Two major Japanese digital manga retailers remain offline days after a confirmed security breach, and users are growing frustrated—not just by the outage, but by what it says about digital ownership.
Comic CMOA, operated by NTT Solmare, has been down since October 15 following a confirmed security breach. According to reports, leaked data includes emails, hashed passwords, birthdates, gender, and nicknames. No card data or purchase history was affected. As of now, there is no reopen date.
Renta, which operates both a Japanese and English storefront, is also down. The company posted that it is reviewing unauthorized third-party access to its server.
Fans have taken to social media to express their frustration. One user noted: “It’s been days and we don’t have access to any of the websites and our libraries, and there are no statements yet of when they’ll be up and running again.”
Another pointed to a larger issue: “And yet some people genuinely don’t understand why we would want to have the ability to download things we paid for. This is why.”
The outage comes amid a broader wave of platform instability for manga readers. Users have noted that Tapas and Chrysanthemum Garden are gone, while MelonBooks and Animate have shut their borders. Now, with CMOA and Renta down, frustration is mounting over the lack of access to purchased content—and over the fact that some affected accounts are still posting about new releases.
For readers who rely on these platforms, the outage raises uncomfortable questions about what happens when a digital library disappears overnight. Refund or restoration details have not yet been announced.
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