancel my membership..Punpkin headVersion: 7.4.15

✓ App reviewLet me start with the fact that of the mangas they have listed on the app, only a handful of titles can be fully viewed upon purchasing a membership. While the membership fee is only $1.99 that only applies to the titles that say chapters. If you find something you would like to read but it says volumes on the bottom you will have to make a purchase roughly in the amount of $6.99 for each volume in the series. Getting back into the membership part of the app, you are limited to 100 chapters before you must wait for your daily pass to restart. Perhaps offer a premium membership so people can have unlimited chapters and access to all mangas. If I can’t leisurely read a series because I am limited on the chapters available and the content in which I can spend my “100" chapters then it isn’t worth it for me. There is no free version, only previews of the books. Also the selections of manga to choose from is extremely poor..Speakfacts.Version: 7.2.9

✓ LiarsAbsolute liars. In the ad on YouTube, they said I could read for free. I installed the app and I clicked a bunch of Manga in the app. THEY ALL COSTED MONEY TO READ. F.U VIZ.Tdvivian18Version: 7.5

✓ What’s the point in subscribing when you have to pay for every mangaI got this app because I wanted to finally read manga without skeevy sites or paying an arm and a leg. I purchased the subscription only to find out that every manga I wanted to read I have to pay $10 PER VOLUME? Why am I paying a subscription then? I may as well just go buy the physical volumes at that price..NobleglobugVersion: 7.5.5

✓ MehI dont know why this has a 5 star rating? You pay a subscription to pay a lower price for digital manga that could be taken away if the app ever fails. All the content i looked at has been locked behind a pay wall even after i subscribed. Good selection for anyone looking though.11434AaAaVersion: 7.5

✓ Needs bookmarksThe app runs extremely well for me and for $2/month it has everything I want to read, which is awesome. However, it doesn't have bookmarks or a similar feature that tells me which chapters I've read and lets me pick up where I left off (even without downloading the chapter for offline access), which is a necessary feature for a manga app. I want to support manga creators and pay for what I read, but without that functionality it's hard to recommend the app. That is the one thing this app needs to become the #1 manga app, but for now I will have to find another one. I hope bookmarks are implemented soon, because when they do I'll come rushing back to this one..RFilskVersion: 7.0.4

✓ Would love to subcribe but can’tThere are so many great manga on here that I would love to read and become a viz manga subscriber. But my family uses family sharing and I don’t want it charging my parents card. How I got around that at least with the Shonen Jump app was becoming a subscriber online on my account settings. I know that you have the capability to do that same thing on the Viz Manga subscription, but even on my desktop browser you’re forcing me to become a subscriber through the app. It’s the stupidest thing ever and I can’t really believe you’re getting away with it. If I can’t become a Viz Manga subscriber the same way I became a Shonen Jump subcriber there’s really no point to becoming one..ThornLokiVersion: 7.5

✓ I don’t wanna read if there are chapters missingEver since Viz had split with the Shonen Jump app, most of the manga I want to read has a volumes worth of chapters missing. Frieren, Komi can’t Communicate, and Mao, some of the only few manga I want to read on this app, are all missing a handful of chapters, and I don’t want to read a series and not have a whole volumes worth of story not be available. What’s also annoying is how long it’s seemingly taken for these chapters to actually be added. I’ve wanted to read these series for several months now, yet they still don’t have the chapters they’re missing. Don’t get me wrong, the Viz app has the potential to be really good, but the experience feels half done if I don’t have the ability to read the chapters in the series’s I like for who knows how long..MywifeleftmeforafordfocusVersion: 7.5.8

✓ Stopped giving me accessIt removed my subscription but kept charging me..ShquanderVersion: 7.5.2

✓ Great value, but glitchy and lacking in featuresLast year I decided to subscribe to Shonen Jump to keep up with a series that wasn’t getting new episodes for a while. I was pleased with how much content I got for $20, and the app worked just fine. I was very excited for the new changes coming to Shonen Jump, since I’d be able to start some new series and save a lot of money instead of buying physical copies. After the update however, the app has turned into a buggy mess, especially on an iPad Air 2. It takes forever to load the home page, and often lags for a couple minutes when you first open it. Available chapters for subscribers load pretty slow, and sometimes require reloading the app. On top of all the bugs, there are still several VERY basic features missing. You should be able to see all of the chapters you’ve already read, even if you haven’t downloaded them. It’s annoying having to guess where you left off, especially in series upwards of 100 chapters. Having a list of manga you’re currently reading would be a great addition as well. The new Shonen Jump subscription is a great idea and an extremely good deal. This service has allowed me to start many new series that I now read regularly. These bugs and issues have put me off from spending more money in the app on manga volumes since it’s more annoying to use the app than buy a physical copy. I hope that the problems mentioned can be fixed soon, as I do love the content offered..SlkemVersion: 7.0.4

✓ GoodViz Manga and Shonen Jump are both big reading services with subscription plans to read. Therefore, I think that members should be able to change the layout of the book, for example vertically scrolling. Even small services give readers the option to do this for absolutely FREE, which might show your service inferior to the other services..Ashnee1Version: 7.4.13

✓ DecentDecent.Nasubi guyVersion: 7.5.4

✓ So many technical issues but not bad otherwiseIf you have specific mangas in mind that you want to read and they’re listed with the chapters then thats great and you’ll be able to read them no problems. The app does work well when it does what its supposed to... However, as a huge fan of one piece and jujutsu kaisen its insane how i can only read them on my pc and not on the app. How do you let 2 of the biggest mangas out there slip through the technical cracks? Itll only list their volumes and what books are out but won’t let you actually read the chapters on the mobile app. And this wasn’t always the case, i used to read one piece on my lunch breaks every monday until the app updated and took off one piece. Now i just tried to read jujutsu kaisen over the weekend while im away and that also isn’t showing up. The app Definitely needs attention to the technical issues this has been happening for actual months..FerdyTheBirdyVersion: 7.5.5

✓ Missing some common featuresI do enjoy this app as a means to keep up with current manga, however it’s missing some features I’ve come to expect from apps like it. I read on both my phone and iPad, and despite being signed into both, it doesn’t remember where I am or even share the same Continue Reading list. There also isn’t a way to add manga to your list without reading it first. Lastly, there’s no way to choose how you scroll or change pages while reading AND even when the content is free, there’s interruptions every chapter where you have to confirm that you’ll continue on to read the next free or already paid for chapter. I’d love the ability to just scroll through, especially downward like mobile versions of online manga reading work. Again, the content is pretty good, I just hope we get some functionality updates soon..GalaxxiiVersion: 7.2.5

✓ Why can’t I read the ones I want anymoreAll the manga I was reading like one piece or jujutsu kaisen no longer let you read chapter by chapter anymore. What’s the point of paying for an app subscription to read them when it no longer lets you without paying much more.AllnamesweretakensothisismineVersion: 7.5

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