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# Country Of Origin

The country that the media was originally published in and is targeted towards. This means OEL (Original English Language) series, French comics, etc. are not eligible for the database.

The available options are: ***China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan***.

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{% hint style="danger" %}
Overseas works that are later published by the above four countries do ***not*** count.

Example:\
Radiant is a French comic later published in Japanese by EUROMANGA.
{% endhint %}