How Yomoru researches each answer
Where each anime ends in the original, which chapter or volume comes next and which edition to buy: how those answers are found, checked and labelled.
What each page answers
A series page takes each season, film or arc of the anime and answers three questions: where the adaptation stops in the original manga or light novel, which chapter or volume to read next, and which edition of that volume to buy in the book language you choose.
Manga and light-novel routes are kept apart, because they are numbered differently. Some pages also list volumes worth reading first and where to start over from volume 1.
Where the facts come from
Book details such as editions, volume numbers, ISBNs and release dates come from publishers’ own catalogues and product pages, and from national library catalogues: the National Diet Library (NDL) for Japanese editions and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) for French ones. Public book and manga databases are used alongside them.
Seasons, episode counts and air dates come from official anime sites and public anime databases. Where a season stops in the original is traced through episode-to-chapter guides, fan wikis, manga databases and per-volume chapter lists.
Most synopses, posters and background images come from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
How the end and the starting point are decided
The starting point is set by comparing the references collected for a season and checking them against the books’ own numbering. Sites that copy the same upstream list count as one source, however many there are. When sources disagree and the disagreement can’t be settled, the page says “Sources disagree” and gives no book rather than picking one for you.
The “Anime ends at” card names a chapter or volume only for a settled, reviewed starting point, and only when the end has been reviewed too or a source that lines up with that starting point gives it. The end is never worked backwards from the starting point or stated more precisely than it; otherwise the card shows the episode. Some sources give the last adapted chapter and others the first new one, so a one-chapter difference between sites is normal.
Chapter ranges such as “Ch. 1–8” appear only on the volume to continue with and the volume where the anime ends. They come from public per-volume chapter lists and are shown only when they agree with the reviewed starting point and the other references. When the anime stops partway through a volume, the page says “Opens with story the anime already covered”, so you know the first chapters will be familiar.
What the labels mean
Labels beside an answer show how settled it is. Not every answer carries one.
- Verified
- Backed by reviewed references or checked against the books.
- High confidence
- The episodes were checked directly against the original, or a first-hand mapping exists, and any real disagreement has been resolved.
- Medium confidence
- At least one source, whose identity and episode range were checked, clearly supports the answer. Several independent sources or an official statement are not required.
- Low confidence
- Sources still disagree on something that matters, or the answer rests on indirect evidence.
- Provisional start
- Shown instead of a firm start when the answer is unconfirmed, still under review or low confidence, or when the season is airing or only announced.
- Provisional suggestion
- Where no starting point has been researched, a reviewed low-confidence suggestion on how to read on may appear. It names no volume and is never a verified answer.
- Airing
- The season is still on air, so where it stops can change.
- Announced
- The season has been announced but hasn’t aired; where it will stop isn’t known.
- Not researched
- Where the season leaves off hasn’t been researched yet. That is a gap in the data, not a sign that the books stop there.
Editions, dates and the original’s status
Release dates come from publishers and library catalogues. A date for the next volume is the publisher’s announcement and can move.
For a series still running, the FAQ gives the latest volume and the month it was checked. A finished series shows how many volumes it has, or simply that it has finished. When the status is unknown, or the series is on hiatus or discontinued, the FAQ leaves it out.
A running series is flagged for a recheck once its recorded progress is 120 days old, and as soon as an announced next volume’s release date passes. A flag means a recheck is due; it is not a promise of how often pages change.
How AI is used
AI models read the source pages collected for a title and pull out candidate facts, compare references, match volumes across editions, draft and translate page text (including synopses missing in your language) and check the translations. AI coding tools also help build the site and its data pipeline.
AI output is never treated as evidence; answers are reviewed against the sources. An answer that rests on inference is labelled low confidence, and a suggestion made where nothing firmer exists is marked provisional.
Who checks the answers
Automated checks run whenever a title’s data is rebuilt and whenever the site is built; an update that fails them doesn’t go live until it is fixed.
kshift sets those rules and spot-checks titles and pages. Corrections from readers are checked against the sources before anything changes.
Found a mistake?
Send the series, the season and what should change. A chapter reference or a publisher page helps us check it faster.
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