Read Japanese manga,
natively and effortlessly.

Extract manga speech bubbles in real time, look up words with Yomitan dictionaries, and listen with local neural TTS narration.

MangaJoy Getting Started Guide & Reader Interface

Dialog Bubble Text Extraction

Select dialog bubble as text, powered by macOS Live-Text, enhanced with clean vertical layout format with Furigana readings, syntax color highlighting, and instant side-by-side translation.

Live-text manga formatting

Instant Dictionary Lookup

Select any Japanese kanji or term to view instant popup definitions.

Yomitan popup dictionary lookup

Yomitan Dictionary Support

Import standard Yomitan and Yomichan dictionary archives (.zip) directly.

Yomitan dictionary import settings

Real-Time macOS Speech Synthesizer

Listen to native macOS speech synthesis for zero-latency, buttery-smooth Japanese sentence pronunciation while reading along with furigana and highlighted text.

Native macOS TTS Engine Settings

Even better TTS with Apple Silicon

Get natural voice generation with state-of-the-art Qwen3-TTS model if using Apple Silicon Mac. Choose distinct character speakers or define your own custom voices without sending any data over the internet.

Qwen3 Neural Speaker Selection Settings