Guide

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Free to Read & Ads

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Everything here is free

All chapters on this site are free to read — no membership, no paywall, no sign-up required to access the content. Just open a novel and start reading.

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This site runs ads

To keep the site free, ads are displayed via Journey by Mediavine. These are how this panda keeps the lights on — reading with ads enabled is the easiest way to support the site at no cost to you.

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Chapters here may be behind

This free site is updated regularly, but it runs behind the membership site in terms of chapter advancement. If you’d like to read ahead, the membership site has earlier access to new chapters.

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Creating an account is optional

You don’t need an account to read. However, registering for a free account unlocks extras like following novels, subscribing to update notifications, bookmarking your reading position, and leaving comments. Click Register in the top navigation to sign up.

Tip: If the ads ever feel intrusive while reading, try enabling Minimalist mode in Site Settings — it won’t remove the ads, but it strips away decorative elements and makes the reading area feel cleaner.

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Finding Novels

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Browse via the Novels menu

Click Novels in the top navigation bar to see all available novels. You can filter by genre, status (ongoing, completed, hiatus), and more.

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Check a novel’s page before diving in

Each novel has its own page with a summary, tags, content warnings, word count, and chapter list. Scroll down to see all chapters in order before you start reading.

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Use content warnings

Novels with mature or sensitive content are tagged accordingly. These are shown prominently on the novel page. You may need to confirm you’re okay with the content before proceeding.

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Reading Chapters

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Navigate between chapters

Use the ‹ Prev and Next › arrow buttons at the bottom of a chapter to move through the novel. You can also use your keyboard’s ← and → arrow keys.

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Jump to any chapter

Click the chapter title in the top bar or use the chapter list on the novel page to jump directly to a specific chapter without navigating one by one.

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Mark chapters as read

Logged-in readers can click the ✓ Checkmark button on a chapter to mark it as read. Checked chapters are visually flagged in the novel’s chapter list so you always know where you left off. Account needed

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Read footnotes & author notes

Underlined terms or superscript numbers in the text are footnotes — hover over them or tap them to read the note without leaving the page. Author notes appear at the top or bottom of the chapter.

Note on older chapters: Some earlier chapters may show extra « Previous, TOC, and Next » buttons inside the chapter text itself — these are a leftover from the previous site theme. They still work, but they’ll be removed gradually as chapters are updated over time. The native navigation buttons at the top and bottom of the page are always the most reliable way to move between chapters.

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Following & Subscribing

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Follow a novel

On any novel page, click the Follow button to add it to your reading list. Followed novels show up in your account dashboard so you can find them quickly. Account needed

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Subscribe for update alerts

Click Subscribe on a novel page to get notified whenever a new chapter is posted. Notifications appear in your account notification bell — you won’t miss an update. Account needed

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Difference between Follow and Subscribe

Following saves a novel to your list. Subscribing sends you a notification when it updates. You can do one or both — they’re independent of each other.

Tip: Check the Update Calendar on the homepage to see upcoming scheduled chapters at a glance — no account needed.

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Bookmarks

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Set a bookmark anywhere in a chapter

Click the 🔖 Bookmark button while reading to save your exact position in that chapter. Next time you return, the site will offer to scroll you right back to where you were.

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Bookmarks are saved in your browser

Bookmarks are stored locally in your browser, so they work even on free chapters without a membership. However, they won’t transfer if you switch to a different browser or device. For cross-device saving, log in with your membership account. Works on free chapters

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View all your bookmarks

Go to your account page and find the Bookmarks section, or look for the bookmark icon in the site’s top navigation to see a list of everything you’ve bookmarked.

Note: If you clear your browser’s cookies or site data, locally saved bookmarks may be lost. Logging in with your membership account syncs them safely across sessions.

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Your Account

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Create a free account

Click Register in the top navigation. You’ll need a username, email, and password. It’s completely free and unlocks following, subscribing, commenting, synced bookmarks, and more.

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Log in and out

Click Log In in the top navigation and enter your credentials. To log out, click your username or avatar in the top bar and select Log Out.

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Profile Settings — your reader profile

The Profile Settings page is where you manage your reader identity — avatar, display name, bio, content preferences, followed novels, read history, and notification settings. It also houses several sub-sections: Bookmarks, Bookshelf, Collections, and Recommendations.

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Your reading history

The site keeps track of which chapters you’ve marked as read. Visit Profile Settings to see your full reading history, or jump back into any novel right where the checkmarks stopped.

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Bookmarks — Profile Settings

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What are Bookmarks?

Bookmarks save your exact reading position within a chapter — so when you return to a novel, you can jump right back to the paragraph you left off on rather than hunting through the page.

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Setting a bookmark

While reading, click the 🔖 bookmark icon in the reader toolbar. A small indicator will confirm it’s been saved. You can update it any time by clicking the icon again at your new position.

