Editorial Policy

Scoring standards

Ratings reflect craft, pacing, art clarity, and whether the series respects its own rules. We do not inflate scores for popularity alone. A 9.0+ review requires specific, defensible observations — not generic praise.

Updates and freshness

Reviews display published and last-updated dates in-page and in structured data. Material changes — new seasons, legal platform shifts, revised scores — receive changelog lines.

Automation contract

Automated pipelines may draft markdown into content collections, but every publish must pass schema validation, banned-phrase linting, and orphan-reference checks. Human editors approve verdict language before production deploys.

Affiliate and legal reading

Where-to-read pages prioritize official platforms. We do not link to scanlation aggregators. Affiliate relationships, when added, will be disclosed here.

E-E-A-T

Review bylines map to author profile pages. Placeholder profiles are marked explicitly until verified credentials ship.