It's the weekend.

You want to go to the cinema, but you can't.

You want to head to that concert, but its been cancelled.

You want to visit that festival, but its been postponed.

Everything has come to a forced halt thanks to the rapidly spreading Covid-19.

For those forced to stay at home, it would have been enjoyable at first but after long periods of time, boredom naturally kicks in.

In an attempt to combat this, the awesome manga publishers in Japan have decided to allow readers temporary free access to their digital manga publications.

Yeay!

Free manga to combat boredom

According to Anime News Network, a large number of Japanese manga publishers including Shueisha and Shogakukan have joined the initiative.

Editors from the manga comics later said that with people forced to spend so much time at home, they wanted to do as much as they could to keep them entertained.

Awwwwwww!

So, what titles can you expect to check out for free? According to Sora News 24, you can access back issues from these publications:

• Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump +)
• Weekly Shonen Sunday (Sunday Webly)
• Kokoro Comic, Kokoro Ichiban (Kokoro Online)
• Betsu Comi, Sho-Comi, Cheese!, Ciao Deluxe, Petit Comic, Monthly Flowers (Shogakukan e-Comic Store)
• Ribbon, Bessatsu Margaret, Koko Hana, The Margaret (Margaret Bookstore)
• Weekly Shonen Champion (Manga Cross)
• Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume Shin, LaLa, LaLaDX

On top of that, manga apps such as Comic Days, Manga Mee, Book Walker and Dragon Zakura Note are currently offering these chapters for free:

• Space Brothers
• Hozuki’s Coolheadedness
• The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross
• Mei-chan no Shitsuji
• Sensei Kunshu
• Dragon Zakura
• Crayon Shin-chan

Charge up your iPads or smartphones, boys and girls. We foresee you'll be spending a lot of time swiping through pages and pages of manga.