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Viewing and managing your bookmarks

Head to Profile Settings → Bookmarks to see all your saved positions across every novel. Click any bookmark to jump straight back to that spot.

Note: Bookmarks are saved to your account when you’re logged in, so they carry across sessions. If you bookmark while logged out, the position is saved locally in your browser only and may be lost if you clear browser data.

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Bookshelf — Profile Settings

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What is the Bookshelf?

The Bookshelf is your personal reading list — a collection of all the novels you’ve followed. It gives you a quick overview of everything you’re keeping track of in one place.

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How novels get added

A novel appears on your Bookshelf automatically when you click the Follow button on its novel page. To remove it, unfollow the novel from the novel page or from within your Bookshelf.

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Accessing your Bookshelf

Go to Profile Settings → Bookshelf to browse all your followed novels, see their update status at a glance, and quickly navigate to any of them.

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Collections — Profile Settings

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What are Collections?

Collections let you group novels or chapters into custom curated lists — think of them like playlists but for reading. You can create a collection for any theme, genre, mood, or purpose you like.

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Creating and managing Collections

Head to Profile Settings → Collections to create a new collection, give it a name and description, and start adding novels to it. Collections can be kept private or shared with other readers.

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Adding to a Collection

You can add a novel to one of your collections directly from its novel page — look for the collection option near the Follow and Subscribe buttons.

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Recommendations — Profile Settings

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What are Recommendations?

Recommendations is a space where you can suggest novels — from this site or elsewhere — to other readers. It’s a great way to share stories you’ve loved or point people toward reads that pair well with the novels here.

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Submitting a Recommendation

Go to Profile Settings → Recommendations to add a recommendation. You can include a title, a link, and a short note explaining why you’re recommending it.

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Browsing Recommendations

Reader recommendations are visible to everyone on the site — so even if you’re just looking for your next read, it’s worth checking what others have suggested.

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Site Settings

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Opening Site Settings

Click the ⚙ gear icon in the top navigation bar to open the Site Settings panel. These settings apply across the whole site and are saved per-browser — you only need to set them once per device.

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Toggle features on or off

The panel has a row of checkboxes letting you enable or disable individual features to boost performance or reduce visual clutter. Options include: Scrolling (sticky) navigation bar, Background textures, Masks and polygons, Chapter progress bar, Cover images, Taxonomies, Text shadows, and Minimalist mode. Note that some options may not be available depending on your device.

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Font weight

Below the checkboxes is a Font Weight dropdown. If the default text feels too thin or too heavy on your screen, try switching to a lighter or bolder weight for easier reading.

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Colour sliders

At the bottom of the panel are four sliders for fine-tuning the site’s colour rendering on your screen — these control hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast. Dragging them all the way left resets to default. Most readers won’t need to touch these, but they’re handy if the default colours don’t look right on your display.

Tip: If something on the site looks off or slow, try toggling Minimalist mode on — it strips away decorative elements and can noticeably improve performance on older devices.

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Formatting

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Opening the Formatting panel

While reading a chapter, look for the T Formatting button in the reader toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Click it to open the Formatting panel. All changes apply instantly as you adjust them.

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Quick font size buttons

Next to the Formatting button you’ll see three controls: − to decrease, + to increase, and a square button in the middle to reset the font size back to default — without needing to open the full panel.

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Sliders inside the panel

The Formatting panel has a set of sliders for fine-tuning your reading experience: Contrast, Saturation, Content width (default 1200), Font size (default 100), Letter spacing, Line height (default 1.7), Paragraph spacing (default 1.5), and two additional sliders for further refinements. Each slider has a number on the right showing the current value.

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Font, colour scheme, and font weight

Below the sliders are three dropdowns: one for Font (e.g. Roboto Serif), one for Colour scheme (e.g. Tinted), and one for Font Weight. Use the arrow buttons beside the font and colour scheme dropdowns to cycle through options quickly.

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Icon row at the bottom

At the very bottom of the panel is a row of icons for quick toggles — things like paragraph indent style, text alignment, and other reading comfort options. Hover over each icon to see what it does.

Tip: Formatting preferences are saved per-browser, not per-account. If you switch devices or clear your browser data, you’ll want to set them again.

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Comments

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Notifications

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Find your notifications

Click the bell icon 🔔 in the top navigation bar. A number badge shows how many unread notifications you have. Clicking opens a dropdown with your recent alerts. Account needed

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What triggers a notification

You’ll receive notifications for new chapters on novels you’ve subscribed to, replies to your comments, and site announcements. You won’t be notified for novels you only follow (not subscribed to).

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Mark notifications as read

Open the notification dropdown and click Mark all as read to clear the badge, or click individual notifications to go to the relevant chapter or comment thread.

Note: Notifications only live on-site — there are no emails sent for new chapters unless this panda has separately set up an email list.