Annika Hartman on Instagram: "Bato originally appeared as Batoto around 2011. It quickly became popular because it worked differently from most manga and manhwa sites at the time. Instead of aggressively scraping content, it allowed scanlation groups to upload and manage their own translations. This created a strong sense of community and made Batoto one of the most trusted fan-translation platforms of the 2010s. In April 2018, the original Batoto was shut down by its own administrators. The clo