fuck, i had written a long paragraph but it didnt save anyway, cutting this short, this is a proof of concept for ESRGAN enhanced manga, models used: BCGone and ArtClarity
the raw e-hentai.org/s/c3520020dd/1638389-1 looks like i need glasses, but I say this didnt come out too bad. Is it perfect? no, unfortunately it doesnt run on magic, still imo better then original, btw download original size for actual comparison. This tool can be used by translators when raw isnt too good (comes to mind the new kuroinu by tsukitokage, which is a bit fuzzy despite being digital), this was worse case scenario, and you may even get better results with differnt models and/or interpolation: just try on one image and if it comes out well run on the entire gallery.
so yeah, just letting people know this exists, if you ever want to use it