Our protagonist, Kaito, was a "leech" turned "seeder." By day, he worked a mundane tech job, but by night, he was a quality checker for one of the largest scanlation groups on the site. He spent his hours meticulously cleaning digital scans, ensuring that the blacks were deep and the dialogue bubbles were crisp. To Kaito, MangaDex was the only place where the art of the mangaka was treated with the reverence it deserved. The Great Blackout

For the uninitiated, it sounds like a strange energy drink or a glitched Pokémon. But for those in the loop, it represents one of the more confusing and fascinating corners of the online manga community.