Manifesto
Has a manga ever made you wonder « how is that even possible in real life? ». That is exactly the question this site is built around.
Manga as a private tutor
Some works — Dr Stone, The Apothecary Diaries, Hajime no Ippo, Cells at Work, Vinland Saga, Moyashimon — rely on verifiable real-world knowledge: chemistry, medicine, biomechanics, microbiology, history. These works are a powerful gateway to knowledge, often more effective than a textbook, because they give a narrative context to the content.
Behind the Lore turns each work covered into a teaching encyclopedia. For every invention, technique, phenomenon or substance mentioned, a clear entry that explains the actual science, history or technique behind it.
Our distinctive angle
Existing community wikis (Fandom and others) are narrative: they summarize the work, list character bios, retell arcs. Valuable for fans, but it is not our angle. Behind the Lore is educational: the manga is the gateway, the knowledge is the journey.
Concretely: on the entry for Senku's soap, you will not read the episode summary. You will learn saponification — how a fat and a strong base produce a fatty-acid salt and glycerol. You will know where the ashes-in-water come from, why soap cleans. You will leave with the actual chemistry, anchored in a scene you have watched.
How we work
Every entry follows a 6-step pipeline: episode breakdown, editorial scoping, AI-assisted draft, human fact-check, editorial work with original diagrams, native-reviewed translation. No official manga panel is ever reproduced — only original illustrations (hand-drawn Excalidraw style).
Our editorial commitments
- Source rigorously: every claim points to a cited source (Wikipedia, peer-reviewed papers, reference books). Reliability levels are explicit.
- Embrace critical thinking: every entry has a "Fact-checker's eye" section that says what the manga simplifies, exaggerates, or transforms.
- Version corrections publicly: a verified report leads to a public changelog entry on the page. With the reporter's name, if they accept.
- Be multilingual from day one: FR + EN at launch, more languages as the audience grows.
What we don't do
- No reproduction of official panels. No publisher visuals. No logos. See legal notices.
- No pop-ups, no autoplay, no intrusive ads. Content is meant to be read at length.
- No goodie marketplace. No derivative product that exploits the works covered.
- No behavioral tracking. GDPR-safe analytics with no cookies (Plausible).
How we sustain ourselves
Contextual affiliate links (Amazon Associates, AWIN on books and educational kits cited as sources), sober display ads (eventually), our own editorial products (PDFs, posters, possibly a book). All affiliate links are clearly disclosed. Detail: affiliate page.
Where to start
The site's pilot work is Dr Stone by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi (Shueisha / VIZ Media). We start with the first 5 episodes of season 1 and roll out episode by episode.
Other works will follow depending on traction: The Apothecary Diaries for medicine and pharmacology, Hajime no Ippo for sports biomechanics, then Cells at Work, Vinland Saga, Moyashimon, Yakitate Japan, Detective Conan, Vagabond.