Announcement

March 25, 2025

Regarding changes to the Special Viewer method used in the Commercial Comic (All-Age / R18) sections

Thank you for your continued support of DLsite.

This is a notification regarding the [ Special Viewer ] which is utilized in the [ Commercial All-Age Comics (DLsite comipo) ] section, and the [ Commercial Adult Comics (books) ] section.
Please be aware that, due to recent trends in browsing methodology, necessary functionality, and operating environments, we will be changing the Special Viewer browsing method to [ Comic Viewer ] or [ Novel Viewer ] in order to provide our customers with a better browsing experience.

* Schedule
In sequential order from April 15th, 2025 (Tuesday) (JST) onward.

* Changes

  • [ Special Viewer ] works will be converted to either [ Comic Viewer ] or [ Novel Viewer ].
  • When viewing in a PC environment [ DLsite Play (Browser Streaming) ] is the only option that will be available.
    * It will no longer be possible to download such products after the changes have been made.
  • When viewing in a Smartphone environment [ DLsite Play (Browser Streaming) ] is also the option that will be available.
    * It will no longer be possible to download such products to the Viewer App (Android) or the PFViewer App (iOS) after the changes have been made.

* Additional Notes

  • Not all applicable [ Special Viewer ] works will be immediately converted on April 15th (Tuesday) (JST).
    First, a fixed number of works will be converted. After which, other works will be converted in sequential order.
  • Those who have already saved product data to their device, will continue to be capable of viewing that data via the [ Special Viewer ].
  • If you wish to continue using [ Special Viewer ] beyond April 15th (Tuesday) (JST), then we advise you download the applicable product data to your device prior to the changes.
    For information regarding downloading and extracting, please refer to [ THIS ] page.
    * At this point in time, user authentication upon viewing remains possible. Should this change in future, a notification will be made.
  • Please note that works with the file format "PDF" will remain downloadable.

We apologize for any inconvenience these up-and-coming changes may be and ask for your understanding of the circumstances.

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